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Post by Rob on Jan 31, 2018 10:39:52 GMT
More years ago than I care to remember I had a set of Janes Aircraft encyclopaedia, not the little pocket books but full size A4 hardback editions, I think there was around 6 volumes in the set or it may have been 4, can't remember.
These volumes had so many aircraft listed that people including myself had never heard of.
After the early Comet disasters in the early 50's the pure jet airliner as we know it today was put to bed for many years whilst further research went on and we eventually ended up with the Boeing 707, followed by the DC-8, CV 880, Comet 4 and VC10 along with the smaller domestic or shorter range jets.
Obviously the most successful turboprops of the day was the Viscount and Friendship although many companies carried on experimented with fitting turboprops for the propliners of the era including the Super Constellation, DC6 / 7 and the Stratocruiser which eventually became the Supper Guppy.
A few made it through but in limited numbers such as the CV-580, which still flies in my homeland even today but so many of the projects were shelved with the jet age coming onboard and becoming successful around the late 1950's.
Rob
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Post by hugastump5 on Jan 31, 2018 14:45:38 GMT
More years ago than I care to remember I had a set of Janes Aircraft encyclopaedia, not the little pocket books but full size A4 hardback editions, I think there was around 6 volumes in the set or it may have been 4, can't remember. These volumes had so many aircraft listed that people including myself had never heard of. After the early Comet disasters in the early 50's the pure jet airliner as we know it today was put to bed for many years whilst further research went on and we eventually ended up with the Boeing 707, followed by the DC-8, CV 880, Comet 4 and VC10 along with the smaller domestic or shorter range jets. Obviously the most successful turboprops of the day was the Viscount and Friendship although many companies carried on experimented with fitting turboprops for the propliners of the era including the Super Constellation, DC6 / 7 and the Stratocruiser which eventually became the Supper Guppy. A few made it through but in limited numbers such as the CV-580, which still flies in my homeland even today but so many of the projects were shelved with the jet age coming onboard and becoming successful around the late 1950's. Rob I live just close enough to KOZW to watch a CV-580 freighter land and depart once a week. Still working hard , hauling freight. From the fact it only climbs to about 2500 ft. and heads straight for Pontiac/Oakland county I figure base of operations is there. |
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Post by Paughco on Feb 1, 2018 2:47:07 GMT
I'll be flying my MJ C-47 in DC-3 Airways livery, but wouldn't it be cool if somebody decided to fly a Capelis XC-12 in this auspicious event? All metal construction, but held together with sheet metal screws.  More details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelis_XC-12.
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Post by dnunes on Feb 1, 2018 13:49:13 GMT
I have made my registration about one week ago. I understand that I can only confirm that my registration has been received by looking at the Roster. Until now I haven't been able to access the Roster: is this normal or is there something wrong with my system?
Regards,
Domingos
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Post by skmcconnell on Feb 1, 2018 14:08:04 GMT
I have not seen the roster yet ether, I don't think it has been posted yet.
Also unable to download the flights for the rally. Just the Test Flight.
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Post by hugastump5 on Feb 1, 2018 17:08:50 GMT
Allan Lowson ,is a busy man , I suspect things should open up over the weekend. In the mean time I been practicing short field take off and landings with my entry to be sure I can get out over a 50Ft. tree in 3000Ft. no wind, fully loaded.
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Post by Rob on Feb 1, 2018 21:56:33 GMT
Nothing wrong guys,
Everything will be up and in full swing by Feb 10, so don't worry all is good.
Rob
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Post by dnunes on Feb 2, 2018 0:14:36 GMT
Fine! I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing something!
Regards,
Domingos
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Post by johnl on Feb 2, 2018 0:21:20 GMT
Fireworks are being planned for the end of leg 10, and should be ready few days after the flights downloads.
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Post by Rob on Feb 2, 2018 9:48:01 GMT
Hey, that's Kool. We shall by-pass the fire ban for that day :-)
Rob
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Post by Allan Lowson on Feb 3, 2018 19:17:37 GMT
A temporary roster file is now online. For some reason the normal file is not linking properly from the index page.
Hacksaw and mallet will be applied until normal service is resumed.
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Post by dnunes on Feb 28, 2018 12:44:12 GMT
I have downloaded the fireworks file, but I do not know where to install it. I am running P3Dv3. Will someone help?
Regards,
Domingos
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Post by Len Henning on Mar 1, 2018 11:38:28 GMT
As always GAAR is living up to it's reputation. Loads of concentration, but always fun.
Cheers
Len
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Post by Rob on Mar 1, 2018 21:45:02 GMT
Glad that you are enjoying the event Len
Little comments such as yours make all the planning and organisation worth while.
Rob
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Post by donh on Mar 16, 2018 0:40:27 GMT
Well, GAAR 18 is a wrap for me. Great flying with some challenging (read "bumpy") weather.
Thanks to Allen and crew for another great job!
What's next?
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