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Well, after my marathon project painting EVERY scheme worn by TWA Constellations, I started flying my 206 again, and have now done three full civvie paints. Two retro 1967 and 1971 paints, and then...

Milton's FANTASTIC Dash 7 just coming in over the fence.. And actually, this is my heavily modified one to use as an AI and replace one of the godawful default Dash 8's in my world!! It took a...

With the demise of Monarch here in the UK.. Hamish Mcsween (the haggis breeding billionaire farmer) in the Perth area of Scotland, has acquired a few of their 757's, and being a canny Scot... not...

VERY nice sir.....very nice indeed!!!!

I've had this little heli for quite some time. Owen did a very nice job 'replacing' the default one (which looks HORRID!!), and I have to remember that this was back in 2005 when I first grabbed it....

I've been painting and flying Connies since last October, interspersed with Nigel's Avro's and a few other fun airplanes, but was bitten by the rotor bug a few days ago.

Stumbling across a photo...

I concur.. one GREAT Sabre! And yes.. there are some nice repaints out there... LOL:wavey:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67036&stc=1

cheers

My latest TWA constellation, an L-749 named Star of Portugal, resplendent in her overall aluminuim finish.

So far, I've managed to cover ALL the various paint schemes worn by TWA 'short fuselage'...

With eight individual paints of 1940-1950's TWA Connies (no Supers.. just the sexy sleek original fuselage) in the hangar, the work continues.

I have a good paint kit, based on the original...

Thanks Mick! Today she got her stripes and logos... Still very much a work in progress, but I'm designing my paint templates so I can tweak all the bits to do a couple of schemes as TWA evolved. ...

I've always LOVED Manfred Jahn's Connie collection... in part because I LOVE Connies.. and in part because they are so much fun to fly, and look great!!

Most of my flying has been in Super G's or...

THAT is one sweet paint job on the Spit!!! OMG!!!

So.. I'm STILL running my flgihtsim on a Toshiba Qosmio.. and it does okay, it IS a 'gaming' laptop... but it IS eight years old now.. (yes my kids get on my case about not getting a new.. better...

Thanks guys! Much appreciated.. and there are way better painters out there.. I'm STILL trying to get natural metal down// not easy!! LOL

Today I cleaned up the leading edges of the wings. ...

I decided to FINALLY give Miltons F7 Tigercat firebomber a good look. It's been in the hangar for ages, but I've been more interested in my 'black' regular Tigercat. And well.. I can't leave well...

That is the CaptainSim F-104 and that particular paint is my own rework after finding, downloading and flying the one by Ed Knapp. I've done a bit of personal 'editing' to Ed's original markings...

And what better to follow a Canadian Sabre? :-)

You have to admit, the Cold Lake based CF-104's sure were quite colorful compared to their Euro-based brethren!

cheers
Dave...

So, I climbed out of the Avro trainer cockpit I have been occupying in some form or another exclusively for MONTHS now.. (thanks NIGEL!!! lol) and swung my numb butt over the sill and into the seat...

Good lord that looks very much like Brian Quickmires's little bird up in Canada !! He's had his for decades. I reluctantly sold mine twenty years ago.. (marital discourse to put it mildly). Great...

Skirting along the south edge of the and anti-clockwise. Spending the night in Korogousou (GAGO)

doesn't get any better than this... flying a nice open cockpit biplane through a cloudless sky on a warm afternoon over the Southern Sahara... Flying IFR.. ( I Follow Rivers) to Tombouktou.
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LOL.. hence why I said "for the most part" Pete... :a1310:

As for FDE... marvelous work.. I've been fiddling a bit with the mongoose powered airplane.. and have it flying quite nicely with...

For those who are also waiting for this airplane....

All are still being tested by a VERY lucky bunch of pilots..... and as the testing progresses.. the project is also expanding... (poor Nigel)...

I also couldn't help but notice that YOU seem to have been allowed to fly the SEVEN Cyl Lynx "uncowled" skinny wheeled early version whilst I have the FIVE cyl mongoose..
DON'T try and deny...

ooooh... I see a few little differences!!!

I hope you have some spare bits around to fix my fuel gauge!!! Damn thing has NEVER worked properly...obviously a design fault!!!!!! LOL.. And I...