Screenshots

[Priller]

Here's some more pics of the fun I had yesterday!!





Priller

[jankees]

The number of different paintschemes for the Belgian SF-260 is staggering, nice one, Richard!

[merida72]

[RichardLouis]

The number of different paintschemes for the Belgian SF-260 is staggering, nice one, Richard!

Thanks JK.
Indeed the choice for Belgian versions is almost endless.
I found a few camouflaged versions to complement the awesome colorful liveries you made.

[noddy]

[Navy Chief]

Bunker 2 by retnavycpo, on FlickrBunker rainbow by retnavycpo, on FlickrBunker by retnavycpo, on Flickr

[Navy Chief]

Lightning 1 by retnavycpo, on FlickrLightning 2 by retnavycpo, on FlickrTakeoff by retnavycpo, on Flickr

[Navy Chief]

Turn by retnavycpo, on FlickrHole in sky by retnavycpo, on FlickrHole AB by retnavycpo, on Flickr

[Navy Chief]

Rainbow AB by retnavycpo, on Flickr

[ryanbatc]

USN pics

Those two are quite real looking! Nice pics!

[noddy]

Those two are quite real looking! Nice pics!

Thank you.

[noddy]

[noddy]

[ZsoltB]

[ZsoltB]

[vipgroup]

I always enjoy the images of fast jets, but here's something to slow down the pace a wee bit...

[vipgroup]

Here's a great tribute to pilot training over the years, in the Royal Air Force. (using Flight Control Replay).

Featuring

1. Tiger Moth (Ant's Airplanes)
2. Harvard (Asobo)
3. Chipmunk (Aeroplane Heaven)
4. Bulldog (BlackBox Simulations)
5. Tutor (Iris Simulations)
6. Hawk (JustFlight)

I see there's a new Tucano just arrived in the marketplace... Tempted, but will wait for a review of it before making a buying decision.

It would be nice to see a Gnat, Jet Provost, Hawk T2, and Prefect in the sim too, but this is a great collection already. Thanks to all the developers represented in these images.

[TiAr]

684_4 by TiAr, auf Flickr

Thomas

[zetar]

Dassault Rafale-M v2.4

[vipgroup]

Time goes quickly. Make the most of it.

Half a century ago, as an air cadet of Number 422 (Corby) squadron, I used to travel with the lads up to RAF Newton with the intentions of flying in Chipmunks of 7 AEF. Typical of the English midlands, it was often overcast or raining, but knowing how many times that could change in a day, we'd get on the bus anyway, and set off with high hopes.

Alas, despite those best intentions, there were all too many "no flying" days. We'd sit in the ready room and hope for a change in conditions, or we'd brave the elements and look at the aircraft getting wet, wondering if the airmen would pull them back into the shelter of the hangers. There were times we went off to the canteen, marching in formation even as we got soaked, and there were occasions when we'd wander off to a maintenance hanger which was full of old airframes for training purposes. That was always fun, and I recall seeing my first Javelin there.

Fifty years ago... How the heck did that happen?

Well, the Chippy has long retired from the service (except a couple on strength with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight for tailwheel training), and so has its replacement the Bulldog. RAF Newton was de-commissioned decades ago, and is mostly now a housing estate. And as for me? no longer the young kid in England, but a senior citizen in Canada, even if I am starting a new phase of my writing career regardless!

But, while time moves on, and the experiences of old are consigned to memory, with MSFS we have the opportunity to re-live bygone days virtually. And so, for some reason, I re-created those rainy days at Newton on this autumnal day on the Canadian prairie.

The scenery is my own. I started messing with the SDK about a year and a half ago with the thought of re-creating Newton. Because I aliased assets that were already on my computer, I was able to cobble together a reasonable reproduction of the station, but was unable to distribute the resulting file. I also stopped working on it, and thus it was never completed. It will therefore remain a private work-in-progress, although I hope someone else will eventually do a better (and distributable) job instead of this.

In the meantime, with these screenshots, I give you a rainy day in Newton, and dedicate it to all the other former cadets who knew what it was like to watch the gathering clouds in disappointment!

(Ps.. If the moderators allow it, I will add a couple of pictures from 50 years ago!! - Not very good quality, but all I have from those Newton days)

- Kenneth

[Cees Donker]

vipgroup, your posts don't show the screenies you added. I can't simply open these. I have to open these in a new screen. Just saying.

Cees

[RichardLouis]

[RichardLouis]

[jankees]

nice shots/paint, Richard!

Screenshot (7126) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Screenshot (7125) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Screenshot (7130) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

[vipgroup]

vipgroup, your posts don't show the screenies you added. I can't simply open these. I have to open these in a new screen. Just saying.

Cees

Strange, I am seeing them. Anyone else having issues? Thanks for the heads up.