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QUOTE (emfrat @ Aug 28 2014,9:18 AM) Yes, Ian, but the time between WTFIT? and "BANG!" is considerably reduced /ohmy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :o border= 0 alt= ohmy.gif /> /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif /> I remember just after Sputnik, a sci-fi story which centred around an underwater satellite, larruping through the oceans at 27,000mph...!! I could imagine the swath of death and destruction of the marine life and the greenies really going of their nutters.

Way your going .. we may call you Rocket Man /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif /> , nice to get a solution and sorted !

Again post screens EJ .. follow the build /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif />

Another pilot from the show also has a well followed blog here:

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Pretty dang impressive, amazing to think only a couple of years between the both types and evening the bombing mech's used in WWII was not that much different than when the 'Black Buck' mission hit Stanley.

With all the different sorts of creatures and in some of the extreme places on earth, it would be ignorant not to believe other forms of life is not out there, it would be interesting the a photo has caught someones spaceship in orbit like that . /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif />

QUOTE (Fozzer @ Aug 18 2014,10:01 PM) My only ailment is being extremely weak, due to being used to enjoying doing absolutely nothing since retiring 30 years ago....(1984)..... ...and enjoying every second of it!.... /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif /> ....! After doing anything slightly strenuous, and I have to have a lie down now, to recuperate.... /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif /> ...! I've just trimmed the front garden hedge, and now I have to rest in the chair for a while, and...

QUOTE (johnkiwi @ Aug 18 2014,12:43 PM) Not all of " the rest of us" escaped... I too have been squeezed out and hung out to dry by horsey pursuits of little darlings! Boy those things can chew up time and serious amounts of cash! much better flight simming I reckon Know that feeling. We broke up 2yrs back and I'm still up at the paddocks regularly... /unsure.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :unsure: border= 0 alt= unsure.gif />

Bugger ...I'll miss it as well. Im in a house full of rugby nuts ... none of them are kiwi , and they know about the game than most all Blacks. /ninja.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :ph43r: border= 0 alt= ninja.gif />

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 15 2014,11:24 PM) Well wouldn't ya think 'aircraft' or 'technical' issues would have been more appropriate Nope, was just a random event. This aircraft is quite a quirky thing. More so than I am used to with previous aircraft.

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 15 2014,5:15 PM) Thanks for the advice etc guys .... just to add insult to injury, i got an email ! telling me my job is over at the end of the month. After 2 years and endless call outs , no weekends etc, i thought a warning phone call may have been nice ....ahhhh the corporate world . There are other contracts coming up , and i knew this one would end ... but not until november . Im in two minds now , do i hang around and wait , or look to other outfits. To be honest any feelings of loyalty are pretty thin at the moment. Back is no better .... still...

QUOTE (emfrat @ Aug 15 2014,2:08 PM) The Earth Simulations stuff is indeed very good, but it is not exactly cheap, and can be very hard on framerates. The New Zealand-produced stuff I have is just as good, better on FRs and better value. So there! /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif /> I did point out they have some free stuff too, 4 pages of it /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />

A great display, never seen one flying least been inside the MOTAT aircraft and got the feel for it .

I remember in that old War Movie with Kirk Douglas, Israel war of 1948, least I'm sure it was her, father mention see was married to Bogart, the ole 1970s Sunday Matinees on NZBC TV1 .

Funny the things we miss .... the whole key thing is non getting into the big guys running the top office... think they need my help