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- AKL and the North again.
by Splitpin » Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:11 pm
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Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:27 am
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Yes, it’s getting way beyond a joke now. Some serious damage being done. I was hoping Feb would see a change but it is still terrible. Relentless rain and wind. It will be hot and sunny briefly, giving short respite to those trying to dry out homes, but then sets in again. No idea when this will end. I just wish these “blocking” highs would stall over us and not the Chathams. Come South CP .....28C , high overcast (broken) and a light nor west.
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- February banner
by Splitpin » Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:05 pm
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Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:11 pm
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That image was "the last one" I shot of an RNZAF P-3K2 .... and "it just happened to be" NZ4201 which was "the first" of the type to be delivered to the RNZAF back in 1968. Living just over the river from RNZAF Base Whenuapai (since 1962) I'll miss the sight and sound of these things around the circuit :( Mark C AKL/NZ
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- Man space addition
by Splitpin » Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:48 pm
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Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:45 pm
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Cool model. If you changed the rego to PAT the weathering would be quite accurate :D Thank you Sir , the proper build will be PAT . Will try to get some close-up detail shots of all her bits beforehand.
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- AKL and area members.
by Splitpin » Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:23 am
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Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:03 am
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AKL and area members. Oh my goodness, it's hard to imagine what your going through. I really hope you are all ok Hang in there ...easy to say, but I do mean it. Thanks for your thoughts Marty :) Feel what we're experiencing here in AKL is somewhat akin to what we've all (most northerners at least) seen happen to CHC and the South (meteorologically) over several decades past .... and not to ignore the impact those significant, and prolonged, earthquakes had upon CHC several years back too and which is something else yet again. One of the beauties of this country/NZ though is most of us team up...
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- Bugs
by Splitpin » Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:02 pm
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Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:41 am
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Charl, "DO they have redeeming features??" not that I can find, other than interesting to watch. The little one is actually "The Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) is one of the most important pentatomid pest species. It is believed to have originated in Ethiopia but is now distributed throughout almost all tropical and sub-tropical areas, and it continues to spread also in temperate areas where it is mainly found in greenhouses. "
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- Crypto music ...
by Splitpin » Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:55 pm
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Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:47 pm
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Just a couple more, before Doug kicks us out for having a concert: Tom Paxton, 1966 Simon and Garfunkel, 1966 ATB
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- The mood in Germany is explosive.
by hasegawa » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:05 pm
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Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:20 am
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Thanks for the reply, always interesting to know about other points of view. Reinforces the notion that wars really do represent the total abandonment of reason. I'll use those links on a disposable computer somewhere :) We'll close the discussion there, this is a flightsim forum after all, not a political arena!
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- Adding to my fleet .
by Splitpin » Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:33 pm
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Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:31 pm
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Mark, sorry for the delay...great post thank you. The guy at Draw Decals and Hannants have a stock of the Minicraft DC-8s, some of which are heading my way now. I did manage to pick up a part-built version of the old Revell/Lodela kit, with the correct ANZ engines included. Thanks again for the detailed post.
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- Happy New Year, the rents going up.
by Splitpin » Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:04 pm
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Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:55 pm
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Thanks for the replies gents...I don't feel so alone anymore. I'm sure 2023 will be kind to us.
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- Waypoint names
by Splitpin » Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:25 pm
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Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:59 pm
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"BUSTY" :) Cheers CP. deeknow,I put the waypoint/Airways overlay on Flight Radar and studied Aotearoa, there are some good ones aye. But having followed a few flights with that overlay on, I now have more questions...but that's for later. Happy New Year gents.
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- New Year approaching
by simonh » Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:00 am
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Sun Jan 01, 2023 5:57 pm
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Happy New Year Charl....what a special guest...it must be a sign of....of...there are large white birds with amazing feathercuts...in your area. Great photo Charl, thanks for sharing.
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- Secret Santa
by toprob » Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:19 am
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Mon Dec 26, 2022 4:27 pm
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Thanks for that HU Robin, will search the programme out. (Just as an aside: I'm currently re-reading "Ecotopia - The Notebooks & Reports of William Weston", Ernest Callenbach, (1975), the forefather of ecological utopias and a book which heavily influenced the 1970s counter-culture ... yeah, I admit it, I'm a faded hippie!). A great lookin' diaroma too. :)
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- Christmas
by simonh » Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:52 am
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Mon Dec 26, 2022 4:02 pm
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A tad belated, but ... Compliments of the Season to One & All.
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- More screengrabs from Alaska
by Splitpin » Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:59 pm
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Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:35 pm
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So good aye Marty - I been following his vids for awhile, top notch quality, really nice angles and panning and framing, like watching a film vs lots of the sketchy spotters vids there are about I have PANC from Aerosoft and I think this year I might actually treat myself to a big ticket item from PMDG with my xmas bonus, either the 747 or the 777, prolly the latter, and do some flying from PANC to Asia and North America. Cant wait :xmas:
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- From Flying Tigers To Flying Tiger Line
by aerofoto » Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:32 am
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Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:22 pm
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Thanks "DEEKNOW" .... glad you enjoyed the presentation :) One of my (many) pet passions in regard to civil aviation .... is researching airline and airframe history (and which has also the very foundations of my civil aviation photography over the past 43 years too) .... and then using FS to represent it. I find such makes one's FS indulgence "all the more more rewarding" .... virtual though it may always be, but (in my case at least), still all based around "fact" per the re-enactment of historic R/W operations. Mark C AKL/NZ
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- Now its Christmas
by Splitpin » Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:39 pm
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Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:22 pm
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Talk about down the rabbit hole.... I clicked on the link when I first saw this, but my speaker battery had died. However Youtube today served up a Mix based on this song, and I haven't been able to quit it. Second song was Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit, a favourite of mine, but plenty of MoonSun, the original posted group. That woman looks so much like my step-daughter but can sing a lot better:)
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- Speaking of techmas...
by toprob » Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:14 pm
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Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:38 pm
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Great stuff Rob, and pleased to hear that in this case it is a "batteries ARE included" sorta deal :D I've also had a decent health system experience up here in the Waikato lately, broke my femur falling off a scooter and landing badly two weeks ago, was in the Ortho ward at Waikato for 4 nights until stable enough to wobble home on crutches. The care I received was excellent, calm and swift ambulance crew, surgeons you could actually communicate with, polite and efficient nursing staff, and great support so far from ACC to get my life back on track. Sometimes our taxes are actually...
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- Bastardisation of a tradition
by Splitpin » Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:48 pm
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Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:12 pm
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Some interesting comments, opinions, etc. I really didn't expect so many.....nice to know you are all still out there. I'm not dragging this out, I said what I said, you replied....thank you.
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- Chanukah Greetings
by Aharon » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:22 am
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Wed Dec 21, 2022 4:59 pm
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Merry Christmas Aharon.
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- Goodnight SOPHIA
by cowpatz » Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:16 am
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Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:18 pm
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it's perfectly feasible to get around in one hit "SURE" .... one can get around it all in a single day if one wishes .... no problem at all .... and also still include the side trip to next door DAVIS MONTHAM AFB too. The only reason I recommend 2 full days there is in regard to photography (which takes time) .... "exploiting seasonal position of the sun" in order to do one lot/side of the outdoor exhibits during the morning (on day 1) followed by the other lot/side the next day and both in optimum lighting conditions ..... at least that's the case there during the month...
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