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Time was, you could "Sell" airliners to your own International Lease Company which would eat up enormous losses while the plane company got ever fatter. Well the banking crisis has put paid to that, now it's "How much will we have to pay you, to accept our aircraft!" Boeing is so big these days, it behaves like a Government Department. The ethos of derring-do planes is long gone, I remember being actually sad when they ate up McDonnell Douglas, last of the engineered species. You have to hope they shake themselves out of their lethargy: the best thing that ever...

Good to hear HARS grabbing a fair bit in spears ,it will still be possible to see a Caribou in the NZ airshow season .

Not sure what happened but the roll rate stopped towards the end.

Bummer second vid has been pulled ,not any great footage to watch and being in the world of HD cams and phones etc you d think there would be more and better res ..RIP to the pilot /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif />

Now that is something else! Would love to see that live in the flesh. /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

/thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> sure is Ian

You could always call them?

Forgiven Andrew......i only started this thread because i found a doco i thought members would enjoy....why do things get so sidetracked here???...i myself enjoy discovery/history and Natgeo.

Here is is Ian, in all its woeful glory . . . . I guess after seeing this you will planning a trip down to Ashburton to get full enjoyment from this wonderful example of aircraft perfection both in form and performance! Please excuse the background shot, this was extracted from a 360x180 panorama which was made maily for the purpose of showing the two vampires ....

QUOTE (steelsporran @ Sep 2 2011,2:24 PM) Arguably the best, but never made the headlines. Jeez ole 'Winkle' may have not made the headlines , but sure as hell written a lot about in books ...

Cheers Naki....bloody rough, but it great fun "stumping things".....this one could work in starwars.

QUOTE (deeknow @ Sep 1 2011,5:16 PM) Its actually a very good news channel, and certainly less filled with propoganda and advertising/product-placement as compared to CNN or Fox news etc. Plus its free. Keep watching Stratos Ian too theres some really great stuff on there Sure is deeknow......underated i think because of the name....its a shame.

..and sadly, I'm a sucker for all of them.... I have a fine array of those "sim" titles... I draw the line at garden sim though <lol>! SeanG

/laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> Connor, you and Naki think like me.....glad Im not alone.....watch this space /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif />

Some very funny reactions to it, is a bit strange though, earthquakes on that side of the US. /winkyy.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= ;) border= 0 alt= winkyy.gif />

Prior to the PM communications, I'll just say publicly that that is above and beyond what I expected! I simply cannot thank you enough! I'll be in touch through a few PMs. /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif /> -Sean

Well i f i ever have to make an earlier than sheduled bucket list, This will be on it! Damn that Merlin is positively screaming at take of power. Where's that A2A Stang...............

No vote from me , 6 on the first page ... be no voting from me

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 11 2011,11:06 PM) I dont think the boot camp idea will work Ian......these people have no respect for anything, or anyone....Im sure they would endure a months Army discipline, and then just go back to too what they were before.....Its sad, but this is the way the world is now....as the report said.... It would work , till you straighten out your in for good ... and its not a boot camp ..its to the front lines - they want to fight and cause mayham, see how many will start crying out for mummy .