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Sean , A bit of trivia , http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UTtVlwZDbz0/S6QA...ir+Chathams.jpg .... this photo would be dated between 1970-1972 at Christchurch International , the white structure to the left is the old Airport Crash Services , now placed a kilometer away .

I just noticed, all those photos you posted Sean are from the blog posts of 3rdLevelNZ, you should really give them some credit for it (or is it your blog?

Oh yes....Ive been waiting for this one.

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Aug 19 2011,10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just noticed, all those photos you posted Sean are from the blog posts of 3rdLevelNZ, you should really give them some credit for it (or is it your blog?

It's a great website, and I enjoy browsing through it for repaint ideas! Not sure who runs it or if they're a forum member. Didn't mean to offend you or anyone else by not explicitly mentioning the source. Slipped my mind....

http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/

Nah mate, no offense, just courtesy I guess, yeah its an awesome blog ay

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Aug 20 2011,2:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey Charl, FSD have a discount on the 337 this weekend, puts it at about half the price of the typical Carenado, u reckon its a good buy?

Carenado HD series will have the edge, the FSD model is a couple of years old now.
But at the price, I wouldn't hesitate
Like their Porter, it set new benchmarks at the time - it is a real flyer's aircraft.
Some screens:







it can look quite ungainly sometimes, and I remember thinking of it as an extreme oddity years ago.
But then you remember it is a twin, and a serious aeroplane...

Looks good Charl, interesting shots that show more detail that the FDS homepage ones.
You've convinced me.

I remember seeing a 337 as a kid and thinking it was the strangest thing!

I hate to hijack a thread (no wait, I dont really) with a competing product but I bought the FSD 337 and it really is a good buy, exterior lacking a little I'm sure polygon wise but it sure is frame-rate friendly, has a mean sound pack (they MUST have been terribly noisy things to ride in), is a fun aircraft to fly, and seems to perform well, of course it should with two props I guess.

update: all aerobatic tom-foolery aside, the FSD has a real nice VC view, was buzzing about just now with TrackIR and was loving it, the 337 seems to have lots of open forward windshield area, not so good out the sides however

Anyway, here's a screenie of me doing some sight-seeing over Hamilton airport

Dean , Least we no your flying Downunder

Yup, as I said, it's a Flyer.
Be good if a proud new Carenado owner comes back here to post some screens and comments in due course.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Aug 22 2011,2:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yup, as I said, it's a Flyer.
Be good if a proud new Carenado owner comes back here to post some screens and comments in due course.

I will

Head over to airdailyX to see 2 new iluminated virtual cockpit shots of carenados C377. Their panels are just getting better and better!!