Simviation Forum - VFR Scenery & Sea Fury

Sep 7^th, 2003 at 4:13pm

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.... went here today to watch model jets, so I had to fly over this evening ! .... brings the plane to life this scenery

and just a couple more shots cos it looks so good

sorry pic 3 has gone missing!

Hope you agree?

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Reply #1 - Sep 7^th, 2003 at 4:25pm

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Nice shots there. Lovely plane she is Wink

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Reply #2 - Sep 7^th, 2003 at 5:18pm

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Those look just superb. That is one nice plane.
Just out of interest, where is that you are flying over?

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Reply #3 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 2:35am

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... its Hucknell Nottinghamshire England, the Rolls Royce site is under the port wing on pic1, with the outdoor test facility hiding under the fusalage. In pic2 from the other side I think its Watnall on the other side of the M1. The model display was at the end of the old main, hard surface runway (dissused), just off to the right of pic1.

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Reply #4 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 4:07am

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very nice ground mesh!!! Shocked

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Reply #5 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 5:31am

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... its Hucknell Nottinghamshire England, the Rolls Royce site is under the port wing on pic1, with the outdoor test facility hiding under the fusalage. In pic2 from the other side I think its Watnall on the other side of the M1. The model display was at the end of the old main, hard surface runway (dissused), just off to the right of pic1.

Oh my God!! I live there!! I almost went to the show yesterday, but ended up at East Midlands instead. I can't quite spot my house though.

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Reply #6 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 5:35am

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Beautiful aircraft

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Reply #7 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 10:17pm

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Oh my God!! I live there!!

Roger, that sounds like quite a revelation ???......now you know where you live ! Shocked

You're gonna have to hang up that X-45 for a bit and go fly over where you are, in a full size...........it can be enlightening..... Grin

Nice plane kemplen,......I got it a while ago and like it too... 8) ......by the way, where are the pics of the Model Jets ?....ducted fans and turbines ?

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Reply #8 - Sep 9^th, 2003 at 2:33am

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still in the camera ..... I should have some nice ones of a scale Victor ( 18' wing span, with two miniture gas turbines ) ... will try to post soon ...... it looked real!

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Reply #9 - Sep 9^th, 2003 at 2:29pm

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Roger, that sounds like quite a revelation ???......now you know where you live ! Shocked

You're gonna have to hang up that X-45 for a bit and go fly over where you are, in a full size...........it can be enlightening..... Grin

Nice plane kemplen,......I got it a while ago and like it too... 8) ......by the way, where are the pics of the Model Jets ?....ducted fans and turbines ?

And to think, it took a VFR screen shot to show me the way home Wink

I've never seen Nottinghamshire in VFR before and the default 2K2 Hucknall looks nothing like Hucknall!
Wish I'd gone to the show now. I went to the last Rolls Royce air show back in July and you've all seen the photos.

Kemplen, did the Vulcan turn up? It was a very impressive sight at the last show. The guy with the Victor did not show up last time though.

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Reply #10 - Sep 9^th, 2003 at 6:11pm

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.... no Vulcan this time just the Victor .... there was quite a nice F86 Sabre and a Meteor, (altough the Meteor was an ic ducted fan job and the cowls looked a little large) .... There was a Euro Fighter (but it was red), quite impressive though doing square loops and hanging almost in the stall on the thrust alone, those jets are so powerful and fast, some of the non scale deltas were incredibley fast in the low level fly pasts. We had a good time .....

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Reply #11 - Sep 9^th, 2003 at 6:49pm

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... not such a good shot of the Sea Fury, but the VFR Photo Scenery Shows of Hucknall to its full .... it looks just like that for real .... was lucky enough to get a ride in a flight out of there a few years back in a little red Jodell ....

..... can you see your place now? ..... imagine seeing some of the R/R flying test beds taking off out of there. Tongue

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Reply #12 - Sep 10^th, 2003 at 2:28pm

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... not such a good shot of the Sea Fury, but the VFR Photo Scenery Shows of Hucknall to its full ....
imagine seeing some of the R/R flying test beds taking off out of there. Tongue

Thanks for that shot pal, I can make out all the landmarks I know so well from that. I must get myself some of this VFR scenery.

I get a real feeling of pride when I think about some of the aviation legends that were borne right there on that field, and a sad feeling when I see it so run down looking today.

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Reply #13 - Sep 10^th, 2003 at 4:13pm

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.... can't recomend the scenery enough, ... its great for trips down memory lane .... I think if you buy it direct from getmapping on the web its now only about £17 with free UK delivery per volume .... you would need vol2 for this area ..... Wink

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