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Mr Piper's Vvvvv..anguard (Read 309 times)

Dec 16^th, 2003 at 6:45am

RollerBall Ex Member

I've been collecting a few historic British veterans (no Fozzer, don't worry you're safe) and although it's a difficult choice, I think this one's my favourite.

With a Dart (whistling!) sound set, only one word to describe it - superb, excellent (sorry, that's two Roll Eyes

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It's by Rick Piper with a panel by Jan Visser.

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Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 8:23am

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VC? interior views?
with at least one of those features,it'd be #1 on my download list!

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Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 8:39am

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Simply gorgeous Roger 8)

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 8:51am

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very nice shots...don't have a clue what aircraft it is...the Vickers Vanguard? (looking to your title) Wink

Raw power...the J-58.&&&&&&My Anet collection.&&

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Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 8:57am

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Very beautiful shots of a great plane, Roger!

Until recently, Heavylift Cargo flew this baby to EHAM.
If I remember correctly, it was my first ever glue model kit. It looked ugly, dripping with glue and paint (I was too young), but seeing these shots put me back 28 years in time. Thanks!

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 10:06am

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VC? interior views?
with at least one of those features,it'd be #1 on my download list!

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No, sorry Silent, afraid it doesn't have either. All it has are doors that open and steps that appear when the engines are stopped.

Doesn't worry me though because I'm not a VC fan (but I know a lot of people are!)

And lots of animated surfaces = very low FR (sorry Meljet, that's why I never fly your loverly planes) so it wins there as well.

It's a pilot's plane - rewarding to fly esp. IFR with an instrument panel that's a little bit challenging. I found one or two problems with mine (some gauges missing) so I've done a RollerBall tidying up exercise and added an fs9gps_500 (not the Garmins - they waste just too much space and I thought the default GPSs were bad enough!)

I really like it and I might set up a few European AI flightplans as well because I really like to see the veterans around, especially when you happen to catch em landing and taking off Wink

PS

The other thing is it's pure nostalgia. The whistle of those engines takes me right back to being a kid again - black and white TV news reports showing the Prime Minister returning from an overseas conference or someone or other coming back from a 'Royal' tour. With world travel being so commonplace now it's difficult to explain how exciting it all was at the time and how big and exciting the World seemed to be to a little boy.

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Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 5:33pm

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Nice shots!

COMPLETED: If Anyone Cares, Here's A Map Of My Current FSX Flight Around The World

My Reality Check Bounced

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Reply #7 - Dec 17^th, 2003 at 12:12pm

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what a pity...this plane looks soooooooo awesome,especially the nose section.
hm,maybe i could add some interior views from other planes,but i have no ideas ,how a vanguard's cockpit looks like, so that i can find similar pics...

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