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Mar 17^th, 2004 at 10:29pm

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Here's a few FedEx's I've painted.

Regards,&&Steve Dra&&&&

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Reply #1 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 8:08am

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Great shots and great paints, Steve!!

I've really taken a shine to the A300 and check daily for your newest paint.

The only problem is, with my limited success at getting her back on the ground, (roughly 2 outta 3 are now fish cribs under the KSFO finals), the world supply of this beautiful plane may soon dwindle.

Cheers,
Dave

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Reply #2 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 8:51am

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lol..you have the same luck as me huh?

I really love that last shot...

That is a beautiful repaint on a wonderful aircraft..

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Reply #3 - Mar 18^th, 2004 at 10:29pm

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Very Very Nice

Cheers...Happy Landings....Doug

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Reply #4 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 8:23am

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They look Great

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Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 8:32am

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Great shots and great paints, Steve!!

I've really taken a shine to the A300 and check daily for your newest paint.

The only problem is, with my limited success at getting her back on the ground, (roughly 2 outta 3 are now fish cribs under the KSFO finals), the world supply of this beautiful plane may soon dwindle.

Cheers,
Dave

Hehe, thanks Dave.
Don't worry, in our virtual world, we have an unlimited supply of these beauties.

I've noticed that she gets very sluggish towards the last part of the approach, so I've been keeping the approach speed up and that seems to help a lot.
I've found she likes to be flown onto the runway instead of gradually throttling back as you approach, so I take advantage of long runways and good brakes.

I know the mechs would rather deal with hot brakes than to pull a hull out of the water. Grin

Make sure you don't try to land her with a full bag of fuel, or you'll be scuba diving for sure.

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Reply #6 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 9:11am

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I like your work....

First shot is the best to me.

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Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 10:04pm

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Ok Steve,

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I've noticed that she gets very sluggish towards the last part of the approach, so I've been keeping the approach speed up and that seems to help a lot.

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Make sure you don't try to land her with a full bag of fuel, or you'll be scuba diving for sure.

Does that mean that doing T and G with full fuel AND payload is a no-no? Tongue

Cheers,
Dave

P.S. keep 'em comin'

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. Igor Sikorsky

I intend to live forever....so far, so good. Steven Wright

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Reply #8 - Mar 19^th, 2004 at 10:30pm

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....I've also found that switchin' from GPS back to NAV can significantly improve your chance of establishing the localizer. Wink

...checklist!....hey, any of you guys seen the checklist? Tongue

Cheers,
Dave

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. Igor Sikorsky

I intend to live forever....so far, so good. Steven Wright

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Reply #9 - Mar 20^th, 2004 at 12:52am

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....I've also found that switchin' from GPS back to NAV can significantly improve your chance of establishing the localizer. Wink

...checklist!....hey, any of you guys seen the checklist? Tongue

Cheers,
Dave

Hehe, checklist....we don't need no stinkin' checklist!

Yeah, GPS doesn't seem to track the localizer at all. Shocked

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Reply #10 - Mar 20^th, 2004 at 7:20am

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Great shots and nice paints, I like that last paint the best. Sam Grin

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