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Apr 11th, 2005 at 8:34pm

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Just in case I'm boring you here's something a little different. I find my trusty old F401 comes in very handy for close-ups & static shots. This has the advantage of saving memory on the the other one. Here's a few of the more interesting ones.

How it looked when I first arrived. No fences here.
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A smart Gazelle specially for Craig.
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Shot of the residents parking area. What a delightful spot.
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I rather like this shot. Shame I missed the start up.
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One of the nicest Tigers I've ever seen - & I've seen a few in my time.
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Unusual shot of the Yak 52.
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Ken Adams with the beautiful Chipmunk he built himself. He's an ex-Halton Apprentice who later became a pilot. He flew the B-29 Washington & Lincoln when he was in the RAF.
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You never know quite who you will bump into at these events. The chap on the left has been my hero for as long as I can remember. Sqdn/Ldr Neville Duke with his good lady wife & a member of the ground team kindly posed for me. Possibly the most famous British test pilot of all time & for about 3 weeks back in 1954 the fastest man in the world. 84 years young & still going strong. One of the nicest people you could ever wish to meet. A true officer & gentleman. Long may he continue.
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This is the Piper Warrior he flies today.
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Reply #1 - Apr 11th, 2005 at 10:03pm

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Another wonderful set of shots..Wink
 
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Reply #2 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 5:04am

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Awesome shots Doug, I can't believe Neville Duke was there Shocked 8)
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 5:41am

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Awesome shots Doug, I can't believe Neville Duke was there Shocked 8)

Thanks Mark (& B-29). Not too surprising as he lives not far away & I believe he keeps his aircraft at Bournemouth. He is also connected with the PFA (chairman?) & often attends these events. I finally met him 2 years ago at the Great Vintage Flying Weekend at Kemble. He reminded me that it's at Hullavington this year.
 
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Reply #4 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 9:23am

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do they still have thoes toilets outside the clubhouse
 
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Reply #5 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 10:06am
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I'm getting the strange desire to rebuild this airfield in FS. With tons of AI traffic....so much AI traffic that even Dave's ultra-PC will be brought to its knees...
 
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Reply #6 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 10:30am

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to make it to the full efect you have to add the slopes otherwise it is crap
 
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Reply #7 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 10:36am

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do they still have thoes toilets outside the clubhouse

Not sure what you mean by those toilets but there are toilets opposite the clubhouse.

I think it would make a nice little airfield in FS9
 
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Reply #8 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 10:39am

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Now that, sir, is a fine shot of the real "Duke".....nothing Hollywood about this man ! Grin
 
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Reply #9 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 10:40am

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like that massive sort of mess of white slabs and bits of the bathroom with a flower arragement in the midle (well almost)
 
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Reply #10 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 11:01am

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Now that, sir, is a fine shot of the real "Duke".....nothing Hollywood about this man ! Grin

Thanks. You're quite right & he's just how I always imagined him to be. In his case I wasn't disappointed when I finally met my hero.

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like that massive sort of mess of white slabs and bits of the bathroom with a flower arragement in the midle (well almost)

I don't really wish to have a discussion on toilets. It's a permanent building, clean & perfectly adequate for its purposes. I can't say I noticed a bath in there. Tongue Wink
 
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Reply #11 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 12:44pm

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no its not actually in the toilets its like the identifyer for popham from the air
 
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Reply #12 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 1:29pm

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no its not actually in the toilets its like the identifyer for popham from the air

I've not seen it from the air. Some aerial photos here. http://www.popham-airfield.co.uk/Views_of_popham.htm
These might help Bjorn if he's serious about doing it for FS9.
 
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Reply #13 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 2:09pm
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These might help Bjorn if he's serious about doing it for FS9.


Still thinking about it. One the one hand,it'd be a nice addition, but I'd hae to do the whole field from scratch, say modeling the buildings and the sourroundings (via landclass). Organizing AI traffic is the least problem...
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 12th, 2005 at 2:10pm

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More great shots Doug - nice to bump into Sir Neville... Smiley

See you managed to get the tailless An-2 in the shots too. Wink
 
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