Simviation Forum - UPCOMING TOUR: ALASKA TOUR

Reply #15 - Jan 29^th, 2007 at 12:51pm

Sir Crashalot Ex Member

You're very welcome, James.

Crash Wink

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Reply #16 - Jan 29^th, 2007 at 2:11pm

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Was just thinking - if anybody wants some decent charts for this upcoming tour (or any US flying for that matter), have a look here: http://skyvector.com/ . I always use them when I'm making my way around Ketchikan & Juneau.

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Reply #17 - Jan 29^th, 2007 at 3:06pm

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Plane types?, have you considered my B18 Volpar Trigear Aphibian?

Get it here Free:- http://www.bobholland.com/fs/aircraft.htm

VolparWATER_am.zip (4mb) plus VolparWATERfix_am.zip (3kb)

Easy to fly & has all needed.

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Reply #18 - Jan 30^th, 2007 at 10:26pm

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great wbsite for the charts. i was just looking for some. Grin

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Reply #19 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 9:09am

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Love the charts site. Thanks!

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Reply #20 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 2:58pm

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luke wrote on Jan 29^th, 2007 at 3:06pm:

Plane types?, have you considered my B18 Volpar Trigear Aphibian?

Get it here Free:- http://www.bobholland.com/fs/aircraft.htm

VolparWATER_am.zip (4mb) plus VolparWATERfix_am.zip (3kb)

Easy to fly & has all needed.

Just giving her a try, Luke...

A lovely old Bird, with a good set of controls, very manageable, as all good twins should be, and the radios are simple to use.

She is somewhat slower than the Beech Baron 58, around 160 knots in the cruise with all the needles in the green, but I suppose that is not surprising with all that float gear permanently hanging underneath... Wink

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The "Bush Flying Unlimited" model is particularly colourful and nice to look at...

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She is a bit of a heavy lump, and therefore slow getting airborne from the water, so care must be taken in restrictive water-ways...!

Well worth a try, for the longer over-water trips where comfort is necessary... Wink

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Cheers all...!

Thanks, Luke...!

Paul... Cool

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Reply #21 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 4:26pm

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luke wrote on Jan 29^th, 2007 at 3:06pm:

Plane types?, have you considered my B18 Volpar Trigear Aphibian?

Get it here Free:- http://www.bobholland.com/fs/aircraft.htm

VolparWATER_am.zip (4mb) plus VolparWATERfix_am.zip (3kb)

Easy to fly & has all needed.

Ive just tried them, a lovely set to download Luke - thanks.

I highly reccomend anyone else to download them Cool

..Jimbo's Tours, MORE info in the MULTIPLAYER SECTION

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Reply #22 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 5:01pm

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Note the "Water Rudder up/down Lever" (Shift + W)....The lever appears to work in the opposite direction on the Control panel... Wink

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Pull lever down to raise the Rudder!... Wink

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Get it wrong and you wonder why the Plane wont turn in the water...(rudder up!)....LOL...!

Paul... Wink

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Reply #23 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 5:16pm

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Chaps, it might be that my eyes are getting worse every day but I can't find the Volpar Fozzer took a shot of. The Volpar on bobholland.com is a complete package of 10Mb (wheels and amph.) and is a different BFU repaint than shown here.

Where to find: VolparWATER_am.zip (4mb) plus VolparWATERfix_am.zip (3kb)?

Crash Wink

(probably in need of new glasses)

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Reply #24 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 6:50pm

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Chaps, it might be that my eyes are getting worse every day but I can't find the Volpar Fozzer took a shot of. The Volpar on bobholland.com is a complete package of 10Mb (wheels and amph.) and is a different BFU repaint than shown here.

Where to find: VolparWATER_am.zip (4mb) plus VolparWATERfix_am.zip (3kb)?

Crash Wink

(probably in need of new glasses)

Hi Crash...

In the drop-down "Aircraft" menu in the Sim, browse through the list of "Varients"; there are a few of them, with different Textures. The one in my pic is one of them...... Wink

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Cheers...!

Paul...(another varient!).... Wink

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Also....
...don't forget the trusty Lake Renegade 250, amphibian. A FS 2002 model, but works fine in FS 9.
...and search for the alternative 2D panel upgrade to go with it....(much nicer, with a bendix-King radio stack, and more controls ie; Prop pitch, etc)... Wink

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....Shhhh....the 250 is nicer than the later 270 Sim model... Wink

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Reply #25 - Jan 31^st, 2007 at 7:33pm

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Well that's where I got them Crash, if you havent yet, just download them & should turn out OK.

Below is my real trigear (red/white) flying & maintaining the executive at Montpelier for Europe & UK.

That was the day I proposed to my wife over 40yrs ago, while refitting the coulings after a 100hr check. The only time we could find on a 24hr a day on call, for the busy Yanks.

But they paid relatively well, and no money spared on the B18 for parts, maintenance & equipment, 2 of everything, Flt Directors, Wx Radar, Selcal & what else. The P&Ws were gleaming from chrome. All these, for those days was something!

Only the best of everything, from the Negresco at Cannes & Mullin Rouge to the London Hilton, & Lemans to Gleneagles.

Alas one of the handful of fotos given to us by relations, after 100ds of stills & moovies were stolen on arrival UK to retire, when the porter collected 9 suitcases and brought to the car 8. We never traced the samsonite with all records of our working & the kids's lives, from Nigeria to the Persian Gulf, from the Sudan to E.Africa, the Med. & Europe.

Months later I read in the Telegraph that a ring of thieving porters were acquitted after their defence said that "...part of their perks was removing items from laggage...." B.....B......

Well here I am still flying her dayly, though a pity not a default one. luke

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Reply #26 - Feb 1^st, 2007 at 1:51am

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I found them including a shiny polished one. The Renegade is a nice little thing, Paul. Will try and test it to oblivion when I get the time for it.

Luke, nice picture. As I read your story, I think you had a wonderful life travelling the world. Too bad you lost most of the records.

Cheers,

Crash Wink

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Reply #27 - Feb 1^st, 2007 at 3:31am

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For the B18 open the Throttle pedestal & drag / size below the radios, so that you can see the gear lights.

When you shut the engines the pitot covers & chocks go in place.

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Reply #28 - Feb 1^st, 2007 at 5:17am

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...... The Renegade is a nice little thing, Paul. Will try and test it to oblivion when I get the time for it......

Cheers,

Crash Wink

Hello Crash...

A little snippit of info...
One of the Lake Renegade models appeared in the classic 1973 film: "The Wicker Man".
Piloted by Police Sergeant Howie, (Edward Woodward).

Excellent opening, flying sequence to the film...!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/

The particular Renegade appearing in the film was a "Tractor" prop plane, the 250 and 270 models are "Pusher" prop types... Wink

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There, Crash! Aren't you truly delighted to know that?... Smiley

...LOL...

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Paul...a bit of a renegade himself.... Wink

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Reply #29 - Feb 1^st, 2007 at 5:38am

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I'm very delighted to know that Paul. Did you know that the dancing naked girls in the movie were wearing fleshcoloured bodysuites? Now that is a fact I was looking for all my life.....

Crash Wink

(time to get my white tights out of the mothballs)

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