Simviation Forum - Winners!! JC ManuelL's Choice Jan. 24

Reply #30 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 2:05pm

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Anxyous wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 1:58pm:

(who can spot the series and the character? Cheesy

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Was this actually used somewhere? I always thought the default airlines were just made up? That would be pretty cool if it actually existed! Cool

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Reply #31 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 2:07pm

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Nah, the airline's fictional Cheesy

What I referred to, was the quote Cheesy

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Reply #32 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 4:43pm

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Anxyous wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 1:58pm:

lunitic_8 wrote on Jan 20^th, 2009 at 8:28pm:

Dug this on up out of the bottom of my files, some of you may have seen it before

Emerald Harbor Air

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/2008-10-13_20-40-3-196.jpg

Good luck everyone � Wink

You chose the one livery I could possibly have thought of considering choosing (who can spot the series and the character? Cheesy

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Nice shot!

Guess I'll think of something else...

thank you but is this shot eligible even if the airline is fictional??

JSpahn wrote on Jan 20^th, 2009 at 9:11pm:

Awesome livery lunitic.... Wink

Thank you very much Wink

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Reply #33 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 5:41pm

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lunitic_8 wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 4:43pm:

thank you but is this shot eligible even if the airline is fictional??

Nothing in the rules say it has to be real

, I was just a little surprised that it may have been a real one, or even used elsewhere. I think this is one of the best looking default liverys in the game. Wink

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Reply #34 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 7:46pm

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ShaneG wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 5:41pm:

Nothing in the rules say it has to be real

I disagree with you, Shane. Although ManuelL uses the word historic, the definition of historical states:

"having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief. . . ."

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Reply #35 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 7:50pm

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aussiewannabe wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 7:46pm:

ShaneG wrote on Jan 21^st, 2009 at 5:41pm:

Nothing in the rules say it has to be real

I disagree with you, Shane. Although ManuelL uses the word historic, the definition of historical states:

"having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief. . . ."

Wow, it's not every day that you have the dictionary thrown at you. Grin

Good point though.

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Reply #36 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 8:09pm

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I want to get my shot in now unlike how I normally wait...

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Reply #37 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 8:41pm

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"A Forgotten One..."

The Convair 990

The CV-990 was a first-generation jet airliner that competed with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. �Nicknamed "Coronado," it was originally developed by Consolidated-Vultee, which later changed its name to Convair and was eventually bought out by General Dynamics. The 990 first flew in 1961.

Essentially, the 990 was an upgraded version of the Convair 880, designed after United turned down the 880 and American asked for an improved aircraft to serve as the flagship of its Astrojet fleet. The resulting plane was (and still is) one of the fastest jetliners ever produced, able to cruise at 615 mph. This was accomplished by powerful engines, a narrow body, and special "shock pods" on top of the wings.

However, the 990's high performance came at a cost. The streamlined fuselage could only hold 110 passengers, compared to the 707 and DC-8's capacity of 150. The wing pods were originally intended to hold fuel, but the added weight caused them to vibrate dangerously at high speeds, so they had to be left hollow. This gave the 990 a comparatively dismal operating range (3000 miles on the outside), and made its operation a losing proposition for most airlines, killing sales. American, the largest customer, ended up replacing a $25 million down payment with 25 Douglas DC-7's, each valued at less than half a million dollars.

The 990 program ended as a write-off for General Dynamics: by some estimates, they lost over $150 million in the whole ordeal, not a small sum for a company reporting $2 billion in annual sales. Some planes were pulled off of the assembly line half-completed in a vain effort to recover costs. Convair never made another civil transport, and its defense contracts were seriously scarred for some time.

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Reply #38 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 11:20pm