Simviation Forum - Caught a whopper.......

Jan 2^nd, 2012 at 10:35pm

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.....I was testing out the

Bristol Beaufighter

(which is awesome) from Classic British Flight Sim in a thunderstorm over the Atlantic and caught this huge bolt of lightning.

Thanks 4 looking

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #1 - Jan 2^nd, 2012 at 10:54pm

Dave71k Ex Member

That's either a perfectly timed photo or a very lucky shot!

Well done!

Is the Bristol freeware? If it is the quality looks amazing.

Strangely Bristol now make super cars rather than aircraft Huh

http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/fighter.html

Still pretty cool!

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Reply #2 - Jan 2^nd, 2012 at 11:15pm

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Great shot Chuck. The CBFS Beau is a great plane & yes dave it is payware quality

freeware

Intel Core i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz, 6GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450, Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro

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Reply #3 - Jan 3^rd, 2012 at 7:03am

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That Beaufighter has been around for a while but it's quality is incredible for freeware., it is a must-have!

-Pierre-

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Reply #4 - Jan 3^rd, 2012 at 9:14am

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Wonderful catch Chuck and a great shot...well done... Wink

I found the Link Dave71k posted very interesting however that car will never replace the greatest vehicle made..."Land Rover"... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2012 at 1:33pm

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Thanks guys......it was actually a complete accident.........the lightning just happened to flash at the same instant that I pushed the "V" key Cool

@Dave......thanks for the link.......pretty cool car Cool

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2012 at 1:50pm

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Cool!

I can't count the number of times I tried to catch lightning in a shot and missed it or had to pause and edit out the text.
Even if it was lucky it's still a great shot.

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Reply #7 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 3:13pm

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Cool shot !
Indeed the lightnings are hard to catch on the pictures, I've stop trying to do that a long time ago Cheesy

Got bloom ?
Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #8 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 7:41pm

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Thanks guys

Sometimes you just get lucky Wink

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #9 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 10:27am

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Nice shot...

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Reply #10 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 3:22pm

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Great Shot Chuck! Cool

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You can make any plane look great Grin

Most people think that flying a plane is dangerous, except pilots because they know how easy it is.
Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.

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Reply #11 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 3:43pm

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AWESOME shot!! Shocked

Amazing

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