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Having driven across the Nullarbor plain 4 times, it certainly seems to go on for ever, and its a fight sometimes to stay alert. Dodging large road trains can make life interesting at times.

An Englishman, a Scotsman and country bumpkin from outside Dublin found themselves in a pub with no other guests. The Englishman stepped forward and said, "Hello! I'm George, born on St. George’s Day, so my parents called me George after the Patron Saint of England!" "That's uncanny, said the Scotsman, "my name is Andrew, and mine named me on St Andrew's Day, too! The face of the farmer from Ireland lit up and said, "Heaven above! Amazing! Guess what...!" Before he could answer, they both said, "Don't tell, it's Patrick, right?" "No, he answered, it's Pancake."

At 10.31 am, on 30 June 1956, TWA & UAL airliners collided mid-air over the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, & crashed into the Canyon. All 128 people on the airliners perished. At the time, it was the worst aircraft accident in the USA. It shocked the nation & the world. It led to the eventual radical improvement in ATC through changed procedures, new technology & more personnel. Hope this video helps us to fly even more safely.

Three men are stranded on an island. They are close to starvation, when a Native Tribe finds them and takes them back to their camp. The leader says:" Go in a jungle and bring back a fruit, then we will let you live". They go out looking for fruits, the first guy comes back with a peach. The leader says:" Now take the peach and shove it up your ass, if you laugh, we will kill you." He attempts it but has to laugh so they cut his head off. The second man appears back from his trip with a grape. The leader gives him the same instructions, but the second guy doesn't seem to have any

The history of aviation in Scotland is basically the history of the Scottish Aviation company at Prestwick Airport before, during & after WW2. It is both inspirational & sad. I found it absolutely fascinating - I hope you do to. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

The almost concurrent release of the F-14 Tomcat (Heatblur Simulations and IndiaFoxtEcho) and NAS Miramar 1980's (Sundownersim) can now be enjoyed in Flight Simulator 2020. View this cinematic video on your television!

Timestamps: Speak to Me 0:05 Introduction at Wembley Breathe (In the Air) 1:03 Money 2:19 London Oxford Introduction Us and Them 3:46 Engine Start Any Colour You Like 5:33 Taxi and Flight Info Brain Damage 7:54 Departure Us and Them 10:02 Climb to 19,000' Across the English Channel Timelapse 11:35 On the Run 11:53 RNAV Approach Eclipse 13:06 Initial Approach Fix Money 15:08 Final Approach Fix Time 16:21 Glide Path Captured Great Gig in the Sky 17:24 Autopilot Disconnect Clare Torry Vocals 19:59

In 1945 the Second World War a soldier was asked by the regimental medical orderly when he had last had sex with a woman. He replied 1943 sir. The orderly was surprised and said that was a long time ago. The soldier looked at his watch and said well it is only 20.45 now sir.

In this 6th & final video covering airstrips in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for which freeware scenery is available in MSFS, we look at the top 5 major airports & include their aerodrome charts. We take the legendary Ford Trimotor as we do a circuit around each of the 5 airports. See if you can guess the movie at the end! Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/CfT3dX7lUR0?si=h5dWiaJQ21e-C6Nx

In this 5th video in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) airstrip series, we look at more mountain strips for which there is nice freeware scenery available in MSFS, and the 1st payware scenery for PNG mountain strips (by Orbx). Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/QfDMZVeXyx4?si=SYXiSO8yNKoy-ZUm

In this 4th video in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) freeware scenery series, we look at more mountain strips for which there is nice freeware scenery available in MSFS, plus provide real-life footage of landings at these airstrips, & descriptions of 2 associated real-life accidents. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Hi Laurence, welcome to the Hangar. Download a programs called Spad-Next and MSFS LVAR Bridge Installer. This should help you get all your panels up and running. Home - SPAD.neXt (spadnext.com) Download SPAD.neXt - SPAD.neXt (spadnext.com) Let us know how you get on. Cheers

Just Flight Announce Black Square's TBM 850 for MSFS Out Now! Black Square’s impressive TBM 850 features nearly 100 possible failures including new turbine engine failures, hot-swappable radio configurations and the most advanced pressurisation and cabin temperature simulations in MSFS. The failure system allows for persistent wear, MTBF and scheduled failures for nearly every component in the aircraft, many with multiple different failure modes. Experience real-world failures such as generator failure, propeller governor failure, fuel control failure and compressor surging. The

You guys using names in this thread makes things tough, technically a name is not a word in word association. Inter-space, It is the space left between two graves to allow for maintenance and access to the graves. The width of the inter-space varies depending on the cemetery’s regulations and the type of burial. In some cases, it can be as narrow as 6 inches.

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Would you have done it? I would like to think so. Like any good pilot he had his own personal minimums but from the story one could tell he really wanted to help. Good on him. This was a great story Frank, thanks for bringing it to us.

Here’s an earlier video of mine to celebrate the anniversary. What an incredible story. Cheers.

Here's a topical one for you all: A man with suspected Corona virus is lying in a hospital bed with a face mask on waiting to be seen. A trainee nurse comes to give the man a bed bath. The man asks “Are my testicles black?" The nurse replies “I'm here to give you a bed bath" The man asks again slightly more agitated this time “Ok, but can you look to see if my testicles are black?” The nurse replies “Sir I'm only supposed to give you a bed bath upper body and feet" The man rather breathless this time manages to ask one more time, “Please, are my testicles bla

Can't go wrong with three engines. You never disappoint Frank, thanks for bringing this information into my brain. One of my favorite movies as a ten year old kid was Where Eagles Dare(1968) with Clint Eastwood, I think my first blip of wanting to fly was watching the Ju-52 flying in the snow covered mountains during the closing credits. In Panavision no less. That plane, I believe was the same one that crashed in Switzerland in 2018. As a side note, the movie used T-6's for German fighters. When will they stop lying to us kids.

Come see how the Allies, mainly the USA, supplied China to fight the invading Japanese in WW2. The airlift supply route involved hazardous flying over the SE tail-end of the Himalayas, hence the name "The Hump". The job was done but not without significant loss of personnel and aircraft. At the time, it was the largest airlift operation in history. Enjoy not only the history but also the flying and scenery as well. Hope you do enjoy. Cheers.

If they don't like anything flight sim related than why watch the videos or even talk about them. Sounds like they have the problem and at the least deserve this...

When I woke this morning, my wife was standing in the kitchen looking sexy in her nightie, and preparing my usual soft-boiled eggs and toast for breakfast. As I walked in she turned to me and said "You've got to make love to me this very moment!" We went at it, there and then on the kitchen table. Afterwards she said "Thanks" pulled down her nightie and returned to the stove. "How come you're so horny this morning" I said. "I'm not" she replied "The egg timer's broken".

My neighbor knocked on my door at 2:30 AM. Can you believe that? 2:30 AM! Luckily for him, I was still up playing my bagpipes.

Very enjoyable Frank, love the sound of those radials! Talking of tyre type radials, I think I heard seven squeals on landing! My only negative comment is please can you change the music? It reminds me of the hours I have spent on hold waiting to get through to my doctor's surgery on the phone

I have broken into the world of DCS! My first video flying the F-18 Hornet!

Come join Aussie Owen Zupp, airline pilot & award-winning aviation writer, as he flies solo in a light aircraft around Australia in 2010. Enjoy beautiful Australian scenery, especially the famous remote outback/backcountry, & learn about Aussie aviation history. Part 1 is Bundaberg to Barkly. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/akWQJxkPP2I?si=EiyBvrhkeHv1uQ4a

Looks like fun, I wish I could do it still today. Even if they could build a flying boat like that today everyone is in a hurry nowadays and they prefer speed over the fun of getting there. Not to mention what it would cost in today's dollars. Thanks for the views Frank, always enjoyable. BTW; The post only shows a link. FIXED BY JOE

Thanks for the visit! Glad you enjoyed and remembered the music in this one! Only album that I bought twice. First one got played so much and was full of pops and hisses!

Come visit my Top 10 Australian aviation museums from all around Australia. For each museum we visit its home/nearest airfield & show 3 selected aircraft from the museum. The MSFS videos are from an Australian CAC Wirraway aircraft. See real footage of a Wirraway at the end. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

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A follow up video with the complete voice recorder transcript. Unprepared may be the best word to summarize the flight. Timestamps: Intro 0:07 Trouble from the beginning 0:56 Flight plan entry problems 1:50 N79NX enters restricted airspace 2:59 Frustration elevates 5:19 Runway change 7:15 Anxiety + confusion with CIGOR 8:00 Panic 10:47 Chilling last words 11:50 Final 3 seconds of transcript. 13:38 Voice recorder insight SYNOPSIS 14:27

So i bought XP12 recently and so far its working pretty well. Only using default everything with the exception of the Zibo737. Tried using Ortho scenery but that seems to have a big hit on the performance even if using ZL16 for example. AutoOrtho creates big problems for me in terms of stability and performance. I will keep on working with XP12 though as i see good potential as it gets optimised better. I have a few screen shots to add later.

I really enjoyed researching & making this one, so come with me in the beaut legendary DHC-2 Beaver to check-out the Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve in South East Alaska. With record-setting size, glaciers & mountains, you will love the absolutely amazing scenery. Thanks to Wrangell Mountain Air for the inspiration. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Come visit the locations in the USA & UK where the famous WW2 American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft was made & first flew. See how USA North American + UK Rolls Royce + UK Packard = P-51 Mustang. See why the P-51D version was the most famous of all the Mustang's many versions. Fly in a P-51 Mustang in MSFS. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Good stuff Frank, enjoyed all the old images and flying by the P-51 plants. I wonder how long it took all those workers to get into the plants before they started working, that's a bunch of folks for sure. Anyone else sad to see all those historic airfields being taken over by sprawl. Thanks for the views.

Come learn about the famous English Electric bomber & its World Altitude Record in 1957. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Very enjoyable Frank, the Skyhawk has earnt it's place in the Hall of Fame!

Some good stuff there, it makes me laugh when I hear the names aircraft manufactures use when naming new tech. Omni-vision... hahahaha. I no longer have FSX on my system but no doubt most of the hours were flown in the C172, it's a great sightseeing plane and has all the bits needed for all types of flying. Once I got the C182 the old 172 fell by the wayside but I have always been a fan of Cessna in general. Thanks for your time and informative videos Frank, looking forward to the rest in this series. Side note: I sometimes think the ice age pulled everything out of the c

Great idea to dramatise the story Frank, that's a pretty much normal day for me!

Either Arnie, if it’s food I’ll eat it. 😂 Clouds.

Thanks for another interesting documentary Frank, it's all too easy to forget these amazing WWII feats and how heroic those airmen were. Cheers, Joe

Can be found here Mike, https://rexsimulations.com/accuseason.html

AKA.....a hole in the water into which you can pour your money.

Frank, you will always be welcome here with your very well made and entertaining posts, you inspire me to go visit those unusual locations in the sim! Virtual beer mate. Joe

Thanks for another interesting factual post Frank, the scenery wasn't bad either!

Drawing in history minded folks is part of my intention - so that’s great Brett. Scary landings? That’s because IRL as a recreational pilot I fly only a C172, in perfect weather, on flat strips, at least 1,000m, usually sealed etc etc etc. Very, very safety-conscious low-hours, recreational pilot! Cheers Brett.