Tim_A

Gabe, it can be revealed, lied about his age. He's actually much older than that. Yes he fought in the war, but that was back in the days before wars had numbers! He wielded his poker with honour in the battle of Chimney Breast, in what later became known as the Grate War. Although it was never totally clear which side he fought for: Some say Sooty, some say Sweep. Most believe that he had a hand in each... Hope you had a good one!

All your paper Jeppesen manuals turn to papier mache mush. Let's see now, 10kg of Jepp manuals in a massive flight bag, or a 700g iPad. Hmm... tough that one. I guess if your hobby is weightlifting you' might prefer the paper. Also, a couple of swipe gestures is hardly "faffing about", and I'm sure rummaging about trying to find the right sheet of paper in a darkened cockpit with a flashlight between your teeth in an emergency is *so* much easier! I'm guessing you either don't have an iPad or have never used one, since you seem to be so anti.

Not very likely, I'm afraid. Plan-G is specifically designed for VFR GA flying (there's a clue in the banner at the top of this thread...), and while there is some IFR stuff in there, it is only at a level that is appropriate to get you out of trouble in deteriorating weather etc. (Much like the UK IMC rating in that respect). When you start looking at SIDs and STARs and FMCs, you're getting into the realm of deliberate IFR and transport cat flying, and that's way out of scope as far as Plan-G goes. There are lots of very good dedicated IFR flight planners, which I can recommend. Plan-G is a

I live on the edge of the Benson MATZ, and I can conform it is a well known frost hollow. Benson often records the coldest nighttime temperatures in the UK.

Some things are just worth living in the doghouse for. I certainly wouldn't want to be without mine...

No joy with the driver either. Then I had a bit of a brainwave: Look at the Windows error logs! (I keep telling people to do that on my forum, so why I didn't do it myself, I can't think ) Anyhow, that was showing an Access Denied error attempting to start the dhcp service. Seems it gets far enough to get onto the local LAN, but not out to the Internet. So I googled it, and typically there are thousands of people having this problem, going back to 2003, but nobody providing solutions or answers. Almost always it starts after doing an update, although sometimes that's app and sometimes OS -

I'll try the driver tomorrow. I'm running a disc clone atm just in case I end up having to do a complete rebuild. Unfortunately it's over USB2, so it won't be finished until the wee small hours.

Ok, scrub that idea; apparently Mac OS X isn't considered a valid copy of Windows!

My other devices all have the router as their DNS. Changing it makes no difference anyhow. Not sure about MAC address filtering - I thought that only applied to wifi. This is a wired connection. I'm thinking of reapplying SP1, to see if that does anything. Just downloading it now on the mac.

Thanks Seatac, Tried that; no difference, unfortunately

Hi Simi, That's made no difference Looking in the network connection details dialog, there's no mention of the DHCP lease. The items it *does* mention are... Notice the default gateway and WINS server entries are blank. Also, the wifi connection is showing 'no connections available' (but signal strength 5 bars!). Again, other devices can find and connect to the wifi LAN. The wired connection is definitely live to local devices -- I can print across the network, and also administer the router & NAS boxes, open & save files (I copied those screenshots across the LAN to upload

It's the evil Windows Update Of Death... Before the recent update, everything was working fine: hello birds; hello sky; la di dah and so on. Shut down PC at the end of the day, and windows Update kicks in. Fine; I leave it to it and go to bed. Next day, switch on PC, and all seems to be fine, until I come to access the Internet.... error Firefox cannot access the server. Hmm. Now, I have determined the following: * The internal LAN is up and running - I can see NAS drives, the router etc * The router is connected to the Internet - I can access the web from Mac and iOS (if you can read th

Sweet. I want one...

It's a Supermarine Spitfire Mk26b kitplane, First of potentially 12 being built here. http://www.enstoneflyingclub.co.uk/news_item.php?wnID=2589

Day 19: Tanga - Chake Chake - Kisauni - Dar es Salaam HTTG-HTPE-HTZA-HTDA For our final leg in this safari, we are going to tour through the spice islands of Zanzibar. Leaving Tanga Heading out into the Indian Ocean Pemba is the first of the Spice Islands, and well known for its plantations of cloves. In fact, over 70% of the world's cloves come from here, as well as cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper. The Zanzibar archipelago comprises two main islands, pemba and Unguja, plus many smaller islands. Chake Chake is the island's principal town. Unguja Island (also known as Zanzib

Day 18: Kilimanjaro - Same - Mombo - Tanga HTKJ - HTSE - HTMO - HTTG Leaving Kilimanjaro Water drains off the slopes of Kilimanjaro into the Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir. A hydroelectric scheme provides power for the region. The Usambaras mountain ranges follow the Tanzania-Kenya border pretty much all the way to the coast You can still make out Kilimanjaro in the distance behind us. Of course, we're following the road, but we also have the Tanga Line railway for company. This line currently goes to Arusha, but there are pland to extend it all the way into Uganda, and beyond. Th

No gliders - that would be too easy! From Arusha I could have flown straight to the summit (another benefit of a turbine!), but that would have missed out on the mast...

Day 17: Arusha - West Kilimanjaro - Moshi - Kilimanjaro Intl HTAR - HTWK - HTMS - HTKJ Mt Kilimanjaro. Need I say more? Departing Arusha, in the shadow of Mt Meru. Although it is onlt the 10th highest peak in Tanzania, this volcano still outclimbs us! Mt meru is a stratovolcano. It blew out its eastern side in much the same way as Mt St. Helens in the US. At west Kilimanjaro, we find a mast. This is one of the few objects in the Objects pack. Unfortunately, the OpenVFR landclass has removed all traces of snow from the summit. Now, the snow cap on the summit is largely season

Day 16: Seronera - Lake Manyara - Arusha HTSN - HTLM - HTAR Our trip across the Serengeti takes us through some of Africa's most famous landscapes, including the Ngogongoro crater, Lake Manyara and Mt Meru. Departing Seronera. Ahead of us we can see the Ngorongoro Crater rising from the plains The Ngorongoro crater is an unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera. It is some 2000ft deep, and the crater floor covers some 100 square miles. The crater was formed around 3 million years ago, when its volcano exploded. It's estimated that the original volcano was some 19,000ft high. (roug

Day 15: Mwanza - Ibadakuli - Mwadui - Maswa - Seronera HTMW - HTSY - HTMD - HTMC - HTSN Welcome to Serengeti National Park! Departing Mwanza. Mwanza has a total population of around 2 million, with 1.2 million living in the city itself. The airport is served by Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Precision Air, Jetlink Express and Fly540. Ibadakuli village is strangely square in FS! Mwadui was the first diamond mine of any significance outside South Africa. It has been in continuous operation since 1940, and its open cast pit is now over 300ft deep. Serengeti means 'endless plains'

day 14: Bukoba - Musoma - Nansio - Mwanza HTBU - HTMU - HTUK - HTMW We're crossing Lake Victoria today. taking off from Bukoba The island that we saw offshore in the photo at the end of last time, does exist in FS, it just doesn't seem to have any elevation data. There are a couple of mesh holes in the lake! Approaching Musoma. This is a small fishing village on the eastern shore. Turning final. The default airport disappears into the lake at its northern end. Despite being a dirt and grass strip, Dash-8s regularly land here. The road really shouldn't cross the runway (

That looks very good.

Day 13: Kasulu to Bukoba HTKU - HTBU Today we reach lake Victoria. Departing kasulu Our route takes us close to the borders with Barundi and Rwanda. This is the flood plain of the Malagalasi-Moyowosi wetland area. Our first glimpse of Lake Victoria. Victoria is, of course the largest lake by area in Africa, and the second largest in the world (to Lake Superior in North America). Turning final at Bukoba. You really don't want to overshoot the runway here, since it goes right to the shore line. This is the most northerly point on our safari, ad we are just one degree south