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I wonder if the radar works in it. Fancy a 150 going behind, or couldn't you hack those?
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newt - shan't
- it was the 180's going behind used to puzzle me.
MUST ADD: before all the 'old grey whistle tests' and others rush off to Tangmere, the sim is, I repeat 'NOT PUBLIC' yet. There are, however, loads of other lovely jets to drool over, including the record breaking Duke Hunter and Donaldson Meteor, the beautiful Frightning as above, plus terrific displays of WWI and II aviation history - and you might just get to see the tech masterminds or others having a pole in the sim. Check the website at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
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Fancy a 150 going behind, or couldn't you hack those
MUST ADD: before all the 'old grey whistle tests' and others rush off to Tangmere, the sim is, I repeat 'NOT PUBLIC' yet. There are, however, loads of other lovely jets to drool over, including the record breaking Duke Hunter and Donaldson Meteor, the beautiful Frightning as above, plus terrific displays of WWI and II aviation history - and you might just get to see the tech masterminds or others having a pole in the sim. Check the website at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Hi LM. A 150 going behind was no problem! It was those low level targets that were always on a 180 that I never got to grips with!!
See you at the Dec WIWOL beercall????
See you at the Dec WIWOL beercall????
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I believe the first 'console ops' are trained and the sim goes 'live' for 15 min slots very soon. I hear even ex RAFG and Wattisham crews are welcome
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A 150 going behind? Jeez I wonder how many hours of my life and gallons of fuel I wasted targeting for, doing and teaching that crap. Who said "na mate, put it on the nose, see which way it's drifting, smash to the edge, trickle it down the side, then plug in the burner and you'll get a one and a half mile roll out every time"? Maybe if the Master of Ceremonies of the Bognor Regis Pier Society attends on 2 Dec, he can regale us with tales of Bill Becks Box and other equally useful techniques now consigned to the dustbin of history
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What is he talking about? And who wants to volunteer to sit in a made-up simulator when you can sit in the real thing at Bruntingthorpe if you ask nicely!!
Do they sell anoraks at this museum?
What is he talking about? And who wants to volunteer to sit in a made-up simulator when you can sit in the real thing at Bruntingthorpe if you ask nicely!!
Do they sell anoraks at this museum?
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My first-ever flight simulator (called Air Commander) was written in Basic (I didn't write it but had to port it), ran on an Apple II, had credible flight characteristics (even if more like an F-86K than a Lightning), and had a B-scope that woiked!
I'm talking mid 1980s here.
A bunch of guys at the Brooklands museum was handed just the "cab" of the Filton Concorde simulator.
The idea was to use it as a museum cockpit display... none of the computers or interfaces were left. Then they went berserk and decided to bring it back to life as a simulator, and today it "flies" again (no motion, but it has visuals again and more and more of the systems work).
So come on guys, I'm sure it can be done!
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ChristiaanJ, It has been done!
The Tangmere sim has been designed to give a visual experience. It uses real Lightning controls linked to a modern flight sim programme projected onto the screen in front of you - you are sitting on a bang-seat in a Lightning cockpit having fun.
If you want to do S7Ds IMC you can - I would rather go off RW14, fly under the Menai Bridge and then do the LFA at 100' sonic before popping up for a bit of formation flying.
Remember this is a way of the museum making money to stay alive.
If you know what a S7D is you will have fun, if you don't then see if you can land it and we will have fun watching!
The Tangmere sim has been designed to give a visual experience. It uses real Lightning controls linked to a modern flight sim programme projected onto the screen in front of you - you are sitting on a bang-seat in a Lightning cockpit having fun.
If you want to do S7Ds IMC you can - I would rather go off RW14, fly under the Menai Bridge and then do the LFA at 100' sonic before popping up for a bit of formation flying.
Remember this is a way of the museum making money to stay alive.
If you know what a S7D is you will have fun, if you don't then see if you can land it and we will have fun watching!
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Looks great fun !
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Well worth a visit .
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The Tangmere sim has been designed to give a visual experience. It uses real Lightning controls linked to a modern flight sim programme projected onto the screen in front of you - you are sitting on a bang-seat in a Lightning cockpit having fun.
If you want to do S7Ds IMC you can - I would rather go off RW14, fly under the Menai Bridge and then do the LFA at 100' sonic before popping up for a bit of formation flying.
If you want to do S7Ds IMC you can - I would rather go off RW14, fly under the Menai Bridge and then do the LFA at 100' sonic before popping up for a bit of formation flying.
Of course you're dead right. On a sim like that you would want to got out and fly, not play with a simulated radar.....
CJ
