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Old 22nd Dec 2012, 17:20
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I note that there are no "computer drivers of civvie crap" on here.
Oi! I drive civvie crap and there's not a computer to be seen, nor an autopilot thank you. Never been a mil pilot but it's funny how the mil pilots struggle trying to hand fly an NDB approach in something that's bouncing around like a ball in a spin dryer at 100kts with no, er ,'aids' to lighten the load on their overtaxed brains cells......
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Seems that an ex Lightning instructor likes the Tangmere Sim


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I have posted about this before - a great day out. Get them to put you on 14 (as was?) at Valley and nip over the Menai and down the A5 - the visual is good enough. Beware the lack of motion etc - I clocked 8g going by the lake..........

The rest of the museum is good too!
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I remember the sim at Binbrook being non visual, in fact the hood was painted opaque white. Have they altered it a bit at Tangmere?

As an aside, can anyone remember the name of the Master Pilot who used to run the sim at Binners in the 80's?
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Master pilot

Bob .... Don't recall surname
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Not a 'quiz' question by the way, I've been racking my brains trying to remember.

Incidentally, does anyone remember Master Pilot Egan from Coningsby, mid 70's?
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Have they altered it a bit at Tangmere?
- I believe it is a modified flt sim visual, but quite adequate.
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Chaps ...

Sorry about my post last night on Tangmere ... I was on the iPAD which used a Mobile URL for YouTube. Now corrected.

SF ...

I tried to ID the chap's face against the WIWOL's 2012 reunion bash pics ... no joy ...

Anyway ... if a Sim is not your thing ... then try one of these ...


A simply outstanding piece of engineering ... both at full scale and 1/6th ! Hats off to Mr Harding !

Happy Christmas all ... and please keep the WIWOL stories coming !

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Truly outstanding Mr Harding But did it alight back to terra firma in one piece As I understand from you "pros" getting off was one thing getting back down was another

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Absolutely brilliant Mr Harding.
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But did it alight back to terra firma in one piece
4 minutes in.

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Yes he landed perfectly ... performance seems impressive with just one jet engine ... but piloting is another thing at that speed when you're not sitting up front in the direction of flight
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ORAC ...

I think you've got another Lightning model there ...

Here's Mr Harding's landing at another event ...

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I remember a little ex-techie Lightning pilot who might have fitted into the large scale model......
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SF ...

I tried to ID the chap's face against the WIWOL's 2012 reunion bash pics ... no joy
If you mean the chap 'flying' the Tangmere sim, if it's who I think it is, he wasn't listed as attending the WIWOL '12 reunion.

It looks to me like it's Bob B, ex-22 loop Black Arrows pilot, and ex-boss of 19 Sqn......?????
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Superb CoffmanStarter Looked "quick" on the round-out.....but then again it probably was in the "grown-up" model
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Well if someone can build a 1/6 Scale Model Lightning ... and some dudes can build a replica ME262 in the States ... it's not beyond the realms of possibility for someone to build say a 7/8 Scale Replica Lightning ! Probably not with AB's though !

Any pilot volunteers Sorry ... but funding such a project is a bit out of my reach
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Here you go Wholigan ... just for you







Just in case you ask ... yes someone has built a model Vectored Thrust jet engine



It works too ...

http://cpl.usc.edu/eschuste/TurboFanEwald2.mpg

A model seems to be coming along nicely too ... but this isn't yet true Vectored Thrust



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PS. NO I'm not a Sim or Model nut ... I just appreciate good engineering and the shear inventiveness of some

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Oh yes. Thank you CS.
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Second you on that CS - some engineering going on there Just think we use to build-um "full" size like that - but that's a whole other thread
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