Paul K

The couple of times I met him at Cosford, Chris struck as the sort of bloke who's probably mortified at what's happened, particularly in terms of looking after his customers. I sincerely hope he gets back on his feet, because there's never been a better time for purveyors of flight sim peripherals. If he hasn't walked away in despair ( who could blame him), I reckon he'll be back at full steam before too long.

😉😂Ta!

Is it me, or does that fuselage slope too acutely at the front, above the radome ? EDIT: On second thoughts, compared to photos of the real thing - no it doesn't.

I'm inclined to wait for the Milbirdblackviz one, as they mentioned the possibility of releasing an L-100 ( the civilian version of the C-130 ) at the same time. That said, if CS do their penance well, I could be tempted

Forgot to mention I also bought the Rara Avis Horten. More expense, but the texturing and flight model are lovely. Never had a flightsim hangar like this one. 😉

I think you mean pessimistic, don't you ?

I've never known a time like this in our hobby. In recent weeks, I've bought JF's Vulcan and BAe 146, Burning Blue's Farnborough and Old Warden ( now with free airshow add-on ), Flying Iron's Me-109G and yesterday AzurPoly's Bronco. All this on top of perennial payware favourites, plus all the freeware aircraft, airports, repaints and utilities. Standing back for a moment, I remember when Aces Studio was disbanded, people were confidently predicting the demise of civilian flight simming. Look where we are now, and with MSFS2024 coming soon. Asobo and Microsoft come in for some stick at times, but compared to just 5 years ago, we are in a different universe. What's the point of this thread ? Just to express my astonishment at what we've gained in such a short space of time. And now we have FBW's A-380 coming, along with Flying Iron's Fortress and a full set of B-52s from Sim Works Studios. Where does it end ? I hope it never does.

Just got it from Orbx. I've only done a quick circuit around Edwards KEDW, but I love it already. So many great aircraft around at the moment.

I've been using this for a while. Very nice, too.

I didn't know any of that - thanks. Yes, the Entente Cordiale anniversary - I think it's great that we've swapped palace guards. France now guards King Charles III. 😁

Yes, it's French; a Farman F120. There were several versions of it, some with just two engines. It exemplifies why the history of aviation development is so interesting.

Hold my beer.

You can close the thread now.

I quite like the current one by AH, but I'm still interested. I'll wait for reviews.

No worries - all I needed was a quick confirmation that I'm a smart a*se. 😉