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hifly
Chief Pilot Joined: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Hastings UK Points: 1012 |
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Interesting Tom, an instructor at the tender age of 19, WOW and probably belated congratulations! Well please give us some details. What and where are you flying? I'm sure there are many here who would like to hear some real world flying experiences from you, post some pics. Is this part of a career plan to move on to bigger things? Whatever, I wish you all the best, just keep us informed of your adventures. And fly safe. |
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Jim
P/UT Joined: 14 Nov 2012 Location: Portsmouth UK Points: 238 |
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What a great future you have.as the saying goes."The skys the limit".
Jim. |
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TomA320
Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Location: Perth Scotland Points: 10235 |
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Thanks guys,
Yes, instructing is great, I'm currently at Tayside Aviation and flying the Grobs and Warriors. Not only is it really enjoyable and you can clock up lots of P1 hours in your log book very quickly, but the thing I never really though about was how rewarding it would be. I had a student who had very little previous flying experience and I sent him solo a few weeks back. A great feeling watching from the control tower and thinking that you trained the person behind the controls to be able to fly that aircraft. We are now onto Nav so next stage will be sending him on his first solo nav then doing the landaways for the QXC. The other thing is that instructing keeps your skills fresh: a few weekends ago I flew 5 and a bit hours and some of that was in the circuit getting a student ready for solo, another bit was PFLs and finally some stalling so you can find yourself going through many exercises in a single day if you have a few different students. Tayside have a pilot placement program with Loganair so once instructors have worked around 18 months they will join Loganair as a FO. At the moment I'm more than happy working as an FI as they are so many interesting parts of your job that you wouldn't experience as an airline pilot. Tom |
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Rich
Just Flight Staff Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: Planet Earth Points: 8543 |
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Hi Tom,
Glad to hear things are going well. What Grob to you fly? |
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TomA320
Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Location: Perth Scotland Points: 10235 |
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Thanks Rich,
It's the Grob 115 aircraft, very nice, light and responsive - feels a lot different from flying a Warrior! |
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ConcordeGuy
Chief Pilot Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Peterborough UK Points: 3734 |
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Jesus, been a while. Last time I posted was about Tom's article in the Daily Fail.
I haven't been simming much since I was about 14-15. I've tried to get back into it again, though. I bought the PMDG 737 NGX with some Saitek controls a while back, but even now I don't fly that much anymore. I've forgotten a lot since. I'm currently training for my PPL at the moment, but the cost is just too much. Work is killing me (I start my rota shift in two hours) and I'm finding it hard to spend time with FSX! |
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Rides a 1999 Kawasaki ZZR600
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hifly
Chief Pilot Joined: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Hastings UK Points: 1012 |
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Well Robbie, another one flying for real. Can I ask was it flight simming that got you into the real stuff or has that always been your dream? And what after the PPL, a career in aviation? Whichever, I wish you luck in getting your licence.
Yep it is quiet here, I think all the big topics have been argued over and war stories told. JF's Rich says more folk are on the in-your-Facebook site here but there's no real dialogue there. I still check in every day but have defected over to Mutley's Hanger and am bothering the good folk there. All the Best and happy landings. |
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ConcordeGuy
Chief Pilot Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Peterborough UK Points: 3734 |
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Ahh Mutley's Hangar. I remember donating a fiver a few years back when he first started the site...he was well happy :)
I wanted to be a pilot in the RAF. When that didn't work out, the flying just stayed on the back burner for a while. That was until I went on holiday to Lanzarote (third time ;D) and seeing the planes take off and land right near our villa sparked the interest up again. I wouldn't mind an ATPL, however I just don't have the money so it's not possible :( |
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Stringbean
P1 Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Location: London Points: 912 |
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Thought i’d pop in to say hello. Yes,..it has gone very quite on the JF forum. I noticed this a very long time ago actually. I wonder if it’s just that as time passes, people move on. They get older, have different commitments and take on responsibilities that they never had before. I’m guessing that not many new people join up after them because things have changed a lot since FSX came out in terms of social media, technology and entertainment. I myself haven’t posted here for probably getting on near three years give or take a few months. but that’s mainly because I eventually decided to get rid of the noisy PC with it’s fans whirring away that I built in order to play FSX. FSX always did require some sort of maintenance with a tweak here and a tweak there. I kind of just had enough really. When I think of all the time and money I dedicated on FSX over the years. Radar Contact 4, Traffic X, Real weather program addons, adding extra RAM, updating graphics cards and messing about with settings and config files, it eventually did my head in. Even though I got it to run pretty good in the end, I decided I’d call it a day. Six years of FSX was enough, it was tired, getting old and the Aces team at Microsoft even chucked the towel in. Social media began to really take off and Facebook is where most of the conversations these days take place. Forums are (arguably), becoming old and tired too I think.
Technology is constantly changing. Fast forward in time and along came these wonderful little devices called Tablets. They get faster and faster with each new release and fantastic screen resolutionThere is so much more choice nowadays in which to entertain yourself. I now get my quick fix of flight simming on my iPad by playing with Infinite Flight which to my mind is the next best thing on a mobile device. Aerofly 2 is due out soon and I know that even the good folks here at Just Flight have produced a couple of aircraft for the current original Aerofly app. Ok, flight simulator on a mobile device will never give you that truly immersive experience you get with a large desktop screen, and a yoke/joystick, especially for those people who want to be real pilots, and I admit, I sometimes miss that. But in all honestly, apps like Infinite Flight for mobile devices are surprisingly very good and challenging and the graphics are amazing and all for the price of a budget DVD. I think this is the appeal and attraction of much of gaming today, convenient, small devices at the touch of a button anytime, anywhere.
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wain
P1 Joined: 02 Dec 2012 Location: EGGD Points: 643 |
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I think you are right with regards to people and having a lack of time. Busy lives etc.
I built a PC mainly for FSX last year, it is running nicely and all my addons play nicely together so over the past few months I have found I now do more flying than tweaking, it seems quite stable and has the weather, traffic and textures I wont, so no need to tweak. I have a tablet and even though some 'games' are fine I wont use it to replace Flightsim and if I want mainstream gaming thats why I have a PS4. What I believe will happen is as it is now, to get FSX/XPLANE/P3D things you shop online or at shows. Flightsim for me is a way of escaping reality with some challenges and a whole heap of fun, I think it all depends what you as an individual want from the experiance........ |
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twright
Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Location: London UK Points: 3303 |
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My FSX PC is now plugged into my living room TV used only as a Plex Server!
I had the heartache of a HDD failure earlier in the year and lost the lot I've reinstalled FSX and some of my old favourites but it's nowhere near as heavy as it was. Besides that I've also moved in with my girlfriend in our own flat, where we're limited for space so can only really sim while she's out! Have resumed r/l lessons though after a long hiatus, just waiting for some nice weather! |
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Tom |
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Martyn
Just Flight Staff Development Manager Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: Huntingdon, UK Points: 7615 |
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Good to see some old names here
As Richard has pointed out we tend to 'engage with customers' more on Facebook now, although as someone pointed out earlier its not really a replacement for a forum discussion. Both myself and Richard are now busy programming on projects like Canberra, Tristar Pro and the upcoming Tornado, so its increasingly difficult to find the time to post here. In terms of R/W flying, I got my PPL back in 2011 and hope to invest in an IMC and night rating soon. I actually bumped into our very own Jack (Aircraft Aviation) at my local airfield a little while ago. I was jumping out of one of the club C152s as he was getting out of the Piper Arrow that he is flying nowadays. Its a small world! Martyn |
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dodgy-alan
Chief Pilot Joined: 16 May 2008 Location: bognor regis Points: 2994 |
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I'm still here but spend most of my time on Mutleys Hangar these days. A lot of the old names seem to have vanished. Posts rarely got comments and it was pretty dead at times. However I've plenty of material available so will add some stuff.
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The light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train coming the other way !
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johnep
P1 Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Location: Ely/Cambridge Points: 790 |
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Pcs are becoming obsolete. Replaced by X Boxes, Tablets and smart phones.Only hope for flight sim is a cloud based format.
johnep
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Christopher Low
P/UT Joined: 07 Nov 2011 Location: Ulverston UK Points: 162 |
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X-Boxes, tablets and smartphones do not interest me. In fact, the only use I can think of for a mobile phone is in an emergency (which is a biggie, I grant you). I have never owned a mobile phone, or a tablet, or a games console, and long may it stay that way!
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MartinW
Moderator in Command Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Points: 26722 |
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Naughty, naughty. You should have made an Acronis image and reinstalled the lot with a simple click. |
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MartinW
Moderator in Command Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Points: 26722 |
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I don't think they are becoming obsolete to be honest, it's just that they aren't upgraded to newer tech as often as phones, tablets etc. Hence sales lower. I did hear that Intel had excellent sales of CPU's recently though. I tell you what may revive my interest in FSX... an X55 Rhino that is sitting under my Christmas tree. It'll be great for Elite: Dangerous as well... due out tomorrow! http://www.elitedangerous.com/ |
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Magic Man
Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Location: South Wales Points: 5336 |
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Yo old timer...! I shall see you in the darkness of space. Been in the beta for a few weeks myself... Nice choice on the stick. Happy Christmas to all..! :) |
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MartinW
Moderator in Command Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Points: 26722 |
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Ha, if it isn't me old pal Magic person...
Don't worry Magic, Iv'e been practising in the free Eagle I got with the Mercenary edition. If you see me scooping fuel around a sun, don't be fooled, it's just a ploy to draw you in. Where's my free manual and digital art that was supposed to be with the mercenary? What are they up to? P.S. What's Santa bringing Magic for Xmas? |
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dogtrack
Check-In Staff Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Location: UK Points: 16 |
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No mobile phone Christopher! Thought I was bad, have one but never turn it on....Just carry it for emegencies.
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Arnie
...if it ain't broke, don't fix it... i7 4770K : GTX 770 : 8GB Ram : FSX Gold : P3D : X-Plane : W7 64 : |
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