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01-16-2005, 04:09 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Or the Most????
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03-01-2005, 05:51 PM
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| Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England
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 | If you want a true WW2 strategy game, look no further than Sudden Strike II, rate it higher than any other I've played. |
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03-03-2005, 06:27 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| Sorry to be boring fellas  I just thought id say how I became interested in aircraft Before I left school I was in the ATC for a couple of years and got my first flight in a plane ( a little old chipmunk) I thought it was brilliant I even had a waggle of the stick I realized that I would never have the academic ability to be a flyer so after being a decorator and a printer the next time I flew was going on holiday with some mates in a Boeing 707 I ended up in the army for a few years etc etc even now flying although taken for granted by many people still has for me a fascination that has never really waned. I should have gone for Ground crew. |
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03-03-2005, 06:32 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| I'm not that sure when I was first interested, ages ago now. It was probably when I bought my first one or two models
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03-04-2005, 03:11 PM
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| for me it was really when i saw a documentary on the lancaster, hense my love of the plane, just think, if i'd have cought a different episode i could have fallen in love with any plane!!
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03-04-2005, 03:32 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| The Fairey Battle Kicks Ass, I can just imagine it!
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03-04-2005, 03:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bristol, UK
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| Who says it doesn't? Well...In looks anyway. |
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03-04-2005, 03:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England
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 | The Battle does look pretty damn good... Imagine if he'd caught one about the F2A-3  |
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03-04-2005, 04:14 PM
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03-04-2005, 04:27 PM
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03-05-2005, 09:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK
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| Ive always been into planes in general, ever since I can remember. I was an air cadet for 5 years, had a few flights in Bulldogs, I wanted to become an airline pilot after uni, but my eyesight is too poor.
__________________ Good generals think about tactics. Great generals think about logistics. "If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution." - Nye Bevan "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII |
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03-05-2005, 09:31 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| I know military pilots must have perfect vision, but aren't airline pilots allowed to wear corrective lenses? |
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03-05-2005, 01:36 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK
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| They are (and I do), but there are certain criteria for astigmatism which I marginally fall outside of. Essentially, my corrected eyesight is good enogh, but the deformity of my eyes is too great (or at least, thats how my optometrist explained it!  )
__________________ Good generals think about tactics. Great generals think about logistics. "If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution." - Nye Bevan "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII |
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03-05-2005, 04:38 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| Bad luck Bomb sounds like apart from the bins you stood a good chance of getting some wings . |
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03-05-2005, 05:07 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK
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| It was a bit of a blow, but Im now working on Plan B, which is roughly, get degree, get MA, get job, join TA  (And I know they'll have me, I already applied once but decide to stay out till after uni!)
__________________ Good generals think about tactics. Great generals think about logistics. "If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution." - Nye Bevan "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" - John Donne, Meditation XVII |
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