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by DarrenL
11 Feb 2013, 15:25
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Can you stand it?
Replies: 9
Views: 1822

Re: Can you stand it?

I wonder if the old Okada Air fleet might still be there in Benin City, Nigeria?

This was May 2010 - http://www.airliners.net/photo//1730758 ... 46682f708d
by DarrenL
06 Feb 2013, 13:00
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: Do simshed know about this......
Replies: 10
Views: 2665

Re: Do simshed know about this......

I have never done any modding on flightsims my background on modding is mainly in racing sims and originally creating wad files for Doom :) In most modding scenes including the Elderscrolls series which I am currently also involved it is considered very bad form to republish someone else's files as ...
by DarrenL
05 Feb 2013, 15:14
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Joint Fight Jet Decision Flawed
Replies: 3
Views: 886

Re: Joint Fight Jet Decision Flawed

I think the £2billion so called costs to change to catapults and arrestor gear somewhat exaggerated, government contracts are always overpriced when they try to pretend they are right and often include unrelated items (like a support ship or the complete carrier air arm). The French version of the Q...
by DarrenL
05 Feb 2013, 14:55
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Richard III found
Replies: 13
Views: 2225

Re: Richard III found

Paul K wrote:The last king of England to die in battle, has been found.
I had a hunch he would be.


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by DarrenL
04 Feb 2013, 20:08
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: RAF Perranporth for sale, only 2 careful owners
Replies: 4
Views: 885

RAF Perranporth for sale, only 2 careful owners

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273367/Perranporth-Second-World-War-Spitfire-base-owned-phones-magnate-goes-market-1-5million.html#axzz2JwL3IbYJ Only £1.5 million, so better value that the much smaller ex-RAF Radar monitoring station RAF Neatishead that is only 25 acres but on sale for £2.5...
by DarrenL
03 Feb 2013, 13:57
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Latest jet fighter
Replies: 22
Views: 3436

Re: Latest jet fighter

Doesn't look very big or have enough internal space, no easy way to see where all the systems will go. Looks more like a proof of concept rather than an actual fighter. http://www.businessinsider.com/irans-new-indigenous-fighter-qaher-313-david-cenciotti-2013-2 Sort of like an Avro 707 compared to a...
by DarrenL
02 Feb 2013, 21:21
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: For sale red Hawker Hunter WB188...
Replies: 8
Views: 2003

Re: For sale red Hawker Hunter WB188...

Interestingly another WB188 painted Hunter (the more famous G-Hunt once owned and flown by Spencer Flack) that was in the USA was up for sale for years recently for $50k dropping to $30k I think last time I saw it on Courtesy Aircraft's website- http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/hunter/survivo...
by DarrenL
31 Jan 2013, 18:23
Forum: Payware Heads Up!!
Topic: REX Essentials & Overdrive SP1 released
Replies: 6
Views: 1179

Re: REX Essentials & Overdrive SP1 released

Thanks for that, I spent ages waiting for the update for Rex Overdrive I ended up re-downloading Rex from the FSS and installing the new full Rex Essentials (after a big gulp as I pressed uninstall of the previous version). All went well and I will once again hold my breath as I try this update over...