Suggestions, please, for FS trainers

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 10 Sep 2006, 08:51

speedbird591 wrote:I knew you wouldn't be able to hack it

Ian: Just for the sport of it, which airport in your vicinity is capable of retrieving an DC-8 ?

Kimber · Post by **Kimber** » 10 Sep 2006, 12:06

My first lessons were in a tail dragger!! For this I will alway be thankful!!

Nothing scares me now!!

BTW; My first lessons were in this aircraft!! If you are going to do something,
do it with style!! :dance: :dance: :dance:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 10 Sep 2006, 12:09

Hi Kimber

That's a real one.....does it work in FS?

'tis FS trainers we mean

ATB

Garry

Kimber · Post by **Kimber** » 10 Sep 2006, 12:16

No one has made a "Mr Mulligan" since FS98!! Very sad!! One of the
great planes of all time!! And it lives just down the road from us!!

Other than not being able to see any thing while taxing, it is not
a hard aircraft to fly!! Power is not a problem!!

Bill Lyons cub is about as good a trainer as you can get, learn
tail dragging first, then the rest is easy!!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 10 Sep 2006, 12:19

Certainly looks tough........great if you're beginning and landings aren't always greasers......it's not going to fall apart on the first bump

Garry

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 10 Sep 2006, 20:54

DanKH wrote:Ian: Just for the sport of it, which airport in your vicinity is capable of retrieving an DC-8 ?

Hah! Sounds like you're looking for a challenge, Dan

I'm about 15 miles ESE of Bristol (EGGD) and about the same distance SW of Lyneham AFB (EGDL). Bristol's only runway is 6,500 ft. But you have to use a proper DC8 and not one of those truncated short*rse things

This is Bristol. (Note the advice in the bottom left in case you run into trouble

)

Kimber - that looks great! I have nothing but admiration for you, learning to fly in that. What a great achievement. However, I can't see my friend even getting to the runway in a virtual one of those. I certainly haven't got the patience to watch him! We'll leave it to the experts such as yourself

Ian

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 10 Sep 2006, 23:57

Bristol it is then....

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 11 Sep 2006, 20:00

Ian: Had I known earlier, that you had a crush fro older ladies with huge behinds, I would have posted some pictures sooner ;-)

Now you just have to wait for my little "dare-you" ....

migeater0 · Post by **migeater0** » 11 Sep 2006, 22:03

SA Bulldog?

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 13 Sep 2006, 16:27

Thanks for the Bulldog suggestion, migeater. Alex recommended it earlier and I gave it a trial, amongst others. It's a really nice model but I decided on the RealAir 172 as being the easiest to fly for my friend's first attempt.

Thanks anyway,

Ian