Classic British Flight Sim

What a great video. I know of Des Moines because one of my favourite writers, Bill Bryson, comes from there. Enjoyed the vid, not sure about the music though.

cstorey wrote:Yes, Peter, I think it is a vertigo problem possibly as a result of lack of peripheral vision in films. It's odd to me because I never got sick when flying ( admittedly fairly gentle i.e. about +4.5 -2 G ) aerobatics years ago, but there of course one anticipates what is likely to happen with any given control input and so the senses are not taken by surprise in quite the same way

Yes I agree...My aerobatic solo displays ran from +6g to -4g (with G-suit), but never made me feel ill because as you say, one tenses in the right places as you apply the stick loads...I am absolutely certain that if I had been a passenger on one of those displays I would have been very ill. Which is why I was very reluctant to take a passenger on practices when I had to use a two-seater.

petermcleland wrote:I must look up the price of that kit he used for the video

Don't even think about it, Peter

Paul

In the interests of full disclosure I'm a Transplant Systems Analyst on the Australian National Organ Matching System

Paul K wrote:I know of Des Moines because one of my favourite writers, Bill Bryson, comes from there.

Indeed he does. Didn't he begin his book The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America with the line, "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."

Make of that what you will!
PP

Which is why I was very reluctant to take a passenger on practices when I had to use a two-seater.

Now the only time I was ill was in a T7, but that was after doing low level out to Wales, locating my house, photographing it, then returning, & doing some gentle Aeros. I made it onto the ground before filling the bag. It was at that time about 20 years after my previous flight & of course I suffered from the usual thing when photographing of moving & panning ones head whilst pulling some gentle 'g's'. I was also being piloted by the RAF's 'sickie' desensitising flying doctor. On a subsequent trip I kept it all together!
Those were the days......
Keith

PeteP wrote: Didn't he begin his book The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America with the line, "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."

Yes he did. I think I have more books by him than any other single author ( with the possible exception of Max Hastings ). Mr Bryson is now a resident of Wramplingham, in deepest darkest Norfolk.