Classic British AI

BraniffCEO · Post by **BraniffCEO** » 21 Feb 2006, 22:55

Chris Trott wrote:Hey Kris, hope you're doing okay up there. Dallas hasn't gotten hit hard yet, but I hope it's not too bad in the morning on the way back to work. I'm not as afraid about me and driving my Blazer as I am about the idiots down here who can't seem to fathom the idea that you've gotta slow down before you hit the ice and that you shouldn't have been going 70 in the first place when it's icy out.

We have the same idiots here. Saturday night, we got hit worse than Friday - there was this line of freezing rain, sleet, and snow that tracked SW-NE, centered right on the city. I had about 4" of ice and snow outside when it ended Sunday morning. Never got above freezing yesterday, so all the muck stayed. Finally cleared today in the neighborhood - I live just off a dedicated snow route that is plowed and salted, but that does me no good if the 1/2 mile from my house to the road is a hockey rink... During these days, I stay off the freeways, too many high elevated areas - and it didn't help when the Oklahoma Department of Transportation said that the bridges equipped with de-icing elements under the roadbed were all inoperable. I don't think they actually exist, I think somebody just got paid to install them and pocketed the cash - I have yet to see an ice storm where those things worked.

andy · Post by **andy** » 21 Feb 2006, 23:47

Excuse me gents, but I thought this topic was about classic british AI.
Not about the current weather trends in the USA. :tuttut:

Going back on topic about classic british AI..............
What could be more Classic British AI than a few Lightnings at Binbrook...

We British know a thing or two about AI, aye...........

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 22 Feb 2006, 00:35

Steve

Im in lust - where do I find them --BTW its been snowing here too

Leif

andy · Post by **andy** » 22 Feb 2006, 01:01

Lief,
It's in build at the mo'.
We are having great fun with it.

We really should be getting on with the scenery, but we just can't stop playing with it.

Just wait untill you see Scampton..........if we can stop playing with it.!

hobby · Post by **hobby** » 22 Feb 2006, 16:57

Excellent picture of Lightnings.

I like the groundstaff and the equipment really does create the right atmosphere! I look forward to Binbrook, any chance of AI Canberras at Binbrook? What about an AI NAAFI van? My memories mid 1950s & 1970s perhaps there are no Red Cross or Sally Ann mobile canteens.

Should you consider ground vehicle AI most welcome would be a runway FOD patrol, a service fire engine and/ or RAF ambulance practicing at "who can reach the runway first" twice a day! Maybe an RAF Regt security patrol would be fun in an armed Ferret or Land Rover. I have lots of suggestions but just do not know how to build suitable vehicles.

BraniffCEO · Post by **BraniffCEO** » 23 Feb 2006, 07:11

andy wrote:Excuse me gents, but I thought this topic was about classic british AI.
Not about the current weather trends in the USA. :tuttut:

Going back on topic about classic british AI..............
What could be more Classic British AI than a few Lightnings at Binbrook...

We British know a thing or two about AI, aye...........

Is there a way I can display my fore and middle finger somehow? Just kidding, Chris and I go way back through various forums, so it's easy to get off topic. You're lucky we didn't get into a discussion of Blue Bell Ice Cream... That said, that Lightning lineup is a thing of beauty. Vintage military AI everywhere really hasn't been addressed very well. To be flying and have ATC inform you that traffic is two Lightnings - that's far more realistic than just commercial and GA. Bring on the military AI! Sadly, there's no way in the FS9 structure to recreate the orbiting NATO and Soviet planes that watched each other over Europe. I've toyed with the idea of making an "airport in the sky" with no visible runway or anything where a B-52 or Vulcan could "land" and then turn back. No luck on that really being very good, as AI flies direct flight plans, and the military planes never flew the most direct route. But, hey, if I have to settle for Lightnings that look that good, sign me up!

aspallmo · Post by **aspallmo** » 02 Oct 2006, 22:20

Hi, gents. I am another Brit-loving American. Been making the trip over once a year now for about 4 or 5 years in the Spring when fares are low.

This is not an "attack" or "spam"-- just posting it here and nowhere else. You may want to check retroai.net again because we (I am now a frequent contributor but not officially affiliated with the site) have had a couple of big updates over the summer, including a few British carriers, and another update due soon. Although the focus is a little heavy on North America, you will find many European carriers as well as those from all regions. We are light on African carriers, I'm afraid. Next update should include my Finnair 1975 plans, which, of course, served Heathrow.

Andrew Spallek

Post by **DaveB** » 02 Oct 2006, 22:32

Hi Andrew and welcome to the forum

Many thanks for that. I know there are many here who keep their AI maxed out and for them at least, any increase will be welcome

ATB

DaveB :tab:

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