Classic British Flight Sim

Is anyone going to this event tomorrow at RAF Museum Cosford? Quite a good list of exhibitors will be there, including Just Flight, Flight1, Aerosoft, Saitek and Mutley's Hangar.

It looks like a very interesting day and will be the first flight sim show I've ever attended. It would be great to meet a few other forum members.

http://www.flightsimulatorshow.com


Ade

I'd have gone to this one as it's local but for that infamous four letter word.. WORK

Hope you have a good day
ATB
DaveB

Did want to go but SWMBO had other ideas

Shame... I would've loved to swap Rapide stories with you both.

Work should be banned for everyone except those who fly for a living (and enjoy it)

I wouldn't dare suggest SWMBOs should be banned, I know my place

I'll hopefully post some pictures from the show afterwards.


Ade

If you 'overhaul' a Sainsbury's Sprinter on the M54 (not difficult as they're restricted to 55mph).. it may be me enroute either to or from Telford/Donnington. You have my permission to think 'poor sod' as you speed past

ATB
DaveB

Would love to have gone but I'm away down in South Wales this weekend

Adrian Petford wrote:Shame... I would've loved to swap Rapide stories with you both.

Work should be banned for everyone except those who fly for a living (and enjoy it)

I wouldn't dare suggest SWMBOs should be banned, I know my place

I'll hopefully post some pictures from the show afterwards.


Ade

G'day, Ade!
Regret it's too far for me, but would really like to see your photos. The only sim exhibitions I've seen have been at air shows. The first was MS 5, and the guy's computer crashed with the overload; second was a full size RAAF mock up as part of a group of Hercs. The queue was longer than my patience.

Happy to oblige for everyone interested who couldn't make it.

Flight Sim 2013 was hosted by Just Flight and Flight1 at RAF Museum Cosford on Saturday 19th October 2013.

This awesome 737 simulator was the most popular attraction of the show. I'll have to make some space in the garage for when my lottery numbers come up!



737 simulator, close up of the cockpit instrumentation.



Flight simulation hardware on display.





Flight simulation, retro style! Note the Atari 2600 joystick on the right.



This takes me back...



...although my ZX Spectrum was an even earlier model than this.



More vintage flight simulators.



Almost where it all began. subLOGIC Flight Simulator II.



More vintage flight simulators.



Live development session of the forthcoming Canberra PR9, with the guys from Just Flight. This was the highlight of the day for me. Thanks to them for answering all my questions in such detail!









Just Flight's stall. Lucky them having the only surviving complete DH.106 Comet 1 as their backdrop!



Flight sim setups on display at Flight1's stand.



The Aerosoft stand. I was very pleased to have a long and informative chat with Aerosoft's boss, Winfried Diekmann about some of their future plans.



Thanks also to Tim Arnot, the developer of Plan-G for answering all of my questions.

A good day for swag too! Thanks to Flightstore's 3 for 2 offer I was able to get the complete set of FS Global Ultimate worldwide terrain mesh for £80 (normal price £120) but another item on my shopping list, Classics Hangar's Focke-Wulf 190 was nowhere to be found. Fortunately unbeknownst to me I had it all along... it was one of the freebies in my complementary goody bag!

Thanks to Just Flight and Flight1 for putting on a very interesting day. As always at Cosford, I was even able to check on the progress of the Dornier Do 17 restoration on the way back to the car.

Cheers,


Ade

Hi Ade

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to upload all those shots

Oh, btw.. you wouldn't have seen me down that end today.. I was in Tamworth

ATB
DaveB

Yes. thanks again for taking the time and effort posting the pictures.

And they keep telling us flight sims are dead!

Those Atari and Sinclair pics took me back, made me realise just how long I've been doing this. Though I was always an Amiga over Atari man.