Il-2 Sturmovik

[seagoon]

My Fallout 4 time is a mere 1041 hours! Really need to give it another whirl.

It's the mods which have done the job of maintaining my interest over the past 4 years, Vern.

I played the vanilla game on every level, from Easy through Survival, then played through the DLC (Nuka-World and Far Harbour) on vanilla.
After going through those I tried the Horizon mod for a year or so, adding various other mods over time.
I've never "completed" the game, because there are always new additions to try out.

Book Of Eli was a good movie.....I enjoyed that, so I must get The Road.

Ref MSFS.....I was all geared up to buy that a couple of years back but opted not to after it received some so-so reports.
Never got around to checking it out again.

[NorthernWarrior]

MSFS has the modern scenery but still lags far behind in terms of content. I'm currently attempting an "Around The World" tour in FSX using the old Level D 767 and there is nothing in MSFS like that. There's a complete dearth of older jet airliners like the ones I spent many hours flying on - DC10's (or MD11), Tristar, 727's, DC9 decent 757, older 747-200 etc., etc. It's a bit like TSW where the developers seem preoccupied with mainly making modern stuff.

[seagoon]

.........There's a complete dearth of older jet airliners like the ones I spent many hours flying on - DC10's (or MD11), Tristar, 727's, DC9 decent 757, older 747-200 etc., etc. It's a bit like TSW where the developers seem preoccupied with mainly making modern stuff.

Although I've never flown on many* of those you've mentioned, I do come from the same era and have the same opinion as you regarding modern stuff.
A far cry from the days when I created so many Flights for FS9.

* Lockheed diverted a Tri-star to Sydney in 1974. I was fortunate in being on-board during its demo flight to QANTAS, TAA and Ansett.

[NorthernWarrior]

My first trip across The Pond in 1986, was an Air Canada Tristar from Heathrow to Toronto. Sadly my one and only time. However subsequently when we went through a phase of annual holidays to the USA in the late 80’s and early 90’s, flying with Continental and American Airlines regularly produced DC10’s, which were quite hellfire to fly on.

[haverfordwest]

You boys have never lived. My one and only trip by plane, was on a Handley Page Hermes.

Mike.

[seagoon]

You boys have never lived. My one and only trip by plane, was on a Handley Page Hermes.

Mike.

Well, my stand-out flight was in 1953, from Sydney to Auckland and return, in a Short Solent flying boat operated by TEAL.
So there!

Note that there are very few still alive today who can say that they have been a passenger on a flying boat operated by an international airline.
We were all kids when we flew in them.

[haverfordwest]

Who was piloting that then Bruce, Charles Lindbergh

That is very true buddy and i was only a child. When we were coming back from West Germany (BAOR).

Mike.

[seagoon]

Who was piloting that then Bruce, Charles Lindbergh ....

Shame on you, Mike!
It was, of course, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.......not some bloody Yank!

Serious question.....was the Hermes an Imperial Airways unit or......?

[haverfordwest]

Wow i messed up badly there Bruce, Lindbergh was the only one i could think of

So you were on Smith's pioneering flight between Australia and NZ

Hermes we flew on was owned by Silver City Airways, buddy. They had the contract up until 1962, for transporting BAOR servicemen and families to and from West Germany. We went back and fore to WG three times, including when my dad was on leave. The other 5 crossings were by ship, Harwich to Hook Of Holland and vice versa. It was only the last time coming back to the UK for good, that we flew.

Mike.

[seagoon]

Hermes we flew on was owned by Silver City Airways, buddy. They had the contract up until 1962, for transporting BAOR servicemen and families to and from West Germany..

Did you know Silver City Airways was originally set up and owned by an Aussie company!?
The term "Silver City" was often used back then as a colloquial reference to Broken Hill, in NSW, because of the mining.

[haverfordwest]

No i didn't know that Bruce. You boys from down under, get in everywhere buddy

Was it actually silver mining ?

Mike.

[seagoon]

Was it actually silver mining ?

Yes, most certainly......and other ore such as tin. It's Australia's oldest mining town.
BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary Limited) - a huge corporation now known as BHP-Billiton - takes its name from the city.
There's even a Silver City Highway and there used to be the Silver City Express train.
It's miles from nowhere.....the original "beyond the black stump" town!

[haverfordwest]

Good info thank you Bruce Makes sense that BHP would call their airline Silver City Airways.

With that sort of connection in Australia.

Tut tut, miles from anywhere. Miles from nowhere means it must be near somewhere.

Mike.

[seagoon]

Tut tut, miles from anywhere. Miles from nowhere means it must be near somewhere.

Another Aussie-ism, Mike.
Means the same as "beyond the black stump", "back of beyond", "out to buggery", etcetera.
Did you click on the link? You'll see that it's all of those sayings!

[haverfordwest]

I was being facetious Bruce

Yes i did buddy, looks like the arse end of hell, out there.

Mike.