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Hi Al,
Fascinating, and great to see The Doc's "overcoming it" (I don't say that lightly, Doc' !!). Have you two guys ever had a squizz at alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim? Regards, John "Al Denelsbeck" wrote in message . 6... "Dr. Anthony J. Lomenzo" wrote in : Allll! And we'll quickly make that Al 'D' ! Mea culpa! Mea maxima culpa! Not a problem. I mean, c'mon, look at that name! It's been mangled by everyone who ever hears it, and these are people who just heard me pronounce it. There's a reason I don't market my work under it... ;-) [suddenly!] Greasy: "How the $##$# does some 'pagan agnostic' [!] like that Doc Tony character savvy Latin I wanna' know!" Fr. Bill [tongue in cheek] : "Agnostics are not necessarily dumb, Mr. G, ... merely lost!" Agnosticism?!?!? What kind of approach is that? Of *course* you're lost - atheism is the only way! ;-) ;-) [*And trusting mightily in Fr. Bill's decent sparks [read: well working neurons] and his known sense of humor!] Anyway, AL! I've missed you, buddy, and I appreciated your comments [and various others in both the RAS and RAP av groups some months back when my Dad passed and I did the 'Final Flight' post...ohhh yes...many real McCoy pilots here from RAP [rec.av.piloting]...you, Pete Duniho [who I'll respond to as well...and the others who also enjoy flight sims and their known 'adjunctive' value to the real thing [ A Sudden Voice! 'There Doc goes again!']. Where I came up with Al B...dunno...could be another one of the sim and/or real McCoy gang! Whoops! Ah, I suspect you really *are* thinking of Al B., somewhere. No 'real world' pilot here, though I've been in instruction a couple of times, just couldn't keep money and time auto-coordinated. As they (who?) say, "I'm not a pilot, but I play one on PC". Missed you too, amigo, and was wondering what happened. Glad to see you back and in previous form. Gonna make me start hanging out here again. I might also suggest you check out alt.binaries.pictures.aviation from time to time, too, warning you right now it's addictive. But recently there's been a few posts of your six-n-four there, including the prototype without the four. Hey Al---the helo 'Bluesmobile' --ring a bell? It should ... since you designed it and I still marvel at your helo stuff [and antics] both sim and real deal! But then what can be said about a man who felt that taking off from Meigs with a fully loaded albeit vintage B-36 '6 turnin' and 4 burnin' "Peacemaker" was 'doable' if one had faith in both pilot and machine! It was, I believe, at 'that' point where Fr. Bill made with the ad hoc and prior to your attempt .... 'De Profundis' ! [*'Out of the depths' ]. You'd be interested in knowing that the Bluesmobile still resides on my machine too, as my agile little taxiway-hopper. A little sensitive, but not squirrelly. 'Course, I have a few other custom repaints too... I think I mentioned last time about doing the old C-130 carrier landings, quite amusing. Also found out recently that, due to body and landing gear designs, the B-52 doesn't actually rotate on takeoff, and can't. The wing is mounted at a positive angle-of-attack, and the pilot merely builds speed until lift is achieved while held level. Haven't found a sim model yet that duplicates that (we won't go into what version FS I'm using...). But I admit to not trying it out of Meigs ;-) Oh, and scenery woes. Found a couple of detailed packages for my stomping grounds here in Florida, but they're mutually exclusive due to buffer limits. Grrrrrr! Real shame, because I like them both and fly between them often. But other things have been keeping me busier too, so simming comes in only occasionally. What I'm doing admitting this on a simming newsgroup is anybody's guess... So in closing, I'll leave you with the immortal words of our fearless leader: "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?" - Al. -- To reply, insert dash in address to separate G and I in the domain |
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