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Post by jimhalinda on Dec 12, 2010 15:24:17 GMT
9 base packs! OK, clearly not the FSFrance Concorde!
Were there 9 variants of the DC-10?
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Post by bobdawkins on Dec 12, 2010 15:42:41 GMT
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Post by Herman on Dec 12, 2010 19:02:48 GMT
DC-10\L1011? Please forgive me.....but wide bodies are ugly. There I've said it. But as the old cliche goes "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"  ;D ;D Herman |
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Post by jimhalinda on Dec 12, 2010 22:39:44 GMT
Herman, I mostly agree with you, with 2 exceptions:
The 747, Just because it was such a revolutionary idea,
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the A340-600, but only because it reminds me of a stretch DC-8!
Regards,
Jim
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Dec 13, 2010 16:49:36 GMT
Should be on line tonight 21:00 GMT check the previews thread out  |
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Post by hitperson on Dec 13, 2010 17:32:04 GMT
i think we are getting an SST.
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Post by Herman on Dec 13, 2010 18:00:14 GMT
Please allow me to re-word my earlier comment about wide bodied airliners.
Personally, they just do not appeal to me and I have yet to fly any of them.
Herman
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Post by gus on Dec 13, 2010 21:17:00 GMT
Hello, Landed Regards.  |
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Post by Dan K. Hansen on Dec 13, 2010 21:25:02 GMT
Sorry Herman, but we hope that you'll have a nice Christmas all the same ... |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Dec 13, 2010 22:17:25 GMT
YEAH .... but .... we won't let him use the TRISTAR's .... and new TRISTAR products generally .... until he changes his mind ! ;D
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Post by Herman on Dec 14, 2010 17:45:56 GMT
Not to worry Dan and Mark. Thanks to your highly motivated HJG production team there are plenty of HJG aircraft for me to enjoy and keep me happy during the festive season and far beyond. I always knew that at some point in time you would have to include some wide bodies and there are many folks out there who have been anxiously awaiting their arrival. The "team" has done a tremendous job again and with so many liveries to choose from. I will put a few L1011's in the hanger for possible future use.....maybe. ;D ;D To all, a very Merry Christmas and good health for 2011. Herman |
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Post by jimhalinda on Dec 14, 2010 18:35:06 GMT
Herman,
At the very least fly the Air Canada one once in awhile......
In real life, I've flown on Air Canada DC-8s, DC-9s, 727s, 767s, A320, A330, A340, numerous RJs, even a 747-400, but never managed a ride on an L-1011. I remember a school chum telling me he was going to fly on one back in the mid-70s. I'm still envious!
So now at least I can do it virtually...
Regards,
Jim
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Dec 15, 2010 0:01:21 GMT
Living in my little corner of the world .... L1011's are/were few and far between .... simply because nobody providing long term/frequen schedulerd service here ever operated them It's not so well known .... but .... had the dice rolled the other way, during the very late 1960's /early 1970's, and had the then CEO of AIR NEW ZEALAND got his own way .... then AIR NEW ZEALAND would have become an L1011 rather than a DC10-30 operator. Maurrie DAVIS (then ANZ CEO) made no secret, at the time, of his favouring the L1011. The only L1011's we ever saw at NZAA (Auckland) .... and in New Zealand generally were those operating seasonal tourist charters .... airlines like ATA .... and .... a very short stint of scheduled service by HAWAIIAIN AIRLINES during late 1989 and early 1990 prior to their withdrawal from the NZ market. I was fortunhate enough to ride on an HA L1011 (N763BE .... an ex ANA bird) between Rarotongs/Cook Islands and Auckland during January 1990. The service I was on should, that day, have been operated by a DC8-62, or DC8-63, but, HA ended up getting 2 DC8's stuck in Guam on military charters .... and only had an L1011 was available to service that route. I wasn't complaing though ;D .... as much as I like the DC8's and would have liked to return home again aboard one  The L1011, to me, was a nice aircraft to fly on .... with a cabin environment that was a bit more roomier than that the DC10 .... only by a matter of inches though .... but .... enough to make a difference. Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by cag40navy on Dec 15, 2010 1:47:02 GMT
Will there be a -500 variant? Just wondering.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Dec 15, 2010 6:05:01 GMT
I/we hope there will be .... BUT .... that may be dependent on our getting assistance/co-operation from someone/somewhere else with GMAX modelling skills.
We are entertaining hope and looking at 1 possibility at the moment .... as may be evident on other pages of this forum.
Mark C
AKL/NZ
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