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Glad you have no rose tinted specs on :shades_smile: It isn't easy and right now there are few jobs in the industry but that'll eventually change. It is a cyclic industry. It's all in the timing. That said, if you think it's hard here, try Old Blighty. Almost impossible unless you have wads of cash x3 and a dad/uncle working at BA or the CAA lol.

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I wish I had the money to amass even the lessons and the 40 hours for my PPL, never mind anything else :blink:

Oh well, FS9 it is ...

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Three US F-18 Hornets passing by.......as they do.



Jim.

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Dubuque Air Show,

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Ah the B1 lancer, such a beautiful aircraft.

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Couple of pictures from my recent flight around Portland with another UK friend....

Mount Hood
http://imageshack.us/a/img812/2538/mounthood1.jpg

Bonneville Dam
http://imageshack.us/a/img832/3330/bonnevilledam.jpg

Cessna 182
http://imageshack.us/a/img716/3859/cessna182.jpg

Landing back in Hillsboro
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/9338/la...nhillsboro.jpg

Mount Hood 2
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/9899/mounthood2.jpg

Overflying Portland International
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/3779/p...ernational.jpg

Cannon Beach (earlier in the year)
http://imageshack.us/a/img843/3025/cannonbeach.jpg


- Tim

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Anyone going to RIAT in Fairford UK in July. Looking for a way to get from Swindon to the show on the non general public days Thurs Fri. No car available
Weekend is fine as shuttle bus from Swindon
Regular bus seems iffy. Taxi to expensive
Anyone done this before?

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Wife took some jittery photos while driving past Charlotte-Douglas yesterday :lol:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22657086

"Global flight paths" though it appears to be great circle shortest routes rather than the ATC radar tracings I thought it might be.

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Flying above Downtown Chicago, IL

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Here's a new BA Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show;

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United B787 booked for our flight from IAH to LAX next month. Do I need a battery charger? :hehe:

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Ugh. As much as I respect the engineering achievement of Airbus with the 380, I still think it looks like a horrible overweight goat.

Now the A350 on the otherhand, looks pretty sleek.

Jealous. I almost deliberately added stops to my immigration trip to fly on the UA 787.

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Fire Extinguisher wouldn't be a bad idea.

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I'm sure we've all seen the accident at SFO.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23214513

Strikes very similar chords to the BA 777 crash at Heathrow, however BA chose the RR engines for their 777s are Asiana use the P&W engines so unlikley to be a result of uncommanded engine rollback.

There;s no doubt in my mind that the tail was taken off by an abnormally short landing. However it appears that everyone is ok, and thats the important thing.