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Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby Alan Black AS122 » 10 Apr 2010 16:31

Just wanted to post a quick message congratulating Norm on finishing the 7x7x7for10 event! Norm has been flying like a fool since the event started and is now relaxing staring at the Great Wall of China thinking about how to get home :)

Good job Norm!

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby AS380 Mark Richards » 10 Apr 2010 22:59

Well done Norm, good to lead by example. You've got time to do it all again before the event finishes!

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby AS83 Jason Epps-Eades » 10 Apr 2010 23:33

Good Lord!

That's just TOO crazy

Well done Norm!

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby Leemazz » 11 Apr 2010 08:07

Well done Norm guess you didnt go for 67000nm option like me :D

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby Phillip Speer » 11 Apr 2010 09:23

Well Done Norm! Nover mind do it all again the speed yu've gone at you could probably do all our routes for us :D

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby ITZREAL » 11 Apr 2010 10:58

Well done. I am spreading my time along four events/schedules. I wish I had more time to fly.
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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby as099mw » 11 Apr 2010 15:31

AirSource One always ahead.. Congratulations. :)
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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby AS37 Norm Edwards » 11 Apr 2010 16:29

lol! Hey thanks all for the nice comments. Actually I had to get a move on with it because my RL programme is up & down at the moment and I just didn't wanna miss this great event.... kudos to the BFD team headed by Mark :)

I see Martin you are close to finishing, flying mostly the IL-18, well done on that. What model do you use, i've been trying to find one with good flight dynamics (and a panel in English!).

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby as099mw » 11 Apr 2010 18:31

It's a rather old model, originally for FS2002, updated for FS2004, downloaded years ago
from this site: Il-18
The FDE is very good provided that the model is flown according to the manual.

The original panel (metric and Russian language) contains lot of very special and well working gauges and makes this model unique among other FS aircrafts. Unfortunatelly, it is probably FSX incompatible due to C gauges. That's why I still use FS2004. Some other panels might be available on http://www.avsim.ru, but I'm not sure. I've also seen some "translated" panels on flightsim.com years ago, but they were different (actually sets of FS usual gauges put on the Il18 panel bitmap, therefore all "special features" lost).

This model requires lot of preflight work (navigational calculations etc). During the flight, the main (pilot's) panel is used usually only for take-off and landing. Once on the track, the navigator's panel is used for most of the flight time, with regular "jumps" to F/E seat to check fuel status. Long flights (like transatlantic) seem to be short, because there is always something to check, to adjust, to calculate...

I like this FS model, designed with enthusiasm and knowledge. And, last but no least, I have some personal RL memories of this type... 8)

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby iang77 » 11 Apr 2010 22:54

Excellent work, Norm!

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby as136roy » 12 Apr 2010 13:52

Awesome work, Norm!

Gee that was FAST! :D

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Re: Well done AS037 Norm Edwards

Postby AS37 Norm Edwards » 12 Apr 2010 16:37

as099mw wrote:It's a rather old model, originally for FS2002, updated for FS2004, downloaded years ago
from this site: Il-18


Thanks for the info, i'll check it out. Well done on finishing whilst using the IL-18 :)

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