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Postby HamiltonWest » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:26 pm

NEST Rescue pilots build flight simulator (2:05)
A group of pilots has helped save a rescue helicopter trust more than $1 million.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/rescue-pil...r-video-5861222
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Mar 09, 2014 6:57 pm

Great Job on that build , I've seen and tried a B200 home-built cockpit, Russ's 767 cockpit and was simply austounded with a near complete A4 by Sean AKA SeanG, all tied in with Pacific Simulations, today it let your imagination go for it !
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Postby Charl » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:21 pm

I saw this earlier on the news, was bringing the link here, but: You are on it!

Crikey talk about some hard work and Number 8 Wire... wonder what software drives it?
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Postby ardypilot » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:08 am

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Crikey talk about some hard work and Number 8 Wire... wonder what software drives it?[/quote]
Talking to the guy who built this at Whangarei airport yesterday. It's XPlane 9, due to be upgraded to XPlane 10 when 'all the bugs are ironed out'. Currently running without autogen.
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Postby Bazza » Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:54 am

Wonder how they managed it without coming here for advice...?
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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:56 am

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Wonder how they managed it without coming here for advice...?

Funny, they sneak all round the place but just don't put there skids on the deck, I should get back down the road, last photo's I took of Sean A4 pit was a shambles .. but beside it was the operational 737 .. they had Virgin aircrew in it when there last week .. but crikey it sounded REAL !
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Postby ardypilot » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:51 pm

Had a play in it today. Look out for a writeup in next months edition of the NZ Aviation News!
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:09 pm

Will do Andy, and you in depth thoughts here please smile.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:20 pm

Book your flight in Northland's helicopter flight simulator
The trust is launching a month-long special offer through its Nest Facebook page starting tomorrow. The first 50 people will pay $100 for an hour in the simulator with help from one of the chopper team. Then it will be a $200 charge.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocat...jectid=11265719

Ever dreamed of flying a rescue helicopter or landing on a naval ship? Call 09 983 2254!
https://www.facebook.com/northland.rescuehelicopter
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Postby Splitpin » Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:31 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jun 1 2014,8:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Book your flight in Northland's helicopter flight simulator
The trust is launching a month-long special offer through its Nest Facebook page starting tomorrow. The first 50 people will pay $100 for an hour in the simulator with help from one of the chopper team. Then it will be a $200 charge.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocat...jectid=11265719

Ever dreamed of flying a rescue helicopter or landing on a naval ship? Call 09 983 2254!
https://www.facebook.com/northland.rescuehelicopter

Well .... it would be $200 well spent , cheers Ham ...Im thinking winkyy.gif
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