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Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 5:16 am**

Ten or so east of Queenstown with Lionheart's Bucker 'Bestmann' - fun to fly.

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 8:41 am**

Great stuff...is that a FS9 model in FSX?

Coincidentially I've just been reading about a flight test of the Bestmann..nice handling but slow...includes 19 panels of glass in the canopy!

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 9:04 am**

Is it similar to a Me-108?

Olderndirt, you really like Queenstown don't you!

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 12:53 pm**

Arr the very same aircraft James Garner and Donald Pleasants (scronger and the fourger) used in the movie 'The Great Escape'

with Jerry at their tails all the time

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 1:07 pm**

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ May 10 2011,1:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great stuff...is that a FS9 model in FSX?

Coincidentially I've just been reading about a flight test of the Bestmann..nice handling but slow...includes 19 panels of glass in the canopy!

Almost certain it is but it has an attractive VC and, as you say, slow and docile - believe it was a Luftwaffe primary trainer. As a former Brit, I take an almost guilty pleasure in German aircraft but, as my Dad said, Scotland never formally declared war.

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 1:16 pm**

connor wrote:
QUOTE (connor @ May 10 2011,2:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is it similar to a Me-108?

Olderndirt, you really like Queenstown don't you!

The 108 (Taifun) had much higher performance - engine, retractable gear - actually a way for Willi Messerchmidt to perfect his ME109 ideas without offending the other side too much. Right now, I'm waiting with an impatient crowd for 'Classics Hangar' to release theirs. Somehow, NZQN became my default airport and I like it. Any outbound heading, it's all fresh to me.

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 1:24 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 10 2011,5:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Arr the very same aircraft James Garner and Donald Pleasants (scronger and the fourger) used in the movie 'The Great Escape' with Jerry at their tails all the time

Is there an aviation/war movie you haven't watched and remember? My only recollection of 'The Great Escape' is Steve McQueen bouncing that rubber ball.

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 1:44 pm**

Olderndirt wrote:
QUOTE (Olderndirt @ May 11 2011,2:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is their an aviation/war movie you haven't watched and remember? My only recollection of 'The Great Escape' is Steve McQueen bouncing that rubber ball.

Same Movie , even had Charles Bronson and James Coburn in it , Steve McQueen was just the trouble maker

..... and always in lockup

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2011 9:33 pm**

Great screens Dave.....why dont you just move down here, your becoming a Kiwi....i mean, youve "seen" more of this country than me

Posted: **Thu May 12, 2011 1:51 am**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ May 11 2011,2:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great screens Dave.....why dont you just move down here, your becoming a Kiwi....i mean, youve "seen" more of this country than me

the magic of VLC - how do I get a supporter banner like yours?

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