NZFF

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 5:31 am**

Sunday afternoon out of Taupo - seemed like a Swordfish kind of day then Ma Nature decided to have a hissy fit.

Scud running, though not conducive to a lengthy flying career, is sometimes a mandatory option.

Reviewing the situation - the guy with the gun says it's worse in back.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 7:49 am**

Always liked the Fairey Swordfish

. What model is that?

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 8:32 am**

One can always tell an Olderndirt post by the poetic title

Your posts are appreciated :-)

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 11:42 am**

Arr the ole'fickle finger of fate' jezz havnt heard that in years

, in the evenings at Doug's place during Omaka airshow the NZFF bunch started discussing old war movies and aircraft involved , I mentioned 'Sink the Bismark' , Nick 'choppernut' said and i hole heartedly agreed has the best real footage off the Swordfish taken off albeit from a modern HMS Victorious .

Connor the link here and also you can get the WWII HMS Illustrious to land on

http://www.flyingstations.com/

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 12:58 pm**

Awesome aircraft! Better still it's free!

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 1:43 pm**

connor wrote:
QUOTE (connor @ May 15 2011,5:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Awesome aircraft! Better still it's free!

Check our their other FSX freebie, the Westland 'Wyvern' - it's very nice too.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 2:57 pm**

Olderndirt wrote:
QUOTE (Olderndirt @ May 16 2011,1:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Check our their other FSX freebie, the Westland 'Wyvern' - it's very nice too.

Yeah, I've got the Wyrvern, pretty cool aircraft. A bit of a handful though!

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2011 7:47 pm**

Nice shots Dave

, and a great aircraft.......please dont take this as a criticism...but i dont know why anyone uses that bloody awfull default rain, its ruined so many good shots....you would think with all that can be done on f/s these days ...."they" could make the rain look better....maybe Im just tired and grumpy tonight....but...those stupid bloody vapour trails that appear also pee me off, half the time they dont even form on the aircraft.....

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2011 2:29 am**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ May 16 2011,12:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nice shots Dave , and a great aircraft.......please dont take this as a criticism...but i dont know why anyone uses that bloody awfull default rain, its ruined so many good shots....you would think with all that can be done on f/s these days ...."they" could make the rain look better....maybe Im just tired and grumpy tonight....but...those stupid bloody vapour trails that appear also pee me off, half the time they dont even form on the aircraft.....

Agree wholeheartedly Marty. You'd think that 'Rex' would have an alternative to default rain but apparently not. The 'streakies', as I call them, are another thing I 'clone' out whenever they show up.

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2011 4:17 pm**

Thanks Dave....i felt a bit odd after posting that, but as i said "please dont take this as a criticism".....Im glad its not just me

NZFF

The fickle finger of fate.