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Lockheed Tristar by JustFlight , altho not seen very much in NZ skys this aircraft is a real beaut !

Great stuff Ian. Some lovely weather-beaten liveries there huh.

I see JonM is knocking out some nice liveries too, for the JF and the CS models. Wonder if we'll see an AirNZ one
see: http://www.flightsim.co.nz/

I notice David "Dax" Sweetman on the team doing the paints hence the weathered and war torn look on the hulls , his work was top notch on the CS Herc s

Looking good Ian I see the c/s one is out at well , but just the external so far..... I have to admit , Im a bit of a JF fan , may have to look at this .

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 4 2013,7:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Im a bit of a JF fan , may have to look at this .

I have found for the share size of the d/load it really is super frame friendly , 100 page manual .. with a good return to teaching the INS-NAV if one want to learn the now historical 1970/80s navigation but has options to change to GPS or tape gauges even , the best part works so well with the go-flight autopilot module .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 4 2013,7:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have found for the share size of the d/load it really is super frame friendly , 100 page manual .. with a good return to teaching the INS-NAV if one want to learn the now historical 1970/80s navigation but has options to change to GPS or tape gauges even , the best part works so well with the go-flight autopilot module .

Ive only ever seen one ... when Clinton came to visit their was an all white one parked up for a day.

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 4 2013,7:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ive only ever seen one ... when Clinton came to visit their was an all white one parked up for a day.

Strange , i missed it when Billy turned up .. maybe i was blinded by the C5 and Air Force one , was around the same time a near all White RAF jobbie flew out .

Heading out of Christchurch i wonder if this is the Big White one your thinking off Marty , it was heading the same direction last i saw it .

Well, this Lockheed Tristar looks better than former historic airliner from JF. The "Comet" with its unsymetric wings, the DC-3 with it´s not IFR-compatible instruments, the So-and-So Constellation...

Anything good? Iam not a freak of Captain Sim with its Pay-Testbeds, its LEGO-Style-Work-in-Progress-aircraft. Is this Just Flight aircraft accurate, complete and good enough for normal flying?

I am interested in more informations Ian.

The Original from LTU was "my" first wide-body-aircraft as passenger. It was a flight to the Canary Islands from Düsseldorf/Germany. Before this my biggest arcraft was the Iljushin Il 62M.

The "Tristar" was a great aircraft with more innovations and far less trouble than the DC-10. She was the first aircraft ever capable and certified by the FAA to Autoland in Zero/Zero-Conditions. Two reasons are the in my eyes the point, why she was not a great comercial success. She has only one Option for the Engine... the Rolls Royce RB 211 and the second thing was, that Lockheed itself never has brought out her as a Freighter.

Cracking shots Ian, I may have to look at getting her!

same here Ian

Thanks guys , following up on Andreas questions , JustFlight now has it own in house design group , livery here Just for you Andreas registration D-AERL in case you new the aircraft , 25 other schemes and four models .. main changes are for the military , RAF aircraft

I've still have to play around with the auto-land but like many other design groups you can in the VC pull the gauge out for better reference and adjust via the panel , saves you making the mistake when on final approach

curse you Ian ..... i must have it

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 5 2013,12:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

curse you Ian ..... i must have it

Yeah that,s what they all say after a stop by ... not as fancy as the as the CS in regards to all the ground plugs and all remove before flight stuff .. coming into Winter .. I really want to re-learn the INS again , not that hard ... just to keep up with those old navigation doddly things they had back in the olden days .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 5 2013,12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah that,s what they all say after a stop by ... not as fancy as the as the CS in regards to all the ground plugs and all remove before flight stuff .. coming into Winter .. I really want to re-learn the INS again , not that hard ... just to keep up with those old navigation doddly things they had back in the olden days .

Looks good .... all the c/s plugs and flags are ok, but have to take them off before ya can fly .... of course , but sometimes, one step down is good ... and at least this one is complete

Ian, thank You for showing me the LTU-Version. I have no idea about the Registration of the aircraft at this specific flight. But ... such aircraft with a individual histroy bring´s us memory´s.
The aircraft itself is a good looking aircraft. Not so much child play like CS, but i like an aircraft with it´s correct dimensions and a good VC. That we can zoom some of the instruments is great. This is sometimes very useful.

Iam, I have linked this screens to www.simflight.de

Some of the guys there gave comentars about this aircraft and have never flown it. It is for them a lesson, not to underestimate the work of the producers of such aicraft without any knowledge, what they are talking about. I hate such ignorance.

Thanks for the link Andreas , ill check it out