One Tubeliner and three for the Vulcan Fans

[Alfashark]

Aerosoft's Airbus and Ferihegy, Iris's Vulcan, the freeware Christchurch Photoreal and RealNZ Marlborough.

[Splitpin]

many thumbs Alpha......not a big airbus fan but you make it look good....but the Vulcan ....

[Adamski]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 17 2011,6:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

many thumbs Alpha......not a big airbus fan but you make it look good....but the Vulcan ....

Well ... I'm a big Airbus fan (Boeing? ... pffft!!) *as well as* a big Vulcan fan! Great pics!

[Ian Warren]

Steve , I no nothing about VULCAN bombers , the Arrbust a little (It breaks down real quick and disappear,s ) very quick without a solution - Boeing is the leader

[scaber]

Lovely Vulcan shots. After Ian dragged me kicking and screaming into the cockpit and after my moaning about the letterbox slit windscreens I've actually developed a real liking for it. I reckon it's one of the most majestic aircraft around.

[Adamski]

QUOTE (scaber @ Apr 17 2011,9:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Lovely Vulcan shots. After Ian dragged me kicking and screaming into the cockpit and after my moaning about the letterbox slit windscreens I've actually developed a real liking for it. I reckon it's one of the most majestic aircraft around.

I've actually sat in a Vulcan cockpit ... and you really can't see much. That said, how the hell did Lindbergh cross the Atlantic with no forward vision *at all* ... just some loopy periscope?!

[scaber]

QUOTE (Adamski @ Apr 17 2011,10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've actually sat in a Vulcan cockpit ... and you really can't see much. That said, how the hell did Lindbergh cross the Atlantic with no forward vision *at all* ... just some loopy periscope?!

Amazing - both your experience in the Vulcan and Charles Lindbergh trying to land using a periscope out the left side of the plane - that has to be pretty difficult.

[Ian Warren]

Adam , so you would obviously have our fave the Vulcan then , how do you find her .

[Adamski]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 17 2011,11:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Adam , so you would obviously have our fave the Vulcan then , how do you find her .

Totally amazing In RL I saw them a lot as a child (we used to spend many summers at an uncle's "hut" in a refugee/displacement camp in Lincolnshire - near RAF Wittering). Later on, I got to spend a week at RAF Coningsby.

In FSX, I really like the IRIS version I have .. though I don't take her out to play as much as I should!

[Olderndirt]

QUOTE (Adamski @ Apr 17 2011,3:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've actually sat in a Vulcan cockpit ... and you really can't see much. That said, how the hell did Lindbergh cross the Atlantic with no forward vision *at all* ... just some loopy periscope?!

He also had a hole in the floor for his drift compass. Like all good pilots of the time, he knew that as long as he saw ocean through the hole things were good. If he saw stars, energetic control inputs.