This awesome 737 simulator was the most popular attraction of the show. I'll have to make some space in the garage for when my lotto numbers come up!
737 simulator, close up of the cockpit instrumentation.
Flight simulation hardware on display.
Flight simulation, retro style! Note the Atari 2600 joystick on the right.
This takes me back...
...although my ZX Spectrum was an even earlier model than this.
More vintage flight simulators.
Almost where it all began. subLOGIC Flight Simulator II.
More vintage flight simulators.
Live development session of the forthcoming Canberra PR9, with the guys from Just Flight. This was the highlight of the day for me. Thanks to them for answering all my questions in such detail!
Just Flight's stall. Lucky them having the only surviving complete DH.106 Comet 1 as their backdrop!
Flight sim setups on display at Flight1's stand.
The Aerosoft stand. I was very pleased to have a long and informative chat with Aerosoft's boss, Winfried Diekmann about some of their future plans.
Thanks also to Tim Arnot, the developer of Plan-G for answering all of my questions.
A good day for swag too! Thanks to Flightstore's 3 for 2 offer I was able to get the complete set of FS Global Ultimate worldwide terrain mesh for $160 NZ (normal price $240 NZ) but another item on my shopping list, Classics Hangar's Focke-Wulf 190 was nowhere to be found. Fortunately unbeknownst to me I had it all along... it was one of the freebies in my complementary goody bag!
Thanks to Just Flight and Flight1 for putting on a very interesting day. As always at Cosford, I was even able to check on the progress of the Dornier Do 17 restoration on the way back to the car.
Cheers,
Ade
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