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Post by frankpilot on Mar 4, 2024 18:45:29 GMT 12
What's your name? Frank. Where are you from? Melbourne, Australia. How old are you? A young 73. What is your main interest in aviation? Is it historic? Airlines? Military... Very broad interest. Tell us about your background in aviation. Are you just an enthusiast or have you got more hands on experience? Are you a pilot? Do you have an Air Force Background? Or a civil aviation background? Former airport/executive engineer. Current recreational pilot & flight simmer. Love NZ - honeymoon there in 1980, been back several times for work & holidays, attended Warbirds Over Wanaka, etc etc. Do you belong to any aviation groups, like the NZ Warbirds, RNZAF Association, Royal Aeronautical Society or CAF, etc? Peninsula Aero Club at YTYA Tyabb, just outside Melbourne. Are you an aircraft modeller? (Scale or R/C). No. What are your favourite aviation books? Lots. What are your favourite aviation films or TV programmes? Lots. Do you frequent other aviation forums? Yes, several. Have you any comments or suggestions for this forum, to hopefully improve your own personal usage and enjoyment on the forum? I make aviation YouTube videos, about one a week, using Microsoft Flight Simulator covering all aspects of aviation with lots of pics, maps, info. Look forward to sharing these with you. youtube.com/@franksmsflightsimulator?si=_uu96ek4pZikmF6k
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 4, 2024 21:36:37 GMT 12
Welcome, Frank.
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Post by frankpilot on Mar 4, 2024 23:38:57 GMT 12
Thanks Dave. BTW, where do I find “unread posts” or similar? Cheers.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 5, 2024 9:17:55 GMT 12
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Post by delticman on Mar 5, 2024 10:36:02 GMT 12
Just to extend that, when you have got to posts/recents. Save that URL into your favourites. Every time you open WONZ, the latest postings will come up.
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OMT1945
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Post by OMT1945 on Mar 19, 2024 4:23:45 GMT 12
What's your name? Greetings from the new dude, I'm Gary
Where are you from? 3 miles from Stonehenge...bunch of big rocks in a field :-)...in the UK How old are you? Over 60
What is your main interest in aviation? Is it historic? Airlines? Military... Main interest is WW2 Warbirds with a preference to USAAF 'birds. I also use flight sims such as DCS with the WW2 expansion packs and the latest MS Flight sim
Tell us about your background in aviation. Always been into aviation from as far back as I can remember. Soloed in a Kirby Cadet Mk3 Glider in Oct 76. In the 1980's I got the Warbird Bug and it's been uphill ever since. Started to build a Clutton FRED in the late 90's but had to sell before finished due to an overseas job I applied for and got. I was a volunteer with the Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour for 7 fabulous unforgettable years upto 2019 and have over 450 plus flights working as aircrew on both the Bombers and the Fighters. I am a WW2 USAAF Re-enactor representing an 8th AAF fighter pilot / ground crew with my Mustang cockpit
Do you belong to any aviation groups, like the NZ Warbirds, RNZAF Association, Royal Aeronautical Society or CAF, etc? I am in both the EAA and EAA Warbirds of America. I am the Commemorative Air force United Kingdom Wing Executive Officer. I am a staff photographer for the annual EAA AirVenture Cup air-race. I am also a Squadron member of the CAF B-24/B-29 Squadron...and up until this year was the only English guy on the Squadron for a considerable number of years and am taking training as a Scanner on Diamond Lil (The B-24 is my favourite Bomber hands down).
Are you an aircraft modeller? (Scale or R/C) Yes, I used to kit-bash but that was years ago. Now I am a 1/1 scale 'modeller...you should see the size of my tweezers !! :-). I scratch built full scale P-51D cockpit section in aluminum using the original NAA drawings that I have christened 'One More Time' ...my avatar pic is the eye candy on OMT. 'OMT' is officially recognised by the Aviation Heritage UK (Ex British Aviation Preservation Council) and is entry BAPC 512 on the Register. I am currently rebuilding the windshield /top decking ready for this years shows / events !
Looking forward to getting into the forums !
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 21, 2024 21:34:45 GMT 12
Welcome, Gary! It's nice to have you here.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 24, 2024 12:30:02 GMT 12
Welcome aboard Gary. We all love photos on here (some of us can barely read............ :-) ) so if you have photos of your Mustang cockpit (or anything else really!) we would love to see them. There's a section about posting photos in the General section but generally upload photos to a host site like Flickr and use BB code to copy and paste into your post. Cheers baz
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OMT1945
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Post by OMT1945 on Mar 26, 2024 7:55:25 GMT 12
Thanks Chaps, looking forward to many a chat. Yes, I'll upload some pics of my '51 Project when I get Flickr side of things sorted :-)
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