Almost 2 years have passed and a lot has changed. Some of the headline items:– I bought an ex-RNZAF SKyhawk ‘Combat Tactics Trainer’– I moved house, and have a much bigger ‘hangar’– I have now acquired a Cessna 177 simulator….
Video Meeting Backgrounds
I decided to make some fun meeting backgrounds.. to use in Zoom or Teams meetings… it was all while sitting on a plane with no-one around… I’ve used a couple of these, and had people on the call convinced I was actually on a plane… funny!
WARNING: Plane Spotting…
Over the past couple of months I have been travelling *A LOT* and along the way have taken a few aeroplane photos… so I thought (with proper warnings) I’d post a selection of them here for your viewing pleasure.
AKA Handbag: Kiwi Aviation Blog
Longtime friend, flight simmer, FU24 Fletcher owner, modeller and all round aviation enthusiast Zac Yates has started a blog about his adventures in aviation; The AKA Handbag blog. Zac is a great writer and has turned his writing skills to what’s is probably his favourite subject! Check it out at www.akahandbag.blogspot.com
History Miami Visit
During a recent trip to Miami I had a little time off and went to the History Miami Museum in downtown Miami. Loads of relly interesting stuff to see, and in the context of this blog; lots of Pan Am related displays.
Oops!
Thursday night, I headed out to the hangar… (or garage, depending on who you ask) with the intention of moving my new IPECO replica seat (more on that in a post coming soon) into the 737 sim. Well, after a couple of hours work I had upgraded my web server with more RAM and another […]
Distractions: Truck Sim
I am a long-time fan of truck simulators, starting years ago with ’18 Wheels of Steel’, through to today’s American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator. I enjoy the sense of achieving something, while passing through some great scenery. ATS was voted ‘Most Relaxing VR Experience’ in 2019, and it really is a great relaxing […]
Out with 2020, and in with ’21
2020 a retrospective. 2020 was a strange year, a statement nobody will challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, restrictions, and pay-cuts meant a lot of impact on my hobbies, both in terms of time, funds, and enthusiasm.I did manage to knock a good number of items ticked off my ‘to-do’ list, with some interesting and unexpected […]
Website update
Since moving to the new server I have lost the email functions the site used to have, and I’ve been too idle to figure out the issue… I also had to close down the ‘leave a comment’ option since I was being continually spammed. Tonight I managed to fix the Comments part of the equation, […]
More 2020 Musings
As I alluded to in the last post, I have had a serious re-think on what I will be doing with my sims. Notable is the separation between VR and physical cockpits. The other major change is about adding more structure to my sim-building, by creating a Task List for each sim, plus the ManCave, […]