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On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the armistice that ended World War 1 was signed. Armistice Day was a holiday that celebrated the armistice. But since then, in these days of everlasting wars, Armistice Day has become Veterans Day to remember the veterans of all wars. A friend of mine from Alberta, Canada, send me A Pittance of Time a dozen or so years ago. Every Veterans Day I send it to everyone I know. There are a lot veterans who inhabit this forum from every corner of the world. This is for them. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-omr-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=omr&p=a+pittance+of+time+youtube#id=2&vid=8…

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Today happens to be the 245th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. So happy birthday devil dogs! On every base or facility I was ever stationed at we had birthday cake and oldest and youngest Marine on the base cut the cake. I don't know if they still do that or not but traditions seldom die in the Marines so I assume they do. Then in the evening you take your lady or wife (not both) to ball. I don't think the Army or Navy or Air Force make a big deal about their birthdays but it is a big deal in the Corps. Noel

It ain`t gonna be real enough for some simmers without this.

I have Aeroplane Heaven's Bristol Bulldog where compressed-air engine start is modeled (somewhat?). The manual is not very comprehensive though, and I wonder how this worked IRL. What I could figure out so far is the following: There is a special small tank ('starter carburetor'?) containing a small amount of fuel into which air is compressed. By using tens of strokes with a 'primer'? The compressed air evaporates the fuel. The magnetos are turned on, as is a special 'starter magneto'. Then a crank in the cockpit is turned several times, probably to build up electricity in the starter magneto. Finally a starter button is hold down until the engine starts. …

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From a recent Simbrief briefing... DEPART 2345Z ARRIVE 0149Z STE/ETE: 01+36/01+46 TAXI OUT: 00+20 KMCO/MCO: 1845L KIAD/IAD: 2049L DOT OT: 0203Z/2103L TAXI IN: 00+08 1745C 1949C PROPOSED DEPARTURE TIME: 2345Z I know that ETE is estimated time enroute. What is STE? I have been searching all over for a definition. Thanks!

https://www.westernjournal.com/wilbur-french-bulldog-elected-mayor-rabbit-hash-kentucky/?ff_source=Email&ff_medium=conservative-brief-CT&ff_campaign=dailyam&ff_content=conservative-tribune Just something endearing and wonderfully amusing in these crazy times. Congratulations, Wilbur! First order of business, sleep & treats!

I see, among fellow simmers here, a reluctance if not a hostility toward social networks that, I confess, I do not fully understand. Outside of flight simulation, I follow Twitter only and I like it. It is a little bit like the Aesop's tongues, the best and the worst of meat. It is what you choose it to be. Twitter has many smelly sewers but also a lot of nice gardens to take a stroll. I have a very short list of about 55 accounts I like, with a rolling addition of about 10 that I change every so often. Every morning I get useful or pleasant informations and pictures on my fields of interest in art, archeology & palaeontology, sciences, economics, politics and ge…

On June 18th, 1945 a great victory parade of Allied troops on the Champs Elysées in Paris was overflown by three FAC Piper Cub of the Free French airforce. The daring young men decided to have a little extra fun and also flew below and through the Eiffel tower legs. One of them was a hero of the war in Africa, in Italy and in France after he decided in June 1940 not to give up and join the French resistance in London. Pierre Simonet died yesterday at 99. One of the greatest generation. Good wind and thanks Pierre.

Our friendly neighbors seem to be bored during pandemics? Or is something bigger brewing? "AIP AIRAC SUP 15/20 EFF 05 NOV 2020 NORWAY FIR/NORWAY CTA will change name to POLARIS FIR/POLARIS CTA on AIRAC EFF date 05 NOV 2020. Simultaneously will the callsign NORWAY CONTROL be changed to POLARIS CONTROL and the ID NORWAY sector x changed to POLARIS sector x. The ICAO code, ENOR, will not be changed." Freaking Rockstars over there. 🤘

The great Max Ward who opened the Canadian North in his de Havilland Fox Moth and developed his own airline has died. He was 98. https://globalnews.ca/news/7441066/aviation-pioneer-max-ward-death/ The National Film Board of Canada produced a great little film about Ward which can be viewed here:

Over on the MSFS forum they're saying they won't come here because they consider this place too toxic, insulting, unhelpful; you name it. But whenever I've posted things here, or seen other people asking for help, I've found the opposite. Perhaps people here are simmers and not gamers (1 theory), more mature and just chilled more. Dunno, but it's a mystery as to why there appears to be that perception.

Does anyone know of a converter that can convert .PLN format to Garmin's .GFP format for flightplans... then they could be imported into the GTN750 ? Thanks aero

RIP Carole Arthur. How many of the crew of Blazzing Saddle, a gem of American comedy, are still alive beside Mel Brooks ?

I bet I'm not alone in being slightly irritated by the @whoever_77 thing. Why? What does it signify? Is it a smart phone thing? Maybe a Twitter or Facelook thing. I don't know about the hundred or so other 'apps' where 'People shall talk cr4p unto people' *** *** Was once the motto of the BBC before they turned commie

The Commemorative Air Force's third A-26 Invader is once again flying. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/warbird-collections/commemorative-air-force-news/caf-a-26-invader-returns-to-the-sky-after-21-years.html

Voyager 2 just received a call from Deep Space Station 43 on Earth which is 11,677 million miles from it. It`s even farther if you calculate it in km (18,8 million km) Oh, the phone bill next month... Deep ain`t much of a talker. This was just a test. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-contacts-voyager-2-using-upgraded-deep-space-network-dish

Interesting set of pictures of the difficult approaches and operations at the old Hong Kong's international airport, Kai Tak, closed in 1998: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/gallery/hong-kong-kai-tak-airport/index.html Hopefully this airport could be recreated in great detail in MSFS. Enjoy!. Cheers, Ed

(16) Phyche believed to be the remnant of a failed planet turned asteroid is worth a very very serious chunk of change; $1 US followed by 19 zeroes. $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 70,000 the value of our global economy according to some. I dunno about that last figure... And I sincerely don't believe that its' inhabitants are psychics... Here's the scientific paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abb67e or : https://globalnews.ca/news/7429663/metal-asteroid-16-psyche-quadrillion/