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Rob Weeks (Chutzpah) Trainee
Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Swindon, UK
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:44 pm

Hi all,

Nice to finally post on here proper. My name is Rob, from the UK and am fairly new to flight simming. I have been browsing (and posting as a guest) here for the past few days, and I'm sure you'll all come in useful as I expand my knowledge!

One quick question as well..... how do you add your own avatar? I can only find the default ones on the profile.

Cheers all 🙂

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Rob Weeks (Chutzpah) Trainee
Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Swindon, UK
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:46 pm

Scrub that, just found how to do it 😎

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CRJCapt Chief Captain
Joined: Sep 12, 2005 Posts: 3734 Location: Ohio,USA
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:48 pm

Welcome Chutzpah. 🍻

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cheechm First Officer
Joined: Apr 26, 2006 Posts: 238 Location: My Home, London, United Kingdom
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:51 pm

Welcome to the forums!

Loving the avatar. Where is it? Is there a bigger version?

Thanks

😀

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Rob Weeks (Chutzpah) Trainee
Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Swindon, UK
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:02 pm

Hi cheechm, it's a picture of Concorde on her return home after being taken out of service.

I'm from Bristol originally, so it was a memorable occasion. She flew around Bristol twice, going over Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge before landing at Filton Airport - where she was in part built.

A very moving sight, and I love the picture.

Here's some links to a few bigger pictures, you'll quite often find a much larger version for sale, especially in Bristol - worth buying if it's a reasonable price because it'll look great on your wall! 😀

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/in_pictures_five_thousand_days_/img/8.jpg
http://irish.typepad.com/photos/events/concordeoverclifton.jpg
http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/aimages/G3085.jpg

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seadogs Trainee
Joined: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 47
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:25 pm

nice pics

Jamie4590 Guest
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:38 pm

Yes, very nice pics. If there is a bad pic of Concorde in flight I don't want to know about it.

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earthqu8kes First Officer
Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 433 Location: Where do you want me to be?
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:55 pm

nice avatar. and by the way, Welcome!!! 😛 😀 😀

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Wing-man First Officer
Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 311
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:23 pm

Nice pic Chutzpah 😉 and welcome 🍻 I see looking at your pic that there's quite a crowd gathered for the fly over.

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Rob Weeks (Chutzpah) Trainee
Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Swindon, UK
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:30 pm

Yep, that's Observatory Hill below, a good vantage point to look across the Avon Gorge, or if Concorde is flying over looking straight up! 😉

There were even more people at Filton Airport where she finally landed - they closed off the main road hours beforehand because they knew that thousands of people would travel there. The final estimate was 20,000 people (including guests within the aerodrome itself.... I wasn't lucky enough to win a ticket).

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Greekman72 Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 5462 Location: Hellas
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:01 pm

A little delay but never to late... 😉

Welcome to Fly Away 👍 😀

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PIC1stOfficer First Officer
Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 157 Location: KSEA/Seattle
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:35 am

Welcome aboard, really like the Concord. 🙂

   
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