[modeleng] Re: Fw: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:36:48 -0800 (PST)
Fish and Chips? Tony, remember your diet!!!
Al--who is down to 182!!!
--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Fw: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 6:48 AM
> Subject: FW: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
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> Although this isn't strictly model engineering, and
> certainly nothing to do with steam engines in any way, I
> thought that it might still interest a few people here - how
> on earth one would model the overhead intrument display set
> into the cockpit roof for starters!
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> http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
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> More in keeping with the ethos of the group, did any
> of the UK members see the BBC's Country File today? If
> not, there was an item on the Welsh Mountain narrow guage
> railway which is to be re-opened shortly. It looked to be
> nearly half as long again as the Festiniog that it meets up
> with, so that one can have a 40 mile steam journey by using
> both of them one way and 80 miles with the return trip. It
> certainly looked very good!
>
> Talking of return journeys, again for UK members, I
> recently wrote to the North York Moors railway, about the
> through service from Whitby to Pickering that they ran this
> year. As I live south of Leeds, I would have preferred to
> drive up to Pickering, take the trains to Whitby (which is a
> sea side port and holiday resort for non-UK members, where
> the original "Dracula" story was set, and the home
> of Captain Cook, the chap who discovered Australia), spend a
> couple of hours there including lunch, and then train it
> back to Pickering. Unfortunately as many of you may have
> noticed, the time tabling seemed to indicate that the
> service started at Whitby so that one could either spend a
> few hours in Pickering or a few minutes in Whitby, due to
> the limited service, i.e. number of trains.
>
> They have now replied and said that they hope to run
> a fuller service, with more trains, next year, and so will
> also be starting them from Pickering. The proposed 9.00am
> train in particular would allow quite some time in Whitby
> before the last train leaves for the return journey to
> Pickering, a full half day at least. For anyone coming up
> from the south, this has to be good news, especially if they
> are like me, and have a family that does not share the
> passion for steam, as said family can be now be bribed with
> a day at the seaside! <VBG> For anyone who has not
> been to Whitby, there is a national prize winning fish and
> chip restraunt down by the harbour which is really
> excellent, and it is worth the trip just for a meal there!
>
> TonyW.
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