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Testflight out off Pipe´s repaint hangar. The brandnew Project Tupolev Tu-154M ...

How's the cockpit display of these three holers, Pipe?

Ah, the good ole TU-154. I only once could take a ride with it. That was 1999, with Sichuan Airlines in China, from Guilin to Chengdu. Man, was that thing noisy, but it was like an old Mercedes-Benz. Absoluteley unexcited, you could almost say arrogantly stable. I think it's a pity that it's practically gone today. With some more "up to date" engines it would be a great airplane today. That flight also sticks to my mind because the "dinner" we were served consisted of a bunch of bags on a tablet. Those bags only had chinese letters on it, so it was a "Forrest Gump" thing. You never know what you're getting. Well, that one bag I ripped open and sniffed into almost sent me losing my lunch. It was some sort of fermented cabbage and ... really, it was almost the first time I had to use the "sickbag" ...

How's the cockpit display of these three holers, Pipe?

It´s a clock shop. This package is the deepest system simulation available for FS. Forget payware like PMDG or LDS -767. Not a SHIFT+E plane for kids. Even cabin pressure is simulated, if you don´t handle it correctly, you get in deep trouble. (There´re reports of fainted behind their desks flightsimmers already. )

I don´t have much time right now Carlos, but have a look here: http://www.fs-proteam.com/products.html ... alog&sop=2

Pipe

Thanks, Pipe, but it's all in cyrilic! How do you cope with that?

PS: Understand you not having time now... Sunday and Carnaval...

Thanks, Pipe, but it's all in cyrilic! How do you cope with that?

PS: Understand you not having time now... Sunday and Carnaval...

By speaking Russian? (Wonder Flyboy might not be the only one)

Me? Carnaval? Never ...

You speak russian, Pipe?

You speak russian, Pipe?

East German, remember? They fed me up with Russian since I was 8 until vomiting limit. The language of the "Great Leader" and our "Brother People", blark .... I worked nine months in Russia back then in ´88/´89. It´s a bit dusty but still working.

Actually for the Project Tupolev Tu-154M there´s a very detailed 260 pages english manual done by a German. You follow that and you don´t need to speak Russian to get her airborne.

Few more shots ...

Didn't know you had to learn russian in the DDR. It's logic, but I didn't know that.

Didn't know you had to learn russian in the DDR. It's logic, but I didn't know that.

We all had, and we weren´t asked.

This is Bonehead Airlines. Actually it says "Interflug" but was never operated by the airline. Government plane to carry the Commies around. They tried to hide behind the regular airline livery, the plane never saw a real passenger. Actually this one became Luftwaffe 11+01 seen above when the old GDR went down the sewer.

Paint Shop at full steam.

Some more shots from the repaint hangar ...

Am I the only one posting in this thread?

What about some cockpit / systems views? Thanks!