Edwin Rommel Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Vhell- zho zhere we were in Geneva—to attend zhum borink konvenzion about rulez uf vhar… vhen zhomevhon told me zhat vhun uf Howard Hughes originalz vhaz zhittink at zhe local airport. Vhell ich bundeled Shultz und Helmut into zhe Horch und vhe vhent to have ein look at zhiz aircraft. Turned out to be ein Connie in pre-1955 TWA kolourz. Shultz looked at me, unt ich looked at Shultz, unt frum zhe gleam in hiz eye ich could zhee.. he vhoz thinking zhe zhame az me. Zho vhe scouted around zhe airfield unt eventually found zhe owner.. ein old geezer from zhe Statez zhat lovinkly restored zhe beazt. Zho vhe made zhe proposal …. unt amazinkly he azzepted!!! On zhe kondizion zhat he kould go mit! Vhe gladly akkomodated him… unt to kut ein long story schort, at 04H00 zhe next mornink vhe vhere off! Zhe ground staff must have vhondered about zhe four old men leavink a vheelchair, two canez unt a bundle uf hearink aidz unt thick glazzez in zhe left lukkage at zhe airport before takink off on ein adventure uf ein lifetime! Zho here are zhum Schnapz frum zhe first day! Early morning(TO time at Geneva 04H15), over zhe Alpz , en-route Rostock am Don! Unfortunately zhe Ruzki'z vhould not allow uz to take pikturez at Rostock- but vhe landed at 10H00 unt refueled unt vhere on our vhay again at 11H30-- en-route Dehli.. Here ist pikture uf uz approachink landink at Dehli- 23H30... Juzt look at zhe perfekt approach-- Ich am flyink! To be kontinued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Rom, you fly FS2004? Do you use VATSIM? Look for my article on the front page about Virtual airlines and Vatsim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Rommel Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Herr Herder uf Sheeps... Ja-- Ich do, unt enjoyed your article!! BUT- VATSIM is America based, and the time differences makes it difficult to participate in any meaningfull way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Ja, ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltar Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Give us a link to the article dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Rommel Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Early mornink take-off-- Shultz iz drivink-- zhee how he mizzez zhe taxivhay! unt zhum hourz later over zhe Himalayaz... barely making headvhay-- zhukink fuel unt about 3500 feet above zhe published maximum ceilink..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hey Baltar it's on the fornt page of Combatsim.com under fs2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Morning, y'all. Nice-looking Connie, Pieter! And a great article, Shep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Thanks man. Here's the link for anyone else. http://www.combatsim.com/review.php?id=705 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltar Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Oh ok now see, I looked all over the VATSIM site for your dang article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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