
I knew a guy whose dad worked at Airbus in Toulouse - I had a go on the simulator in 1988, where I promptly crashed the plane on takeoff
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:02,
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I would a go in one of those simulators. I've clocked up enough hours on MS flight simulator over the years :P
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that Aeroflot actually use. True facts!*
*May not be true facts
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:05,
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*May not be true facts

they're massively complicated (er, well they were in 1988)
I thought "Ah, I've played Flight Simulator on the Spectrum, it'll be easy"
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:07,
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I thought "Ah, I've played Flight Simulator on the Spectrum, it'll be easy"

MS flight simulator has come a long way, especially if you use the virtual cockpit and do everything manually.
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:09,
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BAE no longer have a stake in Airbus so it's FR/DE/ES owned
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:01,
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and they have a much harder work ethic than the British....
Anti-immigrationlols!
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:06,
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Anti-immigrationlols!

Just the metalwork, paint, electronics, glass, soundproofing.
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:06,
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Sorry, I'll stop that right now...
nice Larsony, sir
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 10:58,
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nice Larsony, sir

simian terpsichore? monkey dancing? I'm a little slow today, sorry. tad hungover
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:00,
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i fear my head will fall off
I hope you are feeling similarly joyous?
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:14,
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I hope you are feeling similarly joyous?

just scored tickets for both Muse in November, and a Top Gear recording in a couple of weeks!
\o/
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:21,
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\o/

"Joey, do you like subtitled french movies"?
"That's odd... Pierre never crashes at home".
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:03,
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"That's odd... Pierre never crashes at home".

" 'ow do you take your coffee?"
"like I take my men: black, a cigarette in each hand, screaming wiz passion"
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Fri 5 Jun 2009, 11:04,
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"like I take my men: black, a cigarette in each hand, screaming wiz passion"