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"Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-24-02 at 10:02z
Hi all,

Well, I finally got here! And I still have WindowsXP Home sitting on the shelf above me!

Don't know how I did it but I'm here...

To update you all, I finally moved house on 12th June and its nice out here in the country!

Still flying the -400 in FS but branching out into the 737 (DreamFleet) and soon the 767 (PIC) as soon as I can get a copy - they are scarce now it seems.

Hope everyone is well and best regards to you all,

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Madape on 08-24-02 at 10:59z
>Hi all,
>
>Well, I finally got here! And I still have WindowsXP
>Home sitting on the shelf above me!

Welcome! Glad you made it :)

>Still flying the -400 in FS but branching out into the 737
>(DreamFleet) and soon the 767 (PIC) as soon as I can get a
>copy - they are scarce now it seems.

I had the same problem with 767 PIC - I managed to get a copy from Flight1 - but ofcourse if you live outside the US it'll cost quite a bit with postage

>
>Lee James
>
>..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)
>
>Training Captain
>Boeing 747-400
>British Airways Virtual

I'll keep an eye out for you on VATSIM! My callsign is BAW757

Sam Harvey
sam@crew.flightadventures.com

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-24-02 at 11:35z
Hi Sam,

>>Welcome! Glad you made it :) <<

Cheers - seems like it took me forever to do it...

>>I had the same problem with 767 PIC - I managed to get a
>copy from Flight1 - but ofcourse if you live outside the
US it'll cost quite a bit with postage<<

Well, if you got one from Flight One then I "should" be able to get one from JustFlight.... we'll see.

>>I'll keep an eye out for you on VATSIM! My callsign is
>BAW757<<

Great! Another from the bunch! I'll look out for you too mate!

Take care,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by AlanParkinson on 08-24-02 at 15:44z
Hi Lee,

Welcome home!

Alan


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:39z
>Hi Alan,

>>Welcome home! <<

<g> Nice to get here at last! Thanks for the welcome - its appreciated.

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 08-24-02 at 15:57z
Well....look what the cat dragged in! <vbg>

Welcome aboard Lee! Nice to finally have you here.

--Greenie
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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:42z
Hey Mike,

>>Well....look what the cat dragged in! <vbg> <<

Yeah, well I haven't heard from you in a while so I thought I'd have another go at getting in here. So far it seems to work.

>>Welcome aboard Lee! Nice to finally have you here.<<

Again, thanks for the welcome.

Hope the family is well. Carolyn has 9 weeks to go until No.2 arrives <shudder!>

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 08-26-02 at 00:08z
Hi Lee,

>>Hope the family is well. Carolyn has 9 weeks to go until No.2 arrives
<shudder!><<

Wow...already!? Man, does time fly. I expect to see the announcement here shortly after it happens! ;-)


--Greenie
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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-27-02 at 16:10z
Hey Mike,

>>Wow...already!? Man, does time fly. I expect to see the
>announcement here shortly after it happens! ;-) <<

Sure will. Sorry for the delay in responding there - still figuring out how to find the new messages that the system is telling me are there, since the last visit.

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 08-27-02 at 22:17z
Hi Lee,

>>still figuring out
how to find the new messages that the system is telling me are there,
since the last visit.<<

Try our offline reader (OzWin for the VPC <g>), and you won't have that problem ;-)


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-28-02 at 14:38z
Hey Mike,

>>Try our offline reader (OzWin for the VPC <g>), and you
won't have that problem ;-) <<

Yes, I see there is one available. How much does it cost and how do I get it?

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 08-28-02 at 21:27z
Hi Lee,

>>Yes, I see there is one available. How much does it cost and how do I
get it?<<

The fully functional but unregistered version is free, and is available here: http://www.flightadventures.com/downloads/OLR_dwnld.htm . However, with a crew membership, you get to register your OLR, and get the many other membership perks that go along with joining the crew (along with a bar <g>). The crew memberships are what helps keep the VPC doors open, and it's very affordable. All the info is here: https://www.flightadventures.com/cgi-bin/pilot_shop/memberships.html#CREW

Thanks!


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-31-02 at 03:14z
Hello Mike,

Thanks for the response.

>>The fully functional but unregistered version is free, and is available here: http://www.flightadventures.com/downloads/OLR_dwnld.htm . However, with a crew membership, you get to register your OLR, and get the many other membership perks that go along with joining the crew (along with a bar <g>). The crew memberships are what helps keep the VPC doors open, and it's very affordable. All the info is here: <<

Ok, the link seems to take me to a blank page! Can you just point me to the page without a link and maybe I can find it?

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 08-31-02 at 05:34z
Hi Lee,

>.Ok, the link seems to take me to a blank page! Can you just point me to
the page without a link and maybe I can find it?<<

Ok, apparently you're still having problems on your end. I tested that link before I posted it, and tested it again just now, and it's fine. At any rate, try this to get to the dl page: www.flightadventures.com/downloads/OLR_dwnld.htm. I'm posting this via the OLR and took out the http:// bit so hopefully it doesn't show as a link. Alternatively, you can go to the main page (www.flightadventures.com/vpc.htm) then click on the pilot shop, and follow your nose from there.

Give us a shout if you still have problems.


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-31-02 at 22:34z
Hi Mike,

>>Ok, apparently you're still having problems on your end. I tested that link before I posted it, and tested it again just now, and it's fine. At any rate, try this to get to the dl page: www.flightadventures.com/downloads/OLR_dwnld.htm. <<

Ok, that causes a "page not found" error on my PC here (I'm at work and we access the Internet via a network system). I tried removing the /OLR_dwnld.htm part but that didn't work.

I did get through from the main page though and found the info I wanted to look at.

Thanks for taking the time to help.

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Mike_Greenwood on 09-01-02 at 00:52z
>>Ok, that causes a "page not found" error on my PC here (I'm at work and
we access the Internet via a network system). I tried removing the
/OLR_dwnld.htm part but that didn't work.<<

That's bizzare. Did you try to look at it from home just for kicks to see if you can access it?

>>I did get through from the main page though and found the info I wanted
to look at.<<

I suppose that's all that counts, but I'm still puzzled why you couldn't go directly to the page.

>>Thanks for taking the time to help.<<

Always my pleasure!


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 09-04-02 at 19:17z
Hi Mike,

>>That's bizzare. Did you try to look at it from home just
for kicks to see if you can access it?

Ok, I tried the DL page again, just now from my home PC - still get the error....
___________________________________________________________

VIRTUAL PILOT CENTRE
PAGE NOT FOUND!

The page you were looking for was not found

Please check the URL or try the Links below:

VPC SEARCH - VPC FAQ

If your having trouble contact Sysop@Flight Adventures.com or post a message to the FlightAdventures message board
___________________________________________________________

>>I suppose that's all that counts, but I'm still puzzled
why you couldn't go directly to the page. <<

Yes, me too. I thought it might be a network problem on my end. Ah well..

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 09-04-02 at 20:50z
Greetings Lee:

> Ok, I tried the DL page again, just now from my home PC - still get the
> error....

When you click the link on the message board message, does the error message show up in the existing window or in a new (pop-up) window?

I'm just guessing here, but I think you may have pop-ups disabled or Java is misconfigured. If it's the latter and you're using IE, our VPC_cfg.exe file will fix your Java settings--that is provided that you've got a working copy of Microsoft VM installed.

Ben


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 09-21-02 at 09:51z
Hello Ben,

Sorry for the delay in responding - still have trouble getting in here now and again...

>>When you click the link on the message board message, does the error message show up in the existing window or in a new (pop-up) window? <<

Ok, not sure about this really. I get a new page, not a window. Its the usual yellow page but its a new one with the error message on it.

>>I'm just guessing here, but I think you may have pop-ups
disabled or Java is misconfigured. If it's the latter and
you're using IE, our VPC_cfg.exe file will fix your Java
settings--that is provided that you've got a working copy
of Microsoft VM installed.<<

I can certainly get pop ups - they appear all the time with the usual anoyance these things create! Every time I have a look at FlightSim.com its always popups and I spend half my time cancelling them! <g> So I guess they work...

As for MSVirtual Machine, well that I'm not sure about. I have IE5.5 fully updated, running on Windows 98 SE machine.

Can you tell me more about this VPC_cfg.exe? I'm reluctant to run anything on my machine that I don't fully understand.

Cheers,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Vulcan on 08-24-02 at 23:17z
'Bout time too <G>

Welcome home Lee, pleased to see you and glad the house move is completed.

In one of the Avsim forums some time back someone else was having problems locating 767PIC in the UK and a reply said they had found some in Electronics Botiuqe (sp?).

If no joy with Flight 1 it might be worth checking out the local PC World or game stores.

Hope the family are well and Holly has stopped getting her childhood infections ;-)

May see you on line sometime.

Vulcan


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:48z
Hey Dave,

>>'Bout time too <G><<

<BG> Yeah, well I'm here! Nice welcome though....

>>Welcome home Lee, pleased to see you and glad the house
move is completed.<<

Yes, it was not too difficult actually. It was the after effects that were the toughest! But its nice down here in the country and the Summer has been nice here as has the welcome from the Village generally. We are pleased we made the move.

>>In one of the Avsim forums some time back someone else was having problems locating 767PIC in the UK and a reply said they had found some in Electronics Botiuqe (sp?).<<

I actually sawa copy in PCWorld but didn't get it (£24.99 as well!) but it will turn up I'm sure.

>>Hope the family are well and Holly has stopped getting her childhood infections ;-)

Holly has not been ill since February, touch wood. She is very well and growing up and is turning out to be a well adjusted kid with a nice nature - and she looks up in the sky now at all the planes and knows the difference between a 777 and a Jumbo! (honestly, nothing to do with me!<g>)

>>May see you on line sometime.<<

Yes, no doubt about it,

>>Vulcan <<

Whats the BCA33? A callsign?

Cheers mate,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Vulcan on 08-26-02 at 01:07z
>Whats the BCA33? A callsign?<

Affirmative.

Britannic Charter Airlines, used to be Britannia I believe before they got stroppy about using their name :-(

Had thought of joining your lot but BCA will do for now, a little less restricted.

Take care

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-27-02 at 16:14z
Hi Dave,

>>Britannic Charter Airlines, used to be Britannia I believe before they got stroppy about using their name :-(<<

Ok, now I get it....

>>Had thought of joining your lot but BCA will do for now, a little less restricted.<<

Thats fine. BAV suits me very well and I found a nice bunch of people there. Right now, the membership is capped at 1000 and we have 46 people wanting to join so there's a waiting list right now. That may change though...

But I'm all in favour of finding the right set up that suits they sort of flying you want to do.

Take care mate,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by vgbaron on 08-25-02 at 00:21z
Lee -

Welcome - have missed your insights. Glad you got everything squared away.

Vic Baron

Of All the Things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:51z
Vic,

Nice talking with you again...

>Welcome - have missed your insights. Glad you got everything squared away.<<

thanks for the kind words. Yep, seems I made it here finally. Good to see some of the crowd here.

>>Of All the Things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!<<

Thats a great quote! <g>

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 08-25-02 at 03:07z
Greetings Lee:

> Don't know how I did it but I'm here...

The important thing is you made it.

Welcome!


Ben


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:55z
Hi Ben,

>>Greetings Lee:<<

Hello mate - good to talk with you again...

>The important thing is you made it. Welcome!<<

Thanks for the welcome sir. Nice to be here.

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by jonahbird on 08-25-02 at 03:35z
Hi Lee

>>Don't know how I did it but I'm here...<<

Welcome.... I hope you can remember how to do it again :-)

Best regards
Frank

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 18:56z
Hey Frank,

>>Welcome.... I hope you can remember how to do it again :-)

<G> Looks like I did!

Take care mate,

Regards,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by PaulCroft on 08-25-02 at 07:14z
Hi Lee

>> Well, I finally got here! <<

And about time too <g>. As Frank says, let's hope you don't wait so long for your next visit :-)

When you finally track down the PIC 767 take a trip over to avsim (if you haven't already) and check out their PIC 767 forum. Masses of useful info. I rarely fly anything else these days. Wonderful bird (with a learning curve to match) but don't use the latest (August) patch with it. It's caused me, and others, mucho problems.

Paul Croft
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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 19:04z
Hi Paul,

>>And about time too <g>. As Frank says, let's hope you
>don't wait so long for your next visit :-) <<

Oh, I don't plan to be a stranger as such. For the moment, it seems I am in here - it seemed a hopeless task trying to get in here when I seemed to be getting in everywhere else. But as long as I'm here and welcomed then I'll try to contribute as much as I can.

>>When you finally track down the PIC 767 take a trip over
to avsim (if you haven't already) and check out their PIC
767 forum. Masses of useful info. I rarely fly anything
else these days. Wonderful bird (with a learning curve to
match) but don't use the latest (August) patch with it.
It's caused me, and others, mucho problems. <<

Thanks for the tips. Yes, I visit the AVSIM Forum now and again but not too often. I have been flying the PSS 744 and other variants for ages now and enjoy that. Missus got me the DreamFleet 737-400 Greatest Airliners package (FS2002 compatible) and am enjoying that too, especially the overwing views which seem to be missing a lot these days. Always nice to look out of the window!

I have the PSS Airbus but am looking forward to the Wilco version as it looks more interesting, which is a bit of a leap for me since I am not an Airbus fan at all - keep it Boeing thats what I say! The 737 now gives me a short range/field airliner option.

The 767 is something I want to complete the hanger so to speak. Now I look for a good private prop aircraft although there is a good looking Gulf Stream V available that seems worth a try too...

Ah, too may jets..... <g>

Flying online with RW and SB is good now and my system can handle it all in MP too. Just finding the time.....

Take care mate,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Vulcan on 08-26-02 at 01:07z
>but am looking forward to the Wilco version as it
looks more interesting,<

Have a look at some recent threads at avsim before jumping in Lee, there is some negative comment about the visual accuracy of the aircraft; it is only Beta but some doubt that it will be improved.

Greatest loss is the A340, DF was going to do one but pulled the plug, Simbuild have closed their web site and PSS said they weren't going to do one because there were others doing the model.

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-27-02 at 19:54z
Hi Dave,

>>Have a look at some recent threads at avsim before jumping in Lee, there is some negative comment about the visual accuracy of the aircraft; it is only Beta but some doubt that it will be improved.

I was not planning to buy it until I had read reviews of it anyway, but I take your point. One wonders how they know about the visual model and that it won't be improved. Someone breaking NDA maybe? Many have raved about the 767 PIC and its FMC and other things and this does not inspire them to consider the Wilco offering? Find that strange too. Its always good to wait and see and try to make imformed decisions I think...

>>Greatest loss is the A340, DF was going to do one but
pulled the plug, Simbuild have closed their web site and
PSS said they weren't going to do one because there were
others doing the model.<<

PSS never actually said that. They have stuck to their published project list (A320, Dash-8, and maybe a new Concorde thereafter) - they have not said that they will not do the A340. If their current project list works and the time span of the A320 is anything to go by then it will be a while before they are in a position to consider the new project - and by then FS2004 will be upon us!

But there is always cause for optimism! Especially now as the current FS2002 is so good. Look at the wonderful thimgs being doen with mesh terrain? Great!

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Vulcan on 08-29-02 at 20:30z
>One wonders how they know about the visual model and
that it won't be improved. Someone breaking NDA maybe? Many have raved
about the 767 PIC and its FMC and other things and this does not inspire
them to consider the Wilco offering?<

They have screen shots of 'work in progress' on their web site, that's what people are basing their comments on.

As to the raves about the 767, this also is the cause of bitchin' about the visual model.

The visual model of the 767 was not that great and hammered frame rates and was never fixed by Wilco, and they did the visual model, not Eric's team.

Also Eric's team are not involved in the A320 (as I understand it) so you cannot compare the systems side of things with the 767.

As you say, time will tell. I have the PSS 'Bus so will not be tempted to leap at the Wilco one.


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-31-02 at 03:17z
Hi Dave,

>>They have screen shots of 'work in progress' on their web
>site, that's what people are basing their comments on.<<

Ok, I understand....

>>As to the raves about the 767, this also is the cause of
bitchin' about the visual model.

The visual model of the 767 was not that great and
hammered frame rates and was never fixed by Wilco, and
they did the visual model, not Eric's team.

Also Eric's team are not involved in the A320 (as I
understand it) so you cannot compare the systems side of
things with the 767. <<

Ok, thats a lot clearer now. Thanks for the input.

>>As you say, time will tell. I have the PSS 'Bus so will
not be tempted to leap at the Wilco one. <<

I also have the PSS bus but it lacks something. The PSS 744 is my all time favourite but I liked their 777 also - unfortunately it does not perform well in FS2002.

Guess I'l stick to Boeing!

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by PaulCroft on 08-26-02 at 07:16z
Hi Lee

>> as long as I'm here and welcomed then I'll try to contribute as much as I can. <<

Heck, of course you're welcome, as are your contributions.

>> Missus got me the DreamFleet 737-400 Greatest Airliners package ... Always nice to look out of the window! <<

Yes, that's a neat touch.

>> Flying online with RW and SB is good now and my system can handle it all
in MP too. Just finding the time..... <<

Ah, yes, time (or lack of it <g>) - that's a constant source of annoyance to me too.

Paul Croft
10 miles SE of Heathrow (EGLL)

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-27-02 at 20:27z
Hi Paul,

>>Heck, of course you're welcome, as are your contributions. <<

Cheers mate - nice of you to say so..

>>Ah, yes, time (or lack of it <g>) - that's a constant
>source of annoyance to me too. <<

LOL! Yeah! And its about to get worse for me! <g>

See yer'

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by PeteDowson on 08-25-02 at 09:50z
Hi Lee,

> Well, I finally got here! And I still have WindowsXP Home sitting on the
> shelf above me!
>
> Don't know how I did it but I'm here...

Welcome -- I was sure you'd get through one day! <G>

Best,

Pete

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 19:07z
Hey Pete,

>>Welcome -- I was sure you'd get through one day! <G><<

Hello Pete. Good to talk with you mate. Your still doing wonderful things with FSUIPC and others I see. A big thanks from me and I'm sure all the FS community for the great stuff you do for us all...

Take care,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by TD on 08-25-02 at 17:09z
Lee!!!

Nice to see you finally made it. Rumour has it that someone captured you on film, and God shudders at the thought of you, Kit, and Melo loose on an unwary countryside again... only way to scare him worse would be to have CON on the run with you... :7

"TD - Virtual FAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!"

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by PL965Melo on 08-25-02 at 19:04z
Hi TD,

>Rumour has it that someone captured you on film,
>and God shudders at the thought of you, Kit,
>and Melo loose on an unwary countryside again...

Won't happen again too soon. Already blew my whole travel budget for the year with that trip. :-)

Although it was worth every Pound!!!!!!! Great to see Kit and tour around with him. He is absolutely the best tour guide in the U.K.!

And it was also very cool to visit with Alan Parkinson and Lee as well. If we could have met at the same time we would have had a FSForum Quorum there in one spot. :-)

>only way to scare him worse would be
>to have CON on the run with you... :7

We planned to meet with Con as well, but it wasn't in the cosmic plan this time around. Maybe God was watching closer than we thought. :-)

I am still finishing up the slide show from the trip, more pictures than I ever generated for a Rally.

Regards,
Melo

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by James on 08-28-02 at 23:39z
Hi Melo,

>> Maybe God was watching closer than we thought. :-) <<

He must have been as he had my car nicked so as I couldn't join you all <LOL>

Regards,

James (CONman) Anderson


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 19:10z
TD!!!!

>>Nice to see you finally made it. Rumour has it that
someone captured you on film, and God shudders at the
thought of you, Kit, and Melo loose on an unwary
countryside again... only way to scare him worse would be
to have CON on the run with you... <<

LOL! Your one of the great reasons I am glad I managed to get in here at last! Miss your wit and sense of fun!

Yes, someone did get me on film - although the rumour I heard is that several lab technicians were found unconcious on the darkroom floor one night recently and it took truama and shock treatment to arouse them again!

BTW, do you fancy a job protecting my cargo hold? If I'm back here, you can bet someone will want to try the old trciks again!! <g>

Cheers,

Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by PL965Melo on 08-25-02 at 18:53z
Hi Lee,

>Well, I finally got here!

Glad you made it! Now where did I stash the keys to that forklift . . . . . :-)

>To update you all, I finally moved house on 12th June and
>its nice out here in the country!

Sounds great! Bet it is a nice change of pace from city life, and great for the kids.

>Hope everyone is well and best regards to you all,

Doing very well here on the other side of the pond, give my best regards to Carolyn and the gang.

>..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Nice to see that callsign again!

Regards,
Melo
PL965 Spitfire pilot,
Glendale, CA

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-25-02 at 19:13z
Melo, my man!!,

>>Glad you made it! Now where did I stash the keys to that
>forklift . . . . . :-)<<

Yeah, I guessed as much! TD already has a job offer!!

>>Sounds great! Bet it is a nice change of pace from city
>life, and great for the kids. <<

Its wonderful out here - you must get here next time!

>>Doing very well here on the other side of the pond, give
my best regards to Carolyn and the gang. <<

Will do - No.2 is expected in 9 weeks time!

>>Nice to see that callsign again! <<

Thanks - the welcome means a lot!

Take care,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by James on 08-28-02 at 23:39z
Yo Leeward,

You made it at long last! Welcome aboard.

Regards,

James (CONman) Anderson


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 08-31-02 at 03:18z
Hey Dude!

>>You made it at long last! Welcome aboard. <<

Thanks man! Good to talk with you again! <g>

See yer'


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Guido_Ostkamp on 09-13-02 at 17:35z
Hi Lee,

> Well, I finally got here! And I still have WindowsXP Home sitting on the
> shelf above me!
>
> Don't know how I did it but I'm here...

glad, you finally made it here. Welcome onboard!

Hope you can resolve your problems with accessing these boards. Maybe it
is related to something with Java, Javascript or Active-X.

With the OLR you might have less problems.

Best regards,

Guido

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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Detlef on 09-20-02 at 17:16z

>Well, I finally got here!

Hi Lee,
hey, glad to see you here! This message is what, four weeks old, and only now I saw it. I promise to change that and check in more often. I've not been doing a lot of flying recently, but days are getting shorter now and somehow it's more fun for me if it's dark outside.

So welcome here.
Detlef

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 09-22-02 at 14:19z
Detlef,

Hello my friend. Vie Gehtes inen?

Was gibts nuewes? (sorry about the spelling - I speak it better than I write it!<g>)

Thanks for the welcome! Hope you and Petra are ok


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Detlef on 10-03-02 at 18:21z

Hi Lee,

>Hello my friend. Vie Gehtes inen?
>
>Was gibts nuewes? (sorry about the spelling - I speak it
>better than I write it!<g>)
>

I heard you once on the phone and I can say, your German is better than it looks in writing ;-)

Petra and me just came home from a 3-day vacation in the mountains (close to Meran). We did some hiking, had nice whether, good food, so it was a good break.

Hope you and yours are doing fine.

Regards,
Detlef

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 09-21-02 at 18:32z
Greetings Lee:

> >>When you click the link on the message board message, does the error
> message show up in the existing window or in a new (pop-up) window? <<
>
> Ok, not sure about this really. I get a new page, not a window. Its the
> usual yellow page but its a new one with the error message on it.

Are you running a cookie blocker or have cookies disabled?


> As for MSVirtual Machine, well that I'm not sure about. I have IE5.5
> fully updated, running on Windows 98 SE machine.

Microsoft's VM (Java component) is available for download again at:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/MSJavx86_CD24D109B33421DB6728FBDC80C9F572EB7A3865.exe


> Can you tell me more about this VPC_cfg.exe? I'm reluctant to run
> anything on my machine that I don't fully understand.

It an automated configuration utility that adds FlightAdventures.com to your trusted sites list and configures your Java and ActiveX settings correctly for your trusted sites zone. There's nothing to fear here unless you don't actually trust the sites in your trusted sites list--which would of course defeat the purpose of having those sites in your trusted sites list. :)

Ben


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 09-21-02 at 22:33z
Greetings again, Lee:

(I've discovered a bug in the OLR, which is why this and my previous reply did not tack on to the end of your last message.)

Thinking about it again (I'm sorry. It's been so long between messages
I've forgotten what the error was exactly), you were having problems
with the OLR download page link at the top of the message board,
correct? That's very strange. It's just a straight html link. No Java or
anything going on there.

There can only be a couple of possibilities:

1. Some firewall issue.
2. You have a corrupted copy of the page in your cache. Try refreshing
the page or emptying you cache and try the link again. If you have still
have a problem with the link, see if you can grab the URL that's being
called. You might try right clicking the link and selecting Open in a
new window. See if that works.

Regarding Java, if you can see the menu in the lobby, you don't have a
Java problem. I was originally thinking that you were having problems
getting to the message board and that would indicate a Java problem.

Regarding cookies, Frank discovered that if he deletes this cookies,
he's able to access the message board, but only once. He can't return
again until he deletes the cookies again. We're looking into the
problem, but we think it's specific to his system.

Hope this helps.

Ben


Ben


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by SB9DV on 09-22-02 at 09:56z
Hi Ben,

>>(I've discovered a bug in the OLR, which is why this and
my previous reply did not tack on to the end of your last message.) Thinking about it again (I'm sorry. It's been so long between messages I've forgotten what the error was exactly), you were having problems with the OLR download page link at the top of the message board, correct? That's very strange. It's just a straight html link. No Java or
>anything going on there.<<

Yes that was the initial problem. Mike gave me two links, one for the OLR page which resulted in a "not found" error and the other for the main page which allowed me to follow the links to the OLR and I got to that thanks

>>There can only be a couple of possibilities:

1. Some firewall issue.<<

Ok, I use Windows 98 SE (have XP but not installed yet) but I don't use a network (although I should link the laptop up one day! <g>).

>>2. You have a corrupted copy of the page in your cache.
Try refreshing the page or emptying you cache and try the link again. If you have still have a problem with the link, see if you can grab the URL that's being called. You might try right clicking the link and selecting Open in a new window. See if that works.<<

Ok, I'll try that shortly and see what happens.

>>Regarding Java, if you can see the menu in the lobby, you
don't have a Java problem. I was originally thinking that you were having problems getting to the message board and that would indicate a Java problem.<<

Ok, I can get to the message board no problem so that seems to work.

>>Regarding cookies, Frank discovered that if he deletes
this cookies, he's able to access the message board, but only once. He can't return again until he deletes the cookies again. We're looking into the problem, but we think it's specific to his system. <<

Ok, I regularly delete the contents of my Temporary Internet files folder - would that cause any of these problems? I also clear my history regularly.

I may yet try the OLR since going in via the Net and IE is slow and cumbersome and I'm having problems keeping up with messages - whats seen and whats not seen.

Anyhow, take care and thanks for your help and your time.

Best regards,


Lee James

..alias SPEEDBIRD 9 DELTA VICTOR (SB9DV)

Training Captain
Boeing 747-400
British Airways Virtual

Member of the World Flight Team

West Sussex, UK

"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 09-22-02 at 20:47z
Greetings Lee:

> >>Regarding cookies, Frank discovered that if he deletes
> this cookies, he's able to access the message board, but only once. He
> can't return again until he deletes the cookies again. We're looking
> into the problem, but we think it's specific to his system. <<
>
> Ok, I regularly delete the contents of my Temporary Internet files
> folder - would that cause any of these problems? I also clear my history
> regularly.

Clearing your Temp Internet files and history shouldn't cause any problems. However, you should note that cookies and temp files should be cleared out manually because IE's clearing function doesn't always clear out all of your cookies or temp files (it's only as good/up-to-date as the index file within the folder).


> I may yet try the OLR since going in via the Net and IE is slow and
> cumbersome and I'm having problems keeping up with messages - whats seen
> and whats not seen.

That may be your best solution. I've never used OzWin before, but I'm told our OLR recreates much of its function.

Ben


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"RE: Finally got here!"
Posted by jonahbird on 09-23-02 at 04:01z
Hi Lee

>>Ok, I regularly delete the contents of my Temporary Internet files folder<<

That is probably not enough. You may also need to clear the relevant item in Windows\Cookies. That is the main record of cookies I believe. To get over my problem I clear the cookie entry in both that and Temporary Internet Files.

Perhaps our problem has something to do with our telephone exchange - 01403- :-)

Hope you are well and fully settled in. Your next big day is rapidly approaching.

Best regards
Frank