Randy | February 7, 2010
A few years back I did a fictional RCMP Air Services 70th Anniversary paint job on the beautifully modelled deHavilland Tiger Moth that was created and made available to the world of virtual aviation by Messrs. Warwick Carter and Garry J. Smith. The nose art that appears in the screen shot above is decidedly not […]
Randy | December 8, 2009
This chapter of the saga (if you haven’t already, see A Host of Furious Fancies as well as Chapters the Second, Third, and Fourth) introduces my next choice of aircraft in the fictional fleet of Golden Mountain Dog Solutions Air Services – the de Havilland Canada DHC6 Series 400 Twin Otter, now manufactured shiny and […]
Randy | November 29, 2009
AUTHOR’S NOTE: As the title implies, this is the fourth in a series of carefully selected freeware aircraft crafted by various talented developers for use in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 – A Century of Flight, and bearing my own fictional paint schemes inspired by the real world dog rescue and rehabilitation organization jointly operated by […]
Randy | November 24, 2009
My Japanese friend Nobu Aki recently sent me a small collection of his exceptionally well crafted and artistic screen shots taken in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 while he was flying the Maule M-7-260 wearing my Golden Mountain Dog Solutions paint job. Take a peek.
Randy | November 16, 2009
Canada is the land of the bush plane. While that term sends the mind to the realm of such venerable de Havilland Canada products as the Beaver and Otter, the truth is that a lot of bush flying gets done by smaller aircraft that are purpose built to get in and out of short, unimproved […]
Randy | November 15, 2009
For those of you who are interested in downloading the Bell 412 textures I talked about in my 8 November post A Host of Furious Fancies, or who have already downloaded the file but are awaiting receipt of the password to unzip it, wait no longer! This morning honourable Nobu Aki granted his permission for […]
Randy | November 14, 2009
Following hard on the heels of my 8 November 2009 post titled A Host of Furious Fancies comes this on the subject of the second aircraft in my series of choices and texture designs for the fictional Golden Mountain Dog Solutions Air Services fleet, inspired by the real world dog rescue and rehabilitation company passionately […]
Randy | November 8, 2009
With an host of furious fancies, Whereof I am commander, With a burning spear And a horse of air To the wilderness I wander; By a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to tourney. Ten leagues beyond The wide world’s end- Methinks it is no journey. ~ Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song The title […]
Randy | July 11, 2009
The real “Air 1” serves lower mainland British Columbia in the traffic patrol role. I happen to have a client; D. H.; now retired from a career as a pilot with RCMP Air Services, who shares with me an interest in virtual aviation using various computer based flight simulation platforms. We both agree it’s both […]
Randy | February 23, 2009
As usual, turn up your sound.