September 15, 20205 yr Hi Folks, For those of you who want to move up from just flying in the sim, now's your chance. 😉 You can buy a real world 747-200 for the amazing price of $27K! 💲💲 Iran AIr is selling off some of their older, non maintained aircraft by auction including some Boeing 727, 747SPs, 747-100/200 and some old Airbus aircraft. https://www.airway1.com/with-a-minimum-bid-of-10000-iran-air-will-auction-a300-727-and-747-jets/ The only issue is you'll need to figure out is how to get it out of Iran! 😜 Good luck with the bidding! SpoilerSystem specs: MFG Crosswind pedals| ACE B747 yoke |Honeycomb Bravo throttleNow built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440pMark AldridgeMSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2
September 15, 20205 yr Yeah, but where am I going to park it? It certainly is not going to fit in the driveway. Heck, it won't even fit on my street! My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
September 17, 20205 yr Author 16 hours ago, Camsdad13 said: My HOA would go Ape s###. So, yes I'm in 😁 Yep, I guess that's one way to upset the neighbors! 😄 Of course you could always disassemble it and distribute the various parts around the home..😉 Cockpit in the Study of course Wing used as an awning in the back yard to provide shade APU used as highly efficient gas BBQ grill Not sure what I'd do with the landing gear though????? Need to give that one some further thought... Hmmm SpoilerSystem specs: MFG Crosswind pedals| ACE B747 yoke |Honeycomb Bravo throttleNow built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440pMark AldridgeMSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2
September 18, 20205 yr 19 hours ago, aldridgem said: Wing used as an awning in the back yard to provide shade That would have to pass @Camsdad13 's HOA Architectural Control Committee. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
September 18, 20205 yr On 9/17/2020 at 1:10 PM, aldridgem said: Not sure what I'd do with the landing gear though????? Need to give that one some further thought... Hmmm I was planning to put the tires on my truck, should work fine with a lift kit. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
September 18, 20205 yr On 9/15/2020 at 9:27 AM, aldridgem said: Hi Folks, For those of you who want to move up from just flying in the sim, now's your chance. 😉 You can buy a real world 747-200 for the amazing price of $27K! 💲💲 Iran AIr is selling off some of their older, non maintained aircraft by auction including some Boeing 727, 747SPs, 747-100/200 and some old Airbus aircraft. https://www.airway1.com/with-a-minimum-bid-of-10000-iran-air-will-auction-a300-727-and-747-jets/ The only issue is you'll need to figure out is how to get it out of Iran! 😜 Good luck with the bidding! Can you get spares for 742s? You could make some money if you can get traffic rights and permits into China. At the moment China are charging Western operators 3000 USD PER SECTOR for landing permits (to take freight out of China) and an additional 3000 if you take out DG (dangerous goods) The 747 freighters ABC, CLX, CLA, SILKWAY, UPS, ATLAS,, etc etc are paying it because the price per kilo they can sell is through the roof. Be interesting to see what happens when the price per kilo goes back down Once the vaccine for Covid is ready the anaylists reckon it will take 8000 sectors of full payload on 744s to deliver it to the world. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54067499
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