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Blue Sky Mine

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on: October 23, 2007, 11:32:05 pm
Is the Comet going to be grounded in AM? Or can I buy it without hesitation?
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Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 11:37:04 pm
It is not going to be grounded.
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Reply #2 on: October 23, 2007, 11:38:34 pm
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Is the Comet going to be grounded in AM? Or can I buy it without hesitation?
 I don't think it will be. If that was the case, we'd also have the DC-10 being grounded in 1977 (or whatever year AA 191 crashed). The game dosn't seem to take crashes into consideration, so I highly doubt we'll see anything like a mass grounding.


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Reply #3 on: October 23, 2007, 11:49:46 pm
i'm gonnna buy a few

but as soon as the 707 etc come into play its game on
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Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 01:09:29 am
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Is the Comet going to be grounded in AM? Or can I buy it without hesitation?
 I don't think it will be. If that was the case, we'd also have the DC-10 being grounded in 1977 (or whatever year AA 191 crashed). The game dosn't seem to take crashes into consideration, so I highly doubt we'll see anything like a mass grounding.


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I got evacuated from school,  I was in 3rd grade in Elk Grove Village.  We were getting out of school, and they rounded all of us kids up and took us to the Police/Fire Station and made our parents come and get us.  The aircraft actually went down in Des Plaines, just off the north end of O'Hare.  It was a big empty field and a mobile home park then.  Elk Grove Village is just east of there.


FWIW, the DC-6B was grounded in 1947 for a series of mysterious in-flight fires.  One of these was United 608.

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Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 09:01:07 am
Anyone have an idea on the cost?


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Reply #6 on: October 24, 2007, 09:13:09 am
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Anyone have an idea on the cost?


real cost was something like 7 million pound, but 1950ies pounds versus 200x euro, dont know how that would add up, assuming the game deals prices in current euros
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Reply #7 on: October 24, 2007, 12:11:09 pm
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Anyone have an idea on the cost?


Well, a lot!
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Reply #8 on: October 25, 2007, 12:08:57 am
WootWoot, Wotan Valhalla Airlines now has reached the Jet age...

But the fuel burn is outrageous :evil:
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Reply #9 on: October 25, 2007, 04:15:17 am
As in real life!  Early jets were anything but efficient.  4x turbojets burns lots of fuel.
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Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 05:34:56 am
Wonder who can put "First to fly the Comet" in their slogan :)
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Reply #11 on: October 25, 2007, 05:41:07 am
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has the first ordered comet of anyone.  Actually, the first 6 comets of anyone. no idea how close to the month change it was though.

Scand. you were third.
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Reply #12 on: October 25, 2007, 05:41:38 am
Is the Comet 1's speed gimped to 390mph for game balance reasons?


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Reply #13 on: October 25, 2007, 08:00:17 am
was thinking the same thing.....should be 475mph cruise speed:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/exhibitions/comet/comet9.cfm
max speed is 490
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Reply #14 on: October 25, 2007, 09:52:14 am
I'm curious about the comet's performance... it has about 2 1/2 times better fuel economy than the Avro Jetliner (587 or so vs. 1581), but it's 110 mph slower. It also costs 18 mil compared to 34 mil for a Jetliner. Something's fishy - why is it like that?
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