744 FORUM (vertical frame)

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John Davis (PC)

Hi Guys, I am 43 years old, Happily Divorced and Live in Coventry U.K.
I am a Balloon Decorator by trade and also a Graphic Designer and Part owner of a Balloon Decorating company see www.matthewlewisdisplays.co.uk I have been flight simming since the early days of Flight Simulator 4, but these days only fly PS1 using Flight Simulator for the Scenery. I have owned PS1 since it was first released.

I have built stage one of my simulator in my spare room, I intend to build one on the scale of Matt Sheils one day, and am drawing up plans to build a building in my garden to house it. The first sim doesn't have any windows or an overhead panel as there is not enough height in the room (overhead would get in the way of the projector).
The sim is the result of nearly 4 years work mainly getting equipment together and working out how to use all the various programs, and physically to 4½ months of near solid work to build. the graphic for the centre pedestal alone took 104 hrs !

I took part in Worldflight Australia in November 2002 and will be doing so again this year 2003.

I am the creator of the Big Offset file for visual744 containing over 400 airports, this is a continuing project until all the PS1 airports have been done. This file can be downloaded from the Visual744 site.

The photo below shows me in Matt Sheils wonderful sim and a photo of my own on the right.

Any PS1 user who wishes to visit my sim is more than welcome, but overnight stay is impossible as the sim is my spare bedroom !