Just bought a CAM

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bill
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Just bought a CAM

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First in over 40 years or so, just for the nostalgia of it. Even with glasses on you'd need binoculars to read as there are that many registrations to a page. Now over 19,000 British registered aircraft,helicopters, microlights and hot air balloons. :o
Still, good for a trip down memory lane. My mate has been a part-time aviation buff for a few years now and is fascinated with the FR24 app. He was asking if there's anyway he could note the aircraft that we see flying overhead, the tx stuff. So bought him a CAM and got meself one.Instantly transported back to the late seventies. Happy days. :lol:
PiperOne
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Re: Just bought a CAM

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Well done Bill. There's still room for printed records, even in this internet world. My first CAM was in 1967, an awful lot thinner than the current volume.
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bill wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 7:37 pm First in over 40 years or so, just for the nostalgia of it. Even with glasses on you'd need binoculars to read as there are that many registrations to a page. Now over 19,000 British registered aircraft,helicopters, microlights and hot air balloons. :o
Still, good for a trip down memory lane. My mate has been a part-time aviation buff for a few years now and is fascinated with the FR24 app. He was asking if there's anyway he could note the aircraft that we see flying overhead, the tx stuff. So bought him a CAM and got meself one.Instantly transported back to the late seventies. Happy days. :lol:
Good on you. You’ll be drinking bottles of Merrydown behind the bike sheds next.
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atuk
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Good for you. Like PiperOne I also prefer printed material to online options. How I wish airlines would bring back a paper timetable.

Having said that I’d be lost without FR24, Lhr-lgw. co.uk, egpffqtv/egph sites and,of course, our own forum. Hope all good with you.
bill
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Clive wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 9:23 pm
bill wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 7:37 pm First in over 40 years or so, just for the nostalgia of it. Even with glasses on you'd need binoculars to read as there are that many registrations to a page. Now over 19,000 British registered aircraft,helicopters, microlights and hot air balloons. :o
Still, good for a trip down memory lane. My mate has been a part-time aviation buff for a few years now and is fascinated with the FR24 app. He was asking if there's anyway he could note the aircraft that we see flying overhead, the tx stuff. So bought him a CAM and got meself one.Instantly transported back to the late seventies. Happy days. :lol:
Good on you. You’ll be drinking bottles of Merrydown behind the bike sheds next.
Already got the scars for that one mate. I'm going out now to polish the Model-T soon. :lol:
bill
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atuk wrote: Fri May 31, 2024 10:25 am Good for you. Like PiperOne I also prefer printed material to online options. How I wish airlines would bring back a paper timetable.

Having said that I’d be lost without FR24, Lhr-lgw. co.uk, egpffqtv/egph sites and,of course, our own forum. Hope all good with you.
All good atuk thanks. The closer I get to retirement though the heavier the load seems at work. Ticking off the days, weeks, months and the last couple of years now. :D
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