Just to prove there's life in the old dog yet, our tried and trusted old website has made a dramatic ... and unexpected ... return. Thanks everybody for your kind comments on our new look website, but it became pretty obvious there was some major issues with it loading quickly enough. The 'culprit' has been identified as the server being not properly compatible with the new site. It all meant that when a lot of people were trying to access the site it was painfully slow .... but at other times it was 'relatively' efficient. Fear not, lovers of change, the bold and the beautful new site will be back within a day or two. In the meantime, for all you sentimental types enjoy your bonus trip down memory lane, take a last loving look at the outgoing site, and take the chance to say gooodbye to an old friend. Sob! Sob!
jules47 said
09:07 PM Nov 22, 2012
Thanks for that Cindy - thought we were all going bonkers!!!!! Can't wait to see the new site all up and running!!!!
Gerty Dancer said
09:26 PM Nov 22, 2012
Thank you Cindy! Good luck with all those computer gremlins!
milo said
09:43 PM Nov 22, 2012
Hi Cindy
While its nice to have a fancy new flashy site, just think about people Who are on the road with low data plans etc .. I much prefer the old site cause its easier to load and especially with Smartphones. And tablets.. Just a thought Milo
_wombat_ said
09:52 PM Nov 22, 2012
Cindy can you please send me the new logo, and any feedback for Cindy is a good thing in regards to iPads and IPhones as well as different browers, cos they all have different problems
milo said
10:54 PM Nov 22, 2012
yep, thats what i was thinking about wombat.. smart phones and tablets like to work on html5 , with out flash etc
the rocket said
11:07 PM Nov 22, 2012
thanks Cindy, you are doin a great job.
Webmaster said
11:31 PM Nov 22, 2012
Hi guys. Great to get feedback. Thanks. Yes, the whole accessibility for people out there on the road was uppermost in our minds when we started the revamp project. We are assured by the website gurus that this won't be a major issue and is actually designed with mobile devices in mind. Clearly more and more people are using phones etc to access the website and we wanted to get that right. We hope we have! The new site doesn't have Flash and, once we have sorted out this latest server issue, should act quickly and efficiently. The whole revamp is intended to make the site easier for people to navigate and to make information easier to find ... as well as being kind of fun to look at. We desperately hope that any 'negatives' - and I am sure there are going to be some - will be more than outweighed by the positives. Time will tell. We, of course, remain ever receptive to suugestions and ideas and, most importantly want to hear how the new website is perfoming on all platforms (once it is up and running).
milo said
11:49 PM Nov 22, 2012
thanks cindy, i wish and hope more sites would be tablet friendly
_wombat_ said
12:02 AM Nov 23, 2012
milo wrote:
thanks cindy, i wish and hope more sites would be tablet friendly
hey milo, like that av of yours, Cessna is my favourite aircraft.
brickies said
12:38 AM Nov 23, 2012
Looks like the new site will use a lot more down load . I am for the first time using the activeboard site to avoid the freezing on the main page
milo said
12:42 AM Nov 23, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
hey milo, like that av of yours, Cessna is my favourite aircraft.
thanks mate, im trying to learn to fly it in microsofts flight simulator x (ten) gold edition
take offs good , landings im still learning, sometimes over shoot the runway
taken me ages to get the game running..
now back to the topic
milo
jimricho said
04:41 AM Nov 23, 2012
Best wishes Cindy, hope you soon sort it out.
Milo.... you're approaching too fast, 60-65 knots, full flap, look well up along the runway as you round out, don't look at the ground immediately in front of you. You need to gradually increase the back pressure on the column as the speed washes off.
Just to prove there's life in the old dog yet, our tried and trusted old website has made a dramatic ... and unexpected ... return. Thanks everybody for your kind comments on our new look website, but it became pretty obvious there was some major issues with it loading quickly enough. The 'culprit' has been identified as the server being not properly compatible with the new site. It all meant that when a lot of people were trying to access the site it was painfully slow .... but at other times it was 'relatively' efficient. Fear not, lovers of change, the bold and the beautful new site will be back within a day or two. In the meantime, for all you sentimental types enjoy your bonus trip down memory lane, take a last loving look at the outgoing site, and take the chance to say gooodbye to an old friend. Sob! Sob!
Thanks for that Cindy - thought we were all going bonkers!!!!! Can't wait to see the new site all up and running!!!!
While its nice to have a fancy new flashy site, just think about people
Who are on the road with low data plans etc ..
I much prefer the old site cause its easier to load and especially with
Smartphones. And tablets.. Just a thought
Milo
Cindy can you please send me the new logo, and any feedback for Cindy is a good thing in regards to iPads and IPhones as well as different browers, cos they all have different problems
thanks Cindy, you are doin a great job.
Hi guys. Great to get feedback. Thanks. Yes, the whole accessibility for people out there on the road was uppermost in our minds when we started the revamp project. We are assured by the website gurus that this won't be a major issue and is actually designed with mobile devices in mind. Clearly more and more people are using phones etc to access the website and we wanted to get that right. We hope we have! The new site doesn't have Flash and, once we have sorted out this latest server issue, should act quickly and efficiently. The whole revamp is intended to make the site easier for people to navigate and to make information easier to find ... as well as being kind of fun to look at. We desperately hope that any 'negatives' - and I am sure there are going to be some - will be more than outweighed by the positives. Time will tell. We, of course, remain ever receptive to suugestions and ideas and, most importantly want to hear how the new website is perfoming on all platforms (once it is up and running).
hey milo, like that av of yours, Cessna is my favourite aircraft.
thanks mate, im trying to learn to fly it in microsofts flight simulator x (ten) gold edition
take offs good , landings im still learning, sometimes over shoot the runway
taken me ages to get the game running..
now back to the topic
milo
Milo.... you're approaching too fast, 60-65 knots, full flap, look well up along the runway as you round out, don't look at the ground immediately in front of you. You need to gradually increase the back pressure on the column as the speed washes off.