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Looks brilliant on that bracelet, veyr hard to tell apart from the genuine now it's off the leather.

Fantastic guide thank you!

Beautiful pictures!

...like many husband's (hi FxrAndy!), he allows his missus to wear his watches. This is his wife Tana wearing the Breitling Aeromarine Chrono Avenger (correction).

Im not so sure that it is a Chrono Avenger. The subdials are in the wrong place for the auto version (wasn't in Yellow either) and the only other one that comes in yellow with similar subdial layout is the Chrono Avenger M1, but the spacing doesn't look right...

Welcome back Hope you don't mind, but I had to put a shot in of your SA, it is absolutley stunning;

Chronomat Longitude?

Navitimer or Datora in this pic perhaps

From what I can remember the measurement of 47mm on my Fiddy was to the case edges, it didn't include the crown guard. So it is a little over 50mm althogether. It doesnt wear as big as a Super Avenger though as it isn't as bulky. If you have a moderate sized wrist you can pull off a 44/47mm Pam, I just couldnt get used to it and prefer smaller types of watches.

SMP is gen, PO is a rep with Silix/gen dial?

They do take international orders. I sent mine from the UK to the USA

Nice collection, the SMP is a great watch!

if you really want to impress people who know buy a real bow tie. not much more difficult to tie than your shoelaces, and clip on bow ties are an abomination. a real bow tie is something that can be spotted form across the room and will make you stand out more than a watch as someone who knows how to dress properly

Couldn't agree more, I was at a mess dinner last year, and a Lt. wore a fake one got caught, and was fined! Wearing a real bow tie really finished off the look, with some high quality shoes and cufflinks. For the watch, I would wear a small rose gold Breguet if anything at all.

As far as I know this one hasn't been reppe. Photo's don't do this colour justice, in the flesh the genuine is a beauty!

Nice shots!

Great watches! Certainly if you do the Maradonna thing and wear them both at the same time you'd get some looks!

Very nice review! It's ironic that factories are putting AR on watches that don't need it now, they've gone mad for the stuff

Ah, now I see the benefits of going rotary

Great choice! I think you remove the screws around the outside to remove the bezel.

I have been eyeing the Railmaster for a long time now. I really cannot see any flaws with this watch! Nice pics Fxrandy!

That was my rudimentary understanding of helicopter controls as well: Feet direct the body left and right on the horizontal, with the main 'joystick' controlling rotor pitch and the 'handbrake joystick' controlling altitude (I could well be wrong about that )

Yes as far as I know the collective (handbrake) changes the pitch of the actual blades, therefore as you say the altitude, and the cyclic (main joystick) controls the angle of the whole rotor assembly, allowing you to manouevre the helicopter as you would a fixed wing aircraft. I'm sure Narikaa can shed some more light on the basics of what essentially is emulating fixed wing flight through using lawn mower technology

Saves spilling the coffee, I'm sure They do have cupholders, right?

It would not surprise me in the least! Creature comforts, pah

Ahh, do you mean making the airframe rotate along the axis of the rotor (counter/with the prop)

It makes the aircraft yaw, so on the vertical axis, attached picture below. If you imagine the corkscrew of the prop wash sprialling then hitting the rudder pushing it sideways.

Also when you turn (roll aircraft left for example) the right hand wing that is now high creates more drag than the left wing that is low, so the aircraft will then yaw to the right, effectively making it trail behind the lower wing. (it might help if you stand up in your office and put you arms out and pretend your an aircraft to understand this, dont worry about the funny looks haha) Therefore when in a turn, to be balanced, you need to apply your left pedal, to give slight left rudder to bring the top wing back into balanced flight.

They're the two main times you use your feet in flying. I believe rotary the feet yaw the aircraft too, but who wants to fly rotary

Thanks for the advice and the photos Re the watch, rep or gen?

No worries, and thanks for the kind words. That was a rep on gen rubber strap.

Here we go

Fixed wing , a very convenient way to get between two places

neither of which you want to be at it the first place

It must get so boring flying the 'right way up' all of the time

Only thing that looks incorrect to me is the clasp, maybe it has been replaced at some point. Before bidding I would want to see a shot of the srial number and the warranty card relating to it.

I understand that in a plane, foot pedals are only used for trafficking on the ground... is this right?

If you're flying a fast jet....yes...if you're flying a prop aircraft then no. You need the foot pedals to balance the aircraft when at full power ( I won't go into it too much but the spiralling effect of the prop wash over the airframe, hitting the rudder causes it to kick left generally)

Also to keep an aircraft balanced in a turn, you are required to use your feet on the rudder pedals.

Both rotary and fixed wing have their pro's and con's. For me fixed wing is so much more fun due to the amount of freedom, and fun you can have doing aerobatics, that for me is what flying i all about. However, if you have no interest in aerobatics, and want to fly around for the view, and just to get airbourne, rotary may be the better choice. This is just my view, and there are many other things to take into consideration.

Try both, then make a decision, not wanting to be biased or anthing...... GO FIXED WING

Here's a few pics to wet your appetite;

Flying in formation with a Grob Tutor;

In the back of a Sea King Mk4, really miss that watch!

I still have this firmly moulded to my wrist;

I have flown fixed wing, but not rotary. Flying itself is relatively easy. I have only ever done flying in the military scenario, not much civvie stuff. There is a lot to take onboard, but its all about a learning curve. If you can fly fixed wing, you can fly rotary and vice versa. I wouldn't say one is harder, just that they are both different.

For each there are things that are easier, and things that are harder. Obviously one of the hardest things in rotary is to get the thing to hover, but it is comparible to riding a bike, once it clicks, you can do it. Flying can sometimes feel unnatural to people at first, but it's not something that should put you off. If it is something that you have a passion for, then go for it.

My recommendation would be to go and have a few trial lessons, in both fixed wing and rotary, and see what you like best. I have always fallen on the side of fixed wing, whilst rotary is great fun at low level, you can have a lot of fun flying fixed wing at higher altitudes, more specifically aerobatics.