Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread jim stephens
On 10/20/2016 11:59 AM, et...@757.org wrote: According to this article, it sounds like the facility was closed in 2012. http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/07/remnants-of-northwest-airlines-pilot-training-center-up-for-grabs/ Whether or not all the computers were still in use at that time is

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread geneb
On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, et...@757.org wrote: According to this article, it sounds like the facility was closed in 2012. http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/07/remnants-of-northwest-airlines-pilot-training-center-up-for-grabs/ Whether or not all the computers were still in use at that time is tough

RE: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread Steve Hatle
Original Message Subject: Re: Photos from the NWA Auction From: et...@757.org Date: Tue, October 18, 2016 6:47 pm To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Wonder if anyone got the actual simulators/cockpits? Fun t

RE: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread Steve Hatle
Original Message Subject: Re: Photos from the NWA Auction From: ethan I would figure the data center rooms and stuff might of had other racks of more modern server equipment that might have been sold off separately or relocated to other sites. Didn't see holes in the floor

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-20 Thread ethan
According to this article, it sounds like the facility was closed in 2012. http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/07/remnants-of-northwest-airlines-pilot-training-center-up-for-grabs/ Whether or not all the computers were still in use at that time is tough to say, but I was surprised at how clean and

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-19 Thread Cory Heisterkamp
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Jason T wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Ben Sinclair wrote: > > Great photos! I'm curious as to how long ago this equipment was in > > operation. The photos here and on the auction site almost looked like > >

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Ben Sinclair
I posted a link to it on a cockpit builder forum I visit. I don't do that any more, otherwise I might have a 747 cockpit in my garage right now! The prices were so low (at least when I checked), that I hoped someone would grab them and build a nice sim. On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 6:47 PM,

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread ethan
Wonder if anyone got the actual simulators/cockpits? Fun toys but won't fit in your average basement... There were bids on them, hopefully they go to home flight simulator nerds that will entertain us with videos on youtube of them running inside their houses! -- Ethan O'Toole

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Jason T
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Ben Sinclair wrote: > Great photos! I'm curious as to how long ago this equipment was in > operation. The photos here and on the auction site almost looked like > someone just got up and walked away, at least from the desks and office >

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Ben Sinclair
Great photos! I'm curious as to how long ago this equipment was in operation. The photos here and on the auction site almost looked like someone just got up and walked away, at least from the desks and office supplies, etc. that I saw. On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Cory Heisterkamp

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-18 Thread Cory Heisterkamp
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 10/17/16 5:07 PM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: > > For those curious about the equipment that sold last week, I put together >> an album from my brief stop on Saturday. Let me know if you have trouble >> viewing it. >>

Re: Photos from the NWA Auction

2016-10-17 Thread Jason T
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: > For those curious about the equipment that sold last week, I put together an > album from my brief stop on Saturday. Let me know if you have trouble viewing > it. > https://goo.gl/photos/yb83SJSj67gS96n39 > >