Wycliffe Barrett Posted December 29, 2005 at 02:38 PM Posted December 29, 2005 at 02:38 PM Hi Ruth I've looked at the site and I'm quite interested in jooining the vfr club. Why though must I have a subscription of some several pounds a month to join the CIX VFR Club. Whilst your site says I must have a CIX subscription it doesnt say why I must have a subscription. Wycliffe Barrett: C3 Controller "if god meant for us to fly, he would have given us tickets" Mel Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth McTighe 824054 Posted December 29, 2005 at 04:06 PM Posted December 29, 2005 at 04:06 PM Hi Wycliffe You don't actually pay to join the Flying Club. The club was created by subscribers to Cix which is a long-standing ISP. (I've been a member for about 14 years I think). Cix runs its own forums, known as conferences, and the majority of the Flying Club business is transacted on the club's own conference. And you can't access the conferences unless you pay to join Cix, which is why we created a category called [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ociate membership so people can join the Club without charge if they aren't members of Cix or don't want to join. The link from the club website front page to the detailed explanation of Cix appears to be broken at the moment - I'll give the CFI a prod to repair it. Cix is very much a community rather than a standard ISP. If you want to look at the official Cix site it's at http://web.conferencing.co.uk/Home.aspx Ruth Cixen and proud of it! Ruth McTighe Heathrow Director, Essex Radar, Thames Radar, London Information [Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/ Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/ Now not a VATanything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycliffe Barrett Posted December 29, 2005 at 09:46 PM Author Posted December 29, 2005 at 09:46 PM I think I remember when CIX was a service that you could acces through your TV, like a teletext thing. I'm sure an old buddy of mine used to be on it. It was as far as I can remember nothing more than a bulletin board. I do remember being very impressed by it. Very wizzy and techy back in those days. hahahahahaha Wycliffe Barrett: C3 Controller "if god meant for us to fly, he would have given us tickets" Mel Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth McTighe 824054 Posted December 30, 2005 at 09:57 AM Posted December 30, 2005 at 09:57 AM I think you might be remembering Prestel. Teletext screens, 1200/75 baud modem, the online multiplayer adventure game called Shades (through which I met the bloke I eventually married).... Oh 'eck, you've started ME off reminiscing now. Ruth (aka Hypatia, Shades witch) Ruth McTighe Heathrow Director, Essex Radar, Thames Radar, London Information [Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/ Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/ Now not a VATanything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycliffe Barrett Posted December 30, 2005 at 10:57 AM Author Posted December 30, 2005 at 10:57 AM Thats the puppy, PRESTEL, as I say at the time I thought it was cutting edge but obviously it wasnt. hahahahaha You should read "Nothing about flying in this" I think you would like it. Wycliffe Barrett: C3 Controller "if god meant for us to fly, he would have given us tickets" Mel Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth McTighe 824054 Posted December 30, 2005 at 11:33 PM Posted December 30, 2005 at 11:33 PM Thats the puppy, PRESTEL, as I say at the time I thought it was cutting edge but obviously it wasnt. hahahahaha You should read "Nothing about flying in this" I think you would like it. I've read it already - just trying to decide what to add to it by the way, the info on what Cix is about, and what you get for you money is at http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/membership.htm Ruth Ruth McTighe Heathrow Director, Essex Radar, Thames Radar, London Information [Mod - Happy Thoughts]t webmistress CIX VFR Club http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/ Webmistress Plan-G http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/ Now not a VATanything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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