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Blue Angels ! A mix between an old SFP1 skin and the current SF2 Hornet mod...

More progress. Unfortunately the tails weren't working for me so one side is correct, and the other side "looks okay" by my look at it. The mapping is weird and adapting the stuff to the TW bird is a little rough, but as you can tell it looks okay though, enough to pass some muster I suppose:

feels like we need more angels...vintage angels.

Almost completed the M109A1 for the Vietnam war.

Lockheed F-104C Starfighter - 'Getti Tonanti', 5th Aerobrigata, Aeronautica Militare, 1960

Idaho ANG F-4G with single piece windscreen my first flight since a long time , and i had a lot of fun with it

Following initial trials in the early 1960's the US Army purchased 10 Fiat G-91R1's for evaluation in Vietnam, much to the annoyance of the USAF ...After completion of the trials the US Army requested delivery of a new planned G-91YS variant in the planning stages at that time. The USAF strongly objected fearing a rival to the F-5A and intrusion on their own missions sets. This was further exacerbated when the small, powerful, nimble, gun and missile-armed jets achieved some air-to-air kills. South Vietnam also trialed the aircraft but took the F-5 instead after pressure from the USAF and US politicians. The remaining airframes were shipped back to the states for disposal.

View File TW F-14A VF-111 CAG This is a rendition of the VF-111 CAG aircraft, year unknown. KNOWN ISSUES: The shark mouth is a "best fit" and not totally accurate for rivet counters. It was a hit or miss more or less in figuring out the mapping for the nose and this is the best I can come up with. Also the tail insignia isn't matching, again due to mapping issues. I had hoped to represent the tails better but this is what I could come up with. It's not as forgiving as the TMF bird in terms of texture mapping. Simply follow the file structure and go fly. It can be found under "VF-111 CAG" in the skin selection menu. Submitter EricJ Submitted 02/24/2022 Category F-14  

MFair – So Gallagher has graduated to a Bristol. Hardly seems fair for the poor Huns, having to rassle with a genuine gunslinger like Elijah. Congratulations on your first confirmed victory. (I have just read your post, which went up as I was writing this. If you don’t mind, I won’t change this story, but I will make it match your post in the next instalment). Albrecht – Good advice to the Nieuport jockeys about the blip switch being their friend. You have to handle those machines as if they were made of eggshells, because basically they are. Paroni – In a few short months, we will all look back fondly at the quiet two-seater patrols of late 1915 and early 1916. Seb – Congratulations on entering the double digits so early in the war. Now with the Nieuport 11, Andrews will be unstoppable. I am enjoying your videos on YouTube. Well done with the narrations. Andrews is well rid of Ackers for now, but I suspect we shall be seeing him again. Albert – Lovely Paris story. Hobnobbing it with the elite of the Aviation Militaire, are we? Better make nice with the Campaign Moderators because you never know when one might get transferred to a Caudron unit in the Alsace…Bwaahaha! Mind you, Sid earned some credit in the eyes of the gods by resisting the temptations of the beautiful Sophie. He is the one in a thousand who would have done so! And congratulations on the in-game promotion. Hasse – I enjoyed reading about the general’s inspection and I loved the touching 1915 French Christmas cards with their vain promise of victory in the coming year. War Journal – Sergeant David Armstrong Hawkwood 4 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Marieux, France Part 10 Thus far, 1916 has been indistinguishable from its predecessor. Orders continue to grace me with the privilege of flying the early patrol most of these winter mornings. We now fly reconnaissance after reconnaissance, and Mr Clapp in the front seat and I in the back together stand watch while Mr Needham and his observer photograph the same stretch of trench lines from Courcelette down to Guillemont. Each day, the same nasty Hun battery fires the same nasty Hun Archie at us from its position near Delville Wood. The same three circuits take the same ninety minutes. The same bumps and bounces greet us at the same frozen field. And the same sullen mess steward serves up the same overdone boiled eggs. The only variety is the regular cycle from snow to mud and back to snow. Still no sign of the dreaded Fokker. We have lost two machines this month yet know nothing of why. They went out in the morning and simply failed to return. I suspect our friends at the corner of Delville Wood have something to do with it. Received a wonderful parcel from home. Mum enclosed a tin with her outstanding Christmas fruitcake, swaddled in cheesecloth and soaked in brandy, with big pieces of ginger amidst the fruit and nuts. Ned mentioned something to me about not liking fruitcake so that is my licence to hoard this treasure. Dad included a note saying that he presumed I smoked now like the rest of the army, along with a very fine pipe and rich burley tobacco. There is little new on the home front. I have written that I am perfectly safe here with very few Huns about and Dad has responded that I should put in for a transfer back to England to shoot down Zeppelins. The short winter nights have put a stop to their raids on England for now, he said. I am a terrible correspondent, but I took advantage of a spell of bad weather during the second week of January to catch up on all my correspondence. Mr Cust, the gentleman who employed me as his personal chauffeur and who paid for my flying lessons, was kind enough to send me a Kodak vest pocket camera along with a request for photographs about life in the Flying Corps. It is strictly against regulations to be taking such photographs, yet I see many of the officers posing for snapshots quite openly. Still, I think I shall be cagey around Sergeant Major Parson. We have had another good helping of snow. Flying over the countryside at two or three thousand feet is a remarkable experience, especially in the early morning when the sun is low in the east and each bare tree extends along finger of shadow across the icy fields. When we have had high winds, they sculpt crescent-shaped waves around each tree trunk. The scene is magical. 31 January 1916 – It has been more than a week since I last wrote in this journal. On 28 January, last Friday, I had a chance to lead a patrol. We were given the task of spotting for the artillery, together with the use of the machine with the lightweight wireless transmitter. Our friends on the ground were a siege battery and their target a group of buildings just behind the Hun lines that were suspected of housing a headquarters. We had several machines in various states of disrepair and as a consequence were assigned only one other BE2 for protection. And that machine was piloted by the squadron’s newest arrival, a Second Lieutenant MacArthur, together with an equally new observer whose name I did not know. We flew in icy clear sky to a spot north-east of Fricourt where, at only 5000 feet, we began our slow progress around the target. Our task brought us to a piece of the front directly above our old nemesis at Delville Wood, who immediately laid on an impressive reception. The sky around us erupted in greasy black puffs and bright flashes. Splinters must have been everywhere. One struck a glancing blow on the right exhaust, making quite a gong. Mr Clapp signalled to me and pointed astern. I turned to see that Mr MacArthur’s aircraft had turned west and was losing height. Clearly the Delville Wood boys had scored a hit. We continued alone and finished the job. The big guns turned the suspected headquarters into a cloud of brick dust, and we headed for home with a farewell cluster of Archie bursts in our wake. I was relieved to hear later that Mr MacArthur had successfully put his machine down a little inside our own lines. The big news came last night when we received orders to pack up and move to the aerodrome at Marieux, outside of Doullens. As Ned was engaged most of the night in dismantling and loading the squadron machine tools, I went to our billet and packed his gear as well as mine, and then arranged for a tender to bring our kit back to Allonville aerodrome to be placed on the proper lorry for the move. Then I had to obtain a packet of French money from the RO to pay the Blandurels for our accommodation. Mr Blandurel insisted that I share a brandy with him. At 10 o’clock, I excused myself to get a decent night’s sleep before an early morning pickup to take us to the field. Marieux aerodrome is a lovely open field a little north-east of the village of the same name. We are to share the field with 8 Squadron, another BE2 unit. Our first day there was taken up with unpacking and organising. All personnel are housed in canvas-sided Armstrong huts, each with a single coal-fired stove for heat, and each housing six NCOs or eight other ranks. I am uncertain about the officers’ accommodations. Once my personal kit was squared away, I reported to the Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess, yet another Armstrong hut, or rather two joined together. There we laid out our threadbare carpets and set up tables, chairs, and armchairs. A makeshift bar was assembled from crates and doors. It will do until we can commandeer the carpenter shop to make something proper. Late in the day, the kitchen stewards laid on a beef stew with some excellent bread they bought in town. A keg of beer was tapped, and we drank to our own good fortune and the Kaiser’s demise. Three NCOs visited from 8 Squadron and invited us to join them for dinner the next evening. To my delight, one of them is also a pilot. We didn’t get much time to chat, although I came away wanting to see the fellow again, for he is a rough and ready American and talks like all the cowboys from the penny dreadfuls. I’ve never met anyone quite like that. Moreover, he introduced himself as Elijah Something Irish. The family name was lost to me as I wondered about anyone in today’s world calling their son Elijah.

Junkers Ju-87T 'Fischadler' - Admiral Gustav Bachmann, Kriegsmarine, 1943

More progress

Decided to do this VF-111 CAG. Since the squadron was disestablished in '95 I guess I can apply it to the F-14A. The hardest part is cleaning up the shark mouth as it works so far, but needs some fine tuning in order to wrap around the nose, which is me figuring out how the nose is mapped:

When Russias behaviour became more and more aggressive against the West, the german government decided to increase the numbers of fighter planes by realignment of 12 new fighter squadrons, what means 480 new planes. To hold the costs as low as possible the german government decided for a licence production of the HAL Tejas, equipped with european engine EJ-200 and german weapons. The plane got the name "Orkan". 12 month after the decision the first Orkan fighters were delivered to the fighter squadrons.

The Blue Angels in the 80's... skin reworking for the current SF2 F/A-18A Hornet mod. Started with an old (SFP1 / 2006) skin (MarcFighters ?) from the C6 Megapack with new decals for details (patch, "Blue Angels", US NAVY,...). I've used the current Hornet templates.

And pretty much done:

View File B-47E by Coyote Aerospace BOEING B-47E STRATOJET by COYOTE AEROSPACE This is a semi historical mod to represent the B-47E through its career as SACs most numerous bomber. It is semi historical because there were so many variations on equipment and markings across 1300+ aircraft over its 12 year career that it is impossible to accurately represent all of them. Instead, all major units that could be represented are (in other skin packs) and the general paint schemes used during the appropriate eras are modded for the forward deployments known as Operation REFLEX. Further, new nuclear weapons have been included. To keep file sizes down somewhat, unit skins will be release by numbered air force and available in the SF2 Skins download section INSTALLATION unzip installation folder cut and paste to desired mods folder allow overwrites (some effects and weapons mainly) IF YOU HAVE THE B28 NUCLEAR WEAPONS ALREADY FROM ANOTHER MOD use caution. I have set the nuclear weapons to a specific station code as NUC. Other mods featuring the B28 weapon do not have this yet, although i intend to do a comprehensive ini edit later this year across many weapons and aircraft INCLUDED B-47E(53) and B-47(57) aircraft Operation Reflex skins, and one unit skin for each aircraft) Period accurate M64 and M65 bombs B28 nuclear weapons, 350Kt and 1.1MT yields new Mk15 and MK39 nuclear weapons, 1.69 and 3MT yields short document on how best to employ the LABS technique in game with MK15 weapon CREDITS veltro2K .......................................... aircraft models daddyairplanes .......................................... skins, tgas, research, ini work on aircraft and weapons, constant nagging on models yakarov79 .......................................... testing and ini work GKABS ................................................... new MK15/39 nuclear weapon models russouk2004 ............................................... B28 nuclear weapons ravenclaw_007 .......................................... excellent M64 and M65 conventional bombs NightshadeP/R .......................................... willing crash test dummy (help figure out what works to use MK15) (whomever created them) .................................. nuclear effects FB B-47 Stratojet (Model 450) Strategic Bomber group ..... very valuable source of information on markings and weapons Known Issues - At this time there are not models for the RATO pods that were commonly used by the B-47. I have a method figured out for it, but we would need someone to model the horsecollar device with 33 JATO bottles - Not every upgrade to the Stratojet is modeled. Again, there were 1300+ aircraft built, and 6 phases for upgrades. The (53) roughly represents the aircraft after introduction, the (57) in between Phase 3 and 4. Anyone that would like to work any fakepilot mods to represent each of the 6 phases, as well as modifications like TEE TOWN would be welcomed. - while online sources state the 341st Bomb Wing operated Stratojets, veteran and book sources could not even find proof of operation, let alone marking information (they came through on all other Wings). Therefore I have not included this Bomb Wing in the mod. - The "afterburner" trick to use water injection on take off is in effect, from 99-100%. If you want realism, and to not be visible across the continent, dont exceed 97% power in flight. ************************************************************* This is freeware; it CANNOT be distributed unless permissions are granted by Coyote Aerospace. The original readmes, if any, and all other pieces of the package MUST remain intact. The names of all contributors, modders, suppliers, etc =MUST= be listed in any new readmes. This package and any part of it may NOT in any way, shape, or form be used in any payware additions. See the original readme documentation, if any, for further allowances and restrictions Any persons wishing to make further modifications, contact Coyote Aerospace first. Any persons wishing to make further modifications MUST remember to put everyone's name in it. ************************************************************* THIS AIRCRAFT MOD OR ANY PART OF IT MUST NOT BE HOSTED OR POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM THE COYOTE AEROSPACE TEAM, OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THIRDWIRE FLIGHT SIMULATORS, AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE BY ITSELF OR WITH ANY OTHER FILES OR MODS. ************************************************************* Submitter daddyairplanes Submitted 02/21/2022 Category B-47  

Starting Sea Trials

Rebuilding of the mod folder continuing at a snails pace. $2,000 worth of Super, please...... Chocks away......

Keeping with the F-32... a US show of force in the Black Sea.

#1 RCAF EF-101 with ''Lark One'' in the background. #2 RCAF 425Sqn ''Lark One'' retirement scheme. These are reworks schemes i made some times ago. Will release a V2.0 package soon with smoother skins/decals. As the original pack was one of my first skins :)

when will then be be now? Soon

Intercepting Vulcans. Live long and prosper.

Somewhere Out There... Earth Tracking Station... 'Uh, Bob, can you come over and take a look at my scope? I'm picking up something I've never seen before...' 'Sure lets take a look...Holy sh...!'