FastCargo

This is the one I remember seeing all the time when I was going through pilot training: FC

Ahhh...Del Rio by the sea....spent 6 years there (1 as a SUPT student, 3 as an active duty T-38 IP, and 2 as a USAFR T-38 IP). Did the Bone (and 38) thing at Dyess back in the early 90s, otherwise, been 38s forever. Hopefully you got out of the Viper with an intact neck...seems like a lot of 16 bros I know have tweaked necks in that thing. FC

Goto the next page on the Store part of the ThirdWire site to see First Eagles Gold, First Eagles Expansion Pack, and First Eagles. In order of release: First Eagles First Eagles Expansion Pack First Eagles Gold (Combines First Eagles and the Expansion Pack) First Eagles 2 I believe FE2 has all the content of FEG with updates for the DX10 engine. However, FE2 does NOT have multiplayer. Most mods made for FE/FEG will work with FE2 with a bit of massaging. FC

Slightly off topic, but I have an interesting book on the YF-17: Northrop YF-17 A Pictoral History It's got some really good information on the YF-17 and it's evolution from the F-5 design, to LWF competitor, to F-18 prototype. Another aside, I actually have pics I took of the YF-17 sitting at the USS Alabama Battleship Museum back in 1999. Small aircraft museum, but having one of the two YF-17s was a bonus (total surprise to me) plus one of the A-12s. Not sure of the current status of the YF-17 post Katrina, but apparently the YF-17 didn't suffer too badly. The F4U they had was a loss though... The point of the post is that the YF-17 looks small compared to a F-18...and even smaller if it was sitting next to a Super Hornet. I'd have been curious to see it's evolution had it proceeded into USAF service. FC

Check the Internet. CBS.com has full eps of Star Trek and I think BSG Classic available for free viewing online. FC

Updated version uploaded...several features added and/or fixed. FC

The problem was that the Abbotsford Airshow was losing money in the 1990s. It got so bad that they didn't have the show at all in 1998 and had to sell a hanger to recoup the losses that happened in 1997. I brought aircraft to the show in 1999, 2000, and 2001 and the first year, the show was a shell of it's former self. It started ramping up again slowly, but they've been having to keep costs in line, so they can't offer as much to flyers coming in, therefore there is less incentive to support the show. It doesn't help that a lot of the players still have taskings elsewhere. FC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon And Ed McMahon flew FAC in Korea...I didn't hear about that until after he had died. FC

A new update is coming very soon. Adds new features specific to the Jun 2010 patch. FC

File Name: Northrop 2 seaters for SF2 (Version 2.0) File Submitter: FastCargo File Submitted: 08 July 2010 File Updated: 08 July 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Readme for the Northrop 2 seater aircraft. ********************************* Version 2.0 Release ******************************** This release combines all previous Northrop 2 seaters into one package and updates them to Jun 2010 standards. Only aircraft not included is T-38C due to lack of a suitable cockpit. Several enhancements to all aircraft have been added, including available bump mapping, new F-5A cockpit enhancements, various other tweaks and fixes. Thanks to the following folks: 331KillerBee - For the skins, additional information and hanger/loadout/loading screens, SF2 weapons pack. ChampionsVA56 - For his early T-38A paint scheme. Deigo - For his very nice MODusaf pilot skin! EricJ - Textures, loading screens, readme construction. JAT81500 - For most of the avionics work on which the Saeqeh avionics are based. JSF_Aggie - Range addition for the NATIONS.INI. Jug - Flight evaluation and assistance. Lexx_Luthor - For the Airshow Smoke effect for the Thunderbird T-38A (borrowed from his missile exhaust effects). PappyChkSix - For the original skins, which unfortunately were lost when the models were remapped. Soulfreak - Reference materials. Sundowner - Tips, advice and help. The Mirage Factory - For allowing me to use the cockpit, effects, damage textures and sounds from the F-5A and F-5E FM based off of Mirage Factory F-5A and F-5E. TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims. USAFMTL - For beta testing and advice. Vampyre - Technical assistance. Wrench - Reference materials. To my fellow Combatace moderators - For helping me beta test and work out bugs. Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine. What you will need first: Strike Fighters 2/Vietnam/Europe/Israel patched to Jun 2010 standards. This is not for Generation 1 ThirdWire sims. Optional: JSF_Aggie's SF2 Series Range Terrain for the AT-38B single missions. http://combatace.com/files/file/11067-sf2-series-range/ What is in this archive: 1. This readme (duh!) and the Readme folder. 2. Effects, Objects, Sounds, Flight folder. 3. Alternate Hanger/Loading screens in the F-5B Vietnam Hanger Screens folder. 4. AT-38B missions in the Missions folder. Instructions: 1. Read and understand this entire readme FIRST! 2. Copy the Effects, Objects, Missions, and Sounds folders to your SF2/V/E/I mod directory. Allow directory merging and overwrites (anything overwritten either belongs to me, is part of the SF2 Weapons Pack or is the exact same as the Mirage Factory F-5 effects and sounds). 3. Optional step: Copy the 2 files located in the F-5B Vietnam Hanger Screens directory to your mods/Objects/Aircraft/F-5B directory and overwrite. 4. Optional step: Copy the Flight folder to your SF2/V/E/I mod directory. Contains a NATIONS.INI file that changes Iran from Friendly to Enemy and adds the Range nation. If you have a modded NATIONS.INI already, you may want to insert the proper entry by hand. You will NOT need the Range NATIONS.INI. 5. Optional step: Download and install the SF2 Series Range. 6. That's it! You should see the aircraft in your selection screen. Aircraft Information: Consult the various readmes included here for specific variant information. Notes and Limitations: This uses the 'Open Cockpit' method to place the cockpit model 'inside' the external model. This also allows the ability to add flight controls to the cockpit, which originally didn't have them modeled for the F-5F. Downsides are the that during inclement weather, it will appear 'foggy' inside the cockpit. Capable of being flown from either seat through editing of the main aircraft ini file. Simply uncomment the lines that have the seat you want to fly in, and comment out the lines with the seats you don't want to fly in. The default is the front seat. The gunsight is new and part of the aircraft. You will not have a gunsight if you fly without a cockpit. Also, the gunsight has an ability not normally available to ThirdWire aircraft...use your thrust vectoring control to activate it (make sure your thrust vectoring control is in the neutral position before you start the mission). The FM is reasonably 'close' to the real thing...but defaults to being 'fun' vs being 'perfect numbers'. It gives a reasonable impression on how the aircraft actually flies...but don't expect to hit all the 'numbers' perfectly. This is FREEWARE only, NO money is allowed to be made on the contents of these files, in whole or in part. Released IAW the freeware accords at CombatAce. Feel free to redistribute, as long as the original authors are given appropriate credit. Questions? Contact me at Combatace. FastCargo 10 Jul 10 Click here to download this file

A note to you skinners out there. Bump mapping is activated on all models, but has only been applied to visible effect on the T-38A Thunderbird version. All the other models just have a plain bump map. Feel free to experiment with those normal maps to improve the models. FC

I've been running Win7 64 for a while now and the amount of programs not compatible with it I could count on one hand. Most stuff either ran right out of the box, had a patch or easy workaround. FC

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/06/iran-bans-the-mullet I wonder if they think a 'Flock of Seagulls hair' is a bird formation... Thanks to EricJ for the link. FC PS Don't even THINK about making this one political...

This is a direct thumb in the eye of those idiots who think just because a weapon was built in the Cold War for Cold War duties can't be retasked to do something completely different...and do it efficient and effectively. FC

You want to have seperate modded folders if you can help it. Combining mods could be bad in that if there are overlapping aircraft with different weapon loadouts, or data.ini's, etc. You can DO a super combined modded install...but it's a LOT of work to make sure it works completely correctly...in my opinion it's not worth the effort. FC

I caught part of this while in the hotel this week...looks really interesting! FC

Version 2.2 released. Updated to June 2010 Patch standards. Cockpit view issues fixed. FC

Updated to Version 1.1, June 2010 patch changes incorporated. FC

Those crazy Yanks and their explosives... Seriously, whatta dumbass! At this point, I think it's a self critiqing exercise...pretty sure no punishment the police can give will exceed the slight inconvience of losing an ARM! Let him go and laugh at his ass... FC

Actually, it's more than that. It seems that TK has decreased the NearClip distance in the stock install, so now outside aircraft parts will show much closer than before. However, I have a solution coming for individual aircraft. FC PS Hmmm...I'm finding more subtle changes in the data.ini...it's going to take a little longer to sort than I thought.

Congrats! FC

Though we may not see eye to eye... "Here's to you and here's to me I pray that friends we'll always be, But if by chance we disagree, The hell with you and here's to me!" May the Stars and Stripes always wave... FC

Freespace 2 and it's mods, including B5 and BSG, is still considered one of the best space shooters out there. Now, if you like your space fighting to have some Newtonian physics, try Independence War. You can get it at GOG.COM for 6 bucks. But don't bring it weak...the Indies will have you for lunch if you can't hack it. FC