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Good luck with that. FC

Well, there are modern colloquial expressions that have stranger origins...this doesn't sound unreasonable on the face of it... FC

I don't know, I may have to call shenanegeans on this one: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq107.htm http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey_(colloquial_expression) FC

Happy birthday Ant! FC

JM, I'd be very curious if you could find that info... FC

What you see above are 2 3x5 inch cards that I made in order to simplify weapon choices and delivery profiles for F-19 Stealth Fighter. What I keep wondering (happened to dig these out while I was cleaning out old computer stuff - anyone want an OLD school FLCS/TQS/RCS - ISA gameport card and everything) is if I did the flight testing myself to work this out or all of this was in the manual somewhere. I know at least some of the weapon effectiveness on various targets was in the manual...but the delivery profiles... Anyone remember? FC

Well, to be honest, just about any bag will do. It doesn't specifically need to be a flight bag. I use a decent laptop bag myself. Has multiple pockets. But, I don't need to carry a headset...so that will influence what you buy. FC

I don't always agree with you on stuff, but this is a great statement right here. Here is a good article: http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html Notice that in just about all of them, it only took one person to cause the whole thing to unravel. And notice, most of them were also before the days of 24/7 information access and ubiquitous video cameras everywhere in private and public hands. Conspiracy theorists usually give the conspirators (governments) WAY too much credit...but wouldn't trust the government to balance their checkbook. What part of that makes sense... FC

No. Trees are not collision modeled. FC

Unfortunately, that's the way most mods work other than basic adding of aircraft, weapons, pilots. Most editing only requires a basic text editor like notepad. FC

No problem my friend, you've done some great work over the years! FC

Eject, If you cannot be grateful for the help that people have been trying to give you, you can leave. You have been a source of annoyance lately, attempting to post several politically charged topics within the semblance of playing the game or modding or troubleshooting. You now have started insulting long time members of the ThirdWire community who were trying to help you. We do not get paid for putting up with rude or insulting behavior here. Keep your politics to yourself and ask for and accept help graciously. Or find yourself ejected. FC

Computer generated parked aircraft only appear in campaigns or computer generated single missions. User created missions will not have any aircraft other than the aircraft built within the mission. FC

Explanation: Koreans are weird...and I can say that because I am Korean. FC

Bobrock, 1 - RPM guage, based on pictures of newer versions, the RPM guage seems to be in the same area. 2,3 - Your guess is as good as any...assuming the different rings represent interval release. However, I'd almost think it was a radio of some sort. I see graduations from 750 - 1000. Assuming that's kHz, that would be right in the middle of the older Aviation and Navigation spectrum. 4 - A radar altimeter? That would explain why it goes in the reverse direction... FC PS And what's wrong with unnecessary animations...as long as they don't take away from necessary animations...

The Fiddler...only released a few days ago...where have you been? FC

Been having a whole lotta fun with this one...awesome work guys! FC

Yea, that is the Nose mesh...hmmm not sure why it isn't showing. Maybe the total number of decals? FC

Oh my Gawd! Bwhahahaha!!! Heck, at least the mess in the Bone was a bit more confined... FC

I wish it did! No such luck I'm afraid.... Well, no one is going to be trying to check you out when you're on the can, so you can pretty much do what you want. Also, you have to remember, like most modern aircraft, even the airliners, the cockpit area is kind of noisy (imagine a large vacuum cleaner), so depending on the aircraft, you may not even be able to talk to each other without intercom. The B-1 was a bit noisy, so you needed the intercom. The airliners I've flown are a bit quieter, so you can talk and be heard, but you have to speak up a bit. Either way, unless you like to shout while you're on the can, no one is going to hear if you're pushing out a torpedo. Oh HELL no...because then the rest of the crew would have to live with it for the remainder of the flight! Well, also note that there is a curtain that can be drawn...those were installed once we started having women as crewmembers. But like a lot of things, there is a funny story.... For those who don't know, the B-1B's toliet is basically not much different then a port-a-potty. It's simply a removeable box, filled with the blue stuff, which has a knife valve that seals it from the 'bowl' area. The idea is that the knife valve seals it when not in use to prevent spillage during zero or negative G manuvers. Now, the tech order specifically states that the knife valve is to be opened (by pulling a T handle located at the front of the toliet) before the lid of the toliet is raised. The reason that particular note is in the tech order now is because of an incident that happened in the early days of the B-1B being on the line. During flight, one of the crew members went to use the toliet, put the lid up, then went to open the knife valve. However, what had happened was that somehow the 'box' containing the blue stuff (and whatever else) had developed a differential of pressure. In other words, the box had more pressure inside than outside. It makes sense of course, for anyone who has flown in an airliner, you'll see balloons, sealed drinks, sealed packs of food, etc, all 'puff up' because the cabin pressure is lower than the pressure inside the container. Well, our stalwart crewmember opens the knife valve, and because he had to kneel to do it, his upper body was only about a foot away from the bowl area of the toliet. Like anything else where a differential exists, it tries to equalize at the closest point. Which in this case, was the bowl area of the toliet. The air comes rushing out of the box, along with whatever else was in the box at the time (I'll leave that to your imagination) and promptly sprays all over the upper part of the crewmember, along with some of the opposite wall. He was heard to yell "Oh, Sh---" before the mess totally covered his head. We never did ask if he was being reactive or just descriptive.... FC

Any one of a million reasons...too wide, too long, too heavy, etc... FC

Unfortunately, until all the shooters are either killed or captured, any info we get is going to be spotty at best. Say a prayer for the families of those killed and wounded. FC

JM, Totally with you on that! I always thought she looked best when she was in Stargate:The Ark of Truth. In V, she just looks creepy (which may be the point...). FC

Lawn worker. Busboy. Pizza Delivery Dude. College Student. USAF Pilot for 19+ years - Qualified in B-1B and T-38 (Post Pilot Training) - Currently a T-38C Instructor Pilot. Airline Pilot for 8+ years - Qualified in DC-10 and A300/A310 - Currently an A300/A310 First Officer. Except for the high school jobs...doing what I expected I was going to do the first time I ever thought what I was going to be when I grew up. And in the process, never grew up. FC

It puts the CAT directory in the directory the original CAT file was in. FC