JediMaster

"known by historians as the Holy Grail of military aviation" Really? I don't see any reason why this has any more claim to such a dubious title than many others like Glacier Girl. Journalistic hyperbole really ruins things that are genuinely interesting for me.

That's assuming it gets used and they just don't pop chaff! They also may have a training mode that does simple noise jamming so as not to reveal any "secret sauce" they've got.

Yup, and that's what it looks like. A big old slab of concrete.

I'm getting a crash whenever I click fly with the SMB2. It gets to 90%, then the jet engine loading sound abruptly dies and it freezes until I eventually get "SF2.exe has stopped working". I'm using a merged SF2 install, what did I do wrong?

I find it difficult to remember your name, too!

FYI Challenger is buried out there, too, in an unmarked site not far from the Skid Strip. I'm heading back out there this AM to swap out some systems for CE, actually. A1A is a lousy drive!

If they make a gun with a mouse interface I'll be tops! Otherwise, I'm quite bad at it.

Another option is to DL another browser, such as Firefox, that will not have a DL manager that will let you get files at a straight 1-to-1 ratio according to the board.

Well, Rafale is likely more stealthy than the 2000, so they'll have a slight advantage there. Also the Rafale has more modern avionics than the IAF's 2000s, so my guess is they'll put up a better fight than the Su's had from the 2k's back home. Again, not saying the Rafale is or isn't superior to the Su, but it should be superior to the 2000 in most areas.

So there will be 8 flyables out of the box of this version, 4 per side. That's far more palatable to a lot of people.

Well, I installed the software but not the firmware...then went on a week-long cruise and haven't had a chance to check it with a lot of my programs! In DCS it seems better. I think the FW is the one that's messing with the FFB effects so I'll hold off on that for now.

What's the history of a Viggen in Spain?

I hope it's better than the 2nd one!

You know, there are some tribes in the Amazon rainforest that won't let you use a photocopier because they believe it will steal the soul of your documents.

That's the point, actually. Lucas was incredibly frustrated with the original trilogy because he couldn't do things the way he wanted and kept struggling with the available technology to get things done. By the time of the prequel trilogy he had both the tech and the money to do it EXACTLY as he envisioned it...and we got what we got. I remember standing on line for over 2 hrs to see ESB, over a month after release! Two things I remember: they were selling drinks and snacks to people waiting in line, and they were even selling the comic book adaptation Marvel did. I had my parents buy it for me, but they (rightly) said I couldn't read it until after the movie so as not to spoil it. That would've SUCKED had I read about the "I am your father" scene first! The other thing I clearly recall was someone in the line had brought a radio and Gary Nunan's "Cars" was playing. I think it was around 10 years before I heard that song again and realized I hadn't imagined its existence.

A KC-97L! Not too many of them around. In fact, Spain and the US were the only operators. Here's an older pic of that same plane: Ye Olde Tanker

Ah, so those with merged SF2I Expansion installs don't need this.

What difference does sustained g-performance make when the pilots will never use it? Any F-4 or F-14 pilot knew their plane was outmatched by most other fighters in turning battles, so they didn't go there. That's like saying the B-1B is a superior fighter to the B-52 because it has better sustained turn performance. That's true, but irrelevant.

Only 200 years?? Sheesh, you're infants compared to us! Let us know when you get to 235 and we'll talk.

Why don't they allow sentences like permanently disabling them so they have to become the very image they tormented?

What kind? Simple. UGLY.

FYI there's a sticky thread at the top of this forum for this very purpose.

For whatever reason, when moving partitions to the left the data inside is moved as well so the empty space is always to the right. That means you'd have to move the very Windows files now in use to do that, so it can't happen. That's why you need a 3rd party util.

I wish I could read that, but my sunglasses have suddenly turned black...

How so? Isn't it obvious the F-4 with 2 seats has an advantage over the 2-seat F-14? I mean, it's the F-4, so it has the advantage, right?