JediMaster

Don't forget Andrew was a late-August first-of-the-season beast that did a ton of damage and single-handedly reformed Florida building codes.

That's why now when Florida gets hit by something like Irene we don't bat an eye. You get some flooding and downed trees and power lines and that's it. Other states don't get hit often enough for them to mandate that kind of construction. We use CBS for homes and businesses here, the only exception being 2 story homes may have frame upper floors (although I personally wouldn't go that way).

It may cost a little more, but it lasts!

I think it was just expected that the F-15s would take care of BVR and the F-16s would only have to deal with those that "slipped through the net" and take on WVR.

It was never seriously expected to send a bunch of 9s-only F-16s against Floggers with Apexes and Flankers and Fulcrums carrying Alamos, certainly not vs Amos-carrying 31's. As mentioned, the advent of AMRAAM meant the F-16's role was expanded to air superiority/dominance/whatever you want to call it in a small area (since their range was still smaller), but it was never going to be the first line of defense. The Eagles would do that and the 16s would have to take care of those that got through.

He didn't use AB for fuel saving I guess (no external tanks) so naturally the roll would be longer. Also looks like quite a warm day and I don't know what the altitude of that base is.

I loved Wings of the Luftwaffe and Wings of the Red Star, especially with Peter Ustinov's narration. I remember the New Year's Day marathons they'd do with those.

Those channels are nothing but a shadow of their former selves. A&E was once called "The WWII channel" unofficially because of all the great stuff they'd have...now they just suck.

I'll probably get this, even though I'm also mostly a single mission guy. I've started many campaigns over the years, but usually never finish them due to patches, loss of data due to reinstall, or general lack of interest (some planes aren't interesting enough to fly in a campaign, they're better suited to a single mission on occasion).

I do mean to spend more time on them, though...especially if I'm out of a job come Oct 1.

Redownload which now?

Looks like the nose of a sub to me, but as mentioned it could be anything because of the way the shot was staged to hide details.

For which new planes he'll be making, I'm sure that poll gives you the indication of what's next. I can't imagine there being enough demand for a 104S anyway.

Yes, because FPS games to the contrary, shooting someone in the foot with a powerful gun won't kill them. Shooting them 4 more times there will also not cause them to drop dead, although I suppose they could eventually bleed out.

However, I would think shooting both arms would indeed stop that trigger finger, or at least prevent any sort of holding/aiming of a weapon. Not that it's so easy to shoot someone in the arm on purpose.

High humidity? There's something I wouldn't have thought would be a cause of a compressor stall. Not in Russia, anyway. In Africa or Vietnam or South America, maybe...

Roman Polanski?

I think the problem people have is when they see people using them that are then spending the money they do have on unnecessary things. In other words, they're getting the iphones and cigarettes and beer on their own money because they have the food stamps to pay for the stuff they need to eat. Meanwhile, those making too much for that, yet still not making that much, have to forego getting the luxuries because they have to pay their $100/week for food.

Yes, some are that stupid unfortunately.

Was that from the aborted takeoff? I heard there was an engine problem that caused it, but WHOA...

I think the biggest problem would be asymmetrical thrust...if one stuck down and the other up, especially on takeoff...

I'm not saying it might not be a good thriller, just that the only people who could believe that conspiracy about another Apollo mission are those who've never seen a real launch!

IIRC, during Vietnam more MiGs were killed by B-52s than B-52s were killed by MiGs.

Wasn't there another incident with the Red Arrows suffering losses not too long ago? Or am I recalling something else?

That's probably Sukhoi's solution to the "nodding" intakes of the past, like the F-15, or complex internal ramps. Both the latter methods would make for stealth-compromising features. By doing the flap, they can use it when stealth isn't needed (like during intense turns) or lock it when it is (during approach to targets) keeping the stealth high.

The B-2 does the same thing with a "high stealth" mode that limits the motions of its control surfaces.

Well, if a Chinese pilot collides with it there's fewer people for us to worry about.

Depends on your definition of "similar goals." In fact, the goal of the Buran is closer to what the X-38 is doing now for the USAF...a military spaceplane. That's not what the STS was, but you couldn't convince the Soviet leadership of that in the late 70s/early 80s, so Buran resulted.

I was wondering what language the cockpit controls are in? Are all Indian planes done in the same language, or do they vary?

Well, it's possible his superiors going up the chain knew about the plane, but I doubt he did. He was just another pilot given an unfortunate order.

Things like pursuing over a border or firing despite an attempt to land is all irrelevant because he was ordered to shoot it down. It's on his superiors' heads because they knew what the plane was doing (as relayed by the pilot) and, possibly, what the plane really was, and ordered it anyway.

Had the pilot been told to investigate an unknown contact and decided to shoot it down without asking for clarification and despite the actions of the other plane, then I would say it was on him.

That would be more useful in Arma2. Imagine driving your truck around the countryside, getting ambushed, and jumping into the trailer, deploying your jet and bugging out!

You can't install the DLC without the updates, you can update without the DLC just fine.