JediMaster

I admit I haven't had much chance to fly with it yet, but so far my G940 works well in everything I've tried it with including SF2.

FYI I had to install the LOMAC "Vista patch" 1.12b to get it working even when I had XP. The 1.12a "XP" version wouldn't work for me.

LOL, I got the binder edition and the Prima strat guide, too! I'm not selling mine.

I'm now on my latest purchase...The Beatles in Mono! Sure it was another $200 on top of the $200 I spent on the stereo set in September, but it's a whole other ballgame hearing them this way.

And so it begins...

The problem is that when you send a "good" kid to school they're invariably exposed to far too many "bad" kids now from worthless "parents" and the whole lot get soiled.

A-10 can't carry any ARMs. Only guided missile is the AGM-65. Dumb bombs and rockets a plenty, of course. It can't self-designate an LGB, but it can carry them. I think the A-10C can drop JDAMs now too.

Yeah, I'm thinking they could have yaw issues at high AOA with the vertical stabs that small size...the LERXs could blank them. Unless the LERX/wingroot join notch is such that it creates a vortex that hits the stab just right...

So, this is just a guess mind you, but is that plane from the GUNSLINGERS by any chance?

Of course, I think that's because most nations don't need to refuel anything other than fighters due to the limited radius of their operation. Very few countries refuel heavies in the air. In fact, am I right in thinking the only country with F-16s that midair refuels other than the US is Israel?

That's why I personally have felt flying MSFS is like watching an adult film with your hands tied behind your back.

That happened to me once, too. Of course, I didn't have the emergency call rescue! I think I wormed out of it by faking extreme fatigue after a long day of work and begging off. However, I did meet my wife of over 11 yrs online, so it CAN happen.

Well, they had their job replaced by an existing plane. I don't think the A-10 is high on the list of priorities to be replaced right now, older high-time F-16s come first.

SF2 is indeed improved in many areas over SFG, but it's still the same game. Better AI, better graphics, better flight, better terrain, same style. I don't know what F/A-18 you're referring to, but my guess is it's indeed an addon for MSFS. There's a lot of those around. Falcon 4:AF is several years old and based on F4 which came out in 1998, so it looks VERY dated. If you can see past the much-older-than-SFG graphics, though, it's a great sim. It can be very frustrating at first as the learning curve is steep, however. Give yourself a few dozen hours in the cockpit minimum to really learn it.

Not the teacher, that's the prinicpal. They're a different breed...and not a better one.

Boeing is currently shipping the first of up to 232 new wingsets to Hill AFB to rewing A-10s. Those planes aren't going anywhere!

Don't forget that escape pod.

Apparently the price of printed manuals escalated greatly in the 2000's and hence they disappeared. I remember discussion about it when LOMAC first came out with its small manual (which now would seem a hefty tome!) and its expanded PDF.

You didn't think AF1 would have ECM? As for Marine One, while it has never been an H-53, it is often escorted by a pair of them.

MS Flight Sim is like X Plane. If you like one, you'll like the other. SFG has a whole group of similar sims with different terrains, planes, and eras. They cover Vietnam, Israel, Europe, and WWI. Check out www.thirdwire.com to see them. Like SFG, they're all very easy to just jump into, fly, and fight. LockOn is more complex with more to do in the cockpits and more accurate radar and avionics controls. An updated LOMAC 2.0 is due out soon. If you like WWII, Il-2 is the place to go. If you like WWI, the CFS3 mod OFF is great, and some people have seen past the shortcomings of the new Rise of Flight to enjoy that. Falcon 4:Allied Force and DCS: Black Shark are the pinnacle of realism with a single craft modeled and TONS of switches and knobs to learn. An A-10 is in the works for the DCS series that will let you fly both together.

To be honest, I think the glory days of the big mods are over as it takes far more effort now and people seem to have no ability to actually complete them. You see so many "starting" but few deliver even an alpha, unless you mean small things like skins or models. I've lost count of how many mods I've seen that started development BEFORE the game's release only to announce "it's over" 2 years AFTER the game comes out.

No Fry's out east. Actually, I've never seen one anywhere and I've been east of the Mississippi a lot.

Those thrust reversers sure kick up a lot of crap!

Yes, there were some really good ones released before 1998, but that's when the pace of releases picked up. By 2000 I think it had already started its steep decline. I think we had Jane's F/A-18, B-17 II, EECH, and Gunship! that year, but after 1999's deluge it was obvious there was a serious shift in the market. 2001 saw only a single notable release...Il-2!

I refute the "2009"! I've seen some of those long ago, in a decade far, far away...