JediMaster

The only issue is getting the laser "coding" to match. While the US and others in the West do it all the time, I don't know if the Russians ever bothered to develop that capability.

No, release plan is NLT then. There's even an outside chance it will be out this year. However, odds are it's looking more like a year or so from now.

*cue synthesized violins*

I must say it IS funny when a retired LtCol calls in a noise complaint though!

Have you noticed how people are allowed to be offended by almost anything except being offended? Well, that's me. I take offense at people who take offense at stupid stuff.

Il-76 engines are similar to those on 727 and DC-8 eg old design turbojets. Turbofans are far less noisy, and that's what every modern design, fighter, bomber, transport, or civilian, now uses. In a turbofan, there is a large fan (or fans) in front of the engine core that pushes a large amount of air around the core and out the back without combustion taking place in it. In a turbojet, a large speaker disguised as a jet creates megadecibels of sound to push the plane away from the ground.

Yes, this is being written by the same guy who wrote Red Dawn, so you can see the connection.

Oh, that's what I did wrong. I cooked it over a poorly shielded open fire. Tasted like week-old otter groin.

Loudest plane I've ever heard, no joke...DC-8. Sure, a whole flight of F-15s or F/A-18s taking off is noisier, but even the Bone can't compare to the sheer timpanic membrane destruction caused by a DC-8 at takeoff.

We get noise complaints at our base all the time...and all we have are a handful of C-130s, HH-60s, and some visiting planes! Who are they from? Retired military living near the base so they have access to the BX and clinic! They literally want their cake and to eat it, too, and they can just STFU.

Yes, but there's only one of those, so what's the odds of you seeing it?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Could it be the rest of the world really just doesn't give a damn whose name is on the door? Besides, so far all that's changed is the talk, the actions haven't. At least, none that matter.

While the Il-76 is big, it's not HUGE. That's the C-5 and An-124.

The MiG-29's airframe dates from the 1970's. The engines are based on equally old tech. You can update the cockpits and the avionics and radar, but it's still a 1970s design, as is the F-15. The F-22, actually, is a 1990s design based on a 1980s design (the YF-22).

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Well, to be honest only GT5 holds any interest for me whatsoever. Of course, I only have like half a dozen titles for my 360 and 2 of them are racing. Another 2 are flying. The last 2 are Star Wars. Well, that covers my interests right there!

Yes, a statement like "you can't argue with that but I bet you're going to try" is goading at best and baiting at worst. The jibe about "360 fanboys" was borderline, but the following statement pushed it over the line. The post was fine till then. Whether there will ever be 50GB PS3 exclusives is debatable, as few developers can afford to make a game with that kind of budget and then not make it cross-platform.

Yes...yes...forget explosive bolts on the canopy and rockets on the seat...we'll just put explosive bolts over the ENTIRE plane with rockets at every juncture, and at ejection the plane will simply blow itself apart to leave the pilot sitting there in a chair hurtling thru the air at hundreds of knots!!

SF2E should add the F-15 and Harrier. I'd like it if he'd include some new plane in there, too, but we'll get what we get.

I just keep thinking of Venezuelan Beaver Cheese.

If it's a plane with a rear periscope that view IS correct.

Ha! As an owner of every TW sims since SFP1 and regular flyer of the sims, I will point out I've NEVER finished a campaign! In fact, I've rarely got more than half a dozen missions in any! That's usually because a patch comes out and wipes out my progress of course...

Wow, the jokes are going to fly on this one...