JediMaster

You've got to turn on the air conditioning.

The F-16XL single and 2-seaters were going to be called the F-16E and F, respectively. Instead, those letters have finally been granted to the former F-16C/D Blk 60 aircraft. Really not that important, however, as the USAF didn't buy any, and other nations call their planes whatever they feel like.

He chose a good angle. It's not called the platypus because the platypus is an attractive animal!

Right, it's easy to make a plane that looks like an F-22 or F-35, it's making one that flies and fights like them that's hard.

Not only can the Russians make one of the most attractive fighters ever built, they also know how to turn it into one of the ugliest!!

After changing the .ini, though, you have to run the wep editor, open the .ini, and click "save" as it's the weapons .dat file that the game actually reads.

Certain planes have multi flap settings, other do not. The F-15, for example, has only 2--up and down. The A-10 has 3, with an intermediate setting. I think the Su-25 has 4, with a "combat" flap setting of like 10 degrees as well as half and full. The F-16 has none, they're auto. So, if there was some way of doing it like that for each plane, fine, but you don't want a blanket setting.

Whatever. Is every game supposed to take place in San Machismo, Kerplakistan, or Central Republic of the Gibbon? Real world locations are useful.

Right, ArmA isn't called OFP2 because Codemasters owns the name and they and BIS aren't on speaking terms. So, "game 2" may well be called "ArmA 2" instead, but it's not the name that matters.

Whew, I'm glad I'm not 35 yet!! I've still got...um...16 months? Sigh...

LOMAC: Black Shark -- this year, sometime, maybe? SoW: Battle of Britain -- next year I think? Enemy Engaged 2 -- a couple of months Il-2: 46 -- just released Dante's Falklands sim -- not sure Fighter Ops -- next year, possibly? TK's next WWI sim -- not sure TK's next jet sim -- also not sure Falcon 5 or whatever LP is doing next -- not sure! Knights of the Sky -- ditto Maybe some others I'm forgetting, but really the release dates are so nebulous right now...

Hard to say. The MiG-25 was feared and respected before we found out its TRUE abilities, and it led to the F-15's creation. The Su-27 and MiG-29 are only so well known and liked because of the fall of the USSR. Both were in service years before that time, but info about them was kept secret. I think it was 1989 or 1990 when they sent the Fulcrums to Paris or Farnborough and the world got a good look. The Flankers came soon after. It's not solely our relations with Russia, but it is a big part of it.

SB Pro is certainly top of the line, but at $125 it's also top of the line. It's the F4 of tank sims, except the graphics are also great. Armed Assault has tanks in it, easy to get into and use. Not nearly as realistic, but also not as hard. A lot cheaper, too.

Little brother to the Hummer, it's the Hummy!

I'd guess there was an accident, but given the U-2's mission the info may not be easy to find. Perhaps check Jane's or AvWeek's sites...

Speaking as a Pole, we wish people would stop mounting their jets on us. First all the terrible jokes when you're young in school, now THIS. :threaten:

I used to go to the movies most weekends when my wife and I first met up through the early years of our marriage. Around 2001 or so we moved to an area where the theater was no longer so close so we became more picky. Then came the DVD explosion and we were able to see them not long after theater release, so we became pickier. Now although they've built a theater very close to us, we still only go for movies we really want to see. I can't recall if I've seen a flick in the theater since Casino Royale in December, honestly.

Well, it seems interesting enough, but I'm still uncertain. There's no doubt they did a world-class job on the visuals, though. I played the WC and X Wing/TIE Fighter games to death, and I've been waiting for a new one for years. I've got X3 but have barely touched it due to lack of time.

Actually, I can't think of one flight sim where roll is enabled.

I'd like to see someone model that plane you see in that old film clip, with like 10 wings that starts to move and all collapse?

Do you mean Iron Hand missions?

F-20 was the renamed F-5G. The F-21 was a small batch of Israeli Kfirs on loan for DACT out at Nellis. Planes such as the F-11 did in fact exist, but no one really knew them by that name. They were by and large 50's planes such as the F11F or F5U that were given new designations with the 1962 reorganization that occurred when McNamara got pissed off that the USAF came in talking about their new F-110 and he later found out it was the SAME plane as the USN's F4H! Here's a quick list: F-10 -> F3D Skynight F-11 -> F11F Tiger F-12 -> Actually the YF-12, it was an interceptor based on the A-12 used by the CIA, the early production variant of the SR-71 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12 F-13 -> pilots are a superstitious lot. Who'd fly an F-13? As for the YF-17, it was a very different animal from the F/A-18A that came from it. There's at least one picture out there of the 2 parked next to each other. The 17 was as noticeably smaller than the Hornet than the Hornet is when next to a Super Hornet. I'd love to see a Super Hornet next to the 17. As you can see here: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0145a.shtml http://airpower.callihan.cc/images/xyplane...2WMF-YF17-6.jpg the YF-17 differed quite a bit from the Hornet we know now. Interesting thing about the 2nd pic, from the Western Museum of Flight in Hawthorne, CA, is it's sitting next to one of the 2 YF-23 prototypes.

Never played MiG Alley? I admit I didn't, but many did and loved its dynamic campaign. I wish someone would take that code and give it the BoB2/F4AF/EE2 redux treatment. Also, there was a Korean War mod for CFS3. It was pretty good. Not perfect, but good.

I read The Sixth Battle. Most of it was good, although I thought the B-1Bs launching volleys of Slammers a bit far-fetched.

Anyone see The Abyss??