RunsWithScissors

Awesome! I've just started my 1st attempt at an aircraft model, I have the utmost respect for what you guys do.

Naaaah, I don't buy it. It's too easy for some dweeb with no real-life social skills to get on there for no reason other than stirring up the forum. (we've all seen it) Now I do wish the History Channel would decide on a time-slot & stick with it. Not everyone has (or wants) a Tivo, y'know.

Just wondering, did you guys ever get around to posting these? *edit* duh, found 'em

:fuk: I think I may need to swap out my Wolverines hat that I use for my TrackIR clip. Maybe break out the Colts one....or just get it over with & use the TopGun hat....

Hey, it's their fault for being in the pattern instead of combat, right?

Some Fulcrums went after the F-15Es the 1st night, too. Didn't work out too well for the MiGs in this attempt, either.* *Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War, William L. Smallwood, 1994 (same guy who wrote "Warthog")

I have at least 7 campaigns going in various installs. But I like flying the F/A-18A in singles (cuz I haven't looked into using it in a campaign yet). Been flying the A-4 in OTC a lot lately, too. Daylight raids in the Scooter ratchet up the pucker factor quite a bit! I also end a campaign when I get killed, unless it's from something stupid (you know...like distracted by the kids/cats/dog/significant other/falling star/global warming/shiny objects/beer/whatever and not getting to "alt-p" quick enough - or forgetting to).

Awesome pic, USAFMTL Love the Super Guppy (I think?) in back... On the about the Eagle and gunfights, I once talked to an Eagle driver who said if he was going into a fight KNOWING he'd be using guns only, he'd go in "something that can turn into it's own asshole like an A-10" I said, "yeah but by the time you got there the other guy would have run out of gas & went home!" Now, I have 12 air-to-air kills in the A-10 in WoE (8 of 'em with the gun) , but I still think (in real life) I'd rather be in the F-15. I can always run away, if necessary!

Happy Birthday!

A few months ago, after a mid-air with a Zero, I lost the whole right wing in a Wildcat (Solomon Islands). With a bunch of rudder and left stick, I managed to get near the carrier before I lost it & had to jump. Did a similar thing in a Hog last week, but that was from hitting a tank. Was just a bit too low and REALLY wanted to kill it! Flew it back to base, though. Kinda bouncy when I hit the runway... I never think to take screenies, but I'll try to remember in the future.

Patton begged, bitched & cajoled the brass to let him go after the USSR after WW2. He even wanted the German military that was left (except maybe the hard-line nazis) to help. He always thought the USSR was a bigger problem than the Germans. For a "what-if" alt-history, read "A Damned Fine War" by Bill Yenne http://www.amazon.com/Damned-Fine-War-Bill...5100&sr=8-1 Good stuff. In it, the Red Army attacks just after V-E day as the Allies are demobilizing or going to Japan. WW3 starts something like a month after WW2 ended. And yeah, I miss the cold war, too.

Hey, now...this is a family-friendly forum, right?

One day, 2 of ours (at the time ages 4 & 7...old enough to know better) decided to go to the conv. store down the street & thought it was ok to just take YuGiOh (or however it's spelled - I couldn't care less) cards, without paying...6 freaking times! Thankfully they were caught & got a nice ride home, and stern talking to from the police. Not to mention the REALLY stern "talking to" from us. It only cost me $85 restitution for the ones they had already opened. It took them around a year to pay me back...with manual labor. Such as: "See that pile of rock over there? I need it moved over 6 feet." We had the cleanest house & yard in town LOL Didn't hear them whine "I'm bored" for quite a while, either. That was my cue to make a mess for them to clean.

Around a year ago I came across a list of the squadrons & what they fly for WoV/WoE. I have no idea where it was, but I thought it was here at CA that I found the link. Anyone know where I can find it. Somehow I missed that particular file during my backups & I've had to do the usual Micro$haft Winblows re-install a couple of times since then (I even printed it out but can't seem to find that either. But I did somehow find the control list for X-Wing Alliance(!) that I printed 4 years ago...I really don't want to wait a few more years for the WoV/WoE list to turn up ) Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Yep, that was it! Thanks, Southernap! I knew it was here somewhere...

Sure, I'll have a look. Does it have the aircraft each squadron starts with?

Yeah, I did that last night. I've been sick for a few days & was just being lazy. The one I was looking for was better formatted, too. LOL

Thanks! I really like the "all inclusive" mods. I don't always have the time to hunt down every plane & skin & whatnot (not to mention I'D RATHER BE FLYING). We need more of these, at least as an option for those of us that don't have all of the add-ons at hand. I have a few DVDs with a lot of them, but not all. Thanks again, Edward!

Mid-America Airport (now part of Scott AFB, IL) had a few visitors this weekend. I didn't get to go see them, but my brother did & he took some decent pics. Hopefully I can go tomorrow before they leave. Here's the Flickr link to all of them. There's also a set of pics of the Scott AFB air show from July 7-8. Kinda less impressive than we usually get (but we grew up as AF brats, so we got spoiled by the BIIIIG air shows of yore...jeez, I'm getting old, I just used the word "yore" in a nostalgic sense ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/9851497@N03/ <---in case I didn't get the link done right... If anyone wants the full-size pics, PM me & I can send 'em. I'm not sure what happens to them when they get uploaded to Flickr

My life is once again complete!

When I was around 6 or 7 & first learned (and saw pics) of the boneyard, I cried (hell, it still saddens me)...I couldn't understand why they couldn't just give ME the planes to take care of LOL "They don't have to KILL them!"

I heard the same thing from a Warthog driver in Boise a couple of years ago.

In high school history class (in the 80s, yeesh, I'm getting old...) we were learning something about Native Americans (don't remember what) and some girl made a comment about their "weird" names. (this was before Dances With Wolves came out) As you'd expect, people started blurting out goofy made-up names & that's what I came up with. My grandmother was 100% Lakota, making me 1/4 NA, so I can get away with it without being too offensive. LOL

One they should've included: I used to live in Indy. The place where I worked at the time brought in a contractor to calibrate some of our equipment. When he handed me his business card, I got a horrible case of the giggles. Right there, for all to see, was their address. The town they decided to base their business out of: Floyd's Knobs, IN.

Awesome! I've loved this plane since Monogram put out the model kit in the early 80s. Now I can fly one!!!! Thanks for your hard work, guys!