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  1. Bermuda Triangle

    Hi, i remmber there was a documentary on the Triangle hosted by William Conrad I think years back. they showed it a lot on tv back in early 80's. it mentioned that the area had some high magnetic field or gravitational flux which may have caused the instruments to go off whack.
  2. cool, thx. Just bought sf vietnam 2 so it will go well here.
  3. Hi, veltro. Realize your busy for now with other projects. How is this one going> thx.
  4. Hi, pappy. thx for ksin. Any chance on a SEA skin? They served in Vietnam as well. See here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F-102As_...nam_Nov1966.jpg Vietnam service The F-102 served in Vietnam, flying fighter patrols and serving as bomber escorts. A total of 15 aircraft were lost in Vietnam: one to air-to-air combat,[12] several to ground fire and the remainder to accidents. Initially, F-102 detachments began to be sent to bases in Southeast Asia in 1962, when radar contacts that were detected by ground radars were thought to possibly be North Vietnamese Il-28 "Beagle" bombers, which was considered a very credible threat during that time period. F-102s were sent to Thailand and other nearby countries to intercept these aircraft if they threatened South Vietnam at any time. F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966. Later on, B-52 strikes, codenamed ARC LIGHT, were escorted by F-102s based in the theater. It was during one of these missions that an F-102 was shot down by a North Vietnamese MiG-21 using an AA-2 Atoll heat-seeking missile. The MiGs approached undetected, and one of the F-102s was shot down. The other F-102 pilot managed to shoot off some AIM-4s at the fleeing MiG-21s, but no hits were recorded. This was the only air-to-air loss for the F-102 during the Vietnam War. The F-102 became fairly heavily used in the air-to-ground role.[citation needed] The interceptor was equipped with 24 x 2.75-in FFARs in the fuselage bay doors, and these weapons were used to good effect against various types of North Vietnamese targets. Additionally, heat-seeking Falcon missiles used in conjunction with the F-102's nose-mounted IRST (Infrared Search & Track) were employed on night time harassment raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Operations with both the F-102A and TF-102A two-seater (which was used in a Forward Air Control role because its two seats and 2.75-in. rockets offered good versatility for the mission) in Vietnam until 1968 when all F-102 aircraft were sent back to the United State
  5. Nice work, there. Perfect for WOE Germany.
  6. Defcon2 doc on Military Channel

    Hi, was wathcing this doc late alst night on military channel. Very interesting about the Cuban missile crisis of '62 with a lot of interviews with military officails, agents etc. whatw as interesting was that the program mentioned the Russians put on Cuba, battlefield nuclear weapons to deal with a planned invasion of the island after airstrikes. The 10 US divisions or 90,000 men that were planned to invade were not at all prepared for battlefield nukes and no doubt would have been incinerated from them. Also mentions the russian subs with nuke torpedos on standby at the time. reall good documentary.
  7. Car on the fritz

    hi, man. Soory to hear of your car probs. i drive a 2002 Chevy malibu which i got in 2004 used at 18k miles. has a v6 engine and runs ok. i only use it locally, to work, shopping, hosiptal, stuff like that. not so much on highway. the newer model malibu's are cool, but then again you need money for those. But you mayw ant to consider Malibu series.
  8. That looks awesome. plz release soon.
  9. Hey, Syrinx, Nice skin! Keep em comin.
  10. Vulcan bomber?

    Hi, have not been following this much. Just curious. Would a flyable vulcan bomber be available in this sim as a future patch update or further down the line. thx.
  11. Been playing around with the Bronco in WOV and noticed this on wiki about a possible modernized variant that may be developed in future. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OV-10_Bronco Wonder what it would look like in Tk;s sims?
  12. Earthquake in Italy, several victims

    It is unfortunate. I hail from Boston, MAssachusetts and technically we live on a fault that has been dormant since the 1700's. Sad thing is that if it became active here suddenly, most of the buildings don't meet the earth.quake standards like in Cali or elsewhere. They would come crumblin down. it would be a major devestation.
  13. Iraq AF to order F-16s

    Wow, so soon? I wonder if Congress would approve it ot not considering there is still fighting there and the country could head into instability after American troops leave.
  14. Does anyone know of SEA skins for this plane or any for that matter? i have it in my WOV install and is my fav bird. Did not know if any Southeast Asia skins made for it. thx.?
  15. Hi, has anyone ever thought of doing the malta convoys during the Battle for malta oin WW2? i read there wer 35 attempts or so to resupply the island despite heavy Italian and german air and naval attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Convoys
  16. Hi, I still have a YAP ! install and the helo's explode on runaway when taking off. Was there ver a patch released for this or a quick fix? I know YAP 2 is out but want to know if a fix was done beforehand. thx. The hueys keep exploding.
  17. Hi, there. pasko's ww2 birds are good like the He-219 and of course all of a-teams models. i too love ww 2 and have several installs on mnay drives. My fav is MAW install which contains excellent menu screens and desert scenery. Also, have a TOW install or nightfighting against allied bombers. i use WOI for that but WOE patched to current standards would be good expecially the atmospherics at night.
  18. Interesting read on the first british carrier based raid in ww1. see here" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuxhaven_Raid
  19. Interesting article I found surfing net on supplying Malta. see here' http://www.naval-history.net/xAH-MaltaSupply01.htm
  20. Cool vid on the battle; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SasYIwlb-1Y...feature=related
  21. Hi, just wondering will OFF phase 3 be made available for digital download in near future? thx.
  22. Another key ship with some pics: http://www.bluestarline.org/brisbane1.html
  23. hey, kevin, glad you can join us. iw ould really like to see this come to fruition as I think this would make for a good campaign with the key being USS Ohio getting through intact or a similar amt of shipping to the island. here is another link to a merchant ship in 1942 ss clan campbell. http://www.thewrecksite.com/wreck.aspx?31424
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