Dave

Very correct, 50% of them are splattered all over Thud Ridge. Talking to Col Broughton a few years ago at a convention he said he was surprised the Thuds that came home with the damage some of them took. He said it was an all or none thing. Some came home and it was like how did that come home, then some had very little damage to the casual eye but were total write offs.

Well that incident, the pilot was caught with his pants down. But you can't dispute the fear factor. When they flew, the NVPAF stayed on the ground. The only fighter to come close to that was the F-8. There are cases that when F-8's in the air, Mig pilots, ejected, rather than fight them. In the A2G role, yes I don't think it was the best choice. But even Andy Bush said that it did better than people give it credit for. But pulling it from Vietnam was the right choice just to it high accident rate. If there is ever a statement to hold true, it was the man more than the machine.

That is a fair assessment. However I am moving the Thud to A-. My reason is that is did its role perfect, it could carry the loads and haul ass back. What held it back was the pilots inability in the beginning to deliver iron bombs. Some never dropped one until they saw combat in SEA. All were trained to deliver a nuclear payload and get the hell out of dodge. The F-106 gets an A. There are a few Eagle pilots that found out the hard way that getting into a knife fight ONE O SIX was a bad move. Despite its delta wing, it was a very maneuverable aircraft. It was THE interceptor until it was retired. Its William Tell record is a testament to that. In fact there are units that fly the F-15 now and think they were cheated when they switched to F-15's.

I agree, I just don't think people would do it on faith alone. I do like the idea though.

No those are Canadian planes and are not lumped in with the US Century series.

EXT Have you checked the skins section?

LOL

I am deeply disturbed, I should ban you allen....

I doubt that it was that many search engine bots.

Nicky How did you become interested in the Spad?

Not sure, but 1500 in 4 days is pretty good.

We tried to make it a little easier to find things. Some just didnt have enough to make it thier own catagory so some got lumped together. But it is still easier to find things.

Cold War Skins were reorganized. WWII Aircraft and Skins reorganzied with new catagories added. Helo skins reorganzied, new sections added. Objects mods reorganzied with new sections added. Fictional skins catagory added in Modern Aircraft Skins Section. Thank you to Sag and Hrntfixr for the help.

But if the original maker didn't make enough decals for the 3rd party skins then you will always run into that problem.

Skins section for WWII is reorganized now too.

I really love the F-104 but man its hard to pick as I love the whole series.

Most users ever online was 2,315 on Yesterday, 10:40 AM <------- our previous record was 882 back in Jan 06. Wow

DING DING DING DING. Yes sir you are correct. You win a cupie doll.

22 fighters? Holy cow! That was for one Bear. Hate to see if there were 3.

Depends on how many decals the person made. Example I used to do like 11 or so decals. Well I ran into that very problem you describe. So now I try to do a minimum of 15 to 16 to solve that problem. Make sense?

Yes the Century Series is my favorite too. However the F-110A just doesn't fit that mantra as it became its own legacy as the F-4. Never shall the 2 get confused.

30mm type?

Ok which version of the Typhoon as the gun? The German? Or are the all gunless and will use pods?

Now that is a SAC trained killer talking.

Canadair Wasn't not aimed at you. I was making a generalization. No apologies needed.