MaverickMike

Clash of the Titans

Close call. Caught a flight of 8 hunters making approach at their homebase and killed them all except 1 because i ran out of ammo

My menu will involve a visit to your BBQ. That menu sounds like something out of a Gordan Ramsay menu Mike

Just had a real shock. Flying CAP in SF2 and i downed this mig after a head to head. I couldnt believe my eyes when suddenly the fire on the aircraft went out and it started turning back for more. Unfortunately it was too close to the ground to recover from the dive and crashed. Wish id taken a shot of the mig trying to recover but i was in utter shock

I recently read online somewhere that its possible to tie a running program to use one core of a dual core machine, instead of letting the OS switch between the 2 cores. Apparently the program will run quicker and smoother. Has anyone else heard of this? If anyone has any info regarding this please could you let me know? I would like to try it myself Mike

F-15A going into orbit. (ok not quite!!!!)

RIP. Its hard when you lose people. Especially people that you know well. I recently lost two friends after a motorcycle accident in Thailand. Would'nt say that we were close friends but it was still hard nonetheless Mike

RIP Ill never forget a few years back while my parents and I were driving on a road that overlooks a deep valley in North Wales I could hear a jet engine thundering around very close but could'nt see it anywhere. Coming to a part in the road that is pretty close to the edge of the cliff I was looking out of the window and could'nt believe my eyes when I seen a Tornado flying below me!. It must have only been around 80-100ft to the valley floor and there I was looking down on a Tornado screaming through the valley. Rather peculiar experience watching it from above I must say Mike

Escort flight which turned hairy. The destroyed Hunter took 2 AIM9-Bs before i took it out with a few bursts of 20mm.

I have the Nvidia GTS 250 1GB. Its not the best card on the market but so far ive found it great value for money Mike

Back to the screenies.... 1st special ops sqd f100d on CAP

Just tried running this in my SF2/V/E merged install and it didnt work. Im running vista 64bit. Put the files in the flight folder of the mod folder and if anything my fps went down. I was running evrything on unlimited and have the SF2:V mega pack installed. I had a little fiddle and put the ENB series files into the main install directory and it worked a treat. From 10FPS to 25-30FPS. Looks fantastic gotta say Mike

Just got my tickets to the 2009 Air tattoo in Fairford. Just wondering (as its my 1st time) whether any other members have been and whether it is worth the ticket prices. Really looking forward to it though. Mike

Hi I was just wondering if its possible to have a ramp start in campaign missions. I know its possible to do in single missions but is it possible for campaigns? Cheers Mike

A10s of the 706th TFS out on close air support, Iraq, 22nd February 1991

I can answer the vista questions. I got myself a new rig a few weeks ago and it had Vista 64bit on it. So far no problems in the gaming department. TBH i dont think you will have a problem playing anything on that system. Mike

I can see a little bright orb of light in the centre of the door downstairs. Spooky!!

Just wondering if anyone else here is having the same, annoyingly frustrating problems that im having with this game. Typical example is the chopper support. I had just finished an operation in the Topolka dam area and called in a pick up, designating a spot roughly 300m south of the dam itself (which is roughly flat terrain with no trees). The chopper, after waiting patiently for the pick up flew straight past the pick up point. When i caught up with it it was hovering about 2m above the water in the middle of the lake. After redesignating the pick up point the chopper then flew around 500m SE and crash landed in the woods! This happened a few times throughout the game (after the 1.02 patch) for me rendering the chopper useless on missions which it would have been useful. Another thing which really bugs me is trying to talk to villagers while the stupid propoganda radio is playing. its impossible to hear what is being said as the sound of the radio blocks out the speech. These are just two examples of the bugs which ive come across so far. Don't get me wrong i think the game is visually spectacular and is a game which could be top of its class if it didnt have these niggling little issues which could have been sorted out with delaying the release date and having more testing done. Just my two pence worth Mike

If your willing to spend around $200 on a processor id recommend the intel core 2 e8400. Had this on my new rig and im very impressed with it. Usually go with AMD as i found the single core processors to be quicker but with the dual core ones i wasnt very impressed.

Slightly off topic but have you guys considered splitting the downloads section into 1st gen and second gen categories? Mike

Ahem. Rescued by Sqd Ldr Nicola Robbins again!!! C5 i think you have created a superhero!!

My wingman/woman Sqd Leader Nicola Robbins claims her 10th kill of the campaign. This mig would not leave me alone and just as i thought he may have been in gun range the sqd ld comes to the rescue with a winder...

back to topic. didnt need any proof!!!

Tornado f.3 of RAF No.5 Squadron returning from CAP over Eastern Germany November 1986. (With 2 kills )

As a presenter though, he ought to stick to his day job...I notice he's cropped up in a couple of other aircraft related shows on Discovery\History Channel too. Agreed. Im sure they could have found someone a bit better to present the show. Mike