DirtyBirdFA

I have been a member of CA for a real long time now, and even though I don't actively participate in these forums or modding like many of you, I do share in y'alls anger and frustration over this game. I was one of the unlucky ones to buy the original Strike Fighters, not the Gold Edition, but the very first title and I have been disappointed since. What did I expect from a company that boxed and shipped it's very first product not even completed and barely flyable? With each new title to the series that came out, I too was hoping and expecting to see improvements in flight models, damage models, graphics, avionics and everything else but I didn't feel as if those improvements were made so I never bought another game in the series since then. So if I haven't bought any other game in the series since the launch title, why am I complaining? I'm complaining because the ONLY thing that made this game enjoyable and worth all the headaches was the add-on work created by this community...by all the modders, programmers, .ini tweekers..everybody. If it wasn't for y'all taking time to do these things, not for money but out of love of aviation, this series would have died a long time ago. It's dedicated people like y'all who have kept this sim in the sky and I honestly think TK has forgotten that. I too wonder if he has ever taken the time and thanked y'all for keeping his game going for as long as it has. Given everything this community has given to the series, I think TK owes you guys at least the courtesy of an apology or a thank you. Maybe its just crazy talk, but perhaps it's time for the community as a whole to take stock of the situation and maybe even call it quits. I'm not saying to stop modding or anything like that, but no more buying sims from this man or any DLC. Hit him where it hurts.

Ok yeah, something that could have been said WITHOUT THE CAPS or condescending tone.

atencion Senores, Por favor traten de manterner este foro sin prejuicios personales o commentos degradantes. Si no tienen algo constructivo que decir sobre el proyecto Chinook o sobre aviacion en general, por favor no lo escriban aqui y dejen ese tipo de commentarios para la calle. No hay lugar para esas cosas aqui. Actuemos como adultos, no? Esta es la primera y ULTIMA advertencia. La proxima infraccion va ser causa de acciones disciplinarias. ~DirtyBirdFA

Evening, gents It's definitely been a while, but I wanted to share a quick story with you all before I return to the books. I was walking out of the library today when I ran into a student I always bump into and rather than experiencing that awkward silence as two strangers walk in the same direction, we randomly struck a conversation and started talking about classes in general. Well it turns out that this fellow I see practically everyday is a former F-15C fighter pilot for the 104th Fighter Wing based in Massachusetts. Now I love to talk and I'm usually never at a loss for words but when he said he was a fighter pilot flying F-15C's, I didn't know what to say. I guess I was star struck? I had never met a fighter pilot in real life and I guess when I see them on the big screens or portrayed elsewhere, they have this bigger-than-human persona to them. Like I wanted to say something smart and intelligent about aviation or about the eagle, but the only things I managed to say was "awesome" and "cool" and "i love jets." *slaps forehead* I don't even have that problem talking to females!! LOL. I couldn't think of anything to ask him, about what other types of planes he flew, if he flew in any combat missions, ect., NOTHING! All I could do was nod my head like a bobble head. But yeah, I know I ended up sounding like a guy with a vocabulary of just two words. Growing up I had two dreams, to be a fighter pilot or a doctor....he's doing both!!! Ok, enough procrastination. The books are calling me. Warmest Regards, DirtybirdFA

Just finished test driving Frontlines online w/ a 360 and it was pretty fun until people started taking the game a bit too seriously. I ended my night getting threatened by someone ONLINE, which is pretty hilarious when you think about someone trying to act tough while playing a video game (and it wasn't even that...it was the demo!!). If I may quote from one of Goethe's plays, "A coward only threatens when he is safe." But back on topic, its a pretty fun game to play online, although it kind of has that "Battlefield" feel and look to it, but still enough to keep me busy for 2hrs.

Uhhh yeah....wow.

I know this is probably a stupid question, but have you looked for that file to see if it is indeed missing?

You're right...climbing with this baby is loads of fun! I was ingressing toward an enemy airbase when all of a sudden a smoke trail zoomed passed the cockpit. I looked over my left shoulder and saw another SAM tracking me, so I pulled on the stick and the plane effortlessly climbed up to 35k. I successfully evaded the SAM but about 20 secs later I was smoked by another SAM I didn't even know was there. Fun stuff I tellz ya, fun stuff!

I have been looking for a U-2 for the longest ! Column, you're awesome! Ugh, if only I didn't have a 12hr shift today.

A big congratulations goes out to you, sir. I'm sure he feels the same pride in you. This generation, my generation, needs more people like that. *Salute* ~DB

LOL I was going to go for the good stuff, the graham crackers, but there were too many prying eyes around. Last thing I need is the department inquiring about missing crackers and hungry patients The hospital's cafeteria is actually pretty good, if you ever actually get to use your dinner break, although they never have anything as palatable as your dish. But if you ever need any Ramen noodle receipes, let me know. I can kick it up a notch..BAM!

That's a WHOLE lot better than what I had. My dinner consisted of saltine crackers we keep for the patients in the ER. Oh, and I had some Pepsi.

This is an interesting situation. Correa tries to pass off as a strong guy, always holding national parades and rallies as a show of power and national unity to its citizens, but from what I hear my parents, family, and the little amount of Ecuadorian TV I watch (yeah, I'm Ecuadorian), it almost seems like the people are tired of him, tired of strikes, tired of poverty. This altercation could be what Correa was looking for to finally unite the country in one cause. Will the people call his bluff, or will they fall in? Who knows....

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag! Happy Birthday!

Hooked, I personally do not know if there is a hot-key or keyboard short cut to give the go-ahead, so I usually take the long way. When a wingman asks permission to engage, hit the "tab" key which opens up communications w/ your squadron, tanker, awacs, tower, ect. Once there, kit the corresponding key for your wingman, element lead, or your entire flight. New commands should pop up, and if I remember correctly, the button 4 gives the selected plane(s) the go ahead for weapons free. I know I know, it's a bit of a walk around, but once you use it enough, you can do it w/o thinking.

Greetings, gents! I was just skimming some of the threads over at the World Language Forums when I read an interesting question by a fellow member: Is it possible to have a gun reticle cue when flying an airplane in an external view (more like key F5 than F6)? I'm thinking something like the external gun crosshair alla Ace Combat. What do you guys think...is this something that can be done? Thank you all for your comments! ~DB

czech this website out http://www.archive.org/index.php just insert the full hyperlink of the website you were looking at where it says "take me back" and it will take you to a list of days where that particular website was archived. For instance, you can look up what the home page of CA looked like back on May 7, 2007. ionno if that helps. edit----> nevermind, I just tried it out and apparently defensenews.com is a blocked site. sorry

Ditto for the movie "Airplane." "Black Hawk Down" isn't technically an airplane movie, but I think it needs a special mention IMHO "Top Gun" wasn't all that good. I might be stirring up a hornet's nest here, but the movie seemed to be mostly a mushy love story with some air combat wrapped around it to pass it off as an action flick. I mean, was that beach volleyball scene really necessary? Seriously, think abou it. I actually prefer watching Behind Enemy Lines or dare I say it Stealth (graphically stunning on an HDTV, btw).

Anybody else experiencing crash-to-desktops whenever trying to fly these birds?

Wha? A Berkut? OMGoodness Now I know I gotta go see da movie...

Congratulations, Atreides! Now to start paying back some of those student loans.....

So a dirty mop attacked NYC? The monster is very original looking, I must say. But the parasite things look like the Crab People from the South Park episode

Yous guys wouldn't be willin to tell me wut the monster looked like, would yous?

Halo 3...Overhyped, overrated, and overpriced. Overhyped = you could not go anywhere or do anything w/o seeing adversiting for the game. Even at the start of it's 2-3yrs development (or however long it took to create it), the game was generating a lot of buzz in the online and gaming community. The hype was bigger than that of David Beckham's arrival to MLS!!! (Awesome soccer player, btw). Overrated = Every major game-review company automatically announced that this was easily one of the best games ever, giving Halo one of the highest ratings received by a 360 game up to that point. We were told the game play was legendary, unique, satisfying, fun.. *insert your favorite adjective here* but I must say it was a major let down. The single-player or coop campaign has litte replayability, while the online multiplayer is filled w/ teenie boopers and fanboys who take away from the online experience. Overpriced = I cannot believe I waited outside of a store at midnight for 2hrs and payed $60 for it. One of my more expensive paper weights...

"Yes they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell!" ~ Samuel L. Jackson (A Time to Kill) "I should have taken the blue pill" ~Cypher (Matrix) "Can you fly, Bobby?" ~Clarence Boddicker (Robocop) "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light?" ~Joker (Batman) "I'd buy that for a dollar!" ~Sum guy on tv (Robocop)