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  1. "Drop me a line and reel me in. No, wait! You stay there and I'll jump right in your keep net". "A bad workman always blames his tools" is an ancient British proverb but, in more modern times, has become a mild comic rebuke to someone who throws up 'bad tools' as an excuse and just generates a bit of banter in the workplace. I expected a few bites but you guys have excelled yourselves! Well done!
  2. I can't remember the speed (that wasn't the idea) but I'm pretty sure it got to 30,000m (that was the whole idea). I do seem to remember some engine fires too! Why not have a go? Make a copy and spread some thunder around the upper atmostsphere! It might bring down some of that volcanic ash that is seperating my daughter (stuck in LA) from her mother and me here in Wales.
  3. Bloomin' lovely petal.
  4. A bad workman always blames his tools...

  5. Version 2

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    Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23J for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of Dels' excellent F-23A 'Black Widow' to give a fictional F-23J 'Tora' (Tiger) of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force with markings for the 302nd Hikotai in a retro 'Zero' scheme (suggested by Canadair). BACKSTORY (This backstory was for my Israeli F-23 but explains why the Black Widow ended up in the land of the Rising Sun). With the success of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle in Heyl HaAvir service the Israeli's were hoping that the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23A 'Black Widow' would win the USAF's ATF competition to continue their relationship with the McDonnell team at St. Louis but unfortunately Lockheed Martin's victory in the ATF competition looked like bringing an end to a long and enduring partnership. However in a brave move, in May 1991 the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas team secured permission from Congress to actively market the F-23 to (State Department) 'approved' nations and offered a single-seat multi-role version called the F-23I (International) to Germany, Japan, Israel and the UK. With Germany looking for any excuse to get out of the Eurofighter consortium and facing high reunification costs they persuaded the UK to team up in a combined purchase of 200 F-23I's. In return, this led to the German and UK Governments persuading Northrop/McDonnell Douglas to make BAe and MBB prime sub-contractors for any further export sales. However, with only 200 F-23I's on order Northrop/McDonnell Douglas were not convinced that it was enough to start a viable programme but the breakthrough came in January 1994 when, due to increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the USAF agreed to purchase 100 F-23A's for PACAF (the air component of United States Pacific Command) and this move finally saw Japan and Israel also join the programme with 100 F-23I's each. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to Dels for this superb add-on aircraft - one of the very best. Special thanks to Canadair for suggesting the retro Zero style F-23J. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 12th, 2024.
  6. Tornado F.3's - Esk727 Royal Danish Air Force
  7. Jaw-droppingly good. Now get back to work...
  8. If that's a statement, I agree.
  9. Great news!
  10. Panavia Tornado F.3 - No.602 squadron, Royal Auxilliary Air Force
  11. Totally agree. F-15A to F-15E Tornado IDS to Tornado ADV
  12. I think it was to give TAC a slice of the nuclear action (funding).
  13. I don't even remember that term being used until the F-15 era so I think not. I suppose it might have have made a respectable missile-armed interceptor in the late 1950's early 1960's in which case I'd rate it higher than the 'Deuce' but below the 'Six'. And in case anyone thinks I'm knocking the Thud, I love it! But, horses for courses. When I started out in Strikefighters I played around with the Thunderchief's thrust values to try get it to eclipse the Phantom for max. altitude (like the Project High Jump attempts) and ended up putting nearly 40,000lbs of thrust into it!
  14. Are you seriously suggesting that modders make two versions of everything? With the 'first generation' version just for those with old PC's? It's time to move on and, besides, you can use the Knowledge Base to convert SF2 stuff back into SF1.
  15. I have no idea about your first question but I think your SF1 skin will work on your SF2 F-35 but you can easily view the skin bitmaps and eyeball any differences first. BTW your computer won't break if you simply try it!
  16. BAC Thunderstrikes of No.6 squadron, Royal Australian Air Force on an anti-ship training mission
  17. To clarify, are you getting stock clouds, flames and smoke? If not, I'd post this at the Third Wire site.
  18. A Panavia Tornado GR.5 of No.13 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command gets airborne.
  19. I've formally asked the creator for permission to release a 'what if' mod here. Stay tuned...
  20. BAC Thunderstrike GR.4 - "Jaguares" (Esquadra 301) Força Aérea Portuguesa In a long 'letterbox' slot at the back. Don't think circular... think F-117A.
  21. The 'fix' is to read the 'read me'. I can remember having the same problem but it was 'user error' on my part.
  22. BAC Thunderstrike - No.6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1971
  23. McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12A Avenger - No.6 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
  24. Huge fun! Well done, it's always nice to have something different and this aircraft is just so elegant!
  25. It's available as a beta (at Check Six) and there's already a 'what if' PLAAF version here.
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