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Also to Stary Congrats and good luck to you...

Err what's this about SimHQ??? I know CA was down for a week or so... but does this now mean I have to dig out my SimHQ Password et al to find out about OFF2!!! noooo as some have stated I am not a big fan of the layout over there... here its like going to your favourite bar were you know everyone and just about everyone plays by the rules... anyone want me I will be having a virtual schnapps with a large coffee or is that the other way round... Also wasnt there some trouble with SimHq thats why OFF came over here a couple of years back ???

And relax...

Oh you don't have to say anything as I am on a few of the forums here felt like I had been on Absinthe with Schnapps chasers... damn 9 days out but normal service has resumed...

And their back after those boring messages... Thanks for the work guys.

Interesting option as some of the Military type ones are the worst to fly with might have to go shopping at RazBam's now and buy some jets practice and then join...

Happy Birthday...

Just been looking at the overhead for Pima Air and Space and there are quite a few interesting flying machines they have parked outside... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pima+air+and+space&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=0.064575,0.107575&t=k&hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=32.141479,-110.869636&panoid=E7N-fq1VC4Iaa1-7Xk_QHA&cbp=1,218.79072636005753,,1,1.1655948553054658&ll=32.142174,-110.869504&spn=0.001274,0.00203&z=19 Is the link if anyone is interested... Was thinking of a challenge for fun going clockwise thats the aircraft to the right of the one named above name the next one and so on from the outside in... My Start is NB-52A The High and the Mighty One... Its the Silver Buff... Used for dropping amongst other things X-15's 199 Times... Yes I have been reading about the X-15 again...

May we never forget the sacrifices that they made...

Stupid idea... should just sack getting the F-35's until they work correctly put the electromagnetic catapults into the boats then buy F-18E/F/G's and a few Hawkeyes... They will still save a bucketload and not just hand over cash to the megacorp that is BAe! I agree with Fallen on that one...

This is from the Judge who sentanced the so called Shoe bomber great words, Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio? Didn't think so.!!! Everyone should hear what the judge had to say. Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court. Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your country.' Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below: Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That's 80 years.) On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice. You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice. So war talk is way out of line in this court You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said: 'You're no big deal.' You are no big deal. What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know. It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges. We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure. Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice. See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will. Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down. So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home. If this has crossed the line into the political side of things then I apologise... just that they do make good sense.

Report says they were flying in the vicinity of a mountain good chance of CFIT... not the fault of the Jet...

And tomorrow is Revenge of the Fifth...

And then there is also Richard Machunt "Dick" to his friends... from the Scottish side

I had a bit of a Fast Show moment with some of mine :- Tim Nicebutdim Charles Chumleywarner Frank "Big Girls Blouse" Spencer Baron Von Nambypamby Amongst others...

Happy Birthday hope you have a great day

Outstanding work and excellent as always...

I think the designers should be applauded on what they have managed with this especially as it took the Western Nations to start fielding their designs F-22 Eurofighter and Rafale over 20 years to get their from the design phases... Yes it may not be as capable as an F-18 or a Rafale etc but for what Indian is up against it is more than adequate and remember that you have to start with small steps to build bigger things the Western Nations and Russia etc have been building Warplanes for over a 100 years...

Nice idea... as to the RN though back in 82 they had trouble getting 3 Squadrons together... I know it is fictional... Kuwait also at that time had had A-4KU's as well...

Interesting love the old Hog... so bought and downloading now going to be interesting learning to fly the simplest Combat Aircraft in the USAF but learning how to kill with it is going to be the hard part...

Damn looking good there... thanks for sharing.

Sorry I couldn't recognise the rocket launchers truck mounted though... so it could be the BM-14's as I could not detect them even when I setup with everything switched on... apologies.

Excellent mini Buff Time...

Just tried a CAS mission with AV-8B's and found that my targets BM-21 Trucks with rocket launchers I was unable to target... and I got close enough to give them a haircut for free... but Thanks for the update and the work that goes into this...