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70 Years ago... Churchill gave the first speech quoting the the Few... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11026119 http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/1940-finest-hour/113-the-few May they all soar of glided wings and enjoy the peace eternal and may their sacrifices never be forgotten no matter where they came from...

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675055330_United-States-A-4E-Skyhawk_USS-Hancock-CV-19_Vietnam-Carrier-Air-Strike_F-8D-Crusader Whilst wandering the web as you do looking for something and nothing I came across this video footage of A-4E's and F-8's landing on the USS Hancock. That F-8 looks like it wants to eat the deck on landing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11029903 Found this on the BBC... its an interesting graph just roll the mouse over the bars and it gives you details...

Now they wouldn't be of a say brownish explosion with a hint of yellow... Someone was gonna ask...

He's getting retrained...

Glad to have you with us... So it looks like the marines are now going to be represented too... There's also a thread that for SF2 but I will admit I post mine in here... no matter if its SF2 or 1

Interesting...

And to the Wrench them spads look damn fine... If I remember back into the dawn of time when I started building kits the first I built was a Spad and then a Scooter...

Possibly the A-10C... maybe...

May he rest in piece... and play the pipes where ever he is...

Possibly a Mongol as there are reports it was a two seater...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11008466 NK Pilot tried to defect and crashed in China... Uncle Kim's happy paradise seems to be not so happy...

Well TK's Sim-game is something most people on this site come back to over and over and over again... when I was going on secondment with my job to Vienna I was worried about if the laptop I had could handle it so I put Version 1 on and sat and missed SF2 simply because I didn't know if it would run... after a few weeks I gave it a try and was pleasantly surprised that it did... Strike Fighters may be Sim-Lite but it isn't Sim-Dumb... and with the great people here its sometimes makes me frustrated just trying to complete a missions I mean 4 SA-3 batteries popping a SAM at me with an SA-8 along for good measure with 2 Flankers trying to kill me thats a bad day at the virtual office... and to be honest the allowance by TK to allow it to be modded from here to doomsday and back does make it a whole heap more interesting than a point and shoot flying game... but thats just me I guess...

I did 9 years 91 - 2000 give or take and I know what you mean leaving after spending so much time in the military going back to civilian life is not an easy challenge for some people. It wasn't for me anyway but thats the nature of the job... I spent my terminal leave travelling best thing I could have done I think... and now life is getting more relaxed I have found a job I love and it gives me a challenge mentally not so much physically... So all I will say is good luck out there in the deployment called civvie street... and be proud

No are no AV-8's in SF2 it is just in SF1

Now that A-1 as I said before looks good... Piecemeal that air base looks like a home away from home... and Blackbird... hmmm stop teasing us with that Buccaneer... oh go on then another picture or 12

Okay you guys are making me feel sad... the only bike I have ridden so far this year for a few days was a Super Tenere...

Greetings I know that there is a set of people playing WOV online but its been awhile since I was on there...

http://news.bigdownload.com/tag/janes-advanced-strike-fighters Okay is it me or is this more of a rip of HAWX ???

Thats a great way of putting it...

Okay I am not a fighter pilot, but I would think this would be based upon time of day the pilots eyesight also the conditions e.g. rain dust etc... also the terrain involved. Also I suppose how long he has been flying as well as the airspeed and height of the aircraft he was in... There is also the size of the target that he is trying to hit... Also how busy he is in the cockpit and maybe even what other aids he has at his finger tips e.g. a LANTIRN or other imaging device also Radar cueing.. There maybe a few others I have missed... but it comes down to all that and a bit more I would think.

Fallout New Vegas is to be Released Oct 22nd or there abouts... Here's the new Trailer Me I cant wait...

I have always been paranoid about orange soda... Hopefully this will be more like the first one than the second...

Wonderful reading was a pleasant read. Makes me want to get back in my kite and start flying again... shame my kites 1200miles away...