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Which countries did you visit, when and how was it?
Slartibartfast replied to Nesher's topic in The Pub
I think it might be easier to say where I havn't been lol... Scotland Wales Ireland All over the England Gibraltar Spain and the Canary Islands Kuwait Saudi Arabia Bosnia Kosovo... 10 years ago or there abouts... Cyprus Oman Singapore Japan Brunei Belize Falklands Tunisia Italy Germany Belgium France Norway Ascension Island Canada CVN70 USS Carl Vinson things so big might as well be a country... India Czech Republic and a few others... and to be honest the people on the ground are great its the politians and the extremists that screw it all up... -
Flak in WoV
Slartibartfast replied to SandyC's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Prefer to Kill the damn guns and sam's makes life interesting... must have been a weasel driver in a previous life... but no I have had a large calibre explode next to me say around 40 ft away and no damage or anything... just impressive my poor little scooter didnt know what to think... -
Moto GP Racing more overtaking in the first corner than there is in a whole F1 season... ex bike racer...
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Couldnt help myself SPAM!!! http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=e...4&ct=title#
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True so bad I had to go do it twice to just make sure it was that bad... The person below gets lost without their SatNav
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The reason I never voted Labour amongst other things... as they screwed up the military and are still doing so today... I have seen the bird at RAF Duxford Museum and it looks like its straining at the leash just sat there... and as to what was said about the Jet as well by the test pilot its got a couple of issues but its a great jet to fly. And in my very humble opinion looks better than its nearest competitor at the time which was the F-111... As to the Arrow thats another great airplane that got shot down by the politico's to play nice...
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Patches we dont need no stenking patches... ooops off topic... I have all mine patched to 08 and WOI WOE WOV and wouldnt have it any other way... just got a terrabyte drive to put everything in now feel's weird flying an Hunter and getting chased by a Mig-29 !!! Oh and being shot at by a double digit SAM battery...
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Okay without the full error message I cant be positive but it looks like Microswipe has a corruption on the startup files. A re-install or repair of Windows XP and it should be back to normal. As to your PC hating you nope thats Microswipe having a great idea and screwing the job up... Apologies for the bad news...
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Very true on the Pilots etc... All I was quoting was what I remembered from talking to 2 Bucc drivers and the jet was officially tested by the USN and the USN Pilots loved it... maybe I misquoted but its been a few years and the silver moments are getting more and more lol As to the A-7 I was saying that the one major thing the Bucc needed was a better Avionics suite... Also remember the A-7 would normally go in with escort etc... whereas the Bucc went in alone or in pairs. In the 70's and 80's they where still the low-level jet to beat though... But as far as a British Jet goes its very very tough to beat for low level strike especially for a Jet from the 1950's Anyway I never argue as anything that flies always looks good even the A-10....
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First you get the pics now here's the movie.... Its a modified Mi-24 with avionics etc from the SAAF Rooviak (Spelling might be out) But its a Hind and they are all ugly as sin... well IMHO but they are that way so that if they dont scare you with the weapons then just the looks a bit like a rotorheads version of an A-10...
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Bucc's in Red Flag... As I spent time in the RAF was talking to a couple of Drivers of aforementioned bird and the SAM guys at Red flag had a guy stand on top of the Radar Van looking for Rooster Tails... Also one of the aggressor pilots got real annoyed and chased a Bucc down low and was trying to get a gun kill and he had to pull up as he found he was flying towards a cloud made of rock... The only problem with the Bucc was the avionics which when it came out where outstanding... but 30 years later not so great... should have given the Bucc the Tornado avionics kit and it would have made it a demon to catch... also a Thud / Vark could only get to their top speed low down clean and with burner which tends not to help... The Bucc could do .92 at 100ft with a full bag of weapons and keep doing it for about a week less than a Tu-95 could stay in the air... only joking. A standard Bucc sortie could last up to 5 hours without tanking... and spending most of it at extreme low level... There is also another one from Red Flag that a Bucc got a F-5 with a simulated 1000lb retarded bomb release from low level that was a standard defensive tactic for a Buccaneer. Hell even the USN wanted to buy the Bucc but they where over-ruled so they ended up with the A-6 though a good bird not as fast or as long legged as the Bucc... I will look into more info for anyone if they require it. I am a Bucc devotee along with A-4's oh and of course the Vulcan aka THE TIN TRIANGLE ... There should have only been one replacement for the Bucc and thats another Bucc not that Tornado piece of pap...
