Stratos

Amazing flying habilities!

There was one guy called mlracing that hacked the code, but AFAIK some guys acused him of doing something illegal so he banished on SimHq and then nothing. The funny thing is that TK stated that he does not give a damn about what we do with the game code, but we cannot share payware things.

AFAIK that chinese guy on SimHq solved that.

Just want to share with you a tiny bit of Spanish Navy history. Spanish navy had 4 carriers during its history, the first one was not a carrier but more a seaplane tender with the hability to deploy observation baloons as well. It was the Dédalo, and it saw combat on the African campaigns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_seaplane_carrier_D%C3%A9dalo The second one was a real aircraft carrier, the EX- USS Cabot, it was named Dédalo too, it served with distinction with the Spanish Navy, were it was used as a convoy escort, embarking helicopters for ASW and the Spanish Harriers, the Matadors... On later ages it carried the AV8B too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_aircraft_carrier_D%C3%A9dalo The, it came the Príncipe de Asturias. Using the ramp seen on RN carriers it was our flagship for a long time, and on board carried the Av8B, the Plus Harriers with radar, the Seahawks... I love this ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_aircraft_carrier_Pr%C3%ADncipe_de_Asturias It was retired some years ago to give place for another "carrier". The Juan Carlos I. Is not a pure carrier but a amphibious ship capable of deploying troops and providing cover with fixed and rotary wing assets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Juan_Carlos_I_(L61) The biggest ship deployed by the Spanish Navy marks the future for the Flotilla de Aeronaves, our Air Arm for the fleet. Sorry for the long post, but the ships are beautiful, and just wanted to share them with you.

Lots of new cool stuff for our Navy. Good work mate!

Soon after the introduction of the Jaguar, the RAF seen interdiction at very low level and behind enemy lines as a daunting task for a single pilot, so it asked for a two seater plane for low level interdiction and strike missions from bases in Germany. Plane should be conventional layout and easy to build but and it must use a single engine to keep costs at bay cause it should have a realtively short range. SEPECAT don't liked the idea of a two seater combat capable Jaguar as it would require a new nose, so it rescued from his archives, the proposal for such plan in the form of the SEPECATt Panther, and finally was the only serious contender (Hawker tried to present a supersonic variant of the Harrier, but costs were too high for such modification and the MoD rejected their proposal). The SEPECAT proposal was accepted for tests and the name Panther soon arise and was well liked. The Panther was a two seater, single engine plane with conventional layout capable of a medium loadout but equipped with low level autopilot and terrain avoidance radars that made the plane a excellent interdictor. Pilots loved the flight characteristics altought being a single engine the plane was a bit underpowered for its weight. The engine selected was the Turbo Union RB-199 used on the Panavia Tornado, tests on the prototypes went fairly smooth and the project was mature enough in late 1976 a mere two years after Jaguar introduction, and first production planes were accepted in 1977 equipping three squadrons based on RAF bases in Germany. Plane remained there until USSR demise when they were progresively retired back to the UK. The swan song of the bird and last operational missions were in ODS when painted in desert pink attaked bridges and military installations with conventional and smart bombs, but this is another story... Plane was started by Cocas, rescued and finished by AngelP, tested by me, and It was based on a Dizzyfugu idea, called the Harpy. Thanks to Ravenclaw for his help with the dragchute!! So here it is, the ground attack SEPECAT Panther. Here some pics with 5th RAF squadron on the Range trying conventional bombs.

The Panthers last combat flights were in the Iraqi deserts were it attacked some key targets on daring low level missions, but soon the days of the PAnther are over and let space for more modern birds to take its role on the battlefield. Thanks to Valastur for his help with the finflash decals!!

Yugoslav Spitfire Vb! Cool. Regarding map, what do you mean we don't have a "real" map? I've sent a PM to Baltika to complete his WIP, but he hasn't connected since March. Again, If someone knows other ways to contact him please drop me a PM and I will try to complete the Balkans map.

Looks cool, sad to hear about the ETA.

Man, those Su's will be the bomb... once released of course, lol Mandatory screen, the Darius Op. Opening day, bad weather strike.

Is there any way to learn where belongs a 3d part in the skin parts? I have a model with several antennas, I painted the skin without problem, but I cannot find where those antennas are, so I cannot paint them. Any idea? They are not fake pilot parts I think cause I can select them into Mue Lod viewer.

Yes, those are the "offending" parts lol

Is the S3B, the Viking, and I'm using the great FoxMonter template.