Skyviper

Greast Post! I'm printing this one off.

Man I should have read this before my little nuking campaign last night. I found that my A-6, F-5, and another small plane as well as the F-4 can deliver the nukes...but not the B-52..I guess I need to work on that. I'll try some of these tactics with a smaller bomb however I did find, by trail and error, last night that the dive bombing meathod works too. (I"m no real pilot obviously...bad eye sight(hind site twenty twenty I could've had eye survery oh well too late now) 5-10 miles from target and depending on my current alititude I'll pull up to about fifteen thousand feet. Split S over the target and come straight down release at nine to ten thousand feet and get the hell out of doge. In virtual world it worked for me just fine...I may not have hit the target on the nose but the target was at least in the blast range. As far as the real world goes you guys must have nerves or steel to do something like that...with a nuke. Something tells me that my maneuver would get me killed in the real world. I'm thining to much stress on the plane and then some.

Yup single engine ones. I also remember two F-14's flying low over my house too, and some years later a pair Chinooks flew overhead and shook every freakin thing in the house....awesome. but not these the ones I saw were solid green...can't remember any of the markings.

By the way folks(I just found the name of the one that came up with this idea) Uk_Widomaker...I give credit where credit is due...sorry for the tardiness UK_Widomaker. UK_Widomaker suggested in another thread that instead of polling on the sexiest plane ever we should say what's our favorate plane(s) and without the poll option. When I was little I saw four this babbies fly over my house....I was so little I thought we were under attack acutally...I just and I mean just finished watching a show about them when they flew over. Either four or eight I can't remember but they were really low. Still a cool experience.

Great Idea...Uk_Widomaker...you get full credit for favoriate plane thread

I saw predator one...awesome. What's up with predator two with Danny Glover? I saw a portion of it on TV and all I remember is some scene with a lollipop and danny walking down a street or something...the rest, to me, was so akward that I can't even remember it. And I never really wanted to catch it from the begging again either because of what I saw. Can you fill me in?

If I were driving down that road and saw that mirage that low I would crap myself and then some. I wonder if pilots in America could fly that low?

Some of you may have seen this already...but I watch this vid again....and again....and again....and again...then probably would play some WOE after that.

:good: MMM...Gotta love that tomcat scent! Wonder if they have the Iceman Fragrence too Great vid

Sorry about the sexiest plane ever thing. Yeah the list was really FUBAR and hind site 20/20 it was a dumb idea. But I wish to make amends:sorry: . What's your favoriate aircraft and what are some of its unique qualities? Mine is the F-14(obviously) I like because she can(could, sorry) engage multiple targets at different speeds and altitudes at the same time

Ha! Sounds like something a buddy of mine would do! And I'd laugh my tail off too. Off topic here he test drove somekind of motorcycle and the first thing he does is wreck it lol he's ok but the bike dinged up really good. Ok back on subject. Both of you made a good point on the equipment vs skill question. And both of you made really funny post...those are keepers.

Hey thanks guys. It was really cool to hear from real combat pilots too. but (im still looking to get schooled here) could somone explain to me what makes the Su-35 so dangerous in a closeup dog fight? And what planes would you use for either scenario to send up against the Su-35's BVR or sight on? And please remember that I'm not trying to diss any plane or country, or pilot(you know you're awesome ) BTW couldnt talk to the boss about this...today was a bad day the moment we stepped onto the job site. Priceless

Forgot to mention both scenarios have the planes head to head and in visual range of each other all fully armed.

I go to work with a retired Marine he used to work on parachute for ejection seats. And from time to time we have great discussions about the F-18's he was around, and the A-10's Harriers Cobras etc. Tommrow I'm going ask him these questions when we have time(he's the closest thing to a combat pilot I ever met sooo it wouldn't hurt I think.) But you guys are more of an expert on these matters than I am. Yeah I can recognize the planes in a heartbeat but as far as what they can do I have very limited knowledge. This is a non scientific pole and its ojective is to see if, when it comes to dog fighting, SKILL or EQUIPMENT or a combination of two play a majo part toward the victory. As well as to see if the Americans( U-S-A..U-S-A!!!..sorry) or the Russians have the better equipment. My Vote U.S.A all the way. In WW2 the germans had the better equipment... sortof(im thinking about the panzer tank and 109s that were pumped out by the hundreds everyday but I've been wrong before so feel free to correct me where I'm wrong)... but the Allies still won. Which is why I think Skill and proper equipment is the decidding factor. So What do you think?

:help:I need to renew my CA membership however CA fees are apart of entertainment budget. When all is said and done I'll have just enough to get one new movie and It down to these two...unless you are kind enough to recommend something better that happens to belong to the action, comedy, or sci fi genres. Thanks guys/gals

So I found this neat little game AC-130 Operation Devestation where you are the TV operator of an AC-130. I'm wondering what some of you think about it and if you have already beaten it. BTW Much thanks to great modders out there . I found the AC-130 add on and have been having a huge blast...no pun intended maybe one of these days I can learn the skill required to join the ranks.

That's cool! And that would've been cool if they showed the rest of them too.

You guys are right the list could go on forever. I should've done catagories...so much for my first informal poll. And on a side note I had the privelledge of seeing the B-1 B upclose...it was a lot bigger than I thougt.

I'm sticking with the F-14 she's all time favorate(even though the US navy got rid of her..

Do think they should make a Top Gun Video Game for today? Maybe they could have the tutorials of the game take place at the academy and the actual campaign take place near the indian ocean. Players could do fighter bomber missions and since the F-14(the sexiest plane ever) is the only cratt in the game then cockpit, and skin details should be off the charts good! I mean everything should be working ILS CCIP gears flaps hook etc etc. Thoughts?

True. You should look at my old english teacher. The person below me wishes there were a B-2 mod for WOE

So, since all of you are really awesome, I want to let you guys know about a sim I wish I could make. Okay here goes. The flight sim can be land or carrier based( I like carriers so Carrier based for me) now your base has additional features such as a lounge where you can hang out with other pilots in the squadron and play pool, an old school arcade, or a pinball game . You can explore the carrier or base or watch some flight ops. If you're on a land base you can drive around a bit.(maybe too much on that one). But this is what I really and have always wanted in a flight sim. When you eject from the craft you can play a little mini side game where you have to blast your way to the rescue point.(unless you're in freindly territory you just run) What do you think? Do think they could do a little more to flight sims nowadays?

Cool. Thanks!

I only know of two unfortunately like Star Lancer Free Lancer(which wasn't all that to mee...it would've been cool if you had a choice in what you said to people like Fallout) and Decent Freespace. The one thing found frustrating(at first) in Star Lancer was the fact that the enemy continously just did a barrel roll manuever while going to the left or right. I liked my "gravity based" sims where one can easily anticipate where the bogie is going. Free Lancer was more a movie for me than a game and didnt have crap do with the Star Lancer. Anyway...what about you do you play space combat sims when you find a good one? Or are space combat sims one those things where if you played one then you played them all? And the by the way I'm also looking for a really sweet combat flight sim that deals with carrier base operations. Jet fighter three was the last carrier based sim that I played where I had an ILS. I'm looking for an easy to play(not too easy) but at the same time I don't want a to play a sim where if I play it long enough I can fly the real thing blind folded(i.e Flanker 2.5 I loved the game...I really did I just didn't have time to learn everysingle system and so and so forth so I really couldnt enjoy it like I wanted. I loved the fact at how much stuff you could do...such as ATA refueling...)

Didn't Jane do the Longbow too? As well as the attack Squadron?