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Hey Lex: I didn't know you had to go down on your knees to fly 'TomCats'. I just thought you had to be Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer look alikes. Trivia: At 'TopGun' today if you use a quote from the movie they fine you 5 bucks. To be spent by all at 'happy hour'. They got really tired of hearing them.

mytai01: I haven't flown the games F-4's in a while. I'll fly them again and let you know.

You(pilots) are taught to use max power available for take-off. Once SAFELY airborne you can throttle back. There are a few situations where you would not use it. They are mostly maintenance related. Full AB can get you out of some 'sticky' situations if they come up. If you are doing a 'section go' you can go to full AB and then quickly throttle back to a less powerful AB selection to allow your wingman enough power to keep up. In the F-4 there were 5 stages of AB(called a soft light burner). They were individually selectable by moving the throttles. It was not as hard(maintenance wise)on the burner section as the old hard light burners(all stages lit at once making a very loud BOOM with the immediate thrust increase) as on the older fighters(F-100,F-101,etc) If you watch a fighter take off,you will see the burner go through the stages of burner in just a few seconds. The burner fire will change color or shape and the 'turkey feathers'(burner nozzles)will adjust to the necessary thrust position. I didn't mean to be so long winded,but I figured an explanation was needed.

Hey Lex: They were Navy/Marine F-4's. No dual controls except in some stateside training (VMFAT-101,201) Overseas,We flew with pilot in back on first 2 flights,then senior experienced RSO's.

I got 'fammed' in the RF-4b in 1972. I have about 100 hours in it. It was big and heavy,but the control response seemed unusually light to the touch. The POWER was tremendous! Those J-79's would set you right back in the seat.

I got my first gun when I was 12. My Dad got us a 410. We lived in the country so we did a lot of bird hunting(Quail and pheasant). We had to learn to be pretty good shots to down a pheasant with a 410. We got our own 12 gauge when we were 16. My Dad didn't like 22's. He said the bullet would go a mile and we often didn't look that far away. Yamamoto told the Jap generals before WW2 that almost every American would have a gun if they wanted to invade the US. You notice that they didn't. What you are doing is terrific IMHO. Every kid should be taught the right way to handle firearms. (It might deter a lot of drive-bys.)

Ask the Israeli's how those "Scooters" were for defense and intercepts. They worked pretty damn good. No country should leave itself undefensable today. The terrorists don't care who they go after.

Nov.10,1775 Tun Tavern- Philadelphia,Pennsylvania The birthday and birthplace of the United States Marine Corps. "Sir,The age of The Corps is- 236 years. 236 years of Rompin',Stompin',A$$-Kicken' Death and Destruction." Happy Birthday to all you Jarheads out there.

IMO Texas gave it to them in game 6. Why would you pass Pujols(who wasn't hitting squat except for game 3) to pitch to Berkman(the best hitter in the series)? They should have suited up the Old Man(Nolan Ryan). He would have got Pujols out. IMO Texas Managerial errors.

According to Pres. Obama it's confirmed!!!

Yeah,the pussycats and cheese-heads are going to personify the Black and Blue Division when they meet. Off Topic: Normally I don't feel sorry for Pro football players(all that money and all) but Jay Cutler on Monday night was definately in need of some help.

Israel and Hamas in negotiations for his release. Sounds like it's coming soon.

Pilot must be former Naval Aviator. He thought he was PLANTING it on flight deck,not CONCRETE.

What type of NavAids are there? He could be shooting approaches(ILS,ADF,TACAN,VOR,GPS,ETC). He could also be shooting Touch and Goes. The runway should be long enough for that. As for weight bearing: Multi wheel aircraft usually have a lighter "footprint" than single wheel aircraft. If memory serves me right the big 727 had the heaviest "footprint" of all big aircraft.

This was a test done for Nuclear power plant buildings and cooling towers. If an F-4 at 500 won't get through,nothing will.

OOOOHHHHRRRRAAAAHHHH!!!! SEMPER FI

First Gen series uses DirectX 9. Go to Users/.....Thirdwire/ WOE. Find Options.ini file. Open with Wordpad. Scroll down to Graphic Options. Find: ForceDX9=FALSE...Change to TRUE. Save file. It's just a guess,but try it.

Hey Jug! I(as a former Attack driver)agree with you 100% Fighter Jocks have to be that way! Of course: I don't know what movie it came from. But: Fighter pilots make movies,Attack pilots make HISTORY!

Logitech Extreme 3D Pro! Been using one for years. It's not quite HOTAS. But,It works great. When it breaks(usually rudder control)I just get another.

The glide ratio of the Phantom is about equal to a heavily varnished brick!!

Staff NCO's run the services,no matter what branch. They just let the officer's think that the officer's run the services. As a young 2nd/lt and 1st/lt,SNCO's taught me how to lead people and saved my a$$ many times. Bravo Zulu to all who have made it or could have!

A good ending for a tremendous program. Now: Back to the Moon and then on to Mars.

Many Thanks to everyone for the best wishes. Had a GREAT day! Brats and potatoes/onions on the grill. :yes: Many cards with lotto tickets inside. Won forty bucks. OOOHHHRRRAAAHHH!!!

Damn Typhoid: I didn't realize I was in such good company on my birthday. 'Course you just hit the Big Six Oh. Now you are officially "Youthfully Challenged". Hope you have a GREAT day!! Gerry