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USAFMTL....iHippie? Say it ain't so. Class Lecture? You bring pen and paper. They made SR-71 with a slide rule. They can't do that anymore. Not directly iRelevant, more PowerPoint related, but interesting... Powerpoint engineering and the downfall of quality ~> http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5079 Although one would hope the author, or "blogger" today, would fully capatalize the title.

The AI stops dog fighting at the safe alt? Maybe something akin to SafeAltitude=10E+3 (mantissa km directly) can help keep high altitude supersonic heavy interceptors and penetration escorts from getting into stall-speed sea-level dog fights.

Too much of it hangs out the bomb bay, even worse than those Tsar Bombas hung way out of Tu-95s.

Because they don't know what a jet sounds like. They don't see it. Final correction, sorry:::: The all time greatest natural sound is a jet passing overhead at the usual 35,000 feet, or having passed over, as it takes a while for the sound to get down to ground. By the time nature's jet noise gets to ground having passed through thickening air, the varying atmosphere produces a surreal, even eerie, slow warbling; a desolate haunting sound. Not loud at all, and goes best with a deep blue sky with lots of finely detailed cirrus and juicy beefy persistent contrails that grow to smear the whole sky by sunset. Love it.

With the "!", I first read that as Ideal gas hehe, like in physics. Was Bagdad Bob right? I never poke fun at those guys, because they can't top my fave quote which is "Subprime Is Contained" by our own "Central Bank" Chairman back in 2007.

The 1971 gold default? The key point is false growth -- what we had since 1971 is a debt bubble. Economic growth should not leave future generations in debt. More important, I just used bpao's method to vanish the outboard engines on TK's An-12 and got an An-8, well close. This is a Good Day. ... its sweet.. [AircraftData] : : Component[010]=OuterEngineLeft Component[011]=OuterEngineRight [OuterEngineLeft] ParentComponentName=Fuselage ModelNodeName=Outer_Engine_L_ok DestroyedNodeName=Outer_Engine_L DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [OuterEngineRight] ParentComponentName=Fuselage ModelNodeName=Outer_Engine_R_ok DestroyedNodeName=Outer_Engine_R DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE : :

Yes and the borrowing into debt also started out slowly before Reagan. No mere U.S. President is to blame here.

I think eraser has a point about fake economic growth which can thought of as a fast growing weed as opposed to a slowly growing tree that lives for hundreds of years. Reagan's economic "boom" came about with increased borrowing -- debt, the dismantling of U.S. manufacturing and shipping it to Mexico, China, etc.... which was part of the process in their financing our debt paper, our economic and military "boom" and helped keep dollar hyperinflation from showing up in domestic consumer prices. That debt has to be paid eventually, in one way or the other, none good. Real economic growth does not setup a debt for future generations. I did like Reagan, alot, but Bush Sr. and his "new world order" baloney seemed somehow closer to the men behind the curtain. I've heard Reagan never wanted anything to do with Bush. Not sure.

Accidentally hit my *thump* thread key again. I have sticky keys. If a Terrain And Tile team, or campaign modding team wants a polar map, I'll adjust and fill in the blue gaps. Remember: No tile left behind.

Nobody has a map big enough to turn around in. But we can fix that....

Mollasses Honey slow Slow SLOW I know its hard to admit, given what we have left, everything faster having been Sandied, Kruscheved, or Mcnamara'd like the two seat Thunderbird. Granted, slow can pack a beastly big punch.

Found this today. I have not been to an air show since maybe the last F-106 flew them, now I see why. This is how they used to do it? Watch closely the F-100 flypast about 1:35. Near everybody's wearing sunglasses, because all the shiny metal flying around reflecting the Nevada sun. ~>

UKP:: mmMMUWAAAHAHAHAaa I laughed hard at that one. Didn't spit on my keyboard this time but I do alot. But it's a Cold War relic IBM Model M so its okay. Kartveli probably made IBM's keyboards too.

B-52 can go over the Mach? Man I learn alot here. Fellas, how to make use of this Mach 2+ hi level speed, when escorting a near Mach 1 bomber? I have some ideas -- everybody knows I came to teh SF hoping to see F-105s clearing a penetration corridor into Siberia for B-52s. I gotta say, this B-1R would be my kind of fighter. I am impressed. Never thought I'd say that about a post-modern all digital wonder jet. Well...Aussom!

Okay, we'll see. One issue I see in your game...they are escorting a B-52 which is very slow. That's kinda a mis match, or is it? Any thoughts?

Woa, now this is interesting. So they are recognizing that USAF mostly operates at mid to high altitudes, and haven't had a gun kill since....? I always said, if you want to own the ground, you have to own the high ground. Okay my first *quick* look, never heard of this before... Now I have to say I like this. Although I'd prefer upgrading those old SR-71s with modernized Phoenix, but this is a start. Ceaser has a point: 50 miles with what, AMRAAM...? Bring the Phoenix back home to the Air Force where it was born. Very interesting indeed...!!

Red Adair ~> http://www.redadair.com/ Always a cool story.

Nesher:: They gotta do that on purpose, knowing the guys will push themselves harder. Over here, I swear Hi School football was created by THE NAVY to reduce the number of F-14 pilot applicants (everybody wants it). I can't tell you how many dudes told me... I was gonna fly Tomcats in TEH NAVY but I messed up my knees... But you can't fly Tomcats unless you played football.

mmm, nose like F6D Missileer, the tail....dam

I don't fly SF campaigns (making my own generator), but I can make a suggestion.... For fun, and as experiment, put Su-7 as N. Vietnamese fighter. You should have maybe 6 minutes of afterburner at low level. AAMs or not your choice.

<< JPMorgan Chase allots $9.3 billion in bonuses >> Hush money.

-- to see another quake, volcano erruption or tsunami soon. Venezuela now.

I wonder maybe kids too, before they get mind wiped by culture. Any stories on that maybe?

Congrats server man. I need to get back into that. Years back I used to climb up and down tall pine trees for excersize, fast as possible, run to the next tree and do the same, and go way out on a limb 30ft up to do chinups. You don't let go. I am more sane now, but not as good shape. I hate that. And when you come back, the wind switches direction.

I don't watch TV. well not in like 8 years. I give up!!