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I've always heard that wooden bomb tale told as something the Germans did to the British. Weird...

Personally? My favourite way to walk:

I learned of the possibility years and years ago that, at one point, the PLAAF/PLAN were looking to purchase the Harrier, sometime back in the 80s. This is a concept that has always intrigued me.

Absolutely fantastic skin, Sheriff! But I have to say, I'm stoked we were never silly enough to buy this p.o.s. aircraft for our illustrious air force!

That book has a really bad rep for being very ignorant of and stereotyping the Japanese people, here. When I used to work in libraries, it used to be included on a list of books not to be displayed when we did specific displays for authors, themes, etc because of the feedback patrons used to give us (even if it didn't sell too badly upon release here). I remember reading it and thinking "Wow, what an arrogant pr*ck this guy is! It's like I'm reading a story about a Japan that never lost it's belligerent, nationalist WWII attitude". I even wondered if he'd met any Japanese people at that point, more so when I read it's ridiculous ending. It wasn't until I saw some interviews with him on youtube that I realised that, yeah, he really is just an arrogant pr*ck-- especially in the commentary during of Sum of all Fears.

I've been dying for something like this ever since the servers for Fighter Ace were shutdown around 3 years ago. I've been keeping an eye on it, but my computer just shat itself a few days ago... :(

So I'm getting this on the ticker on my phone: WTF?? Anyone getting anything like this from their news services?? I mean, I know technically they've been in a state of war with each other since 1953, but this is a real escalation, real quick, if true. This is popping up on the ABC News (Australia) site currently.

Are you sure? Russia: No Deal on Sale of Fighter, Subs to China I've been hearing about this in the Asia/Pacific defense news for a few months now, but Russia isn't keen on the idea as it seems China is only purchasing the Su-35s for their engines, at least, according to Russian insiders. Russia's pushing for a sale of 48, China is only agreeing to 24 and the Russians know the Chinese won't honour the deal and will produce unlicensed products. Why would you enter into a deal when you know they'd do this before hand?? And as for Gary Li, a senior analyst at London-based IHS Fairplay, I could do his job after having suffered a major head injury and still be a better analyst. That guy is either down playing it on purpose, or, is more likely...

Neither was I (not about the aces anyways), but I'd have just liked to see something on the technology from the East from time to time. Also, that docco about the A-4 I mentioned, mentions Israel in the vaguest way. It's something like "The Skyhawk was a success with air forces overseas, including that of Israel..." And that's it. Nothing more than that. Israel's use of Skyhawks was, you know, pretty significant. I think it deserved more that a single throwaway line.These doccos just gloss over all sorts of pertinent information like that unless it pertains directly to the US. Maybe I'm just picky, but I'm not gonna waste an hour with a series if I know I can get better, non recycled footage or info online...

No kidding... The last time I saw an image of this was back in 2K1 of the potential PAK-FAs (A list which also spoke of a navalised Su-47 too). Nice 1 Cocas! Love it!

Wings of Russia is a fantastic series. Lots of aircraft/information and pigeon English that you'll never see from History/Military channel doccos. It's nothing personal Yank buddies, but, I could trip over 5 documentaries about the F-15 or the Vietnam War with the same rehashed interviews and footage when getting out of my chair, but I've only ever seen one documentary about Soviet Ekranoplans or with detailed information about the Su-24, Su-25s, Su-34s etc. Also, I understand many of these American documentaries are for the US market, but they're often very generalised and from the US perspective only. A great example of this would be to compare the Military Channel's Mi-24 show with the Wings of Russia episodes. I think the Wings docco on the A-4 Skyhawk doesn't even mention Australian, New Zealand, Singaporean or even Indonesia using the aircraft. The last one I saw on the F-111 didn't even mention Australia and we operated the sucker longer than the US! The most contemporary doccos I've seen come from Military/History Channels have been pretty bad. The series made in the 80s and 90s are superior to the 'edutainment' they show today.

Jesus, you out do yourself with each project Hinch...

I was watching this a few months ago. It's epic!

Is that the GlobalSecurity.org assessment, Stipe? Their F-7Bs aren't modernised, if they were, they'd be closer to the J-7E/G/H variants. The most advanced combat aircraft they have are the Mig-29 9.12 and the Su-25. Modernisation programs have fallen by the wayside due to NK's inability to pay for them and arms trade bans imposed. Not even China has risked the ire of the international community by offering update packages. Much of what's listed here isn't serviceable in effective numbers (word is that the J-5/J-6s are in the inventory on paper only!). The Mig-29s are exclusively used to guard airspace around Pyongyang and are the most used of the combat aircraft, but even then, they get less much less than 50 flight hours/year. The only aircraft that I know get regular use and upkeep are the Il-76s, because they're used as part of the state owned transportation sector. They even used to fly to the UK semi-regularly. Oh, and their Hughes MD-500 helicopters.

Only Eric J's Stryker. The ASLAV/NZLAV aren't available unfortunately. At least, not that I've seen, and I've been looking for them too.

^^ This is precisely what I was thinking, but with much less cursing.

Do you remember the channel you were watching and the rough time? You might be able to place it by back dating it on an old schedule. Or any notable actors/actresses? You might be able to chance it by looking up their filmography in IMDB.

Do you guys remember this? The Mudfighter?? I think I saw it once in the comics and once at a Toyworld near my place, but that was it...

YES!!! :D

...thaaaaaaaaaat's gonna piss off some of the Seppos around here. I love in Spinners! Haha!

Someone divided by Zero again??

Hehe... no amount of FBW could ever to get that fake sucker to fly. lol!