Silberpfeil

Snipped this article off of AvWeb this morning - details how Marine aviator flying an AV-8B off of USS Bataan has collected seven drone kills.

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/red-sea-drone-attacks-create-first-american-ace-in-50-years/?MailingID=FLY240214002

This aircraft is now up for bid, starting at $10,001. See link below for interesting video snipped from AvWeb this morning. Naval aviators should especially note carrier operations without arrestor cables and catapults, all courtesy of the colanda effect.  Even more amazing, this NASA project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget by an outside contractor...

Great stuff on this site - just like a trip down Memory Lane!

I've used DHL (I think they call it Parcel Connect) for large boxes.  Not sure if they handle pallets, but it's a start... 

Thank you, VonS - it's always appreciated to see the upgrades and improvements made to this splendid old game...

I've heard Beef Chow Mein is their specialty...

Just about sums it up on this July 4th...

For the freedoms we have, and the benefits we enjoy, every day should be considered a Memorial Day...

Fifty years ago we would commandeer the Academy's IBM mainframe and spend time attempting "to go where no man (or Cadet) had gone before" while blasting Klingons and Romulans in the process.  The only available video was a small PDP display screen which showed something like this:

Same as above - Firefox is primary and Edge is secondary...

A belated "Roger that!" of appreciation to all those currently serving and to those who have gone before us.  Each in their own small way make, or have made, their contribution to the benefits we enjoy and to the societies we live in today...

Note mounted Garmin GPS - the targeting link between the digital HARM and the analog Fulcrum?

Article re Top Aces sign-off for providing adversary training services to USAF with ex-IAF modified Vipers (snipped from this morning's AvWeb).

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/usaf-pilots-to-battle-f-16s-in-mock-combat/?MailingID=1035&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Staff+Shortage+Ground+Stop%2C+F-16+Adversaries&utm_campaign=Staff+Shortage+Ground+Stop%2C+F-16+Adversaries-Thursday%2C+August+18%2C+2022

From those of us, on your behalf, interfering with natural selection since 1790.

Great stuff - looking forward to seeing these packages released!

Awhile back I sent Geezer some pix for Blaine Rawlings, but they were either not sufficient or he lacked the time.  In any event, I was writing of a new set of FE2 pilots to be released by JulioJunqueira (see quote included in previous post)...

But on another topic, 

Are these old or new?  Where is the link?

Agreed to all the above, and especially the Pfalz Dr.1 and the Sopwith Pup.  But while these projects and updates are in the process of being released in the manner of a couple weeks, did I miss this one from JulioJunquiera?

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Yes, I'm working in several options for WW1 pilots figures made by Geezer. They will be with different nationalities options, with faces of known aces
Including RNAS/RAF, French, US, Austrian-Hugarian and Italian pilots.

Was going to post this before, but hadn't read much about it so figured everyone was doing O.K. with the current Windows upgrade.  I don't consider myself a big-time flight simulator user, but I have the whole TW package with a variety of separated installs and upgrades on both my W11 desktop and my W10 notebook (and yes, alongside some other "more modern" flight simulators) and no issues with any of them right out of the box when W11 became available.  Regardless of W10 or W11, and IMHO, the only noticeable difference between the two rigs running either SF2 / FE2 is how the software interacts with the installed graphics cards capacities.  To wrap this up, my biggest problems have nothing to do with the operating systems, but invariably come from occasionally trying to stretch the capabilities of the TW flight engine a little too far, and of incorporating an occasional "self-inflicted wound" (read "stupid change that doesn't work") into the programs.

Leaked video of U.S.S. Carl Vinson monitors during last month's incident where pilot ejected safely and was rescued, but seven sailors were injured.

Snipped this from Veloce Today (Italian automobile e-zine) and linked below - contains several pix and backgrounds of WWII-era aircraft currently on the European airshow circuit.

https://velocetoday.com/warbirds-at-goodwood/

Enjoy everything the season brings - best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  BTW, I knew I had seen that blip before...

Agreed - nice work as I was wondering about availability of a bis variant.  I like all the options - is there a way to make the pilot's mustache optional (as in your B&W pilot photo)?

Snipped this off of AvWeb this morning - overall a pretty decent three-minute video.  Especially note what appears to be an SR-72 during the last seconds of the flick, and the reference about the future approaching at Mach 18.  Not that it matters much, but I personally have concerns about broadcasting national defense capabilities like this, but for the purposes of a contractor's self-promotion, it is what it is...

Great stuff and thank you, Stephen1918!  Am I missing something or can you get this contraption to fire at aircraft?

17 hours ago, alexis99 said:

I must have adjusted it some time ago to this, and forgot about it.

VerticalBorder=0.0015
HorizontalBorder=0.008

Good catch, but I don't think mine has ever been changed.  Since I use TextSize=12 in my Messages, to get to a single space I had to further adjust your numbers to TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.865 and BottomRightPosition=0.210, 0.885, and now it looks like this.