MigBuster

The Mirage IIIC is a lot of fun in the 60s - simple to use and fast.

haha #27

The dog looks a bit surprised!

totally brilliant!

Ha ha - wonder if women would agree to that equality measure

Ha ha - its looking pretty secure at the moment

I have a separate SF2NA + SF2E install as well - I just installed them to a different location by changing the paths when installing it on the install box. In my case I didn't want some of the NA features in the older games.

Ok - so no Mods at all? Is it crashing on startup? Will it run as admin?

These carriers are only available to buy with YAP2 missions - not sure which ones - problem is a lot of them were done with static objects over the deck so they couldn't be used for landing and taking off (they used 2 models per mission) I've no idea why versions for Vietnam era campaigns could not have been done and sold separately - unless they were hoping to use the models in another commercial venture.

If only....

Maybe there was a spare model going - from Fighter Ops for example

File Name: Pack 1 Hi Res F-16A Belgian AF (BAF) File Submitter: MigBuster File Submitted: 04 April 2010 File Category: F-16 Hi Res skins for the Thirdwire Strike Fighters 2 F-16A Model Euro Pack 1 Belgian Air Force (BAF) Pack consists of: BAFGrey1 2048x2048 Early Block 1 skin BAFGrey2 2048x2048 Late Block 1 to 10 skin In January 1979 Belgium received its first Block 1 F-16A's - these were licensed built by SABCA Original skin templates by Thirdwire *Skin is not tested on the SF1 Thirdwire WOI model - it might work though despite the template changes. Click here to download this file

May be info here on status http://combatace.com/topic/34260-new-campaign-idea-yugoslav-wars/page__hl__%20allied%20%20force__st__120

fantastic - really hope this is made

Posted on the BMS forum today: ........ I have always admired those developers, and have always wondered why they would commit so much time to their love of Falcon, despite the community at times, despite the challenges, and despite the overwhelming learning curve. I'm telling you, these guys are good. So, it is with a great sadness, after all these years, that I was informed about the closing of FreeFalcon. I asked Steve if I could write this on behalf of FreeFalcon, and he was happy to let me do this. FreeFalcon will be missed. There will be lots of questions asked, and probably never really answered as good as they could be. Such is the life of a development stream sometimes. However, mark this day on your calendar as one of the low days of Falcon. To FreeFalcon, you guys are remembered, and honored, and welcome to our boards. And I would personally like to Thank You for your service to the promise of a dream.

Correct AFAIK - Free Falcon may have had some arrangement going but that's only hearsay. Whatever it is now they have posted some source code up and have already moved to their second forum. The code was posted up under some kind of free licence - so I expect they may claim that most of the original code has been changed - bit dubious really. There is clearly been a split between the Free falcon team - because these other guys claim to be the "other" developers that were working on it.

YGordons book mentions Visibility, communication and easier to use the carriers VASI

See the loadout chart at the bottom of here http://www.thunder-a...ter/history.php - looks like only the Fireflash was trialled on a test F.mk4. Pretty sure the RAF never used AAMs operationally on Hunters - but if you find a source then please post it. You will find by default that the loadouts for every jet are normally historically accurate. (yes you can change it)

They would need to crash or explode to be counted as a kill.

One of the Free Falcon Guys has posted there telling them to take the site down....

Crikey well in FCs Wiki link it says: "According to the U.S. State Department, over 40 civilian aircraft have been hit with MANPADS since 1970, with about 400 passengers and crewmembers killed" But then again its Wiki so who knows

The only thing I have on normal is the HUD mode because that give me messages for airbrakes and gear - other than that no aids on screen and only blue jets show on the Map - yes you have to check your 6 a lot.

ok........ For those interested in the spirit of this thread, and for those whose "speculations" have been a little too "out there"... ...here is the OFFICIAL statement from FreeFalcon. There is really not much to add: FreeFalcon Fans, It has been my honor and pleasure to be associated with FreeFalcon these past few years and to serve as head of FreeFalcon. It is with reluctance that I now feel it is time to close the doors to FreeFalcon. Steve "Hustler" Wooters and myself have been in close consultation with each other other the past year and a half and we both feel the time has come where FreeFalcon has nothing more to contribute to the community. The, time, energy, and costs to maintain the website and server no longer serve the communities best interests. Our development process has been active but we have reached a point where we have been unable to move forward in a way that would provide the sort of meaningful advances that we know you want and expect. Theater development while productive also lacks from significant progress because there just aren't enough active contributors to FreeFalcon dedicated theaters. Code development has for all intensive purposes been halted because we lost our current source code and were unable to develop a replacement to allow us to keep our current theaters and to fix existing shortcomings in crucial areas like stability, multiplayer, refueling, and AI. Lastly, the lack contributors to core material like models, skins, flight models, terrain tiles, campaigns, and data besides make for a very slow process. On the bright side, FreeFalcon can lay claim to be one of the oldest and longest active development teams in Falcon history and took Falcon to new heights that perhaps the creators would have been proud of. Many people have contributed to FreeFalcon over the years I would be remiss if I didn't name and compliment at least a few of the truly bright stars; perhaps first and foremost among the group are Steve "Hustler" Wooters, Dr. Fred "Baldeagle" Balding, and Ron "Red1" Nair. Founders of FreeFalcon who started with a dream and made all of us dream even bigger. There have been a large number of contributors that sit on that next tier of stardom; "CCC", Tom "Saint" Launder, Jim "JimG" Garwood, Tom "T-Rex" Perkins, Michael "Speaker" Bradley, Clayton "Aragorn" Noel, Alex "Red" Vallone, Stefan "Biker" Biker, Matheus "Seifer" Ribiero, Robert "Pumpyhead" Lozada, Jon "Nightfalcon" Xedis, Benny "BenBen" Wegmann, Jay "Bird" Ricardelli, Jean-Marie "Topolo" Langeron, Dave "Dewdog2" Wagner, Dave "WaveyDave" Cuthbert, Stefano "Qawa", Bob "Welshmadman" Owens, Brian "Ram22" Thomas, Dave "Demer928" Emerson, Balazs "Molnibalage" Molnar, Tadeusz "Polak" Zukowski, Carlo "Khronik" Lafontaine, Rufus "RP" Parsons, Thomas "Lee" Lee, Hannes "Noname" Wagner, Eyran "Peled" Millis, Winston "RadicalDude" Young, Ataberk "Hailstorm" Portakal, Mike "Toonces" Loomis, Cemil "Eagle611" Ozturk, Stephan "Derstef" Willmes, and of course the "Snakeman" who paved the way for theater development for all forms of Falcon. It would also be unfair to overlook the contributions of our many beta testers, with whom I have worked with only a handful and can only provide a short list of those capable souls who flew many an hour in the pursuit of excellence; Dave "Dewdog2" Wagner, Patrick "cptmtge" Harkins, Frits "Snail" Vanvorst, Stale "TheNorwegian" Almenningen, Jojo57, Thorston "Tom" Buss, Roberto "Ipergallo" Bagnasco, Balazs "Molnibalage" Balazs. My apologies to the many others whom have been omitted because of my short tenure in a long lived organization. What can I can say? It had to end sometime. We had a very good run, had a lot of fun, and made a some good friends along they way. I hope FreeFalcon was able to provide you with something to enjoy, something to dream about, and something that engaged you for at least a short time and in doing so made your life just a little bit better. What does the future hold for free and open development of Falcon as it heads into its 2nd decade? Put your eyes on BMS, once and perhaps for all, development rests with this very talented, smart, and energetic group of people who have made it their mission to continue seeking excellence and I hope you all will support them as they take the Falcon community to the future. Best Wishes, Anthony "Ranger822" Thomas Hope this puts everything into perspective, and - thanks to Ranger822. It was a s**t-load of fun working together. Aragorn.

in the video at the start

I think its roll rates ok - seems faster than Cessna's I've flown - but it might keep rolling to much after the stick is neutral (will need to check when i can). The later Lightning F.mk6 does have cannon - they only lost them for a few marks - you should still be able to take out fighters with the Lightning but it needs to be employed differently against agile opponents. You will find the same with the Mirage 3C, F-4B/C and other interceptors of that period - where simple horizontal turning wont be of much use in most cases - and is often suicide against the MiG-17s for example.