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Putting Faces to Names

Started by Sloan , Feb 09 2006 10:39 AM

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#501 Flyboy583

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 13:27 PM

Hehe... Cheers

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Kira, on 04 October 2011 - 18:57 PM, said:

I'm not so sure the official DD welcome has been given. Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes, but in any case:

Have a beer :have_a_beer:

and a sheep :sheep1:

(rumor has it you get your very own!), and welcome aboard!

"TEN OF MY RULES FOR AIR FIGHTING" by Sailor Malan

Wait until you see the whites of his eyes. Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON'.
Whilst shooting think of nothing else, brace the whole of the body, have both hands on the stick, concentrate on your ring sight.
Always keep a sharp lookout. "Keep your finger out!"
Height gives You the initiative.
Always turn and face the attack.
Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.
Never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area.
When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard.
INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are the words that MEAN something in Air Fighting.
Go in quickly - Punch hard - Get out!

Speed is life. Altitude is life insurance.

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#502 PropNut

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 19:36 PM

Well you can't have one of Mine! The weekend is coming up and I only have three left!

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#503 Streak

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 20:08 PM

PropNut, on 06 October 2011 - 19:36 PM, said:

Well you can't have one of Mine! The weekend is coming up and I only have three left!

Ha! You better check again. :laughing7:

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hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."

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#504 DD_JoeBob

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Posted 14 October 2011 - 15:29 PM

I went to Minneapolis on business this week and was fortunate enough to be able to meet with Gustang while I was there. We went to the Mall of the Americas (right across the street from my hotel) one night and had a nice dinner, talked gaming ... complained about PropNut ... the usual.

Then we wandered over to a shop I'd seen the night before, A.C.E.S. - Flight Simulation. http://www.flyaces.com/index.html

Of course Gustang and I have played IL-2 and ROF for some time now and while I didn't expect this to be up to military standards I thought it might be fun to give it a whirl as long as we were there. We paid the fees and they sent us to the back to the "Briefing Room" where we were treated to such enlightening gems as "90% of the flight control is with the Flight Stick, or stick for short. Grasp the stick with your right hand."

Having absorbed that bit of wisdom it went on to discuss the use of rudders to control something called "yaw" and "coordinated turns" ... I began to get a bit worried at that point.

Nonetheless we were ushered to the cockpits ...

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Climbed in and put on the headsets ... yes, they had comms too.

They fired it up and it was not, let me make this clear, like IL2 ... It WAS IL2 ... exactly IL2 with ID tags and everything. Well not quite everything, there was no Track IR so we both had to relearn old habits and use the hat switch.

But hey, it was fun anyway and while I'm on the road on business I don't get a chance to fly sims very often ... like at all ... so it was all good.

And I got to meet Tim (Gustang) in real life and that's always nice ... as was Tim, a great guy.

JoeBob

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#505 Snacko

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Posted 14 October 2011 - 15:51 PM

Cool...

Did you shoot down any AI or blow stuff up??

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#506 DD_JoeBob

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Posted 14 October 2011 - 15:57 PM

Snacko, on 14 October 2011 - 15:51 PM, said:

Cool...

Did you shoot down any AI or blow stuff up??

We did a co-op against the AI ... they had a "projection" display on a curved screen in front of you. We flew P51Ds against 109Gs and several different bomber types.

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#507 Gustang

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Posted 14 October 2011 - 18:29 PM

Bah, I thought my eyes were half-closed when the flash went off! Oh well... Anyway, many thanks again, Joe (and WF), for the evening and for footing the (entire) bill! It was a good time and I'm glad we got a chance to sit for a while.