1. DDz Quorum DD_Fenrir Posted November 12, 2019 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingflyr Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 It really is a beautiful aircraft.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaBear Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Proper blast from the past, Great sound track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 And a very quick bit of pure nostalgia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Quite funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted March 6, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 6, 2020 lol ... "ok... that guy there probably got smoked ... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted March 6, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted March 6, 2020 His videos are pretty good, I've watched most of them, particularly him trying the dcs hornet and Viper, he's flown both in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingflyr Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Oh man that was good. I needed a good laugh Thanks for sharing Swep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted March 11, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 When did the F-16 become the Viper as opposed to the Fighting Falcon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted March 11, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 Never mind - the 4th gen F-16 is the V variant hence Viper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum DD_Fenrir Posted March 11, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 11, 2020 Negative Nick, the current F-16 variant is the C (block 50) in USAF service and all variants of the F-16 have been known by their pilot and engineer community (and by extension the rest of the military) as Vipers The USAF (and to some regard the US Navy) have always held the official names for their aircraft in a poor light, and nearly all were spurned, with the various communities christening their airframes with their own unique sobriquet; in some regards just as a pilot earns his callsign as a nickname, so too the aircraft were awarded their own unique names by the pilots and crews that flew them. E.G: A-1 Skyraider - "Spad" A-4 Skyhawk - "Scooter" A-7 Corsair II - "SLUF" A-10 Thunderbolt II - "Warthog" SR-71 Blackbird - "Sled" B-1 Lancer - "Bone" E-2 Hawkeye - "Hummer" UH-1 Iroquois - "Huey" The Viper nickname came two-fold 1. Partially aesthetic - from the LERXes that resembled the hoods of a cobra 2. When the F-16 was first introduced "Battlestar Gallactica" was on TV - the flight stick of the good-guy ships, the colonial Vipers, was almost identical to the F-16; given this and the almost space age nature of the FBW controls and the remarkable performance of the early light F-16s, their pilots would joke that they were going to fly their "Viper". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted March 11, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 11, 2020 Ha, I for one would like a more comprehensive explanation Tomsk ! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Yeah, just skim around the subject why don't you old bean, still a bit vague... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted March 11, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 Block 70/72 is the latest version i belive, block 50 is what we have in dcs, and the 50/52 were the last to be called C's i think. The V designation is for the block 70/72's and existing f16s can be retrofitted to this standard, along with some being built from scratch, these are all for other foreign states though, not the US.😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Hey! We do this! kind of....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted March 30, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 1:33 PM, Jabo said: When did the F-16 become the Viper as opposed to the Fighting Falcon? This is where I got the initial answer. https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f-16v-viper-fighting-falcon-multi-role-fighter/ Interesting read, but not sure how much credence I give it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Home made button box on a Spitfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted March 30, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted March 30, 2020 15 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: Hey! We do this! kind of....... I now need to fly in a big wing of spitties............ or how about 109's for a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted April 3, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted April 3, 2020 The Horsemen Cometh - Maintainers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DD_Arthur Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Do you think there might be something.....vaguely familiar.....about the punter in the front seat?😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted May 5, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted May 5, 2020 “Victory roll sir ? Eeeerm no thanks” 🤣😂🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluBear Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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