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Happy Birthday you both :yay: :beer:

This is one of my favorite stories about student USAF pilots. It happened at Reese AFB in the early '80's to my boss near the end of a contact sortie with a somewhat new stud. I was the assistant flight commander of E Flight at the time and I hadn't flown the second go of the day. I was just hanging out in office going through grade books. What fun. The SOF (Supervisor of Flying) called the flight on the squawk box saying they needed me at the SOF desk for an IFE with one of our jets. It seemed Frank, my flight commander, had just declared a physiological emergency and was returning direct to inside downwind of the pattern. That's not something we liked to do unless it was pretty serious because it really can disrupt a busy pattern. The pattern wasn't all that full so the SOF told Frank to just do it. That's about the time I got to the desk. The SOF wanted to know about the stud and whether he'd had any known history of physical problems. He hadn't. The next thing he said was a bit strange. He said Frank wouldn't tell him the problem. He only said he needed to get on the ground quickly and that they would not need fire and rescue to meet them. He stressed that he needed to get to the chocks right now. And that's how it worked out. I was still at the desk when frank walked in without the student about fifteen minutes later. The grin told us that this was going to be a good story. The sortie had gone to the aux field for some pattern work and then up into the area to do air work. It's been a long time but I seem to remember the kid being post solo so they would have done a spin or two, slow flight, stalls, and maybe a couple unusual attitude recoveries. Anyway, Frank said the kid had gotten unusually quiet and was being a little slow to do things and respond. Those are classic "he's-about-to-puke" signs so Frank asked him if he felt OK. The kid says, "Uh, sir, I really, really need to take a dump, bad." Frank, "How bad." Kid, "Like right now sir." "Right now?" "Yes sir, I don't think I can hold it." That's when Frank took the jet and headed for the recovery gate while he called the SOF for permission to go direct to inside downwind. With that call out of the way he talked to Lubbock Approach, who controlled our MOAs, and asked for an expedited recovery. He stayed 500' above the normal pattern altitude when he got to the pattern entry point and headed direct to the perch for the 180 degree turn to final of a overhead pattern to a landing. All went quickly and they were in the chocks in no time. Frank told the kid to arm his seat as they landed, Frank shut down the left engine, and had our hero disconnect the buckles to his chute so all he had to do when they parked was to release the seat harness, pop off his helmet, and jump out. All of that worked as advertised and before the right engine is even shut down the kid is over the side and running for the maintenance line shack about 50 yards away. Well, as Frank told it, he wasn't really running so much as doing a cheeks clenched stiff legged duck scuttle. The kid got across the perimeter road and suddenly straightened up nearly stopping. His feet come apart but his cheeks stay clenched as he now does a straight backed, bow legged walk. The trail of runny brown on the sidewalk behind him said it all. Poor bastard! So close. Oh, so close. That's funny enough but then he didn't have the good sense to not go into the line shack. He may not have known he was leaving a snail trail dribbling behind him but the zebra (senior master sgt. in this case) in the line shack sure as hell did. No sooner than the door closed but here comes our hapless young LT at a dead run with a fire breathing maintenance chief hot on his tail. There's no longer any thought about the load in his flight suit because his only concern is to out run the charging zebra. I suspect the zebra was like a dog chasing a car. What was he going to do when he caught him? The guy's toxic. Beating his ass might not have been that great of an idea. Doesn't matter, our LT could run, a serious load in his skivvies not the slightest worry any more. Everyone at the SOF desk was howling by the time Frank got to that part. The Ops Officer had joined us and even he couldn't avoid tears from roaring laughter. I never did hear how it went when the poor kid went back to the line shack with a bucket and mop but he was smart enough to take a case of beer with him when he went. Ah, the care and feeding of new pups.

Happy Birthday Teknetinium and Poko24! :holiday: :D :drink: :drunk: :beer: :cheer3nc: :yay:

Happy birthday guys :D :beer:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POKO & TEK :holiday::photo::drunk::hehe::balloon::clown: :beer: :cheer3nc::bounce::thumbsup::alien::prop: :clown_2: :juggle::yay::clap::punk::smoke::pilotfly:

Happy Birthday chaps :beer::yay:

Happy BDay! :drunk:

Happy birthday guys!

Может сделают коллекционную версию ? ))) со снарядом ГАУ-8 внутри )))

Самолет сложный, кто вас гонит в шею? Сделайте для русскоязычных людей, а таких не мало, что б ими пренебрегать, нормальную русскую озвучку. У вас это всегда было на высоте. Считаю это не уважением к русскоязычным пользователям. Тем более, что версия игры отдельная русская. Мануала русского тоже дефакто нет. Ничего подождем немного.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:drunk:

Axalp 2010

Done, before I fly out.:smartass: http://www.lockonfiles.com/index.php/files/file/1760-crystal-clear-nvg/ JJM *edit* Just sitting in the Departure Lounge and it has dawned on me, that in the past 20 years of my flight simming, this is the first 'Mod' I have uploaded! So this is my small contribution to the Hobby that I hold most dear to me, and,a BIG THANK YOU to the very talented Programmers, Producers, Testers and the rest of the people that make all 'this' happen. semper fi

That was hilarious :megalol: What a crazy dude with psycho laugh at the end of the video. "Killeeem"!

LOL :megalol::joystick:

Happy Birthday Gentlemen :) May you be Blessed with many many more :beer: ~S~

Постановление Правительства РФ от 15.08.1997 № 1037: Информация о непродовольственных товарах с учетом их вида и особенностей должна содержать следующие сведения на русском языке: наименование товара; наименование страны, фирмы - изготовителя (наименование фирмы может быть обозначено буквами латинского алфавита); назначение (область использования), основные свойства и характеристики; правила и условия эффективного и безопасного использования; иные сведения о товарах в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации, требованиями государственных стандартов к отдельным видам непродовольственных товаров и правилами их продажи. Информация должна быть размещена на упаковке или этикетке товара, изложена в технической (эксплуатационной) документации, прилагаемой к товару, листках - вкладышах к каждой единице товара или иным способом, принятым для отдельных видов товаров. Соответственно, можно сделать вывод, что при предоставлении всей перечисленной информации наличие русскоязычной инструкции на товар необязательно.

Угу. Переводим на понятый с маркетологического - российский рынок нам не интересен. Посему получайте что дают. Заодно и английский подучите. Стандарт как-никак.

Well My Mission building has been upgraded. I was going back to trucking and well it's been over a week without a load. I had applied for other companies the same time I applied for the trucking job. Today I was called in for an interview for a job I applied for 2 weeks ago and they offered me the Job. I will be the lead Mechanic at a Kawi/Suzuki dealer. I have been a Motorcycle rider/builder since I was a kid and this is a dream job for me. This means I will be around to build my missions and there is nothing like wrenching on GSXR's! Yahoooooooooo No trucking!

Have you read the manual, specifically parts pertaining to the HOTAS functions and Maverick deployment? Key-Commands in your SP GUI/Options/Controls screen.

Причем тут БоБ, абсолютно разные направления? Вот кому "кабздец", так это Ил-2, с выходом БоБа!

Yeah, well... kinda like Hannibal always says "I love it when a plan comes together!" In this case it's the contrapositive. I hate it when a plan falls apart. :D

I second that!

I was reading through this thread and enjoying the detailing and discussion about the switches and covers and it was looking like some really amazing and talented work. To get to the page where Ricardo gives us the bad news I honestly felt my day get a lot worse. Even the clouds appeared again outside my window!!! I have lost many hours of work with music I've created and to think you can go back to it and redo it, no, not a chance. It takes a lot out of you and whilst I hope Ricardo hasn't given up, which would be highly commendable if he hasn't, I would understand if he had. Let's hope the silence is him working away on that 100 hours (jeez...) work lost. All the best with this mod and I speak for all of us when I say that we'd appreciate any news on what you're currently working on but, I'm sure many of us, although dissapointed, would understand if you felt like you couldn't pick up the project with the enthusiasm you had. Here's hoping you still have that drive! You're obviously an extremely talented individual.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS !! :thumbup::sorcerer::cheer3nc::beer::clown_2:

Personally I think F18 Interceptor stands at the top of the early combatsim titles. The flight model, the sounds, the sensation of speed.....I'm hard pressed to think of a better jet game, and I had them all :D

and on my A600 too! God those were the days when the Amiga was Waaaayyyyy infront of the PC!

What have we become? :baby:

НУ су25 может. Вообще, для вертушек получше бы виды ППБ, да и изночально, почему бы не сделать там сразу расставенный саппорт.. т.е. взможность галкой выбрать с площадка с саппортом или без. Уже писал,но напомню - для сетевых часто гемморно сопряжать площадки 2 площадки. Иногда требутеся и 12 мест.. хотяб варианты площадок 2-4-8 сделайте. Да и поприземестей их, а то прям на насыпи стоят.. в жтом плане у армы вертоплощадка хорошо врубается в землю.

yes it was lol i had that one on the A1200

erm, where are you getting that news from... it must be months old :music_whistling::P last news i heard was about a week ago, saying that beta 6 would be released next week.

I am not going to lie, it has been hard not posting something about how long beta 6 seems to be taking...

If you are looking for a picture of the stick and throttle with the numbers etc. Install but do not use the Target software. Open the Target GUI and on the first screen on the left under the "How do I?" hit the drop down you will see HOTAS Warthog Joystick (or throttle) button names. Click on it and you'll get a picture and all the numbers. Print... Then write the function beside the number.

He's right.. it's not 6! New update!

Sure? Last news about DCS A-10 until today: "DCS: A-10C Warthog Beta 03 Patch Available Tuesday, 16 November 2010 The Beta 03 patch for "DCS: A-10C Warthog" is now available for download. This update adds several new functions and fixes numerous development bugs. Install the patch over a clean installation of Beta 02. The next Beta (Beta 04) will focus on optimization / increasing frame rates." :music_whistling::smartass:

Brasileiro? Que coincidencia, valeu pela resposta tao rapida, escrevo em ingles agora pra que todos entendam. I've tried using the keyboard assigned trimming control, but it seems that as soon as I moved the stick again, bam, nose up continually

It's gonna be something BIG ^. Fasten seatbelts :D

DCS Tetris. Уже пишется FM.

It means: These are Bad Guys. :D Like a simplified IFF..

I know this is an old thread, but I vote none of the above, Regarding the Poll. If any Aircraft out of those in the poll is goign to be modelled by ED, you can Bet it will be the f16. The rest will be too classified for the info ed needs to be able to make the sim. Plus I think their is far better AC out there to get first but Ed wont do them, as those ones that I think are better are not in service thus wont be modelled by Ed, which I think is a bad idea, but I dunno, maybe they have got things figured out for the next 10 years ? EDIT: Scratch that, I thought I saw the F16 in the Poll, but its the F14 instead, which is out of service and wont be modelled either :( Make a Buccaneer and that will keep me happy :)

Don't know if this has been posted yet or not.

Though I always want more, as do we all, ED is far more communicative regarding product progress than any other (software) company that I'm familiar with.

да вообще зря совместимость акулы с ло2 сделали, не надо было дкс мешать с прошлым, тогда б сейчас можно было б просто на патч надеяться, а теперь эти грабли ло2 тянутся следом везде где не надо. моё мнение.

There is nothing wrong with the warthog, it's all the the people's mind that have problems with them. :music_whistling: I think it's the game that is causing the so-called brick throttles :doh:

I am in the process, nearly 50% done already of uploading an Old Skool Panavia Tornado Documentary, really great documentary if you ask me, I finally got around to decoding the DVD earlier today. It should be completed in about an hour. So anyone who wants to see it, give me a pm and I will link you to the server. Its an avi, but I am not sure if you will need xvid/divx to watch it, normally people will have one or the other installed. Also, it may need a touch of De-interlacing, but other than that its a great Doco. this is it http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Combat-Aircraft-Tornado-VHS/dp/B00004CL65