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Considering how fast Chinooks can haul, yeah, it'll be fun.

Oh, the humanity.

Oh yeah? Well, I'm going to use 4!!!!. I win.

I still have a cart of it! You should check out Thunder Helix, it's LHX but made as a passion project.

The I-16 is fun because it's kind of a beater. It's in the same vein as the MiG-19 for jets. It's so limited, it's so restricted, and that makes it a ball. It's the same difference between owning a really nice car vs. a beater. The former always has horror stories about how it got dinged or scratched. The latter you can flip into a ditch, watch it catch fire, and laugh about because it was awesome. With the I-16, when you pull off something cool in it, it's awesome because of the limitations it presents. I'd like to fly one for real, some day.

There's a dark moment you have the moment you realize you've actually figured out the ancient ground loop prevention dance in that thing. You don't know whether to be proud or horrified that you've put that effort into the I-16.

Having that mission set in DCS would be a blast.

If we only wanted to use the most sophisticated, we'd not be wanting the Phantom when the Hornet, Jeff, and Viper are available.

By that logic, why even bother with the F-106? We have the F-16 as it is. It's because, these old century series interceptors are interesting. The compromises and attempts to make the most sophisticated aircraft of the era make them unique.

That's a sweet piece of footage. I'd love to sling R-73s, even though it looks like we won't get 'em.

Got my T-shirt yesterday here in the Midwest US.

I'd prefer the 102, but I'll def take a 106.

Now you've made that crowd mad!

This is a good post and I hope you find pirate gold somewhere soon. I'm not sure about the discord scuttlebutt, I rarely believe any of that since it rarely turns out to be legit, but I'd feel the more pressing matter is just how small Mag3 is and how they're dedicated to the Corsair. The frustration there is that they've been at it for years on the Corsair. I feel that's absolutely valid. It'd be kind of fantastic to actually get this fixed sooner rather than later, especially since the MiG's been out for 10 years; this coming Sept is the anniversary.

The Predator is pretty cool.