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Oh, really? Like the Super Hornet? Or a Tiger Moth? Or a new variant of the Mosquito?

Yes, it's what I use, mounted to my desk. If you don't have room for an extension, then this is one of the better joysticks I think. Good quality build and very nice dampened feel.

If there is no wind.

Mosquito campaign!

Did you salute?

Is it likely that V for Victory will be out on the 1st?

Sweet. Do you get stick time?

Fwiw it's mostly pictures I think a lot of it is the expected routes of ground forces and such which you can likely ignore (I take no responsibility for friendly fire casualties)

I thought something was different! I came back to the Tomcat after being away from it for a while, and noticed that the whole front window is greener, even after turning down the HUD brightness.

Yes, it's not the military - but the FAA has published a document on what pilots should look for in sunglasses. And it strongly recommends against polarized lenses. The ironic thing is that most "aviator" sunglasses aren't suitable for aviation, I've found.

They're probably referencing Zulu time

Polarized lenses can interfere with being able to see certain cockpit displays or make rainbow effects on acrylic, plastic, and certain coatings. I'd be surprised. It can also reduce the glare you see from other planes in the distance, which reduces spotting ability.

More than one instance of the game running? Check in the task manager or restart the PC.

Excited to get into this, and in awe of the hard work that it must have taken to get it to this point. One question though that I couldn't quite determine from the description - due to the F10 options during multiple points in the missions - are we able to "save" progress and jump in at that point sometime later, or is it still required that we finish each mission in one sitting? (just for time planning purposes) I'm correct that a full playthrough of each mission is likely about 1.5 to 2 hours? Also - I'm a real-life student pilot and am ready to be completely humbled by this campaign. I recently completed the Kursant campaign (recommended!) in the L-39, but it seems this one may take the intensity level to whole new heights. After reading some comments here, I'm not sure I should be planning to show my grade sheets to my CFI

Many thousands of laptops get x-rayed every day at airports.

It means that the release date hasn't changed. All that's changed is the date that you have less money.

Just curious - why are you guys excited about being able to preorder?

Yeah, makes sense. However I thought that the danger of water in the fuel lines was a pretty basic knowledge item. I've never been in the military or flown a jet, but for the three types of GA planes that I have flown, (all with different engines), taking a fuel sample is part of the preflight. And water in the sample is one of the three things I'm looking for (along with color and particulates). I thought it would be something that's common knowledge among aviators. In addition to the condensation you mentioned, other culprits can be old/cracked seals, fuel caps not secure, or contaminated fuel from the source.

They are included with the F-14 module

So you have been doing preflight checks for 43 years but not checking for water in your preflight fuel samples? Or do you just simply skip over that whole item in the preflight checklist?

It's an option in the Comms menu

There's what seems to be a pretty great campaign. For an hours/dollar perspective it is likely an incredible deal

That looks like the kneeboard? You can map the kneeboard keys (appear, next page, previous page) to hotas buttons.

Just put a zip tie on the back. That will relieve stress on the little plastic clip. I use the fuzzy Velcro ones so that it's comfortable and is easy to remove. Edit - similar to @-Dagger-above but on the back instead of the side. Either way should work depending on which side of your chair you want the cable to fall.