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Can't wait to get back to DCS. I hope to see my favourite modules of Ka-50, UH-1H and A-10C fixed soon! Sad to come back looking how's it going and seeing all these modules so broken.

Apparently I can't even buy the bundle without owning the Hip first so it doesn't matter if it works or not.

A related question. I don't have the Hip yet but would like to buy it later perhaps. If I buy the Mi-8 NS-430 without the Hip, would it still work with other aircraft in 2D? The store says that I need the Hip for the module to work but I don't see why wouldn't the 2D version work? Sent from my LON-L29 using Tapatalk

Is there any point in buying the Republic campaign from sale if these problems exist or has anyone experienced such problems with that campaign?

That's because they were the BOSS. Finnish Air Force Aircraft and Systems Training Wing in 2008 independence day parade. I felt proud marching under that flag and the faces of a couple of tourists were worth seeing! Worth noting is that the hanging flag makes the swastika look wrong, standing on it's tip like the Nazi one does, while in fact it's standing on it's flat side like a Finnish swastika should.

I get the theme playing in my head from time to time and have to visit it on Youtube, it gives me goosebumps. In my opinion the best theme ever! Really wish to watch the series instead of the movie but that will have to wait a few years so I can forget enough to enjoy the replay. As for subtitles vs dubbing, I still get nightmares from terrible Russian dubbing and it's like a paradise here in Finland to watch films with subtitles. IMO dubbing always destroys the original atmosphere (let alone the fake accents) no matter how well done. Maybe I don't understand everything from the original language and maybe the subtitle translator doesn't catch every line but it gives a chance for learning a few bits of the language and preserve the atmosphere. I refuse to ever again watch a dubbed/voice acted movie.

Finnish comedy group "Kummeli" predicted ISIS back in the nineties! :D

Mi-8 crash in Russia. Vortex ring state? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df5_1409919095 There's nothing graphic in the video despite the warning.

Wheeere the heck did you get those?

An excellent explanation of the SR-71 engine and nacelle operation. It's explained pretty fast so I had to pause a few times.

Or put an ? at the end of the link.

Some minigun action.

Yes they look very maneuverable but if they do such things, then it just tells me how old and inefficient their control system is.

A couple of solutions to the Gaza problem. :D http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=83f_1407357161

http://russianplanes.net/id142947

Great! Crank your volume up and listen to that slap! And my favourite which is lacking the great soundtrack it used to have due to some copyright a**h***s.

Supposedly the BUK was operating alone without proper command radar vehicle (or whatever) and thus couldn't see the transponder code. Another thing is why many airlines were flying over a war territory where aircraft were shot down all the time? The airspace was closed below 32000 feet and the MH17 was flying at 33000 feet. Why did the airline (among others) risk the aircraft in case of engine malfunction or uncontrolled decompression? The aircraft would have to descend into the closed airspace and in the case of uncontrolled decompression it would have done a very suspicious dive.

Su-25's have been flying at those altitudes since the Afghan war. The reason being the MANPAD's you mention. In the bottom of the page of the link below there is an excerpt from memoirs of a Soviet Su-25 pilot in Afghanistan. He says that they had to approach targets from up to 8000 meters. That's plenty of fuel and some ordnance to do the mission thus 10 km should be no problem to achieve. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=39687&page=502 Russian officials didn't directly claim that the Su-25 shot it down AFAIK but they strongly hinted that it might have something to do with it. In my opinion they are just shooting themselves in the leg with that claim. It just gives a perfect reason for an accident like I mentioned. However Russian media and conspiracists have gone wild with the idea even claiming two Su-25's were chasing the B777 with guns. I even saw a funny picture of some TV channel claiming that the guns were fired from a distance of 3-5 km. There is a crazy propaganda war going on both sides. It's very hard to believe anything official from any side.

In theory yes but it's such a sensitive subject that in practice it won't work. On Russian forum it's been closed to anything but news about the subject and only Chizh is updating it. Yes the Su-25 can fly at those altitudes but with a very light weapon load and the biggest problems come from the unpressurized cockpit. You'll find on internet that the ceiling is 7000m but there are videos of them flying at nearly 9000 m. 10 km should be possible. The thing is though that it's really difficult to fly up there on a Su-25 that's also slower than a Boeing 777. Getting into a firing position requires almost perfect coordination with a ground radar as maneuvering is difficult at those altitudes, the speeds are high and you practically only have one chance to do it. I'd say it's bollocks to claim a slow and clumsy Su-25 chased down a fast B777 and shot it down with a cannon. Like Ukrainians don't have real fighter jets? If you find more photos, you'll see that the largest concentration of holes in the aircraft are on the forward fuselage and especially the cockpit got badly peppered. This alone proves that the B777 was not chased down from behind. Fired from the front with a cannon? Sure, why not but why should it have been either? A SAM hit is the only reasonable possibility if you look at the evidence. Besides, revealing that a Su-25 flew close by to the B777 that got shot down, rises the only possible conclusion to me; the Su-25 was targeted by a SAM and the B777 was shot down instead by a mistake.

"Rare footage on how the smart missiles of IDF work" :D http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a2_1406482408

ED only made one of those planes. :)

I disagree. I don't care for either of the planes but the icons look good and I like the new style. And you see there's a pattern with the modern and warbirds? I like the distinction between the different lines.

Finnish customs have seized a shipment bound to Ukraine from Vietnam containing R-27 and R-73 missile seekers. UPDATE: The seekers were going to Ukraine for normal maintenance. They are property of Vietnam but they didn't have a permission for transporting military material. I don't know what will happen to them but I guess they will continue to their destination as soon as the bureaucracy has been dealt with. http://www.lentoposti.fi/uutiset/tullin_pysayttamat_r_27_ja_r_73_ohjusten_hakupaat_olivat_matkalla_huoltoon_ukrainaan