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There's probably no way to simulate half of the modeling that would need to be done. Heat? EMP? Moving bushes or even dust/dirt?

F-14B Upgrade has been top of my list since the Instant Action had it ages ago. Always wanted the Sparrowhawk. Would love a US Navy 95GR more than Iranian TBH.

I was hoping to get a second jetseat for my wingman/RIO setup. Does the nextlevel work with the same software?

Improvements are always good... though going to take a bit to get used to new sounds again.

Same switches are used in A-6 if/when.

Don't hold your breath. We've been getting the same Supercarrier status update for 3 years. Supposedly was waiting on MT, so maybe soon but I've mostly given up and haven't been flying as much. F-14 still a dream to fly, though.

A preview window sort of like we see with the arming screen would be a good addition here.

Would be cool if there was a GUI in the PriFly for staging. Something like the RedKite scripts but with a GUI attached. Would be great if it you could schedule and/or command changes on the fly, assign cats to flights, and have interaction with the ready room.

I'm digging that housing around the stick base you made for the ejection handle. I'm doing a similar one for my VKB Gunfighter base.

That would be nice. Community A-4 does a cart now. They just "wink on" and then "disappear" though. Ideally they wouldn't just appear but would be instanced from static placement on the side with an animation of some grapes hooking them Similarly, would be nice to see to some red skittles coming up with an ammo cart when you arm/disarm. Generic animation would be fine, though ideally would have the appropriate loadouts animated.

Im Tomcat RIO Bio said they cross decked the new 54Cs from Constellation to Ranger in 1987. He said Constellation had been the first deployment, which would make Ranger's (for Earnest Will), the second.

You rock! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas!

E-Bracket works great in the Hornet but not in the older HUD of the F-14A/B (refresh rate too slow IIRC). The Sparrowhawk and Kaiser HUD on the D were much better, of course. The latter was essentially same design kept for the Super Hornet.

Honestly don't think I ever needed to trim rudder. Imagine most people bind it but not sure if anyone is using it.

Indeed and both were the compromise light fighter competitors following on the heels on max performance and capability platforms to supplement in quantity what was too expensive in quality. ST-21 would have been better overall than anything but Grumman is at least as much to blame as anyone. The F-14D(R) program was a good idea but was the short term justification for killing new construction. The criticism about F-14D being a 'jobs program' is actually pretty close to the mark and the Congressional dynamic showed it (the NY representation in both parties were all for it while everyone else was pretty much against it and backed up SECDEF on that in 91. SECNAV Lehman was for the 600 ship Navy but also recognized the F-14D was key to protecting it and the Hornet being insufficient. The truth is that the 'peace divident' was a farce. US Navy commitments have not reduced and they need the hulls... perhaps not 600 but both the canceled CGN-X and Strike Cruiser and more carriers are needed for the current deployment schedule. Being cheap has caused them to skip on maintenance and training. Too many vids of rusted hulls and the unfortunate incidents around of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John Finn and their skippers being relieved, etc. The F-22 procured in quantity would have been much cheaper and we could be on F-14F or F-24C (presuming ST-21 was F-14E or F-24A depending how that played out). Admiral Manazir aka Nasty was spot on when he told Ward Carroll about the Navy's tendency to backslide capability when new planes replace the old ones before they're ready and the Super Hornets were definitely not ready when the Tomcats were retired.