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Some Nostalgia thought while waiting for the download


maks

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Dear Wags and ED team, fellow virtual pilots,

 

While i am at 27% of the 2.5 update , i suddenly recall some nostalgic moments attached to this siumulation software.

 

1995 : attending a pc game fair in Brussels , Belgium

on a big screen , a promotion video of russian pilot Anatoly Kvotchur for the Flanker software by SSI

i was amazed of the simulator as at that time i flew only Falcon 3 but i had no pc to run the Flanker series

 

1997 : finally after a 2 year wait i bought a copy of Flanker and a new pc that run it smoothly

 

1999 : a family member went to the USA and brought back a copy of Flanker 2

 

2001 : due to the addiction to the SU27 flanker series , i headed to the MAKS airshow in Moscow !

 

2003 : 1february2003 : had an opportunity to join a press pre release of LOCKON in Rotterdam

snowing like hell and nearly did not made it on time , on the tv one of the space shuttles exploded live on the screen

 

28november2003 : quit work and headed for a 100km trip to the nearest game shop to finally get a copy of LOCKON

 

2005-2012 : LOCKON flaming cliffs 1,2 .........and even 3 ? dont remember correctly

 

2008 : meeting Jim from ED team at Brussels in the release of BLACK SHARK

 

2012-2017 : DCS , different versions , numerous modules (now 13 in ttl)

 

2018 : 30january2018 : DCS 2.5 , same exitement as in 1995 , The FLANKER series comes home !

 

To all ED team and all people involved ,

 

Many thank for all those wonderful years you have given us , virtual would be pilots !

 

Congratulations and many thanks to make our sometimes unreachable dreams still come thru on the small screen or VR glasses

 

brgds Maks - Belgium

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2009 for me with Black Shark.

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The first thing that ever got me hooked on LOMAC was seeing a video of an F-15 flying low over the Black Sea landscape and thinking how unbelievably real it looked. I went out and bought a copy that very day.

 

I have owned every version and module (with one exception) since that point.

 

That same feeling came over me when I saw the F/A-18 video flying low over the new Black Sea map over a decade later. :) I feel like a kid again.

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Grade 3 for me with the first Flanker game. It was on the computer in the school library. Using the smoke, trying to land. I had no idea what I was doing but I was hooked for some reason. Shooting at random things.

 

Its has always stuck with me my whole life.

 

It blew me away when I found out that LOMAC and DCS were the same guys.

 

Just funny how somethings are always with you.


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2001 with Flanker 2.5 in India

2003 LockON

 

Been in the community since then. :D

 

Damn... I was showing a friend of mine the new F/A-18C Hornet trailer, who saw me buy and play LOMAC in 2003 and he couldn't believe that it was in-game and not a cutscene. Crazy how far we have come. I can't even imagine where we will be in another 10y.

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I first came alomg around 2011-2012, initially intimidated by the complexity, I didn't do.much with it for years. About a year ago, I really set to learning more about aircraft, avionics, and DCS simulations. Starting with the 25T, I rapidly progressed to building a full cockpit and studying the Harrier in depth =) Didn't know what I was missing out on all those years!

Де вороги, знайдуться козаки їх перемогти.

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