Mission 10 - Cloak and Dagger

[kolovar]

Hi Apache600

I wanted to remark on this mission.  At first, when I read the briefing I though I would skip it as being tedious - one of those where you fly forever only to miss some detail and have to do it all over again.  I thought I'd give it a go one time just to try.  And am I glad I did!  I read through your briefing (very precise and accurate) called up the flight plan chart on my 2nd monitor, and opened google's stopwatch.  I put the kneeboard minimap up and marked my position as I flew to make sure I didn't make any errors.  Did it on the first go thanks to your detailed info.  I highly recommend this mission to anyone playing this awesome campaign...it isn't as glorious as rocket runs and dogfights, but it wis EXTREMELY satisfying to have mastery of monitoring your instruments, keeping heading and speed numbers in your head, and achieving the objective.  I felt anxiety throughout the whole trip at moments, but there was enough time between waypoints to collect my thoughts and stick to the task at hand, setting up the next maneuver.  As well, the time of the mission set a fantastic ambiance for the flight.  Well done Apache600...this (almost) skipped mission turns out to be my favourite so far in a fantastic campaign!

[Apache600]

Oh man, I'm so sorry for this horrifically late response.  Read it when you first posted, and thought I left a response ... I guess I didn't, sorry. 
Thanks so much for the review on this mission.  It is definitely one of my favorites as well.  When making it, I thought this mission was going to either be a hit or a dud.  A hit for people who are already pilots and remember doing VFR flight planning, or a dud for those who want to go from A to B and do rocket runs with big fancy explosions (i guess you get a little of that just not the direct route).   All in all, it came out to be a pretty fine balance of enough slop that people can do it without fretting to much, but enough precision that you still gotta keep on track with the flight plan
Thanks again for the review!

- Apahce600