King39 Posted May 9 Posted May 9 Having just recently retired, LtCol Marks offers a very candid and detailed interview of his 30+ years and 7500 flight hours in the A-10C including his 16 deployments (I thought I had a lot at 11) from Desert Storm/Shield through Iraq and Afghanistan deployments. Being the highest time (most experienced) A-10 pilot in it's long history, LtCol Marks offers some VERY interesting insights into flying and employing that weapon system and I think anyone reading this forum will really enjoy this interview. At 5+ hours, this was really enjoyable and I didn't think it was long at all. It's available on You tube and also as a podcast through your preferred podcast app. 9
Ready Posted May 10 Posted May 10 Thanks for sharing! I fly an A-10C II in VR and post my DCS journey on | Subscribe to my DCS A-10C channel Come check out the 132nd Virtual Wing | My VR Performance Optimization (4090/9800X3D/Aero) SYSTEM SPECS: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX4090, 64GB DDR5-6000, Windows 10, ROG STRIX X870E-E Gaming WIFI, Varjo Aero, VKB Gunfighter MKIII MCG Ultimate with 10cm extension, VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle, VPC Control Panel #2, TM TPR Rudders. Buttkicker, Gametrix Jetseat, PointCTRL, OpenKneeboard, Wacom Intuos Pro Small.
Yurgon Posted June 17 Posted June 17 Took me a while to listen to it as a podcast episode, but those were 5+ hours well spent. And I think I'm gonna listen to it again sometime soon because there's so much fascinating content. Thanks a lot for sharing that with us @King39!
King39 Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 My pleasure. I was also thinking of listening again next week in my commute. 2
EricJ Posted June 17 Posted June 17 I'll look at this during the weekend, I'm a bit busy to listen to a five hour (no matter how good) video about a highly known pilot. Thanks for this though. Homepage | Discord | Linktree | YouTube 'Nearly everyone felt the need to express their views on all wars to me, starting with mine. I found myself thinking, “I ate the crap sandwich, you didn’t, so please don’t tell me how it tastes.”' - CPT Cole, US Army
Yurgon Posted June 17 Posted June 17 2 minutes ago, EricJ said: I'm a bit busy to listen to a five hour (no matter how good) video about a highly known pilot. Same here - the show is also available as a Podcast. If you have a smartphone with earphones or it's coupled with a Bluetooth speaker or your car audio, you can probably listen to it with no hassle and don't have to sit in front of a screen for 5 hours to look at two guys talking. I've gone through all of Dale's podcast episodes by now, he has some really interesting guests. Quite a good way to spend a commute, a walk, a bike ride, or while doing the laundry or whatever.
EricJ Posted June 17 Posted June 17 4 minutes ago, Yurgon said: Same here - the show is also available as a Podcast. If you have a smartphone with earphones or it's coupled with a Bluetooth speaker or your car audio, you can probably listen to it with no hassle and don't have to sit in front of a screen for 5 hours to look at two guys talking. I've gone through all of Dale's podcast episodes by now, he has some really interesting guests. Quite a good way to spend a commute, a walk, a bike ride, or while doing the laundry or whatever. I usually like for music videos (where a DJ plays a set for an hour or so) and I just do other things while it's going on, sorta like background noise, so I'll see how I do as I don't drive. 1 Homepage | Discord | Linktree | YouTube 'Nearly everyone felt the need to express their views on all wars to me, starting with mine. I found myself thinking, “I ate the crap sandwich, you didn’t, so please don’t tell me how it tastes.”' - CPT Cole, US Army
EricJ Posted June 21 Posted June 21 Almost finished with this video, and have to say the Afghan stuff was more interesting to listen to. Well worth the five+ hours to listen to it. 2 Homepage | Discord | Linktree | YouTube 'Nearly everyone felt the need to express their views on all wars to me, starting with mine. I found myself thinking, “I ate the crap sandwich, you didn’t, so please don’t tell me how it tastes.”' - CPT Cole, US Army
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