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Well kingneptune, you'll be happy to know - it did happen! Not in an Hog tho' - in a tiny little A4 Skyhawk. Place: El Toro MCAS (not there anymore:() Time: oh, about 25 years ago. One of the maintainers who had high aspirations to go to flight training found out that his dreams wouldn't come true, so... on one sunny California day he decided to make it happen:pilotfly: He took a little Skyhawk for a spin... not too far, just flew around, landed and was escorted to a "career change" ceremony. Don't ask me how he was able to start, get to active and so forth... It did happen! He was an aviation fanatic and spent a lot of time in a sim. (A4 I imagine)

The last "evolution" - wash out rate 99%:huh:

These strings survived on a heavy fast mover like a ... early Tomcat. (not made out of wool though:)) - usefull during final parts of carrier approaches.

Hey Hub, Looks like you might have few other good books in your office thou:D I do have a copy of "Intro..." in my office - just no time to read it.

O_O I am honored... Lockon.ru just sent me an e-mail that someone... or something tried to log in as me:megalol:... I could understand: as Alfa, GG, rugg or Ice, etc. but me??!! - wow.

No particular reason :D It was just a brain fart... I do these on occasions.;)

... not sure about the Creator, but I can guess what GRU (or the succesors) might have in store for you... never know - might be some interesting stuff... or not:noexpression:

... jeez Zuki, too much time "in country" (around Khandahar?) jk looking cool:thumbup: oh, Happy Bday Pilotasso

I did have a chance to try Keiser Eletro-optics` SimEye (years ago!) and almost crapped in my pants - yup, that`s how good it looked!... and I thought to myself: eeh, give it couple of years and someone will start cranking these thing out for civilian market and a ... civilian price.:doh: It`s been almost 8 years:cry: ...

@ Talon300th I like your sig... now I know I could be a great fighter pilot, especially the head part... everytime I pull it out - it snaps back in there:huh:

Just looked at couple threads at FO forum and found the link to this old vid. Some of the best A/G and A/A shots I`ve seen... (made by Eglin test unit:) ) In case you haven`t seen it yet: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7300994122848843064

Oh yea, an unforgetible "elevator to hell" ride.

Yep, in a nut shell. You just reminded me of old OV-10s and their part in a MAGTAF assault. Usually, 2 of them would haul ass above the tree tops, with 4 Force Recon guys packed like sardines in the back of each OV-10. Over the drop zone, sharp pull up (60 or 70 deg) , back door pops open and... off they go. It always looked like their chutes opened just in time:huh: . OV-10 winged over and got back to treetops. A lot more flexibility with Osprays.

Fair enough, still... give it to your bro:D (oops, this thread is about flankers -crusty out)

Were you guys on approach? At what altitude were you roughly when this burst hit you? Run through it briefly... if you don`t mind.