mikewmac wrote: I think that F-4 has engine problems.

Think so? Check out this one (4:13 or 6:09):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YZPo6480zQ

Seems that our bosses found the way out: reducing our own military budget, giving that "saved" money to the Greeks and they will spend it on German military technology instead of us.

mikewmac wrote:
Sprocky,

The smoke is there, but it doesn't show up very well in the screenshots.

Sorry,

Mike M.

How about this one? Screenshot I took long time back... Smoke fx might be a bit too heavy though.

mikewmac wrote: They were very fast, very loud and very smokey.

Well, that's what I missed in the excellent shots - the smoke!

Did anybody read the wikipedia page about Flight? Bad example of a wiki article... anybody can make changes and I doubt some of the lines were written without being at leased pro Flight

"No, you used it on the wrong property! Or let me study your toy at least..."

I have seen probably every A380 that is in service today. Living close to Airbus Hamburg makes it possible

But you will beat me on the B787...

Yeah, we are still around. Unfortunatly real life keeps most of us busy There are some more packs in the pipeline but it may take some more time...

Thank you, Ray. Hm. I was thinking of a retro AI setup already. Maybe I'll do so after I return back home in three weeks... I'd love to see the old metal back in the air. Not only the Starfighters but the three holers as well. I miss the regular B727 service. Not to forget the DC-10's. Have seen som...

Spain? EDIT If that is correct then I'd go for this country :) (since the german ones have been covered already) 2nd EDIT As of trivia: I remember having seen my last F-104 in german colors running its engine in late 1996. It was on Westerland/Sylt where one aircraft was preserved to run the engine ...

HorusJ wrote:Maybe it was a bad idea to name it after a extinct dinosaur.LOL.

Love that comment

A shame that in German online media people discuss about capabilities of a 74 year old to fly an aircraft. He died and possibly it was not his fault

Reminds me of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEJyKrIkcq4

FSPainter and TU were the first two (that I know of) who started making dedicated AI models for this great little AI hobby of mine, and while the quality has been surpassed by others, I can't help feeling a bit nostalgic to see the last FSP model retired :D Send it to Mojave and fly by every now an...

Its a shame that so much money needs to be invested just because of some idiots that can't let live others. Could be invested to feed the people. As sooner as they find all of them the sooner civilians are not exposed to straying fire.

MIKE JG wrote:World markets tanking..... Riots in London..... Debt crisis in Europe.... Arab Spring..... Good times these days.....

You forgot one:
Angela Merkel is still chancelor in Germany

Hm, there is something on avsim: http://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=fs2004&SearchTerm=dan%20foster&Sort=Added&ScanMode=1&Go=Change+View Scroll down to April 2009. Once he passed his package for beta testing and later an updated one. But IIRC copyrights on the models were the m...

Malaysia defence chief prefers Eurofighter By Greg Waldron Malaysia has named the Eurofighter Typhoon as the best option for its long-running fighter requirement. "The Eurofighter is admittedly the best fighter jet and, as it is expensive, we need to evaluate in detail," defence minister A...

Ship-borne MiG-29KUB jet for Indian Navy crashes in Russia PTI | 10:06 PM,Jun 23,2011 From Vinay Shukla Moscow, Jun 23 (PTI) A ship-borne MiG-29KUB fighter/ trainer, which was for the Indian Navy as part of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier deal, crashed in south Russian Astrakhan region today, ...

Unfortunately they went not to the place I stay in India. Otherwise I would have gone to the base to take some pics.