2007? That's cool to hear.
Until then, we/I will have make do with what is available if we/I can't wait for the "real thing".
I can work out the details of the flightplanning ahead of time - at least for myself. In my case, I'm going for "relative completeness" coupled with as much "relative" accuracy as my machine can handle without choking.
Actually, I'm going to "beef up"/restore the Russian Air Force flight plans to include Cold War trans-oceanic training flight status - like flights from Northern Fleet airfields to Cuba, from the Crimean Peninsula out into the Med (and 180degree "reverse azimuth" flights totally within the interior of Russia), simulated strikes on the Alaskan mainland, etc. But, that may be just for my machine, other people may not be interested .... I'll toss the plans up here in at least draft mode for others to comment when I have them prepped....(looking at maybe a week or so for these rough drafts unless the real world interferes too much).
Reinvigorating the Black Sea Fleet-related aviation flights should bring that entire region back to life. Right now it's kinda dead as a doornail. Having been stationed in Sinop, Turkey for a year, I miss the activity that used to go on between Nikolaev-Simferopol-Azov-Sochi and extending to the Turk border. Granted this is a modification of the current "real world", but everyone will make their own choices as to what is appropriate for their "desired world".
And I'll probably also mock up some VLAD-PETR-based "light 'em up" recce flights against Japan and South Korea just for fun.
Of course, the ASW coastal waters flights need planning, as do the aforementioned transport flights of the bigwigs/personnel and for cargo/supply flights from Western to Eastern Russia. I'm at the paper-planning stage for those already. It'll take another couple days before even the preliminary work is done (I'm kinda distracted by job hunting in the real world right now).
At this point, I'm about finished fleshing out exactly where *I* want to end up --- which is the way I work. I need to define the end goal first, then break the project down into bite-sized chunks. I also tend to constantly work in circles, as I find new things out or discover new techniques/info, I go back and modify plans and procedures to reflect those. So, I'm not particularly fast but I think I'm thorough.
Maybe someone else is interested in the fighter flightplanning? I'll probably mod whatever someone else comes up with in accordance with my own preferences later, but since there's at least some AI Mig-29/SU-27 aircraft available already, if anyone's interested in the Russian fighters NOW, this could be done pretty easily at least as an unofficial ("just between us") type thing. If no one else is interested in doing it though, I'll eventually get around to it - probably after at least the basic strategic and naval bomber missions are 75% or more done (I'm figuring about two-three weeks from now for something like a dozen or so somewhat detailed and tested draft flightplans.. lots of units to consider, numerous different mission packs, a little more research to conduct, etc.).
As always, suggestions, advice, comments welcomed.
), who has told me some stories about the lack of food etc under Communism.
