Aviation Pictures: A-Seven-th Thread--CorsAirin' Through Time and Airspace

[Fat Guy]

The Air Force released some new Raider pics.

[truetanker]

Meanwhile, in the US Marine Corps...

I'm getting Twilight:2000 vibes here...

Mmmm... BT version of Twilight:2K...

TT

[CrossfirePilot]

The Air Force released some new Raider pics.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss....

[chanman]

Dutch F-16AM 'J-015', 312 Sqn, RAF Waddingon.06.07.13
Not sure if it's one of the airframes being donated to Ukraine


E-3D Sentry AEW1 ZH102, 8 Sqn, RAF Leuchars.14.09.12


Both from photographer Alan McConnell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153873640@N02/)

[chanman]

Sadly, I have news that forum alumnus Deathshadow passed away in his sleep early May 23, 2024. I talked to him regularly on Facebook Messenger, and when looking into why he'd been offline for an unusually long time, his IRL friends updated the rest of us on what had happened.

To absent friends, then. He always was a fan of the Viper.

[Daryk]

Absent friends...

[CrossfirePilot]

Sadly, I have news that forum alumnus Deathshadow passed away in his sleep early May 23, 2024. I talked to him regularly on Facebook Messenger, and when looking into why he'd been offline for an unusually long time, his IRL friends updated the rest of us on what had happened.

To absent friends, then. He always was a fan of the Viper.

If I am thinking of the right person, I believe he flew one back in the day.  I do recall exchanging things like reloading and brewing recipes with him about a dozen years ago.

[chanman]

If I am thinking of the right person, I believe he flew one back in the day.  I do recall exchanging things like reloading and brewing recipes with him about a dozen years ago.

Deathshadow did claim to be a former F-16 pilot at Eielson in Alaska, although he also tended towards the tall tales side of stories and I never pushed much on the gaps. Reloading sounds... possible, since he had familiarity with firearms, but wasn't actually active shooting at all. Brewing seems very unlikely, since AFAIK he never drank alcohol.

[Giovanni Blasini]

Deathshadow did claim to be a former F-16 pilot at Eielson in Alaska, although he also tended towards the tall tales side of stories and I never pushed much on the gaps. Reloading sounds... possible, since he had familiarity with firearms, but wasn't actually active shooting at all. Brewing seems very unlikely, since AFAIK he never drank alcohol.

Deathshadow was an interesting character who definitely had strong opinions on things, and no problem sharing them, even if that had a tendency to get him into trouble at times, but he was also a standup dude, and a fellow computer nerd who, like me, cut his teeth on a TRS-80 back in the day.

[chanman]

DHC-7 demonstrating some Karnov-like STOL performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG36JzigpDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3EME3d-5c

[Daryk]

Those are both REALLY short, but not (BT) Karnov short... ;)

[I am Belch II]

I always liked the Dash7. Neat looking quad prop. Don't see to many of those anymore.

[Cannonshop]

I always liked the Dash7. Neat looking quad prop. Don't see to many of those anymore.

They haven't been built in a few decades, though they're still (somewhat) in use.

[Fat Guy]

F-15EX photoshop. 

[truetanker]

F-15EX photoshop. 

Getting "Wingman" vibes..

TT

[ANS Kamas P81]

That and Ace Combat, yeah...

[chanman]

That and Ace Combat, yeah...

They actually just open a dimension door to the missile dimension 

[I am Belch II]

As much as l love flight simulator flying games, I have never played that game.

[chanman]

As much as l love flight simulator flying games, I have never played that game.

Simulator isn't close to the word for it. 
FWIW, I've played both Ace Combat 7 and Project Wingman (a fan-made game much like Stardew Valley is to Harvest Moon) and while AC7 is more polished in general and specially more impressively graphically, Project Wingman has much better gameplay and a better (and just as insane) plot arc. It might even have the better soundtrack, honestly.

Project Wingman Mission 11 is the entire genre in a nutshell. A single mission that can see you shooting down 80 aircraft or more in a gigantic furball.

[Hellraiser]

F-15EX photoshop. 

This is exactly how my airforce is equipped, at all times