Firefly

Now imagine you go back in time 2800 years to somewhere in ancient Greece, bump into Homer and discuss the Illiad. "Nice book, but in some ways the movie's better".

Been thinking of picking this up, it's getting good reviews. Has anyone here read this? Picture borrowed from Crecy Publishing's Facebook page.

Meanwhile at Firefly's HQ:

Hi! Your callsign would be an excellent indie or punk band name.

@Erhardt, these videos have your name on them.

I recently sold my car and got a nice little Honda of my own, I'd be happy to trade experiences if you're up for it. p.s. I believe the Honda Jet features in a later, slightly updated version of the advert.

Reminds me of my favourite TV advert.

Agreed. Having a dedicated SEAD platform (particularly on an airframe as charismatic as the Phantom) sounds like great fun. [weeps in the corner together with @Klaiber, because we're not getting the Su-22 yet]

I like your analogy. Apparently FN saw the gap that they themselves had created and recently announced they would be reintroducing the HP. It appears the new design is little more than an hommage. Funny how a Springfield "clone" is more faithful to the original than a new design from Herstal. They never even mentioned Dieudonné Saive, who turned JMB's early drafts into an actual gun. While we're at it, I think we should make a strictly non-political gun thread. I'm not an owner yet, but I'm working on that (obtaining a collector's license here in Poland is a bit of a pain in the backside). I'm more of a CZ guy than a Hi-Power devotee, but I can appreciate a fine example like @Barton's. As for the server itself, I'm surprised they decided to pull the plug when riding high. Doubtless there will be some stiff competition for who comes up with the best replacement. I wonder why they said they no confidence in the development of DCS: WW2. With the Corsair and the Mosquito coming things are starting to look up on that front, at least from an outsider's perspective. Maybe it's time for ED to give us something Soviet for a change.

The F-4E is one of the most widely distributed variants out there, so picking it as the base from which to build up a Phantom family in DCS makes perfect sense. You're right about its potential REDFOR use @Pfeil and @Erhardt. The Iran-Iraq conflict could be another cool scenario for it, with Phantoms, F-5s and F-14s on the Iranian side against IQAF MiGs and Mirages.

The only problem with this upcoming module is that it's not a REDFOR craft. Apparently Razbam decided to go for the quick money (and the inevitable outpour of criticism because of shoddy QC and tonnes of bugs) with the F-15E, sidelining the Flogger for now. All we have is three MiGs, one of which is not even supersonic... Looks like they're relegating us to the role of John Wayne movie extras. You know, the ones who die on screen like they've been hit with a 20-pound cannonball. In other words, I'm looking forward to trying out the Mirage F-1 in Iraqi colours. Surely the IQAF must've had some East German advisors.

Oh yeah. I'll be happy regardless of which Phantom variant we get.

I believe this switch comes as standard equipment in all Hueys. Not sure if it's modelled correctly in DCS, I don't have the UH-1.

Thanks @Heinrich!

Thanks @GenMarkof, much appreciated! My motherboard only has PCIe 3.0, so I'm going to have to stick to older generation drives. I'm not looking for ultra-high performance anyway, just a solid SSD that will get the job done in DCS on medium settings. My mobo does have a free M.2 slot though, so I might opt for that instead of plugging in via SATA III. Not sure if an additional M.2 will fit behind my big arse CPU cooler though... Guess I'll have to find out. This is what I have my OS installed on: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/support/owners/product/850-evo-m2-msata-series-250gb/ I can order an 860 Evo 1TB M.2 SATA today for about 150$ and pick it up tomorrow. Decisions, decisions...

Genossen, now that most of my real life problems are sorted I can finally focus on bringing my PC up to spec to be able to play with y'all again. I've decided to buy a SATA III SSD just for DCS. I have the OS installed on a Samsung 850 EVO M.2 (250 GB). Despite the heavy daily use it performs flawlessly. Should I get another Samsung drive or are there better alternatives? Thanks in advance. Regards, Firefly.

Looks like I struck gold again. Here's a 2-hour interview with Lt. Col. Josef Miler who flew MiG-21s and 23s with the Czechoslovak and Czech Air Forces. Click "CC" for English subtitles.

I've become utterly infatuated with Toto's first album, which was released in 1978. "Girl Goodbye" is a perfect showcase, IMHO it's rock at its finest. Funnily enough, I found out that critics at the time panned the album for being too... varied and borrowing from too many genres. Basically they accused the group of not having an identity of their own. How wrong they were!

More Cold War jets!

This is SO cool! I love Cold War jets. https://www.facebook.com/hakan.andersson.735/videos/4334665119986350/ As a side note, why isn't the Facebook plugin working anymore? I used to be able to embed FB posts on this forum.

Nice! Osprey's been on a home run of late, their latest releases are all excellent. I'm impressed by the quality of the colour prints. Picked up this one a few weeks ago, it's an excellent read.

Since we already have designated threads for posting videos, book reviews and other things, I figured it'd be worthwhile to start one for historical pictures. Here's one I found today, it's a remastered photograph taken in 1991 at Babimost, Poland. Tactical 'staches galore!

I'm literally green with envy and completely lost for words (mind you, this doesn't happen very often), so let me answer with this - you lucky bastard!

This is why I love helmet cams. https://www.facebook.com/The.Fighter.Collection/videos/193710829516251/