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I have been flying the IL-2 Box series and not much else lately. I fire up 1946 once in awhile but none of my squadron mates are interested in it any longer. I used to live in the FMB in 1946 but even that has fallen by the wayside. I tried to find a way to like it but I despise the FMB in the BoX series.

Wheels

This is looking great so far!

Some interesting/exciting news posted by Snafu in the most recent Combat Pilot Developer diary. 😎
DD #24: https://forum.combatpilot.com/topic/2064-developer-diaries/#comment-20388
 
Wheels

Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla
 
Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla https://youtu.be/0WUdlaLWSVM Uploaded to YouTube on March 23, 2008  

It has been a few minutes since my last visit. Hopefully All, Y'all's, are doing reasonably well and I will see everyone next time I am in town. 😎 
 
Wheels

I have seen the first couple of seasons of the Reacher series on Amazon Prime starring Alan Ritchson so now I am going to start giving the books a read. It's likely not in order of publish date but a friend loaned it to me so I started with In Too Deep.
 
Wheels

I watched all 4 episodes of the 4 part docuseries Tyson (IMDb link) on Netflix a couple of days ago. If you have followed Mike's career over the years this documentary series doesn't really cover much new ground. I personally enjoyed watching the series just to see Mike but don't expect any hidden or up until now unknown revelations about his life or career.
One final note, Love him or hate Mike after he went professional and ended up retiring boxing has never been as exciting as it was during his ascension to the title in his early career. He definitely did seem invincible during that rise. Imo, you had to witness his career as it happened because archival film and interviews just does not do the buzz a fight of his generated during that era justice.
 
Wheels

I'm pretty sure she was universally respected, liked and even loved. A real class act even though she said "It takes a lot of money to look this trashy". We lost a special one. This brings tears to my eyes:
 
 

S! guys!
Jason posted on Linkedin that he leaved CP project!
Post | LinkedIn (pls, see screen attached)
But a few hours later I went to his post and it wasn't there.
Maybe he regretted it.
Btw, I was in a business trip but could take some hours with Free Trial of Carrier Qualification, and I liked what I saw.

Hmm... Preflight inspection?
m2-res_1838p.mp4

This is fantastic.  An amazing aircraft that doesn't get enough attention.

World's Only Fokker D-21 Flies Again - The Van Eggmans' 40-Year Dream
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs Three generations of one family working for several years to bring it back to flight. 👍

Wheels

I just finished binge watching Best Medicine (imdb link) on Netflix yesterday. I enjoyed the series and got hooked into the storylines of each character. For me the first season was a 7/10 stars.
The series which originally aired on Fox TV in early January 2026 has been renewed for a second season and according to IMDb the first and second episode of season 2 will be airing on Fox on Tuesday September 22, 2026.
 
Wheels
 

World's Only Fokker D-21 Flies Again - The Van Eggmans' 40-Year Dream
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs Three generations of one family working for several years to bring it back to flight. 👍

Wheels

World's Only Fokker D-21 Flies Again - The Van Eggmans' 40-Year Dream
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs
Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs Three generations of one family working for several years to bring it back to flight. 👍

Wheels

Hilarious...
 
 
 

It has been several years since the heyday of Hyperlobby and Jiri announced recently that he will be closing the Hyberlobby forums. The game server has already been disabled.
The last time Jiri updated the Hyperlobby program was four years ago, v4.3.7, and I never got the impression that the update was enough to get Players back into using it.
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For those that still remember their login credentials and want to pass on their thanks or memories to Jiri using Hyperlobby before the final shut down of the site Phantom17 has started a thread at Hyperlobby that fits the bill.

Thanks for 25 years: https://hyperfighter.sk/ftopict-10530.html
 
If you still have the same email address or access to it as the one you used when you registered at the Hyperlobby forums and do not remember your password here is the link to the lost password page.

Lost Password: https://hyperfighter.sk/account-pass_lost.html
 
Wheels

It has been several years since the heyday of Hyperlobby and Jiri announced recently that he will be closing the Hyberlobby forums. The game server has already been disabled.
The last time Jiri updated the Hyperlobby program was four years ago, v4.3.7, and I never got the impression that the update was enough to get Players back into using it.
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For those that still remember their login credentials and want to pass on their thanks or memories to Jiri using Hyperlobby before the final shut down of the site Phantom17 has started a thread at Hyperlobby that fits the bill.

Thanks for 25 years: https://hyperfighter.sk/ftopict-10530.html
 
If you still have the same email address or access to it as the one you used when you registered at the Hyperlobby forums and do not remember your password here is the link to the lost password page.

Lost Password: https://hyperfighter.sk/account-pass_lost.html
 
Wheels

This got me back in the search for Â¡Tchkung!,  a Mongolian playing a horsehead fiddle and throat singing. 
 

S!
 
Steve Seagulls
 

Here's what's been on my iPod recently:
 

 

 
It's a bit eclectic.
 
What have you guys been listening to?

Went to visit Mike and Cholie. Mike and I were Best Buds through High school. We were in jazz, concert and marching band and also dedicated surfers. I hadn't seen him for 47 years. He owns Cowabunga Hotel and Bungalows in San Juanico, BCS, a very remote fishing village (no post office, no Amazon delivery, no gas station, no cell service, the town just got municipal electricity 6 months ago) and EVERYONE is very friendly and seem content. Here's the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lvlongdays?mibextid=ZbWKwL













 

After flying WW2 birds those WW1 kites are so blamed slow. Most of them are quite fragile too if you dive too fast. Plus my gunnery is bad enough in the WW2 birds but in those WW1 kites I can't even hit the ground consistently. 🙃
 
Wheels

It's not a spam site, yet, but the AAS link takes you to an Indonesian gamer site now.
 
Wheels

After flying WW2 birds those WW1 kites are so blamed slow. Most of them are quite fragile too if you dive too fast. Plus my gunnery is bad enough in the WW2 birds but in those WW1 kites I can't even hit the ground consistently. 🙃
 
Wheels

Someone asked last night if torpedo bombing was a thing in WWI. 
On 12 August 1915, a Royal Naval Air Service Short 184 floatplane torpedo bomber sank a Turkish merchantman in the Sea of Marmara. It was operating from HMS Ben-my-Chree, a seaplane carrier converted from a ferry. Fitted with an aircraft hangar, Ben-my-Chree was used to carry up to six biplanes with their wings folded back to reduce carrying space.
This was the first ship sunk by air-launched torpedo. Five days later, another ship supplying Turkish forces in the Gallipoli campaign against British, Australian and New Zealand troops was also sunk.
Production of the Short 184 continued until after the Armistice of 11 November 1918, with a total of 936 built by several manufacturers. It served in eight navies, including the Imperial Japanese Navy, which built them under licence.[7]