No, it's a modern acrobatic (?) plane that's small and yellow. The flight dynamics seems totally screwed up, but that's the way I like it. Dunno if they're remotely realistic.
I'll try that out in the missions now

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Yossarian
EDIT: the ".show rv" command is something you type in when you're in the hanger. When you're offline, (don't know about online), type that in, then go back to the Tower, and THEN go back to the hanger. You should see the RV-8 in the list then.