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Offline Nefarious

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My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« on: July 16, 2008, 07:23:09 PM »
A couple days back I posted some screen shots of a free Add on Aircraft (A-7C/E) for Wings Over Vietnam. Like I mentioned, they have some real high quality stuff out there. There is also a team that creates stuff for MSFS and the Strike Fighters Series. They have some Payware stuff, and I heard it was getting good reviews.

But I was kind of leery of purchasing a payware model for Wings over Vietnam. I have never bought any third party payware add-on aircraft. I thought to myself, I know people are paying for payware aircraft for MSFS, but the SF series too?

So I went and checked out Razbam's website and was checking out the A-6 Intruder model he has. For 16 Dollars you can own three different variants of the A-6, the A, B and E-Tram model. I was skeptical, because the game contains an A-6A already that is nicely modeled, And there are freeware models of every A-6 variant made for the SF series. But the screen shots, reviews and some of the known issues with the game and freeware models had me interested. So on a whim, I purchased it.

When I first took it for a spin I nearly went deaf when the P&W J52s spooled up. It kind of gave me a headache at first but It has since grown on me. I was so psyched to see one of the many skins was an A-6E Tram of VA-85 Black Falcons. My dad served aboard the USS America with VA-85 during GW1. I have personally touched the real aircraft the skin portrays when I was child visiting the Ship and NAS Oceana with my father.

Here is Buckeye 505 preparing to launch against targets fleeing Kuwait into Iraq.



And here she is laying some Rockeyes on Iraqi Vehicles stuck in Traffic on the "Highway to Hell"



Here we are flashbacked to 1972 my A-6A from VA-196 Main Battery strikes another "suspected" truck park.



The natives are restless!



Look worm, another Two Tons.



Well. Enough fun for one night, better head home.



Other than a few minor issues (One that can be fixed by one's self) the model is superb. A great model, I'm glad I purchased.




There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

Offline Hangtime

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2008, 07:51:57 PM »
My god... yer favorite bird is a bomb-truck ??

(just kidding)

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Offline uptown

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2008, 08:20:58 PM »



you got to love a aircraft built around a vulcan cannon  :D
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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2008, 08:29:55 PM »
SSgtHam <<<<<Thinks A-10 is a sexy airplane  :rock

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 08:39:02 PM »
Planes like the A-6 Intruder and A-10 are what made me want to fly planes as a kid.
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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 08:41:31 PM »
Planes like the A-6 Intruder and A-10 are what made me want to fly planes as a kid.

<S> Reschke, Too bad about Target:Hanoi, I've since succumbed to the SF series.  :aok

There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 09:42:45 PM »
Which version of MSFS are those shots from?


FSX



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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 09:56:41 PM »
Good choice Nef. Can't tell you how many times I've been on Whidbey near Oak Harbor watching them take off and land.  I was really sad when the F-18 replaced the fleet.

Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2008, 10:08:36 PM »
Here's MY favorite plane of all time!   



And YES it was a real plane LMAO

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2008, 12:15:03 AM »
LOL looks like a bicycle mated with a chicken coop!

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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2008, 12:24:09 AM »


nuff said
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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2008, 12:27:24 AM »
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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2008, 12:53:39 AM »
My all time favorite plane!




As for modern day planes I really like the F-15C!




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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2008, 01:54:21 AM »
Which version of MSFS are those shots from?


FSX
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how do i get that for FSX
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Re: My favorite Aircraft of all time...
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2008, 02:17:50 AM »
The Aircraft is from RealAir

http://www.realairsimulations.com/home.php?page=home

The skin is from AVSIM

File Name: realair_nh649.zip

"This skin depicts the aircraft flown by FO. Burgwall of RAF 322 (Dutch) Sq. Burgwall was credited with 21 V1 flying bomb (doodle bug) kills while 322 squadron was stationed at RAF Malling from June 20, 1944 until July 30, 1944. Requires the RealAir original aircraft! "

If you have TrackIR the cockpits are stunning.


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