Red Tails- Movie

[RightF00T]

The vulch/strafing scene was a major for me, considering how big that airfield was.  I mentioned it to g/f during the scene and got a sharp elbow to the stomach 

I would love to see a Blacksheep re-make or any squadron along the line of Band of Brothers.

[Zeagle]

If hollywood would just tell the stories from the airmen, as they themselves tell it without spin, and then put their special effects wizardy to work simulating the events, it would work.
It would be so much better than the stuff managed and shaped by industry execs that we call entertainment. Guess I'll have to retire and then get funding and then learn how to make movies and make my own one day.

[Babalonian]

Agreed x100 about the script, but I think the characters were genuinely fun. The effects were great... half the time I had trouble telling the difference between a real and fake P-40 or P-51. It's too bad that the airfield scenes were almost all green-screened though.

*phone rings*
"Hello, this is Hollywood...  uh huh...  wait, what!?  No, Marv, just what do you mean when you say you can't find us six-dozen WWII vintage P-40s or P-51s?!  The demolitions guys are scheduled and have pulled the permits already!"

[Grayeagle]

You think you could take a real plane and do the same stuff you can in this game?

Been there, done that.

I could post the video of a pop up following a low pass (below tree tops) to line up a SAM site (ack suppression) over the Naval Weapons Training center in Florida I did a few years ago in the TF-51D 'Crazy Horse' .. duplicating all the speeds, angles, site pictures I had experienced in the years of Air Warrior-Aces High.

To this day Lee (CFI in type) doesn't believe I only had 17 hours dual in 'real' airplanes before strappin on Crazy Horse and doing a full set of power-on stall recoveries, accelerated stall recoveries, aerobatics, then low level fun buzzin the trees, airfield, searchin for tanks (real tanks, they use em as targets out there) ..simulating strafin runs and ending with me landing Crazy Horse back at Kissimee.

Aces High (and Air Warrior before it) teaches you one hell of a lot about approach management, thinking ahead of the plane, aircraft control, all of it.
If you ever decide to actually fly you may surprise yourself at how much you know just from flyin in this 'game' .. seriously.

Talk to Blesk sometime about his experience flyin air combat against an F-15 pilot with the laser tag planes (T-34 Mentor's I beleive)
He was told to 'take it easy' on the guy after the first round .. and the F-15 guy ..well
.. it was his day job to be sharp in ACM
..he got owned by Blesk.
Badly.

-GE aka Frank
 (just sayin)

[Jappa52]

I are the bestest spitty pilot on all virtualdom....

[grizz441]

I are the bestest spitty pilot on all virtualdom....
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Total Recall 2: Mission to Ghey

[Seanaldinho]

I are the bestest spitty pilot on all virtualdom....
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Thats just uncalled for...

[jeep00]

Thats just uncalled for...

Just when you think you trust someone, my wife posts THAT pic to the web........

Bob

[F22RaptorDude]

I are the bestest spitty pilot on all virtualdom....
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Thats ok, not like I ever needed to sleep again in my life

[MaSonZ]

Been there, done that.

I could post the video of a pop up following a low pass (below tree tops) to line up a SAM site (ack suppression) over the Naval Weapons Training center in Florida I did a few years ago in the TF-51D 'Crazy Horse' .. duplicating all the speeds, angles, site pictures I had experienced in the years of Air Warrior-Aces High.

To this day Lee (CFI in type) doesn't believe I only had 17 hours dual in 'real' airplanes before strappin on Crazy Horse and doing a full set of power-on stall recoveries, accelerated stall recoveries, aerobatics, then low level fun buzzin the trees, airfield, searchin for tanks (real tanks, they use em as targets out there) ..simulating strafin runs and ending with me landing Crazy Horse back at Kissimee.

Aces High (and Air Warrior before it) teaches you one hell of a lot about approach management, thinking ahead of the plane, aircraft control, all of it.
If you ever decide to actually fly you may surprise yourself at how much you know just from flyin in this 'game' .. seriously.

Talk to Blesk sometime about his experience flyin air combat against an F-15 pilot with the laser tag planes (T-34 Mentor's I beleive)
He was told to 'take it easy' on the guy after the first round .. and the F-15 guy ..well
.. it was his day job to be sharp in ACM
..he got owned by Blesk.
Badly.

-GE aka Frank
 (just sayin)

see the bold.. had a family friend who is a CFI and got CFI of the Year award a couple times take me up for an introductory flight. he was genuinely surprised at how natural it felt to me. I wasn't paying attention to the controls though on that section of briefing.... one look at the cockpit and I knew what each dial was in his 1970-something Cessna..... when asked if I wanted to expierence a stall I almost said yes, but figured I wouldnt risk wanting to try and recover one my first time flying after he showed me.....

[Babalonian]

Sounds like the first time I experienced a real stall in the back seat of a T-6.  The pilot was practicing aerobatics (and just racking up some time) and asked "I want to try some stalls, you OK with that?" my imediate reaction was an audible "sure!" followed by my brain actually thinking about it (and worry a little) and about what I just agreed to go along with for my first time....    ...they were an absolute blast to actually experience though. 

[M0nkey_Man]

I are the bestest spitty pilot on all virtualdom....
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[MarineUS]

roflmfao   

[Jappa52]

My caption should of read, "Don't worry my fellow passengers I can land this plane. I'm from the internets!!!"

or

"No, I don't have any real world pilot in command time but I've got thirteen THOUSAND hours "sim" time. I'm just waiting for the Air Force to call in a time of crisis!!"

[Grayeagle]

MasonZ:

Recovering in a C-172 is almost a non-event
Stop pulliing back ..the nose drops and she flies again. Have to use a touch of rudder to keep her straight is all.

My first stall ever was in a 172.
I had been 'flying' the USAF F-4 sim for years, whenever I got the chance when I was off duty and one was nearby.
Now .. an F-4 ..you point nose down, pull power back, and wait till airspeed is 180ias before attempting to ease the nose back up .. gently!

So.. my instructor walks me into my first stall in Four-Zero-Romeo (the plane I solo'd in no less) .. power on.
He tells me to keep pullin back .. pull back ..pull back ..watch your heading, use rudder to keep the nose on your target ..
..the nose goes up . and up ..and up some more, I can feel her slowing down, a bit of shake ..more and more rudder input as P-effect is amplified at high AoA and slow speeds..
..and she breaks.

Ever been on a roller coaster? When they fall off the top and ZOOM down ..ya .. feels like that.
I mean I was keyed up .. *ready* .. I was on TOP o' that baby.
I quick-like-a-bunny pointed the nose STRAIGHT down, ..umm .. elbow hit the door window release and the window popped open.

\All of a sudden it was WINDY, LOUD, and we were going STRAIGHT DOWN!!!
 
(did I mention it was power on? ..our lil '68 Cessna had straight stacks right out the bottom of the cowling,
sounded cool idling down the taxi-way .. satisfyingly loud on takeoff roll ..hot rod sorta)

It was LOUD!

My brain took a holiday, running around like a frantic, panicked squirrel.

Reactions took over totally.
Pulled the power back, checked airspeed (already nearing 180ias, right on the edge of the yellow !!)
Yellow is for smooth air only, do not yank the airplane around here or the wings may come OFF!

Began a steady, gentle pull out.
Then ..closed the window.

Mike, my instructor .. asked in a fairly well controlled voice without breaking:
'Where did you learn to do THAT!!'

From that moment on he was convinced I was an F-4 pilot out to pull his chains for a laff.
He still does not believe that was my first hour in a real plane.
I had been flyin Air Warrior for most of a year by then.
I solo'd after 7 hours of dual.

We had a few other adventures along the way

-Frank aka GE.