Chuck Yeager was a HOer

[dedalos]

reality and seeking it is not out of place in a game based largely on historic events.

Historic events????  Ahhhh yeah, I remember the stories my grandfather told me about the battle of A17. 

[Masherbrum]

No kidding, I recall my now deceased grandfather instead of talking about Okinawa.   He must have meant the Maproom at V46. 

[dedalos]

 He must have meant the Maproom at V46. 

I heard that was a bloody battle also.  The results might have been a lot different if the Bismans and the Rookponaise pilots under the command of general thorsinizmo did not conserve fuel by flying at 45K

[CAP1]

I heard that was a bloody battle also.  The results might have been a lot different if the Bismans and the Rookponaise pilots under the command of general thorsinizmo did not conserve fuel by flying at 45K

you mean 30k?

[dedalos]

you mean 30k?

Misconception, you can save a lot more at 45K

[Shuffler]

Misconception, you can save a lot more at 45K

Some attempt to use gravity to increase speed closer to 100 miles up. Once falling around the curve of the earth.... fuel becomes no problem.

[Masherbrum]

Some attempt to use gravity to increase speed closer to 100 miles up. Once falling around the curve of the earth.... fuel becomes no problem.

Exactly.   

[Yossarian]

Some attempt to use gravity to increase speed closer to 100 miles up. Once falling around the curve of the earth.... fuel becomes no problem.

Except for when you need to reboost your speed from the minuscule atmospheric drag when you're that high up.

[Shuffler]

Except for when you need to reboost your speed from the minuscule atmospheric drag when you're that high up.

Pst.... skip on the atmo 

[Ack-Ack]

i am not a fan of "acm" that is based on flying around in tiny circles because Raoul Lufbery died in 1918,

Then why do you play these games?  It also seems that you don't really know what ACM is and have the incorrect belief that ACM is nothing more than turning in a flat circle. 


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

He must have meant the Maproom at V46.  

I heard that was a bloody battle also.  The results might have been a lot different if the Bismans and the Rookponaise pilots under the command of general thorsinizmo did not conserve fuel by flying at 45K

I remember that battle, my orders came in the morning, my squadron was to ship out the next day. We're bombing the storage depots at V46 at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.  We didn't know when we'd be back because it was classified.  

Because of a mistake I made, six men didn't return...oops, seven men, forgot that Lieutenant Zip died in the morning.


ack-ack

[Guppy35]

Historic events????  Ahhhh yeah, I remember the stories my grandfather told me about the battle of A17. 

Sorry Ded, I get the point but I just can't help this one

Guess your Grandfather must have been somewhere else.  Some serious combat took place near A17 considering it was south of Carentan and north of St. Lo.  50th FG, 9th AF Jugs stationed at A17

Allied strips on the continent were all numbered like that.

[Wreked]

Then why do you play these games?  It also seems that you don't really know what ACM is and have the incorrect belief that ACM is nothing more than turning in a flat circle. 

ack-ack

LOL - Now THAT is funny!!

Telling Thor he doesn't know ACM is like saying the "sun rises in the east!".....and before you put more feet in your mouth - the sun actually doesn't "rise" at all - the earth rotates. Circle-fighters - wadda ya expect!

This is all TOO funny - you made my day - thanx!!


....cheers eh!

[Ack-Ack]

LOL - Now THAT is funny!!

Telling Thor he doesn't know ACM is like saying the "sun rises in the east!".....and before you put more feet in your mouth - the sun actually doesn't "rise" at all - the earth rotates. Circle-fighters - wadda ya expect!

This is all TOO funny - you made my day - thanx!!


....cheers eh!

ACM is more than diving on someone and then extending 5 sectors away...beyond that, no thorsim doesn't know what it entails.  Care to prove me wrong?  I know he can't.


ack-ack

[Wreked]

WAAAYYYYY!!! too funny!!

.........prove you wrong???  LOLOLOLOL
Nope - just curious how much you gonna fit in your mouth.

YOU're on your own here!!


....cheers eh!!