EF-111 sold me... Of course, its the only one i fly.
EF-111 sold me... Of course, its the only one i fly.
"If three-holers are gas guzzlers, why are there four-holers now???"
"But what do i know? I'm just the 800 pound guerrilla in the room."
Fire! Fire! Your pants better not be on fire....
g'day guys, my first post here, i'll also go over to the (look, it's me, i'm new here) threads a post a hello there
i was at RAAF Base Amberley when our first F111 arrived (saw her touch down) and recently sobbed like a girl when i watched them fly over on the last day
(always said i'd cry like a girl on the last day, but i was brave and just sobbed a bit)
i actually live quite close to Amberley and still enjoy seeing C17s and Super Hornets in the skies around here
you do not want to know my reaction when i saw the photos of them being buried in a local rubbish dump.....two reasons for that, apparently
(1) the cost of de-commissioning them by making them 'safe' by removing all the nasty chemicals in them was cost prohibitive, and
(2) some of them were nuclear capable, and the US has strict rules about the de-commissioning of these aircraft - they absolutely insist that they are destroyed
always been a big sim fan so have enjoyed the Alphasim Pig for many years, particularly since Karol Chlebowski started doing his magic on repaints and cockpit stuff
in my first email to him about the Virtavia package i mentioned that i though the exterior views were a bit 'ordinary' and could do with some weathering and detail improvements
his reply was basically "watch this space", and any of you who have seen his work will know what a perfectionist he is - i can assure you, there will be some VERY nice repaints from Karol for this package
bottom line is basically that this is the best opportunity to 'fly' this magic aircraft on FSX at the moment, and i for one am having a huge amount of fun doing just that
cheers for now
BP
PS apologies to any 'girls' i upset by my rude and mysogynist comments....
VERY nice, quacker............
bp
I originally decided not to buy this model, but in the end i did. Main reason being is i will also purchase the other F-111 when it is released as well.
It's a rare aircraft in FSX, so why not have both of them.
Anyway here is one image i produced using the EF-111 variant.
[SIGPIC].................[/SIGPIC]
Superb image carbine!
I have a weakness for the Area51 "black jets" and would like to see a flat black F-111 with low vis markings or none at all. Hint hint......
Do the wings flex in real life. I am waiting for someone to make a video so i can see
Thanks I will wait for the other F-111 to come out
55th TFS/20th TFW, based at RAF Upper Heyford, 1989:
I would love to see someone tackle this paint. It's one that has been pretty well ignored, but was really the one that started off the career of the F-111.
SAC, among others, remember?
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It's sounding like a "must have" addition to my hangar. But first I need to know if the pilot relief tubes dump or not? If not then it's a "deal breaker" for me I'm afraid.
MickeyD
39766 is in #2 and #3 of your pics.
http://www.flightsim.com/file.php
<center>FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 Modern Military</center><center>FS2004 USAF F-111A Aardvark
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Name: 39766gw.zip Size: 2,418,176 Date: 07-16-2004 Downloads: 633
FS2004 USAF F-111A Aardvark gray/white texture. Alphasim F-111A textures (BuNo 39766). Use these textures to create an early USAF gray/white Aardvark. These are the textures only - you must own the Alphasim F-111 to use these files. By Bill Browning.
I loved all of Bill Browning's repaints. I'll have to get this just to fly those again.
Thanks Bone...I'll check it out.
Aircraft 73-0711 from the 495th TFS/48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath:
I used a picture I made of it when it appeared at the Twenthe AB airshow in Sep 1979. Also uploaded this one and the Upper Heyford one I did yesterday to the SOH Library (waiting for the screeners at this time, may take some time to appear)
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