Official Aviation Thread...

[george graves]

How old is your PC?

3 weeks? It's a 750ti - But I run triple monitors on that one card - nothing else - kinda amazing actually. And I wanted to ditch my older quadro card that was a power hog. With 32 gigs, an ssd, and a quad core overclockable 3.5(need a better CPU cooler to try that) - I'm sure I'm fine!!!!

Enough about PC specs - I just want to know what software to buy!

[Wschnitz]

No need to over clock your cpu, its pointless, don't listen to the internet. Otherwise sweet setup, if you still want a CPU cooler to cut down on noise get a noctua.

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[Nate325ic]

A couple videos from work; first is a about 10 seconds hanging out on the ramp of the c-130, second is dropping bombs about 35 seconds in

[BimmerJeff]

Here's some pics I took over the few years I worked at the Erie "International" Airport.


Rainy Morning at the Airport by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Hiding from the Storm by JHolowienko, on Flickr


US Dept. of State Sikorsky by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Continental Dash 8-300 by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Night time at ERI by JHolowienko, on Flickr


ERI Tower by JHolowienko, on Flickr


PA Army National Guard Blackhawk by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Mobile 15 Brooming 6/24 by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Night Time at the Airport by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Continental Dash 8 on Takeoff by JHolowienko, on Flickr

Part of the equipment I operated while there

ERI ARFF Fire Bay by JHolowienko, on Flickr


Erie Int'l Airport Oshkosh Striker 1500 by JHolowienko, on Flickr

My normal ride

Erie International Airport Police Tahoe by JHolowienko, on Flickr

[MX339]

3 weeks? It's a 750ti - But I run triple monitors on that one card - nothing else - kinda amazing actually. And I wanted to ditch my older quadro card that was a power hog. With 32 gigs, an ssd, and a quad core overclockable 3.5(need a better CPU cooler to try that) - I'm sure I'm fine!!!!

Enough about PC specs - I just want to know what software to buy!

Well, it sounds like you're not looking for combat sims, so you're down to the two main Flight Sim's on the market. X-Plane 10 and Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

I'll start by saying I suggest going with X-Plane 10. FSX was released in 2006 and it really shows. No 64-bit or multi-core support, so it's quite taxing on systems. Both titles do have a ton of third-party support, FSX especially. That's actually one of the main reasons I've yet to move to X-Plane as FSX has a lot of incredible Warbird add-on's.

Both sims do take a decent bit of work to get them looking really pretty, but it seems like X-Plane is the easier of the two and quite a bit cheaper. FSX can end up costing you some serious coin because pay-ware scenery and aircraft tend to add up quickly, while most add-ons for X-plane are free.

Here's a Youtube channel I would highly reccomend to try to get a better grasp on X-Plane vs. FSX and just flight sims in general. The guy knows his shit.

https://www.youtube.com/user/frooglesim/featured

And here's a recent one on X-Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-sovv8WeZE

As for flight yokes, the Saitek Pro Flight system is the only reasonable yoke and pedal combo that I know of. I've got it and I've fairly pleased with it, but there are some annoyances.

[Rustyduktape]

Burlington and Westfield are a NEAD's unit North East Air Defense, They were participating in exercise.

cool! thank you

[BlackbirdM3]

Oh hell yes! FiFi the only flying B29 is coming to Napa in June. I think its photo opp time. http://www.airpowersquadron.org/#!napa-ca/c245m

Will

[cbouchez]

I know ^^ it's coming to Seattle as well.

Inside of one B-29

[BlackbirdM3]

It will be a sight to see at Oshkosh this year with both Fifi and Doc making an appearance. Two B29s in the air at the same time for the first time since what, the early 80s or so? The restoration on Doc has it looking beautiful, all polished aluminum (that is a lot of aluminum to polish)

Has the B29 at Boeing field been uncovered? (last pic I saw had it cocooned in white plastic wrap still).

Will

[gkurey]

I saw Fifi in 2012 at Oshkosh; beautiful plane!

[BlackbirdM3]

I saw Fifi in 2012 at Oshkosh; beautiful plane!

If you think Fifi looks good, take a look at Doc. http://www.b-29doc.com/index.php the pair will be an impressive display.

Will

[cbouchez]

BF-109

[lambo]

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/confessions-of-a-usaf-kc-135-flying-gas-station-boom-op-1578048155

If you haven't read this yet, read it. It is bad ass.

[MPLFoster]

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/con...-op-1578048155

If you haven't read this yet, read it. It is bad ass.

good read.

[BlackbirdM3]

So I bit the bullet and bought a ride on Fifi next month. The cost of a seat? $$$! The opportunity of a lifetime, priceless. Yes, I'll have pics.

Will