Look what I saw flying today!

[Viking]

To me this pretty much concludes this discussion.
Today we exchange information and ideas over the internet and it is virtually impossible to fool us once more to let the V-bombers fly in anger again .
We have different views on many things but never forget that there is a lot more that unites us than divides us.

Viking

Still very happy to see the relics of former war mongers flying only on the internet or in air-shows.

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

And did you see the one where Germany beat us 4-1 and we played like a bunch of whining schoolgirls? Disallowed goal or not?
Hmmph.
Bunch of overpaid popstar wimps. With an Italian manager who doesn't speak English.
Hmmph.
And Hmmph again.

Well, I meant the fights in the stands . You all should send some of the soccer fans to enforce your foreign policies. My number one gripe about soccer is the diving. Guys falling down, writhing on the ground, holding their ankle just to get a penalty kick. Once the referee makes the call they miraculously recover and pop right back up. I actually like watching a good soccer game though...too bad we don't have that over here lol.

Today is a HUGE day in the US as it is opening Sunday for professional American football...where large men wear pads and helmets and try to hurt one another while adhering to the largest rule book for a field sport. Oh yeah, baby!

The heart of any American football team are the men on the "lines" fighting in the "trenches". Quarterbacks, otherwise known as the "field general", penetrate the opposing defense with bullet passes and deep bombs. Every good team also needs a running attack to bludgeon the defense. The worst penalty a player can commit is a "personal foul". No metric crap either, it's a game of inches where players strive to gain just one more yard. If the game is tied at the end of regulation, we go into "sudden death".

So American, yes? lol. (tip of the cap to the great George Carlin)

That's why we have to call what you all play "soccer" and what we play "football". Calling them both football just gets too confusing for our colonial minds .

Splitter

[bf-110]

I would dare to say RAF is getting every day more like the USAF.
I believe there aren´t more than 2 british made aircrraft types being used by RAF.

[d165w3ll]

Hi Kendo, that's ok, at least you referred to the Vulcan, so back on topic.

We have been doubly lucky. The Battle of Britain flight (Spitfire and Hurricane) flew directly over our garden last weekend at I would guess 300 feet.

D165w3ll

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by Viking

I’m with Tree on this one.

The Vulcan is an impressing piece of machinery but the overall conclusion should be: Thank heaven that we don’t live in a world that needs these weapons anymore!

Happy to say

Viking

LOL I'm sure someone said something close to that just before Hitler came to power. But we will never know for sure because they all died shortly after.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

So why are you then interested in a game (SOW) that depicts "misery making machines of destruction"? Wouldn't a game like Farmville be more to your liking?

LMAO!!!!!!!!

[winny]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

So why are you then interested in a game (SOW) that depicts "misery making machines of destruction"? Wouldn't a game like Farmville be more to your liking?

I think Farmville is probably gonna upset tree.. I mean there's mass genocide of all sorts of plants, it'd be like watching all his close relatives getting butchered everytime he played it. All that pointy sharp edged farm machinery designed to mutilate his fellow plant-bretheren.. Shocking. Don't even get me started on the cabbage extraction machine, it's inhumane.

lol, you guys.....

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Splitter

Calling them both football just gets too confusing for our colonial minds .

Splitter

Ah yes, but we also have Rugby football of course, where men are men and mud is thick. A gumshield and jockstrap only. Very physical.
We also invented this sport, then taught it to various nations who now kick our collective arses on a regular basis. See a pattern here?
Then there's cricket.....

Anyway, back to topic - I have the Vulcan add-on for 'another flight sim' - ok FSX, and the thing is horrible to fly.
I'm continually either overspeeding or stalling out of the sky. It's impossible to trim out straight and level. The view out is appallingly restrictive, even with TrackIR and 6DOF. Landing it is a nightmare.
If the modelling is reasonably accurate, the blokes who flew these things in the dirt during the 'Red Flag' excercises were superhuman.
Does anyone else have any experience of this?
Or any tips?
Cheers

[TheGrunch]

*he-hem* I saw this aircraft (or certainly a Vulcan, anyway) fly over in my parents' house in Teesside a few days ago.