@Sunnyskies Thank you for your supportive comment and upvote. I have my own P-38J now ready for downloading and sharing based on this aircraft by my friends. Watch This Space :o)
How about a manned Jindivik - originally a pilotless target drone manufactured in Australia in great numbers between 1955 and 1985? Would be fast and manoeuverable - an excellent SAM Missile evader for the SP Challenge that is available.
Harrier GR7s of the RAF saw action in the Former Yugoslavia during the mid-1990s and in Kosovo during 1998. One Royal Navy SHAR (Sea Harrier F/A 2) was almost shot down by a SAM near Dubrovnik during 1996. Also interesting to note is that the Spanish Navy once operated the AV-8A Matador and still fly the AV-8B Matador II. Italy operates the AV-8B Plus rebuilt from the AV-8B Night Attack variant. For Thailand (AV-8A) and India (Sea Harrier Mk 51) however their VTOL capability days are over.
I am into WW2 aviation so this thread caught my attention. I urge you not to start with a defeatist approach (THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO WELL) but let your creativity really go on this idea and do not be afraid of doing so. You see creativity = wealth and wealth as you may know = power. So what if No Man's Skies didn't cut it - I have a feeling that despite your initial fears this one is going to because of what you saw happen & learned from previously. Finally ... Norway. Yes in context with your scenario if World War 1 was triggered by a single event in (the former) Yugoslavia - in a city named Sarajevo. I'm going to stop rambling now and wish you BEST OF LUCK big-style with this idea.
I can tell a mile off that a real life pilot has designed this and it flies beautifully too - RECOMMENDED by a fellow real life pilot and Upvoted to promote on SP :o)
@Phaz3Shift Yep I am a Ground School Instructor - congrats on attaining your PPL and am aware of how hard IR training can be at times. Frustrating as a learner as I found out doing mine back in 1998. You can't send PMs on SP which is a shame as I'd say you know where I am if you need me: I'm following you on here anyway now.
@KingDeadshot Thank you for that. BTW I recognise your name from my friends at Scottishjocks - they both say you are a very respected SP user in their opinion. So great to meet you and value your opinion :o)
@Phaz3Shift I am beginning to like this as a game to blow off steam with if you know that saying - a k a relieve stress as I work in aviation training. With SP one can take a design or think up something that just says TODAY HAS BEEN ... 56,000 ft at Mach 2.71 and make it work! Great way of being angst-free when posting on the Forums which I am also quite enjoying. It's a great community here - the people make the game at the end of the day IMHO :o)
@ChiChiWerx You actually still have an amazing choice range available even without any of the post Harrier GR5 / AV-8B options included. Considering the three different two-seat versions there were including the RN Harrier T4 - T6 / RAF T4 and over in the USA the AV-8T. The first Harrier GR5s appeared in 1985 IIRC.
@ChiChiWerx Aermacchi MB-339s and Pucaras were also shot down during the Falklands War of April 1982 by RN Sea Harrier FRS.1s but whilst they were hard at work RAF Harrier GR3s were involved in close air support. Harrier-wise a GR9 (RAF - now retired) or an AV-8B Plus (USMC - current) are my top choices.
I built a contraption by accident which has proven that there is a 134,000 feet on Simple Planes - it's called a Gyrocket and it is virtually impossible to land though everything else about this spinning sensation works! One of my conventional aircraft which does land however reaches 104,000 feet before gliding back to earth successfully. Very impressed with SP - this was a good buy at the price it was available for.
I am with you on this one although you can still access all postings by looking at Everything which is located at the bottom of the categories. Your suggestion would make life easier - Upvoted.
Upvoted and good luck with your idea. Though it is not a conventional aircraft I have a gyrocket which reached 134,235 feet earlier today. Takes off and ascends but isn't landable ... yet.
FLAK - Flugzeuge Abwehr Kanone as ChiChiWerx expands upon below. Even today FLAK is still a deadly way of bringing an aircraft down it is not a weapon to be underestimated.
@SalemASaberhagen Thanks for that - I think you have raised a good point so Upvoted. Never flown a power glider only a traditional glider - aerobatic type called a Puchasz.
Cool - but what's the situation in the US where unpowered gliders are referred to as Sailplanes? Does a power glider still count as a sailplane or is there a different name given?
@Sunnyskies Thank you for your supportive comment and upvote. I have my own P-38J now ready for downloading and sharing based on this aircraft by my friends. Watch This Space :o)
How about a manned Jindivik - originally a pilotless target drone manufactured in Australia in great numbers between 1955 and 1985? Would be fast and manoeuverable - an excellent SAM Missile evader for the SP Challenge that is available.
Harrier GR7s of the RAF saw action in the Former Yugoslavia during the mid-1990s and in Kosovo during 1998. One Royal Navy SHAR (Sea Harrier F/A 2) was almost shot down by a SAM near Dubrovnik during 1996. Also interesting to note is that the Spanish Navy once operated the AV-8A Matador and still fly the AV-8B Matador II. Italy operates the AV-8B Plus rebuilt from the AV-8B Night Attack variant. For Thailand (AV-8A) and India (Sea Harrier Mk 51) however their VTOL capability days are over.
I am into WW2 aviation so this thread caught my attention. I urge you not to start with a defeatist approach (THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO WELL) but let your creativity really go on this idea and do not be afraid of doing so. You see creativity = wealth and wealth as you may know = power. So what if No Man's Skies didn't cut it - I have a feeling that despite your initial fears this one is going to because of what you saw happen & learned from previously. Finally ... Norway. Yes in context with your scenario if World War 1 was triggered by a single event in (the former) Yugoslavia - in a city named Sarajevo. I'm going to stop rambling now and wish you BEST OF LUCK big-style with this idea.
2 = Ironclad. Google Merrimac for an example. Interesting idea.
I can tell a mile off that a real life pilot has designed this and it flies beautifully too - RECOMMENDED by a fellow real life pilot and Upvoted to promote on SP :o)
@Phaz3Shift Yep I am a Ground School Instructor - congrats on attaining your PPL and am aware of how hard IR training can be at times. Frustrating as a learner as I found out doing mine back in 1998. You can't send PMs on SP which is a shame as I'd say you know where I am if you need me: I'm following you on here anyway now.
Sure - what i would not be seen dead at is a Katy Perry gig!
What do you get if you cross an owl with a skunk?
A bird that smells but doesn't give a hoot!
Yep - I think this is a great idea too. UPVOTED.
@KingDeadshot Thank you for that. BTW I recognise your name from my friends at Scottishjocks - they both say you are a very respected SP user in their opinion. So great to meet you and value your opinion :o)
@Phaz3Shift I am beginning to like this as a game to blow off steam with if you know that saying - a k a relieve stress as I work in aviation training. With SP one can take a design or think up something that just says TODAY HAS BEEN ... 56,000 ft at Mach 2.71 and make it work! Great way of being angst-free when posting on the Forums which I am also quite enjoying. It's a great community here - the people make the game at the end of the day IMHO :o)
@FearlessFabEngineering Please tag me when done too and best of luck :o)
@ChiChiWerx You actually still have an amazing choice range available even without any of the post Harrier GR5 / AV-8B options included. Considering the three different two-seat versions there were including the RN Harrier T4 - T6 / RAF T4 and over in the USA the AV-8T. The first Harrier GR5s appeared in 1985 IIRC.
@ChiChiWerx Aermacchi MB-339s and Pucaras were also shot down during the Falklands War of April 1982 by RN Sea Harrier FRS.1s but whilst they were hard at work RAF Harrier GR3s were involved in close air support. Harrier-wise a GR9 (RAF - now retired) or an AV-8B Plus (USMC - current) are my top choices.
I built a contraption by accident which has proven that there is a 134,000 feet on Simple Planes - it's called a Gyrocket and it is virtually impossible to land though everything else about this spinning sensation works! One of my conventional aircraft which does land however reaches 104,000 feet before gliding back to earth successfully. Very impressed with SP - this was a good buy at the price it was available for.
I am with you on this one although you can still access all postings by looking at Everything which is located at the bottom of the categories. Your suggestion would make life easier - Upvoted.
@CanofBeans Thank you very much for the advice - I will try this out.
@Fishbowl1121 Congratulations on being an excellent shot as well as being a great Simple Planes pilot :o)
Upvoted and good luck with your idea. Though it is not a conventional aircraft I have a gyrocket which reached 134,235 feet earlier today. Takes off and ascends but isn't landable ... yet.
AWESOME Mustang. Just hope it flies better than the P-51B appears to in the PC game IL-2 Sturmovik! Like the colour scheme too :o)
Amazing stuff though I prefer WW2 era. Would like to give flying these a go though :o)
@DisferGoatz Thanks for the advice as I am new to the game.
FLAK - Flugzeuge Abwehr Kanone as ChiChiWerx expands upon below. Even today FLAK is still a deadly way of bringing an aircraft down it is not a weapon to be underestimated.
@SalemASaberhagen Following you now and I have just had a look at your Glider & Sailplane collection on here. You have some amazing aircraft there :o)
@SalemASaberhagen Thanks for that - I think you have raised a good point so Upvoted. Never flown a power glider only a traditional glider - aerobatic type called a Puchasz.
This would be an excellent idea - WELL SAID! Upvoted.
Cool - but what's the situation in the US where unpowered gliders are referred to as Sailplanes? Does a power glider still count as a sailplane or is there a different name given?