Malta_Dog

Best excuse ever! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

So awesome and inspiring!! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Bwahahahahaaaaaahhh But seriously dude, what are you goofing around on a bodybuilder forum? All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

The day I made the Big Jump - Michel Fournier All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

...makes me happy! 'nuff said... ;) *due to getting my PPL and mostly to a divorce. Too bad I sold my gear All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Private Pilot, SEL, ~80 hours on BE77 and P28A. Halfway through JAR-FCL ATPL (distance learning). Currently grounded since november 08 "thanks" to a divorce. I hope to be back in the air next fall. Don't have the energy to sit back and study, tho. I hope that flying again will help bringing myself back to the study books. Grounded for skydiving too, btw. Soon-to-be ex-wife let me sell my gear in july 08 while her escape plan was already drawn. Sigh... All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Congrats!!! I'm freshly PPL'ed and I cracked open the 1st book of the ATPL ground course (JAA, distance learning) yesterday... At the moment, your position seems as far as the Moon from mine... All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

OMG here we go again.... All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

7/10: I missed manger (doh!), stationary and trooper. All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

(Bear with me, I am in a bragging mood ) I soloed today in a Beechcraft 77 at EBCI today... Not my best landing but I walked away. I'm still

One advantage of flat packing for people learning to pack is that they can take a rest or go look for help at any moment. When pro packing, as soon as you begin the flaking process, you're committed to put the canopy in the D-bag (or at least lay it neatly on the ground if the fabric isn't too slippery) or you'll have to start over. OTOH, pro-packing uses a lot less space and that matters a lot when the packing area is cramped. All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Sharing desktops can be risky. That reminds me of this All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjbS2t52nzA&feature=related All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

You should really ask that to your instructor... All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Only in Germany... All hail the Techno Viking!! The original Techno Viking on Beat It All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Wow, great vid!!

Knowing what it is obviously doesn't mean that you're good at it. Nice pics everyone (and I mean it...but of course I'm a man and a bit biased...) All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Here you are All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

OMG! Yummy! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Hehe Your colleagues r teh 5ux0r! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Aargh I can't wait to do my 200th, it probably won't be a tandem tho. Congrats All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Holy thread resurrection Batman! All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!

Prologue: I've been an avid flightsimmer for years and in 2001 I've discovered Aces High (AH), a massive multiplayer online WWII combat sim with a very nice flight model. A lot of RL pilots (even military) play it. In 2004, AH2 rolled out but I discovered skydiving and got burned out on the flight sim genre. 2 weeks ago, the weather was awful and I found myself looking at my stick, throttle and rudder collecting dust behind my computer screen... Soooo I decided to see what AH2 had become during those 3 years... I downloaded the latest version, shook the dust off my hotas and gave it a spin offline. The game sure looks nice and the new skins and cockpits are gorgeous. I enjoyed making touch-and-go's on the carrier with the Me-262 and doing other silly stunts but I quickly realized that a nasty bug would ruin my online flying: every hour or so, the game locks up pretty badly, forcing me to hard-reboot my computer So I decided to wait a bit until next patch but the flight sim itch was back with a vengeance and I had to do something else in the meantime. Having just re-read Paul Gillcrist's 'Feet Wet' for the Nth time, I looked for a Nam jet sim and found this jewel. The sim: It's really easy to get as you can buy it online (29.99$) and download it directly from the website. The transaction happens on a securized Paypal page and it went without a hiccup for me. Installation and configuration are also pretty straightforward (multiple controllers are supported) In a nutshell, the good and the not-so-good: Pluses: - planes are very well modelled graphically, lots of realistically moving parts, historically correct (AFAIK) loadouts, nice cockpits - no need to have a couple of PhDs to be able to use the avionics in 'hard' mode, not overly simplistic though - huge choice of flyable planes: F-4 (different models), A-4 (different models), A-6, F-100, F-105, F-8, A-7 (2 models). I have found an abandoned official mod (copyright problem with Lockheed apparently) for the F-104 too. - 3 campaigns (Rolling Thunder, Linebacker I & II) covering the entire war, you chose to fly for USAF, USN or USMC then you pick up one of the 6-10 available squadrons, non-scripted missions with LOTS of plane in the air at the same time... - nice impression of speed, it's damn hard to see the enemy at those speed/distances, dogfights will give you a sweat with those primitive radars and unreliable missiles. - Air to ground is said to be good too, I haven't tried it yet as I'm mostly flying air cover and fighter sweeps missions in the campaign I've started - decent flight model / fuel consumption in the 'hard' mode - nice graphics, runs well on old computers (even with mirrors activated) - USN carriers - multiplayer allows you to fly the MIGs (17, 19 and 21) albeit with an A4 cockpit - lots of new planes, skins, mods and guides available on the web (mostly made by players) Minuses - flight model is a bit 'light': the planes bleed E nicely in turns but stalls and spins are never violent nor vicious. Landings are a bit too forgiving IMO. But you can bring the plane nicely on the ground if you don't rush the approach. - no air-to-air refueling - carriers are not moving - AI isn't very bright (for both sides) - manual is lacking (fortunately guides by players are available) This being said, the immersion is excellent and the dogfights are intense. I highly enjoy it. All your dropzone are belong to us!!!!111!