Back To Page 4 Bourgeois then had an experience that would follow him for decades. “I was flying back dumb and happy, and all of a sudden tracers started flying by my cockpit. I quickly dived, but the Japanese plane managed to stay on me. I closed the cowl flaps to go faster, and […]
Back To Page 3 A Flock of Black Sheep Four of the fourteen remaining members of the famed VMF-214 “Black Sheep Squadron” were in attendance for Corsairs over Connecticut, and their stories each invariably came back to their respect for their commanding officer, Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington. Lt. Col Tom Emrich also told a […]
Back To Page 2 Two-War Corsair Driver Capt. Bernard “Peter” Peterson flew the Corsair in both WWII and Korea, and experienced a remarkable slice of the early days of the Pacific Theater first-hand. Peterson was an Aviation Machinist’s Mate for a torpedo squadron based on the USS Saratoga. Shortly after the attack on Pearl […]
Back To Page 1 VMF-251 Corsair pilot Hugh “Yogi” Irwin addresses the crowd at the ‘Corsairs Over Connecticut’ War Bond Rally Flying with a Legend Frank Clark of VMF-311 told a tale of how he came to know Charles Lindbergh, who spent six months in the Pacific as a civilian tech rep for Vought. […]
by John “Spoons” Sponauer The panel gathered for the Corsair pilot’s symposium. From left to right, moderator Jerry O’Neill, and Corsair pilots Frank Clark, Archie Donahue, Jim Hill, Tom Emrich, Bob McClurg, Henry Bourgeois, Bill Hereford, Bernard “Pete” Peterson, Jack Cook, Tommy Thompson, and Hugh Irwin. With the World War II generation leaving us at […]
Back To Page 2 “This is a real special event,” he said. “You can tell right away that the people attending know about the history of this area and are respectful of what’s happening here today. Having the Corsair pilots together is great; it’s hard to tear yourself away from their stories. This community […]
Back To Page 1 Holding a signed copy of a VMF-214 “Black Sheep” squadron photo, 14-year old Nick Van Fleet was one of them, explaining to his father what he had learned from speaking with McClurg at the booth. “They were given a baseball bat from their commander whenever they shot down five planes,” […]
by John “Spoons” Sponauer Set at Bridgeport’s historic Sikorsky Memorial Airport, where thousands of Corsairs rolled fresh out of the wartime factory, “Corsairs over Connecticut” was a chance to highlight Connecticut’s aviation heritage and showcase a rare gathering of Corsair variants during the weekend of June 3-5. The event stayed true to its purpose of a […]
Back To Page 4 Q. Falcon 4 benefits from dual processor support, especially near the FLOT. Now that we’re on the edge of dual core processing in a single slot, any thoughts to optimizing the F4 code in this area? A. Definitely. We’re particularly interested to continue to improve multi-threading where the most CPU intensive parts […]
Back To Page 3 Q. What kind of documentation will be shipping with the game? PDF, paper or online? A. There will be a 110-page printed manual, as mentioned before, plus a PDF manual for the hardcore enthusiast. Q. Will it be a total rewrite of the F4 manual or will it incorporate sections of the SP3 / […]
Back To Page 2 Q. In some of the add-on developers work, the stability is not as good in the “simplified” settings as they are on the more “realistic” settings. Have you made the stability equal for all complexity settings? A. Yes, stability is our most important feature in all parts of the game. Q. How “moddable” will […]
Back To Page 1 Q. The screenshots look great, especially the aircraft and cockpits, the bases, and the clouds. Three sub-questions to this one… a) Is that an Aeyes Cockpit? A. Yes! b) The bases are very detailed, lots of objects, buildings, trees, but as you move away from the bases, not so detailed. Is the basic […]
