Good Evening Mister Minister Page 4
Back To Page 3 I was hungry, and my stomach let me know that. I had less than three hours to prepare for this strike. Though planning was more or less looking at a map, then comparing it with where the target was. Such is the life of a Special Pilot. Briefings don’t take […]
Good Evening Mister Minister Page 2
Back To Page 1 That was two years ago, and that memory faded as the jet sounds did here at Sochi-Adler. I am part of the 503rd Special Air Warfare Regiment. It is not a Regiment like the other ones, but it is what is termed ‘composite’ meaning we are attached to other units, […]
Good Evening Mister Minister
by Guest Writer Eric “Flanker56” Johnson I am the hunter. I am Starshigy Lietenant Alexsei Karmarov, or “Mayday” by nickname. I earned that “glorious” title when I first started flying, when in the simulators, I would always call Mayday when I was perfectly suited to engage aerial opposition to me. That was when I was a […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection Page 6
Back To Page 5 Late January, 2004 We’re back out to sea, and I found a few hours to break away from my job and install the Audigy 2 ZS card. Having done audio card replacements in the past, I have to say that this was the most painless installation of an audio card […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection Page 5
Back To Page 4 Mid January, 2004 Well, they don’t call it “sea duty” for nuthin’! My carrier strike group is back at sea once more, only 3 months after our return from our last deployment. Luckily I completed my computer rebuild just in time to bring it with me on the ship. After […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection Page 4
Back To Page 3 Early January, 2004 The last component to arrive was the Corsair DDR RAM, purchased from an online vendor. It arrived via UPS a day later than expected due to bad weather in the region. Installation, as typical for RAM, was a snap. The only trick to DDR RAM is ensuring […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection Page 3
Back To Page 2 The time had come to upgrade my system. Conveniently, LOMAC was about to go gold, so while unexpected and abrupt, the concept of an upgrade was not totally unwelcome or unexpected (except to my wallet). I turned to my fellow hobbyists and friends on the SimHQ staff for advice and […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection Page 2
Back To Page 1 Fast Forward to Summer, 2003 Somewhere in the Philippine Sea: It’s month number 6 of the longest aircraft carrier deployment I’ve ever been on, and home is a long, long ways away in both time and distance. So far, I’ve been able to break away from my work duties and […]
Simming at Sea: A Tale of Heartbreak and Resurrection
by Chunx Flashback to January, 2001 At home in the High Desert of California, I power up my first home-built computer. Jeff, an old high school buddy of mine, lives and works at the same base I am stationed at and also happens to be quite a computer wiz (and gamer). I should hope so, […]
Towards More Controller Realism
by Mark “Boxer” Doran Here’s a new temptation for those of you who want the most realism for your desktop flight simulation experience.RealSimulator have modified a standard Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar joystick to use force transducers instead of potentiometers. As a result this F-16 like control should now feel more F-16-like to complement the already high fidelity appearance. In […]
Enigma: Rising Tide
Single Player Review reprinted courtesy of Subsim Review Enigma lives! Tesseraction has released a single player offline version of their upcoming massively multiplayer naval game and it lives up to its potential and then some. Playing Enigma offline gives you a chance to see what this game is all about and train for the upcoming […]
Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad Page 6
Back To Page 5 Q. What has been the reaction of the soldiers featured in the book? Have they read it yet? A. The officers and soldiers whose stories are told in the book have thanked me for interviewing them and for taking the time to try to provide a detailed and accurate account of the […]