The reactor compartment will be 5 guys on a synchronized cycle machine; two are furiously jacking off, one is asleep, one is pedaling with all his might, and the last one is actively trying to pedal backwards.
Later in early access, an additional 5 personnel will be allocated to observe the first 5. So I guess yeah, exactly like the fleet.
…that’s frighteningly spot on.
I probably watched that documentary about carriers one too many times as a kid. No joke, I wore the tape out!
Which doc was that?
Don’t even remember what it was, it would’ve been from the late 80s to early 90s.
This one I know. They filmed it on free Nimitz’s 2005 deployment. I wish they’d focused more on the crew below decks, and hadn’t fallen into the same trap of wall to wall flight footage. And I REALLY got tired of that one AO by the end. But that’s just me.
No, this would’ve been a lot older. It was on a single VHS tape, that’s all I remember.
Wait, there’s other people on the boat besides pilots? 
Kidding aside, there’s a few people in that documentary that I got tired of by the end. Some people had no comprehension that when they joined the Navy they were, in fact, joining the military.
I’d actually like to see more footage of what goes on below decks behind the scenes; there’s so much going on that you don’t really see if you’re just focused on the ready room to flight deck action.
Black & White footage? No sound except a piano? Shot onboard USS Langley? 
Looks like that’s a very real contender to it, the timeframe is about right and the title looks familiar.
Well I was just starting to lose my hearing at the time, so yes on the no sound bit except the ringing!
Dear Community, dear Friends,
We hope you are well and that you and your families are safe and not too distressed in these tough times. We also hope you enjoyed last month’s “Stay at Home” event. It was a new and refreshing adventure we trust was well received by the community as we registered a very large number of users who took advantage of the free to fly opportunities, despite the rather short 2-day time limits for each module.
In the light of the ongoing difficulties we are all facing, we have decided to go the extra mile and will be announcing a similar but enhanced event in the very near future. We really hope it will meet with your approval and enthusiasm.
Thank you again for all your comments I received following my previous post on Reddit/Hoggit.
Your remarks were extremely helpful, insightful and encouraging too.
Today I would like to share some information pertaining to the DCS: Supercarrier early access release date, the F/A-18C Hornet and F-16C Viper roadmaps and our updated pipeline.
DCS: Supercarrier
We have been working hard towards the announced release date of April 15th. Sadly, we were unable to work through all the issues in order to ensure a satisfactory Early Access release.
The main “no-go” for me and I am sure for you too, is Multiplayer behavior which still suffers from certain non-game breaker bugs which were confirmed on Saturday, April 11th. Today we have a new plan and will be working overtime to bring you this long-awaited product. I actively follow the threads, in particular “April 15th 2020” and I understand how disappointed you are, but I am confident you will agree that Multiplayer needs a bit more love.
DCS: F/A-18C Hornet
Since my previous post we delivered 4 FLIR pointing modes which were a substantial task to develop. We have prepared a bug fix update for this week and we are working to deliver the following features by the end of April:
- Completion of the Litening Targeting Pod
- Dynamic launch zones and AUTO LOFT mode for JDAM
- AG radar: Real Beam Ground Map (MAP)
- SLAM air-to-surface missile
During the spring and summer, we plan to work on a range of Flight Model enhancements that include Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS), autopilot modes, and about 30 related features and issues.
DCS: F-16C Viper
For the last two months, we have mainly focused on bug fixing and small improvements. A new developer joined us recently and is working hard on the AGM-65D Maverick air-to-surface missile, which we hope he will be delivering by the end of April.
We will be increasing our efforts on the navigation system starting in May. Improvements will include the update of the steerpoint system permitting in-game mission planning and cursor zero (CZ) will also be added.
Our general roadmap hasn’t changed substantially since February 20th:
- Ka-50 cockpit update was delivered.
- Fw 190 A-8 Anton was released out of Early Access.
- New Damage Model is progressing well and will be presented to you in the near future.
- Enhanced Aircraft AI was added to active phase of development together with FLIR.
- A-10C II moved to active phase of development.
- Lighting and terrain improvements were pushed back a bit to.
- Enhanced Asset Pack, Supercarrier and helicopter Multi-crew now have deadlines.
- Hornet received its final list of features to be delivered this year, but this is a topic of a future update.
Current projects in active development phase:
DCS Core:
- [ Near Term ] 2.5.6 preparation for the stable release (FPS improvement)
- [ Near Term ] Damage Modeling for WWII Aircraft
- [ Long Term ] Weapon improvement (missile dynamics, new AI units), final AIM-120B dynamics to be released very soon AIM-120C to follow
- [ Mid to Long Term ] Voice Chat
- [ Long Term ] Dynamic Campaign
- [ Long Term ] Enhanced Aircraft Artificial Intelligence
DCS Graphic Engine:
- [ Near Term ] Special effects update
- [ Long Term ] Multi-threading
- [ Long Term ] Vulkan API integration
- [ Long Term ] New FLIR engine
Modules:
- [ April 2020 ] WWII Asset Pack update
- [ April-May 2020 ] Supercarrier EA
- [ May 2020 ] Huey Multi-crew
- [ Q2 2020 ] P-47D Thunderbolt EA
- [ Q2-3 2020 ] The Channel EA
- [ Mid Term ] Mariana Islands
- [ Dec 2020 ] F/A-18C Hornet out of EA
- [ Mid to Long Term ] F-16C Viper
- [ Mid Term ] Modern Air Combat
- [ Mid Term ] A-10C Warthog II
- [ Mid Term ] Mi-24P Hind
Near Term - we have the final list of tasks to be done before we share it in DCS World and expect delivery in less than 6 months.
Mid Term - we have a firm list of tasks and we trust that it might be delivered in less than 9 months.
Long Term - we have an initial list of tasks but still a lot to add and do not have exact expectations. Some Long term tasks can be delivered partially in iterations, some need to be fully completed.
Projects that are in the passive development phase (waiting for a 3D model delivery, developers allocation, reference gathering stage or one of the current active project to be finished first):
DCS Core:
- Damage Modeling for modern aircraft
- Airfield ATC
DCS Graphic Engine:
- Terrain lighting
- Terrain improvement
- Clouds. This task is planned to be started again in May 2020.
- Weather update
- Full Air-to-Ground Radar
Modules:
- Yak-52 Release
- Ka-50 Black Shark 3
- Mosquito FB MK.VI
ED has 4 items in Early Access:
- F-16C Viper
- F/A-18C Hornet
- Yak-52
- WWII Asset Pack
We plan to deliver all products out of Early Access this year however, the F-16C Viper is likely to be in Q1 2021, but we’ll keep you updated.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to all your comments.
Thank you all for your passion and support.
Yours truly,
Kate Perederko
Chief Operating Officer
Eagle Dynamics
There’s some great, up front and honest info coming out of ED! If it doesn’t work, tell us why. Makes their decisions to postpone so much easier to understand.
Ok, there will always be some people who won’t understand, no matter what. But who cares about them?
I got that Amiga 500 bundle too! I remember seeing the Interceptor demo running at a Karstadt computer dept. on a school trip to Germany. Coming from the C=64 I was floored by the graphics and smooth animation… I was so certain that this was the pinnacle of flightsims! It couldn’t possibly get any better than that! I always smile when I think about that.
Well whenever it drops I will be ready. I’ve been doing F-14 ARs and traps about an hour a day for two weeks now.
Ooh, this reminds me of another story…
Yup yup, bring it 
Great commercial that vid. Makes me wanna be 18 again and sign up for the navy.
Those C-2 drivers are obviously the IDGAF type aviators. Wearing wigs, rockin out, playacting in the pit. No martinets were participant in the making of this movie huh.
And now, in the interest of thread-derailment…check this video out (it’s sorta related to this post) at time 8:33-ish. Cool angle/shot. I wonder if my hands move that much at that point on the approach (I have pilot/stick turned off in VR).
hey fellas, I can’t keep up with all the dramatics going on over on the DCS forum and as a result lost the thread where the release date is/was/might be mentioned.
I know it’s delayed but does anyone know if DCS have a date for the release of SC?
Haven’t visited that circus in a day or so but, I don’t believe a specific date was set. I expect (but don’t ask me why) it’ll be a couple of weeks. Just an impression.
Originally scheduled for April 15, but it wasn’t ready. Release date is now up in the air, so could be two weeks, could be one month.
