Nice to finally talk to you in person @Chuck_Owl! It was very enjoyable all around…!
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I do.
But @smokinhole promised me the right hand seat in his bird, and as much Star Wars stuff my flightbag can carry, if I ever move across the pond.
So I’m considering it…
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I have recently upped my flying to a couple of hours or so everyday when possible, normally after wife has fallen asleep on the sofa and I pack her off to bed and between shifts in the restaurant kitchen during the day. It has been useful time spent as I can now expend everything I can hang off the hornet and hit things😇
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I am so irritated I was at work last night and missed the meetup 
Fingers crossed for next time.
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After seeing @fearlessfrog darting around in the F-8…errrr5 I decided to pick it up in the sale today.
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i’ll be grabbing the i-16 at least and here i thought i was safe since the other sale just ended… damn you ED 
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The lob bombing in the Sabre is worth the entrance price, great fun.
My tally on HPN last night.
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Dora 1, lost it on takeoff, with @Fridge as my witness for the insurance claim. Learnt that locking the tail wheel helps greatly.
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Dora 2, blew the engine in hangar (so odometer on this one 000000). I think I just didn’t give it enough time to warm up. Same issue on a MG B I broke once.
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Dora 3, tried an Immelmann Turn at too low an altitude. I blame the metric system.
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Dora 4, got a calendar notification on a 2nd monitor and sat there like an idiot wiggling the as now lost focus DCS controls in VR.
I then got an email from the Dora factory with the word ’STOP’.
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Huey 1, sort of played bumper cars with @Wes’s parked aircraft. Broke bits off. Great fun, we should do a helo night!
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Spitfire. Couldn’t start it as I forgot the wobble pump bit.
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C101, thought we could twin cockpit it (was fun before) but DCS sort of died on me. Frame rate went down the toilet.
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Sabre, no controls bound and no FPS in VR but fun to streak around like a piece of shined metal.
I’m glad I don’t pay per seat in DCS 
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I read some history books that indicated the Germans were often running into ridgelines and losing control due to perusing calendars. I’m sure I read it somewhere… 
Realistic!
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Reloadable ejection seat cartridges DLC incoming…
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Love the enthusiasm! I think these posts should move to Screenshots thread or the HP Warbird poll thread. More on-topic there.
Whats great in the warbirds is that a wreck doesn’t mean a 10 minute startup procedure. Just maybe a long zig-zag taxi for a Spitfire.
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Aw man I totally missed this, hopefully next time!
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It was more just a random planets lining up thing, so I think there was about 8 minutes warning of the event. It was also a useful shakedown thing, as had forgotten lots and needed to set up bindings etc.
We also had a ‘live’ Chucks Guide which was fantastic, so rather than open a PDF I could whine into discord ‘Chuuuuuuucckkkkkkk?’
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Absolutely. Huey and Mi-8 medevac and sling load operations are tons of fun.
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Use Ka-50 nose to squash infantry. It works!
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All types on Red & Blue.
Let’s see some Huey dogfights!
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I have my slingload weapon ready…!
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I will take a night off work for a proper mudspike meetup again. Spring sting was a blast last year
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