Back To Page 2 Ok, so you are all set and ready to go. You have a good picture of what you want to hit, you are on target, your altitude and speed are good and you are ready to dive in and hit your target. All you have to do is deploy dive […]
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IL-2 Series: Ground Attack and Ship Attack Part I, How to Dive Bomb Page 2
Back To Page 1 The goal is to line up the target in your window in the bottom of your cockpit. Even with a good approach sometimes you will find yourself off a little. Small changes can be made in your dive but if you cannot get a good sight view of your target […]
IL-2 Series: Ground Attack and Ship Attack Part I,
How to Dive Bomb -or- Broad Side of the Barn? What Barn? by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield Introduction I like to blow stuff up. Hey, who doesn’t? Well, in the virtual flight simulation world not as many as you would think. Yes, we all know that 90% of the guys out there fly most of these […]
It’s What Would Have Happened If ABC News Was Right… Page 2
Back To Page 1 Tomcat All of the Destruction, But None of the Nation-Building… The US Navy is sitting in the Straits of Dhimar with about six or so squadrons of firepower. You can do top cover for naval airstrikes in the F-14A, pulverize that damned warehouse in an A-7E, or shoot some Parani […]
It’s What Would Have Happened If ABC News Was Right…
Burning Sands 1983 Mod by “VinceH” for ThirdWire Series Simulations by Charles ‘PFunk’ Bellows Introduction Simulations fans are a needy lot. Rarely, if ever, have we seen a single title that wasn’t greeted by a few choice nits to pick over some obscure detail that was missed. Which is one of the joys the Strike Fighters-engined […]
Speed and Angels DVD
by Guest Writer John “Colt40Five” Clement When I first heard about the Speed and Angels (S&A) DVD, I immediately knew I had to buy it. First and foremost because, like many here at SimHQ, I can never get enough of learning all I can about every aspect of military aviation. Second, because this film was produced […]
‘Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45’ by Igor A. Kaberov Page 3
One sentence that you would never find in an RAF account runs as follows: “The Commissar flew more than us, managed to organise meetings, give lectures or reports, showed an interest in new literary trends, talked with pilots and technicians and visited the sailors’ quarters.” You can just imagine an RAF pilot’s views of the […]
‘Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45’ by Igor A. Kaberov Page 2
However some things appear odd to the Western reader. Kaberov’s manner can seem so alien that it rings untrue. However that is to miss the alternative explanation: Kaberov, along with many Soviet citizens of his generation, simply thinks differently to us. What can seem unnatural to us is perfectly natural to him. When you look […]
‘Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45’ by Igor A. Kaberov
by Guest Writer Ian Boys Every month or so somebody in the SimHQ IL-2 Forum asks which books best describe air combat from the pilot’s viewpoint. Many of the answers are uncontentious – Clostermann, Lipfert, Deere, Sakai. One book, however, is guaranteed to arouse controversy: “Swastika in the Gunsight” by Igor Kaberov. So many people […]
Visit the Holy Land… Just Avoid the Flak Page 3
Back To Page 2 It’ll Take Longer to Finish the Game Than the Actual War… A word or two on the Egyptians. For those that think the idea of ‘regime change’ is a new concept developed by the present American Presidential administration, one of the primary goals of the Allies was to neutralize the […]
Visit the Holy Land… Just Avoid the Flak Page 2
Back To Page 1 Sherman, Set the Way-Back Machine for… Vamp Most people familiar with the Suez Crisis only remember it as a tentative alliance between the French and British militaries to secure the canal, though in truth, it was never closed as the British feared it would be. British military planners favored a […]
Visit the Holy Land… Just Avoid the Flak
The ’56 Suez Crisis Mod by Johan217 for the Third Wire Series by Charles ‘PFunk’ Bellows Introduction Simulations fans are a needy lot. Rarely, if ever, have we seen a single title that wasn’t greeted by a few choice nits to pick over some obscure detail that was missed. Which is one of the joys the Strike Fighters-engined […]