Guys,
Al requested special historical weather for his Operation Leader missions. He wanted heavy broken clouds with bases at 4,000 to 4,500 and tops around 6,500 to 7,000 , no rain and wind at 22 kts. Then at the target area similar clouds with slightly less coverage and no wind.
You will need the wind to get off the deck with the 1,000 lb bomb he hung on your SBD. Piece of cake for you guys. Something thrilling about the SBD rolling down that deck in the pre dawn darkness, kind of like the movie Pearl Harbor, or was it Midway with the Japanese aircraft taking off with nav lights on.
Then he is going to make you form up as # 4 aircraft in a flight of four after your takeoff. The rest of your flight will be orbiting the carrier waiting for you to join up. here are some screenshots.
Lets see, take off checklist for a SBD is....:ernae:
O-1
Al requested special historical weather for his Operation Leader missions. He wanted heavy broken clouds with bases at 4,000 to 4,500 and tops around 6,500 to 7,000 , no rain and wind at 22 kts. Then at the target area similar clouds with slightly less coverage and no wind.
You will need the wind to get off the deck with the 1,000 lb bomb he hung on your SBD. Piece of cake for you guys. Something thrilling about the SBD rolling down that deck in the pre dawn darkness, kind of like the movie Pearl Harbor, or was it Midway with the Japanese aircraft taking off with nav lights on.
Then he is going to make you form up as # 4 aircraft in a flight of four after your takeoff. The rest of your flight will be orbiting the carrier waiting for you to join up. here are some screenshots.
Lets see, take off checklist for a SBD is....:ernae:
O-1
