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Confused Italian pilot...

Rami

Rami

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Hey guys,

Just toying around with a "nickel and dime" package of missions I'll be uploading soon, consisting of a couple of six-mission mini-campaigns and a few odds and ends that never made it into another campaign pack.

I have a fictional mission where the returning ships of Force H that brought the Pedestal convoy through the Western Med launch a strike against Sardinia while returning to Gibraltar. You protect the Italian ships, but the British carriers are only about fifteen or so miles away. So, after bagging a couple of Tommies, I figured what the hell...and I made it with room to spare!
 
Rami,

The British flak was not very good or accurate then, ha!! :tommygun2: :a1310: :victorious:

Cheers

Shessi
 
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Shessi said:
Rami,

The British flak was not very good or accurate then, ha!!

Cheers

Shessi
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No, the gunners simply got confused by the Eastern Front theatre colours displayed by this 202.........Yellow nose, wingtips and fuselage band, plus white triangles on the wings, did not belong to the Med, so they started arguing with each other whether this aircraft was real or they were seeing things, due to strong sun exposure.

In the middle of the argument, Rami took advantage of it and landed unscathed.......:very_drunk:

KH :biggrin-new:
 
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kelticheart said:
No, the gunners simply got confused by the Eastern Front theatre colours displayed by this 202.........Yellow nose, wingtips and fuselage band, plus white triangles on the wings, did not belong to the Med, so they started arguing with each other whether this aircraft was real or they were seeing things, due to strong sun exposure.

In the middle of the argument, Rami took advantage of it and landed unscathed.......:very_drunk:

KH :biggrin-new:
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Nice to see you again, Mister sarcastic. If you happen to run into Stefano anywhere, let him know we miss him! :p87:
 
I was simply envious of your great display of skills......

Rami said:
Nice to see you again, Mister sarcastic. If you happen to run into Stefano anywhere, let him know we miss him!
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Aw, c'mon, Rami, it was all meant for a nice, healthy :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new:. No sarcasm and no offence meant at all!

I just couldn't resist pulling your leg, my friend. BTW, you truly displayed great piloting skills there.

Landing a Folgore on a sailing carrier without arrestor hook must have raised your heartbeats more than a little, considering also the M.C.202 had a high wing loading and doesn't forgive low speed approaches.
An Italian Tornado military pilot at the end of the 1980's fell victim of this negative trait, very similar to the Mustang low speeds behaviour, when landing after an airshow display the only remaining airworthy M.C.205 Veltro in the world.

The M.C.205 shares the same wings and fuselage with the Folgore, the experienced jet pilot landed it a tad too hot to keep the aircraft above stall speed. After eating up the entire runway length, he had to apply heavy braking, ending the aircraft on the nose, an event we CFS2 pilots know very well. Fortunately, the pilot walked away from the accident unhurt, but the nose of the Veltro was seriously damaged.

This M.C.205 had been painstakingly restored and brought back to flight status by Aeronautica Macchi (today known as Aermacchi) in the early 1980's. Sadly, it was restored again only for static display and can be presently seen at the Italian Air Force historical museum of Vigna di Valle, located on lake Trasimeno near Roma.

With this landing you definitely "car-qualled" Rami, congratulations! :applause:

Stef :wavey:
 
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kelticheart said:
Aw, c'mon, Rami, it was all meant for a nice, healthy. No sarcasm and no offence meant at all!

I just couldn't resist pulling your leg, my friend. BTW, you truly displayed great piloting skills there.

Landing a Folgore on a sailing carrier without arrestor hook must have raised your heartbeats more than a little, considering also the M.C.202 had a high wing loading and doesn't forgive low speed approaches.

An Italian Tornado military pilot at the end of the 1980's fell victim of this negative trait, very similar to the Mustang low speeds behaviour, when landing after an airshow display the only remaining airworthy M.C.205 Veltro in the world.

The M.C.205 shares the same wings and fuselage with the Folgore, the experienced jet pilot landed it a tad too hot to keep the aircraft above stall speed. After eating up the entire runway length, he had to apply heavy braking, ending the aircraft on the nose, an event we CFS2 pilots know very well. Fortunately, the pilot walked away from the accident unhurt, but the nose of the Veltro was seriously damaged.

This M.C.205 had been painstakingly restored and brought back to flight status by Aeronautica Macchi (today known as Aermacchi) in the early 1980's. Sadly, it was restored again only for static display and can be presently seen at the Italian Air Force historical museum of Vigna di Valle, located on lake Trasimeno near Roma.

With this landing you definitely "car-qualled" Rami, congratulations!

Stef
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Stefano,
I know, and my response was also in jest, not serious. I have not gotten around to installing Captain Kurt's Folgore updates yet. :wiggle:
 
Rami said:
Stefano,
I know, and my response was also in jest, not serious. I have not gotten around to installing Captain Kurt's Folgore updates yet.
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Wait until you will see what Captain Kurt worked out in terms of damage profile and Flight Model for the conversion of Manuele Villa/Italian Wings' M.C.202 that I am in the last packup phase, prior to uploading it!

He did a fantastic job, reaching a great balance between history and CFS2 limitations. MVG3d's Folgore is a joy to fly in CFS2 now!

I am sorry it's taking so long, but I want this conversion to come out near-perfect, because that's what this model simply deserves. It's going to be a big pack, I am in the process of trying to make it easy to download, without being too dispersive, because we are talking about 9 models with multiple repaints each. It gathers three original packs together, probably I'll be forced to split it up in two or three parts as well.

I am getting there.....:running:

Stef :wavey:
 
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kelticheart said:
...This M.C.205 had been painstakingly restored and brought back to flight status by Aeronautica Macchi (today known as Aermacchi) in the early 1980's. Sadly, it was restored again only for static display and can be presently seen at the Italian Air Force historical museum of Vigna di Valle, located on lake Trasimeno near Roma.
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Sorry folks, I confused the museum location!

Our good MVG3d just .....:173go1:and rightly so.

The Italian Air Force historical museum of Vigna di Valle is located near Lake Bracciano, at about 30km from Roma.

KH :wavey:
 
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