Passing the baton...

[PRB]

Sometime around 1989, VA-94 traded in their trusted and faithful Corsair II jets for shiny and new F/A-18Cs. Of course they didn't do it all at once. Planes arrive from the factory in ones and twos, and the old ones are transferred out the same way. Still, it's possible all the A-7Es were gone by the time the first Hornet arrived. I'd like to think this took place at least once...

Featuring: The default F/A-18C, in a repaint done by Ray Gagnon, and the not yet released RAZBAM A-7E, in a paint I am working on, because that was my old squadron!

 

[DaveKDEN]

Nice!

 

[Navy Chief]

Looks great, Paul!

Say, I have thought about this before, but don't know how feasible the idea is. But how difficult would it be to use the DSB Corsair II, as a static aircraft for the flight deck, or to fill the flight lines of NAS Lemoore and Cecil Field? My "dream" is to have the flight line filled with Corsairs, like they were when I first reported to Cecil Field in 1981. I too, remember the transition phase from Corsairs to Hornets, as I was with VA-83 when they changed over to VFA-83. And yes, I remember both types of aircraft being in the hangar, and on the flight line.

But definitely we need a static Corsair II, or even better, operating AI SLUFs!

Go NAVAIR,

Go NAVY.

Navy Chief

 

[PRB]

In FS9, I know how to place static AI planes all over the place. You make an AI flight plan in which the planes never take off. I've not done any AI work in FSX, however, but I'm sure the same thing is possible. The real problem is that after about 10 or 12 planes, your frame rate around that airport goes to heck. It's good to have dedicated AI planes, but of course they don't look as good as "real" ones.

I discovered by accident today that ImageTool, which comes with the FSX SDK, takes care of the flipping and mirroring business for you. You don't even need DXTBmp anymore for FSX. That's pretty cool.