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This Sunday’s Wargame
Since we just got back from Historicon and I have part 2 of my eye surgeries on Thursday, we will be “keeping it simple” for this upcoming Sunday. I’ve had a hankering to play Check… more →
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Fire and Forget
wrote 1 month ago: By the end of my last post, we’d got as far as the 1950s in terms of the development of air wa … more →
Rebuttal of Jim Lacey’s ignorant garbage
wrote 1 month ago: Last month, the National Establishment Review published an utterly ridiculous screed by Jim Lacey (“ … more →
"In Pursuit" hits 20,000 downloads
wrote 2 years ago: In Pursuit - A Pilot's Guide to Online Air Combat Checking stats I was flabbergasted to notice … more →
[Fighter Captain] Excerpt: The nature of command
wrote 2 years ago: Shaking out in flights, throttles cut back and the prop set to bite coarsely into the air, the forma … more →
[Fighter Captain] Excerpt: Fighter Sweep
wrote 2 years ago: The typical and most basic mission of a fighter squadron comprising two or more flights of four pilo … more →
The Blue Max (1966) Is it the Best WWI Air Combat Movie?
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wrote 2 years ago: Some people argue that The Blue Max is the best WWI air combat movie there is. What is certainly int … more →
Excerpt from "Fighter Captain": Introduction
wrote 2 years ago: While having nothing in particular to do with my life other than earning my keep at my day job, ente … more →
633 Squadron (1964) British Air Combat Movie that Would Make a Great Remake
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wrote 2 years ago: The British movie 633 Squadron is an entertaining air combat movie. It has a little bit of everythin … more →
Honour Bound
wrote 2 years ago: Next in line for publishing is “Wingman - The virtual pilot’s companion to team combat”. … more →
In Pursuit
wrote 2 years ago: In Pursuit - A Pilot's Guide to Online Air Combat Welcome to the new permanent home of Pilot Pr … more →
Aces High (1976) British WWI Air Combat Movie
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wrote 2 years ago: I was curious to watch Aces High as it is one of the few WWI air combat movies we have. I did rememb … more →
Top Gun
wrote 2 years ago: What does one get the freshly turned 25 year-old who has most everything? An experience. … more →
The Way To the Stars aka Johnny in the Clouds (1945) A British WWII Movie about British and American Pilots on a UK Bomber Base
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wrote 2 years ago: Starting just before the Battle of Britain The Way to the Stars tells the story of two friends and t … more →
The Red Baron aka Der rote Baron (2008) The Guilty Pleasure of an Enjoyable Air Combat Movie
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wrote 2 years ago: The Red Baron a German/UK production with an international cast (two famous German actors, Matthias … more →
1/300 Check Your Six! Jets...and a Test Felid
wrote 2 years ago: I’m getting ready for this Friday night’s Check Your Six! Jet Age game at Unique Gifts a … more →
New WIP - Pearl Harbor painting
wrote 2 years ago: This is what I’ve been working on for a while now. Dogfight with George Welch and Ken Taylor … more →
B24
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wrote 2 months ago: I haven’t posted much on the blog lately since I’ve been focused on producing B24. It’s an account o … more →
Time to cancel the F-35
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wrote 2 months ago: The DOD’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE), Michael Gilmore, has recently rel … more →
A welcome change
wrote 3 months ago: By now, even my most faithful of readers (yeah, like that is gonna happen!) have tired of my incessa … more →
