A Race Event: Airfields of the Southwest Pacific II.
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salt_air
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Alpha Bleu Ciel seems to have the only decent freeware model of the Corsair for FS9.
I'm running some models in Class 4 .... process of elimination ... and wonder if I have neglected to find another decent model.
Also see where this same model had to have an FDE "redo" for the last RTW.... wonder if that would be the case here and where may I find it if needed?
Oh yeah, maybe the old beat up job from FS2002? .... hmmmm, Panel work, a sound file, what else? .... can't remember right now.
I'm running some models in Class 4 .... process of elimination ... and wonder if I have neglected to find another decent model.
Also see where this same model had to have an FDE "redo" for the last RTW.... wonder if that would be the case here and where may I find it if needed?
Oh yeah, maybe the old beat up job from FS2002? .... hmmmm, Panel work, a sound file, what else? .... can't remember right now.
Craig Taylor
SOH-CM-2025
Speaking of "carrier-capable," apparently 4 of these were launched by catapult off one of the ferry carriers during the invasion of Saipan in June '44. They were launched to supplement CAP while the task force ferrying the planes was under attack, and were later landed ashore at a recently secured airfield. Field expediency! Of course there's always a lot of kerfuffle on the interwebs over what "carrier-capable" actually means when discussing aircraft adaptability for carrier operations. 
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Going to enter another aircraft. Found this one over on Bougainville in pretty good shape. A2A's Zero. An A6M5 model 54. A FS9 model flying in FSX. Flight tests have 294kt TAS at it's CA 20000ft. With full fuel and load.
Hard to read and understand the gauges, so the ground crew removed all the modern goodies and installed a Sperry AP. The one we borrowed earlier from a C47. Also borrowed an airspeed indicator and altimeter from a P51 we found back on Malita.
Hard to read and understand the gauges, so the ground crew removed all the modern goodies and installed a Sperry AP. The one we borrowed earlier from a C47. Also borrowed an airspeed indicator and altimeter from a P51 we found back on Malita.
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I was going to save this for the return trip, but since the SBD is giving me some problems, I've decided to go ahead with the AH Seafire III as it's pretty much ready to go right now, just a different paint than the one I'd previously posted. Gonna have to make a few extra stops for gas, but should be fun. I've got the Pilot's Notes book on my desk and we'll see how close it comes to the actual numbers.
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salt_air
Charter Member
Going back to pick up the Warhawk ... The selection process finally got far enough down the list of pilots for me to be called.
I was given a Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat (Milton Shupe) to ferry up to Malita ... then I have to arrange away back ...
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Just might have a plan or two for that.
I'll be puttin' her into the wind as soon as I finish all of this Win10 nonsense (upgrade) and get it set to run these vintage software programs I use.
Won't take long .... should be ample time for the second return as well.
Gotta get the Warhawk home.
FS9 and default real WX w/updates
I was given a Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat (Milton Shupe) to ferry up to Malita ... then I have to arrange away back ...
.Just might have a plan or two for that.
I'll be puttin' her into the wind as soon as I finish all of this Win10 nonsense (upgrade) and get it set to run these vintage software programs I use.
Won't take long .... should be ample time for the second return as well.
Gotta get the Warhawk home.
FS9 and default real WX w/updates
It seems some Marine General, back on Santa Anna, is looking for a package to be delivered from the Philippines. As soon as possible. Cannot wait for a transport. So I was volunteered to fly this package back. About the size of a shoe box. Take something fast, he said. Take my F7F. But don't hurt it. Not a scratch. Yes sir.
I will be flying Miltons F7F in FSX using default real weather.
I will be flying Miltons F7F in FSX using default real weather.
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srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Atlas World News flies again
For Immediate Release:
Atlas World News, (in)famous for it's on-scene reporting of previous races throughout the world has been engaged by a prominent monthly periodical of geography and exploration to provide its resources for "an investigative participation of an ongoing invasion in the southwest Pacific by marauding bands of international pilots. Anecdotal information indicates numerous crews have been traipsing in and around the Solomon Islands and Borneo, leaving traces of pollution, environmental damage and uncertain trade practices that have impacted the lives (and homes) of parts of the indigenous populations of this area. It is the intention of this survey to quickly ascertain the results of this intrusion into a peaceful and biologically diverse part of the world and to bring this activity to the attention of the peoples of developed nations."
AWN has arranged to provide crew and it's proven Martin B-26 bomber-type to carry a team of documentary specialists along the 'race route'. With the decline in the public's readership of traditional print media, our ability to participate in this endeavour was in doubt until the last moment, but sponsorship funding has been obtained from a noted American food processing company with contractual ties to the U.S. military. To accommodate this sponsor, the AWN Team will be distributing promotional materials describing the company's products in the form of literature and samples carried in recyclable metal canisters to residents at each location along the way. Be assured that these samples, dubbed "Spam In A Can", have been thoroughly tested and approved by the appropriate agencies for safe and healthy content and meet all applicable "truth in advertising" codes.
If the press deadline of September 15th can be met, look for the report in the next issue of the magazine.
Sincerely,
P. Orky Bitts
Managing Director,
Atlas World News
Addendum: The aircraft will be the classic and well-tested Martin B-26 provided by Mr D. Eckert and adjusted for the FSX environment by Mr. A.F. Scrub, operating within the limits of the 'default' weather environment. Note that the Martin's defensive armament has been retained as sources indicate there may be some unsavory characters at large in the area.
For Immediate Release:
Atlas World News, (in)famous for it's on-scene reporting of previous races throughout the world has been engaged by a prominent monthly periodical of geography and exploration to provide its resources for "an investigative participation of an ongoing invasion in the southwest Pacific by marauding bands of international pilots. Anecdotal information indicates numerous crews have been traipsing in and around the Solomon Islands and Borneo, leaving traces of pollution, environmental damage and uncertain trade practices that have impacted the lives (and homes) of parts of the indigenous populations of this area. It is the intention of this survey to quickly ascertain the results of this intrusion into a peaceful and biologically diverse part of the world and to bring this activity to the attention of the peoples of developed nations."
AWN has arranged to provide crew and it's proven Martin B-26 bomber-type to carry a team of documentary specialists along the 'race route'. With the decline in the public's readership of traditional print media, our ability to participate in this endeavour was in doubt until the last moment, but sponsorship funding has been obtained from a noted American food processing company with contractual ties to the U.S. military. To accommodate this sponsor, the AWN Team will be distributing promotional materials describing the company's products in the form of literature and samples carried in recyclable metal canisters to residents at each location along the way. Be assured that these samples, dubbed "Spam In A Can", have been thoroughly tested and approved by the appropriate agencies for safe and healthy content and meet all applicable "truth in advertising" codes.
If the press deadline of September 15th can be met, look for the report in the next issue of the magazine.
Sincerely,
P. Orky Bitts
Managing Director,
Atlas World News
Addendum: The aircraft will be the classic and well-tested Martin B-26 provided by Mr D. Eckert and adjusted for the FSX environment by Mr. A.F. Scrub, operating within the limits of the 'default' weather environment. Note that the Martin's defensive armament has been retained as sources indicate there may be some unsavory characters at large in the area.
Ron Attwood
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The authorities were so disappointed in my showing with the P51, they made me go back in a P47! Oh Lord!
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
"The B-26 is stated by the 9th Air Force to have had the lowest combat loss rate of any U.S. aircraft used during the war. Nevertheless, it remained a challenging aircraft to fly and continued to be unpopular with some pilots throughout its military career. In 1944, in answer to many pilots complaining to the press and their relatives back home, the USAAF and Martin took the unusual step during war, of commissioning large articles to be placed in various popular publications, "educating" and defending the so-called flying/accident record of the B-26 against "slanders". One of the largest of these articles was in the May 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics."
https://books.google.ca/books?id=hd8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61&dq=popular+Mechanics+1944+Marader&hl=en&ei=tq2iTI7hEouenQflj92IBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q&f=true
From approximately June 1942, the B-26 squadrons of the 38th BG were based in New Caledonia and Fiji. From New Caledonia, missions were flown against Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands. On one occasion, a B-26 was credited with shooting down a Kawanishi H6K flying boat. In 1943, it was decided that the B-26 would be phased out of operations in the South West Pacific Theatre in favor of the North American B-25 Mitchell. Nevertheless, the 19th Bombardment Squadron of the 22nd BG continued to fly missions in the B-26, and the B-26 flew its last combat mission in the theatre on 9 January 1944.
http://b26mhs.bizland.com/
http://b26.com/
Knew I should have added a couple smily icons in there... 
In fact the 22nd and 38th BG were both flying the short winged version in the early days of the Pacific War. They liked it. High landing speed? Yes, but so what. As an A-7 pilot friend of mine once said, you "stay above the stall speed, doesn't make no difference what the stall speed actually is, just don't go that slow and you won't stall." 22nd and 38 BG crews loved their short winged Marauder because it was fast, something that came in handy after dropping the bombs... New crews had trouble with the B-26, but veteran crews being chased by Zeros sort of grew a liking to it...
In fact the 22nd and 38th BG were both flying the short winged version in the early days of the Pacific War. They liked it. High landing speed? Yes, but so what. As an A-7 pilot friend of mine once said, you "stay above the stall speed, doesn't make no difference what the stall speed actually is, just don't go that slow and you won't stall." 22nd and 38 BG crews loved their short winged Marauder because it was fast, something that came in handy after dropping the bombs... New crews had trouble with the B-26, but veteran crews being chased by Zeros sort of grew a liking to it...
srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Does anyone have a spare, or newly-retired navigator with the math and reading-comprehension skills of at least a 5th grader? The one I have onboard will certainly be left in Hayfield ( if he's lucky enough not to be dropped out of Bay #2).
He: a) cannot read a flight plan and b) probably has been reading magazines instead of checking position.
IF we are LUCKY we will have somewhere in the neighbourhood of 5 min. spare fuel on landing thanks to a 100nm "error" in his calculations.
Pay is poor but the benefits are many.
He: a) cannot read a flight plan and b) probably has been reading magazines instead of checking position.
IF we are LUCKY we will have somewhere in the neighbourhood of 5 min. spare fuel on landing thanks to a 100nm "error" in his calculations.
Pay is poor but the benefits are many.
salt_air
Charter Member
Well Gents, after three passes through the gambit of this event .... two North and West as well as one South and East ... I'm registering for a final run.
So as to follow the agreement I have with Miss Nellie to find and return my missing P-40, make for some semblance of balance as to the number of trips each way, and because I'm already in Malita right now and it's a L-O-N-G boat ride back .... I'll get setup to leave here (Malita) and return to Santa Ana with the "Goods" ... as per the ruleage of this Great event previously set forth.
I have had a blast ... even having to sort out computer demons (a long standing part of our fine hobby BTW) ... Hard runs as best I could for the last three efforts.
The P-40 (I've been gibbering about) is not really competitive in this class (III) ... and I have been fond of the Iris model for years .... never having a place to utilize it ... Sooo
This run will be more of an excursion or trip ... a Pacific Commemoration if you will .... to one of the Pacific theater's pilots to go right along with the Airfields this event has recognized.
The Pilot:
Flight Sargent D.A. Smyth of Dover Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
Sargent Smyth flew a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk out of Noemfoor Island with the #78 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force.
The only MSFS (FS9) airport on that island is Kornasoren (WA0K) .... 75NM due West of WABB
The aircraft I will fly has been painted in the colors of that squadron ... and has the particular markings of the model flown by him.
NOTE:
[You will recognize this squadron's markings on the P-40 image shown on the front page of our copy of the rules for this event as well.]
I'm going to fly the P-40N Kittyhawk by Iris Simulations in the above paint ... in FS9 using default real WX w/updates.
I'll share a few photos I found (said to be out of copyright) at the Australian War Memorial website of the pilot and plane ....
Here's the good Sargent himself standing next to "Lucky 13" "Watch My Form!" .... sure will ...
F Sargent Smyth and a few other pilots after a flight ... our pilot at the far right.
A group shot that shows F/Lt. R. S. Osment, F/Sgt.J. G. Gladsten, F/Sgt. R. Cowley, F/O. G. H. White, F/Sgt. J. G. Harvey, F/O. A. E. Barker, F/O. G. O'H. Giles, F/Lt. D. R. Baker, F/Sgt. C. L. Smith, F/Lt. J. C. Griffith, F/Sgt. E. J. O'Connell, F/Sgt. D. A. Smyth, F/Sgt. I. McKenzie and F/O. N. F. Blessing.....
Thanks to every last one of these pilots for their service.
I wish there was room here to recognize ALL of the rest of the souls that were "there" back "then".
So as to follow the agreement I have with Miss Nellie to find and return my missing P-40, make for some semblance of balance as to the number of trips each way, and because I'm already in Malita right now and it's a L-O-N-G boat ride back .... I'll get setup to leave here (Malita) and return to Santa Ana with the "Goods" ... as per the ruleage of this Great event previously set forth.
I have had a blast ... even having to sort out computer demons (a long standing part of our fine hobby BTW) ... Hard runs as best I could for the last three efforts.
The P-40 (I've been gibbering about) is not really competitive in this class (III) ... and I have been fond of the Iris model for years .... never having a place to utilize it ... Sooo
This run will be more of an excursion or trip ... a Pacific Commemoration if you will .... to one of the Pacific theater's pilots to go right along with the Airfields this event has recognized.
The Pilot:
Flight Sargent D.A. Smyth of Dover Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
Sargent Smyth flew a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk out of Noemfoor Island with the #78 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force.
The only MSFS (FS9) airport on that island is Kornasoren (WA0K) .... 75NM due West of WABB
The aircraft I will fly has been painted in the colors of that squadron ... and has the particular markings of the model flown by him.
NOTE:
[You will recognize this squadron's markings on the P-40 image shown on the front page of our copy of the rules for this event as well.]
I'm going to fly the P-40N Kittyhawk by Iris Simulations in the above paint ... in FS9 using default real WX w/updates.
I'll share a few photos I found (said to be out of copyright) at the Australian War Memorial website of the pilot and plane ....
Here's the good Sargent himself standing next to "Lucky 13" "Watch My Form!" .... sure will ...
F Sargent Smyth and a few other pilots after a flight ... our pilot at the far right.
A group shot that shows F/Lt. R. S. Osment, F/Sgt.J. G. Gladsten, F/Sgt. R. Cowley, F/O. G. H. White, F/Sgt. J. G. Harvey, F/O. A. E. Barker, F/O. G. O'H. Giles, F/Lt. D. R. Baker, F/Sgt. C. L. Smith, F/Lt. J. C. Griffith, F/Sgt. E. J. O'Connell, F/Sgt. D. A. Smyth, F/Sgt. I. McKenzie and F/O. N. F. Blessing.....
Thanks to every last one of these pilots for their service.
I wish there was room here to recognize ALL of the rest of the souls that were "there" back "then".
