Aircraft spotted off the starboard....

scratch81 · 06-14-10, 09:36 AM

...balcony?

Sitting outside for a smoke, i hear four very large engines thinking "I know those engines" just as I see a B-17 come up over the tree line into view. Nearly crapping myself, i open the door to the living room and yelled "Alaaaaaaarm!" nearly giving my wife a heart attack. by the time she collected herself and got outside, we saw another contact, might have been a corsair, though it was pretty distant.

We hop online and find they're having some event at the addison, tx, airport, air-museum. the b-17 was none other than the liberty belle. was pretty cool.

mookiemookie · 06-14-10, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by scratch81

i open the door to the living room and yelled "Alaaaaaaarm!" nearly giving my wife a heart attack.

After my girlfriend watched Das Boot with me once, she screams "ALLAAAAARM!" at me everytime she hears an alarm bell like the one from the movie.

Zedi · 06-14-10, 09:45 AM

sh+pot=win

scratch81 · 06-14-10, 09:52 AM

wasn't pot, was camel.

scratch81 · 06-14-10, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

After my girlfriend watched Das Boot with me once, she screams "ALLAAAAARM!" at me everytime she hears an alarm bell like the one from the movie.

I did that to my wife to see what kind of reaction i'd get. i know ima get paybacks soon enough. also recently spotted a b-24 and some other small fighters, but too distant to get possitive ID on them.

JU_88 · 06-14-10, 10:00 AM

About a year ago, a spit, hurri and a Lancster flew very low over my house in formation (i live in London and it was VE memorial day I think)
The noise made by 6 Rolls Royce merlin engines is almost ear drum shattering, our flat was almost shaking!

scratch81 · 06-14-10, 10:07 AM

We got to looking into the Liberty Belle, and to our amazement she's from Georgia, about 4hs drive from savannah, which we'll be moving to in August. My wife is not big on history, she doesn't really like submarines, uboats, ships, guns, knives, or politicians (the one thing we do agree on), but now she wants to see the memphis belle, uss cavalla, and battleship texas (the latter two we're hoping to visit this weekend).

kylania · 06-14-10, 10:24 AM

One thing I noticed with SH5 is that you simply cannot see planes with the naked eye unless they are within a certain distance, 2-3k I think it was? Even on a clear day. You can see them with binocs, but they aren't even specs in the sky without binocs. In SH4 you could at least see them, there wasn't some crazy clipping distance.

THE_MASK · 06-14-10, 04:53 PM

Well not aircraft but if i ask my wife to get my lunch from subsim by accident instead of subway one more time i am going to scream .

scratch81 · 06-14-10, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sober

Well not aircraft but if i ask my wife to get my lunch from subsim by accident instead of subway one more time i am going to scream .

Just don't ask her to get you a type II meatball uboat, mine slapped me for it.

06-14-10, 09:36 AM	#1
scratch81 Soundman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 142 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Aircraft spotted off the starboard.... ...balcony? Sitting outside for a smoke, i hear four very large engines thinking "I know those engines" just as I see a B-17 come up over the tree line into view. Nearly crapping myself, i open the door to the living room and yelled "Alaaaaaaarm!" nearly giving my wife a heart attack. by the time she collected herself and got outside, we saw another contact, might have been a corsair, though it was pretty distant. We hop online and find they're having some event at the addison, tx, airport, air-museum. the b-17 was none other than the liberty belle. was pretty cool. __________________ [Eat at Bob's Brain Shack]

06-14-10, 09:52 AM	#4
scratch81 Soundman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 142 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	wasn't pot, was camel. __________________ [Eat at Bob's Brain Shack]

06-14-10, 10:07 AM	#7
scratch81 Soundman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 142 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	We got to looking into the Liberty Belle, and to our amazement she's from Georgia, about 4hs drive from savannah, which we'll be moving to in August. My wife is not big on history, she doesn't really like submarines, uboats, ships, guns, knives, or politicians (the one thing we do agree on), but now she wants to see the memphis belle, uss cavalla, and battleship texas (the latter two we're hoping to visit this weekend). __________________ [Eat at Bob's Brain Shack]

06-14-10, 10:24 AM	#8
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	One thing I noticed with SH5 is that you simply cannot see planes with the naked eye unless they are within a certain distance, 2-3k I think it was? Even on a clear day. You can see them with binocs, but they aren't even specs in the sky without binocs. In SH4 you could at least see them, there wasn't some crazy clipping distance. __________________

06-14-10, 09:45 AM	#3
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	sh+pot=win

06-14-10, 10:00 AM	#6
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	About a year ago, a spit, hurri and a Lancster flew very low over my house in formation (i live in London and it was VE memorial day I think) The noise made by 6 Rolls Royce merlin engines is almost ear drum shattering, our flat was almost shaking!

06-14-10, 04:53 PM	#9
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Well not aircraft but if i ask my wife to get my lunch from subsim by accident instead of subway one more time i am going to scream .