The next HBO/Spielberg/Hanks WW2 miniseries is a go...

Oberon · 01-21-13, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by August

It must bug those Air-dales to no end to be replaced by a drone controlled by some pimply faced kid sitting at a console in some bunker. "Flying high into the wild blue yonder" is becoming a virtual thing.

War is becoming a virtual thing, won't be too many decades before flying drone gunships fight drone tanks while drone jets fight each other overhead.

It reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where they fought wars on a computer, calculated where the damage was and who was killed and then had the affected people euthanised.

And that's not even getting into cyber-warfare...

August · 01-22-13, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

War is becoming a virtual thing, won't be too many decades before flying drone gunships fight drone tanks while drone jets fight each other overhead.

It reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where they fought wars on a computer, calculated where the damage was and who was killed and then had the affected people euthanised.

And that's not even getting into cyber-warfare...

Makes me glad to be too old to see it.

Red October1984 · 01-22-13, 12:12 AM

Whoa whoa whoa guys. I never said that modern air combat was easy and undemanding.

I understand the complexity of it. I obviously don't have as much experience as you. I'm saying that the World War 2 prop plane dogfighting is much more interesting and would be much more fun than flying around an F-15. My goal is to become a Hog pilot. That is what I want to do. If that doesn't work out, I will fly something, somewhere for somebody. I love aviation and flying.

I just think that flying was more interesting and a lot cooler in a F6F over the Pacific, or a Spitfire over England, or a Bf-109 over France, and even a B-17 over Germany. I love WW2 stuff and would give almost anything to have a good ol' warbird...Maybe a P-40 or an Avenger Torpedo Bomber...

Stealhead · 01-22-13, 12:33 AM

Well just understand that anyone who flew in a WWII aircraft in combat that their life was on line and many of them did not make out alive.Just ask Chuck Yeager he said that what made him a good fighter pilot was that he did not fear death but understand that he actually faced death before he came up with that attitude.

If you join the Air Force you cant guarantee that you will forever fly one type of aircraft many pilots get moved around and they have to fly what ever is flown by the unit they get moved to and you also do not get to say "I don't want to move there or fly X plane its what they tell you to fly.Also the military is the master of taking what you would most like to do and assign you the exact opposite and they can tell when you are trying to use reverse psychology on them. An older cousin of mine was a Marine aviator he started in A-4s the went to Harriers then to F/A-18s then a desk.

If you really want to fly for the US military the first step is to become an officer unless you want to fly choppers for the US Army.Then you have to complete officer training Academy or ROTC the you have to pass the tests to get into flight school then you have to pass basic flight school and hope that you did well enough to go to the fighter program at the same time if you did well in both they might need a heavy pilot more and you'll go there anyway.You have a lot of goals to meet before you get to an A-10 cockpit or flight deck as they now called in the military.I am not saying that your goal is impossible it is just going to be very difficult.

01-22-13, 12:12 AM	#3
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Whoa whoa whoa guys. I never said that modern air combat was easy and undemanding. I understand the complexity of it. I obviously don't have as much experience as you. I'm saying that the World War 2 prop plane dogfighting is much more interesting and would be much more fun than flying around an F-15. My goal is to become a Hog pilot. That is what I want to do. If that doesn't work out, I will fly something, somewhere for somebody. I love aviation and flying. I just think that flying was more interesting and a lot cooler in a F6F over the Pacific, or a Spitfire over England, or a Bf-109 over France, and even a B-17 over Germany. I love WW2 stuff and would give almost anything to have a good ol' warbird...Maybe a P-40 or an Avenger Torpedo Bomber... __________________

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01-22-13, 12:33 AM	#4
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Well just understand that anyone who flew in a WWII aircraft in combat that their life was on line and many of them did not make out alive.Just ask Chuck Yeager he said that what made him a good fighter pilot was that he did not fear death but understand that he actually faced death before he came up with that attitude. If you join the Air Force you cant guarantee that you will forever fly one type of aircraft many pilots get moved around and they have to fly what ever is flown by the unit they get moved to and you also do not get to say "I don't want to move there or fly X plane its what they tell you to fly.Also the military is the master of taking what you would most like to do and assign you the exact opposite and they can tell when you are trying to use reverse psychology on them. An older cousin of mine was a Marine aviator he started in A-4s the went to Harriers then to F/A-18s then a desk. If you really want to fly for the US military the first step is to become an officer unless you want to fly choppers for the US Army.Then you have to complete officer training Academy or ROTC the you have to pass the tests to get into flight school then you have to pass basic flight school and hope that you did well enough to go to the fighter program at the same time if you did well in both they might need a heavy pilot more and you'll go there anyway.You have a lot of goals to meet before you get to an A-10 cockpit or flight deck as they now called in the military.I am not saying that your goal is impossible it is just going to be very difficult.