December 4, 20214 yr We take off from Decimomannu, training ground for some NATO air forces. The forces that push you into your Martin Baker seat are most impressive A friend of mine, who flew the single-seat F104G, once told me that it took him with full afterburners engaged just 1 minute and 28 seconds to reach 30000 ft Let’s bring her up to 45000 ft Flying high above Monte Carlo If you would tell me that this picture is real, I would believe you Dead ahead is the Lago di Garda (Lake Garda) Above Bolzano We are already close to Bavaria, here we pass Innsbruck Below us is the Chiemsee (also sometimes called Bavarian Sea) And now the fun part starts: prepare for landing. You enjoy flying in the starfighter tremendously, at least at altitude. But when it comes to landing, the problems come and they concentrate on the compromise of getting this bird as slowly as possible, but just above 170 knots, onto this piece of tarmac at the beginning of the runway This is just my second flight in this beautiful beast, so I won’t show it to you. I was so busy to keep her level that I went below 170 knots. If this happens, this glorious aircraft will become vicious. It does not forgive the mistake of crossing boundaries Thanks for viewing Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 4, 20214 yr A real eye opener. Loved the high altitude shots, especially Chiemsee (was there once in real life...45 years ago!). John
December 5, 20214 yr Great set of shots from the Starfighter, it is in my hangar too, but only did a very short try hunting for a longer flight someday.. cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
December 5, 20214 yr Author Many thanks my friends for your comments!! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 6, 20214 yr Great pix!!! I have tried the Starfighter mod in DCS and have yet to complete a passable landing....:-) Very tricky handling indeed. It certainly does go up like a rocket!!!!!!
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