DesertSaker's Aero-Game Blog!

If only the sand could speak, the tales you’d hear.

A hint of a rainbow under the engine via Mt. Fuji, approaching low over a city, a break in the clouds, a glimmer of stars through the morning gloom - these moments are what makes the hour-long island-hopping flights worth it. 

Hands-down my favorite place in the world IRL, we stopped to star gaze a bit before heading back to PHNL. Next stop, Japan....

Chasing the sun across the pacific for five hours isn’t the most exciting of things. But the views are worth it.

Everything gets pushed to the back of your head when you shoot off the cat. Your only focus is the mission ahead. 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/622437643

Yes, I know... 4th+ gen multirole fighters are the meta in DCS. But there is something just fun about the Harrier. Of course, my one of my wingmen had to ruin the picture by taxiing too fast and breaking a gear...but it was a great night that can be viewed here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/620541407

Do you really want to go back in time? By late 1944, many P-38′s were regulated to CAS roles. Despite being optimized for high-altitude performance, they were still able to hit nearly 400 mph on the deck --- which meant that after they dropped their bombs, they easily reminded the remnants of the Luftwaffe why they earned the nickname “Forked-Tail Devil.”  I’m used to flying 4th-generation fighter jets in DCS. Putting “California Cutie” through her paces in IL-2 was a pure stick-and-rudder experience. The P-38 is a quirky aircraft, and surviving against advanced German fighters requires you to use every strange advantage you can get. 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/603292331

Practiced some BFM today - I learned a lot about what the JF-17 can and can’t do. If you see a Tomcat, get him slow and force a one-circle. If you see a Hornet, fucking run.

I love it when a plan comes together. And I also love the callsign “Spider.”