Because it bears repeating: >HD Collection never (ever). >Don't let it die.
Threadly reminder to draw for the collage! Draw your planefu, put effort into it, and it will be added right in! imgur.com/a/8zpGk The only rules are: >it must be black and white, no shading >it must fly from left to right >you MUST have fun while drawing. It's the most important part! Don't be afraid to ask for help. We'll always offer some advice if you need it.
Happy Valentine's day, everyone. And even if you've yet to find romance, go spend time with friends, eat discount chocolate and watch a stupid movie.
Or just fly an extra-special mission with your Planefu.
Ayden Harris
Threadly reminder to draw for the collage! Draw your planefu, put effort into it, and it will be added right in may take several months please understand Absolutely ZERO skill required. Just enjoy yourself and do your best.
The only rules are: >it must be black and white, no shading >it must fly from left to right >you MUST have fun while drawing. It's the most important part! Don't be afraid to ask for help. We'll always offer some advice if you need it.
Awaiting that entry by the F-22 buddy from last thread
Logan Sanchez
Happy Valentines day, buddies! What have you done today? >he put the reminder in the OP Based. The fact that no one has caught my eye worries me a bit.
Jordan Walker
As I post it I realize Tom put it in the OP. Good thinking
Brayden Reyes
Since last thread went radar and ECM heavy, here's best jammer:
Grayson Powell
>spoiler Just accept that you are married to the sky now. Aviation is a powerful illness.
Jaxson Cruz
Let's start this thread off with a little quiz. Let's see how well you guys would function over the radio.
WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP, accurately explain the meaning of as many of these brevity codes as you can.
The fact that everyone who caught my eye went lesbian worries me a bit. Luckily planes are always there for you.
Eli Russell
>not WW2 german codes Fuck
>Rifle AG missile fired >Angels Altitude in 1000s of ft >Bingo Low fuel? Bingo fuel is in my head >Winchester Out of ammo >Bogey Unknown contact >Bandit Enemy contact
Or reverse on the last two I dont remember
Ethan Wood
>Angels Altitude in thousands of feet >Cherubs Altitude in hundreds >Bandit Unidentified contact >Bogey Confirmed hostile >Bent Broken >Bingo Time to RTB to refuel >Firewall Max throttle. I think >Azimuth Angle of heading >Rifle ATGM launch. Or maybe AShM >Spike Being hit by radar >Vampire Incoming AShM >Winchester Out of ammo >Confetti Chaff. Probably
James Bailey
>Bandit: Enemy >Bogey: Missile >Blind: I imagine literally blind That's all I got
Jose Rodriguez
>>Angels Thousands of feet >>Cherubs Hundreds of feet >>Bandit Confirmed hostile >>Bogey Unconfirmed, possible hostile >>Bent Broken >>Bingo Hit >>Blind Dos Gringos can explain it better than I can >>Delta >>Firewall >>Buster >>Candygram >>Azimuth >>Deadeye >>Hotdog >>Maddog >>Outlaw >>Playtime >>Rifle >>Shooter >>Spike Lock >>Squawk >>Tumbleweed >>Vampire >>Victor >>Winchester Out of ammunition >>Confetti >spoiler That's really unfortunate, buddy. The only one I really liked turned out to be a M A S S I V E whore and opportunist. She could at least have bothered to tell me before I asked for a date.
Daniel Harris
>Angels and Cherubs Altitude in hundreds of feet, with cherubs being below 1000. >Bandit Enemy target >Bogey Unknown Target >Blind No radar >Azimuth Angle of target in relation to aircraft nose >Playtime Engage Enemy >Spike Radar Contact >Squawk Transponder Code >Confetti Chaff
Jackson Baker
>squawk Didnt see that. if it is the same as regular RTF that means to set your transponder to the number after it
Jaxon Stewart
>shooter shooting aircraft of a flight >Confetti chaff ? i'm not sure
i mean i know where to look it up ... but you said without
Jacob Reyes
>Candygram Bullshit, you’re making that up
Leo Bennett
Add Pickle to the list.
>Maddog It's an AMRAAM fire without radar lock.
Parker Richardson
That's fine. Rushing into it because you're 'supposed' to is a good way to end up unfulfilled. You'll sort it out eventually. Unfortunate, but keep your chin up. It almost certainly isn't about you.
>AMRAAM fire without radar lock Is that in a "Whoops I messed up" sort of way or is that a thing people would do intentionally?
Charles Cox
I usually kill Excalibur with unguided XMAAs so I think thst it is a valid combat stratgy IRL too
Aiden Nelson
I believe, may be wrong here, that the AMRAAM can be fired in a direction and then the internal homing should find a target.
I remember hearing the term a while ago in a documentary but can't remember why.
>Azimuth AFAIK, that's not a brevity code, it's a term for heading in navigation, usually in naval context. "At all azimuths" means in all directions, for instance. >Angels Altitude indicated by the amount of angels by the thousands. >Cherubs >Bandit Unconfirmed hostile >Bogey Confirmed hostile >Bingo RTB to refuel >Blind Jammed >Firewall Afterburners or full throttle >Rifle GA lock >Spike AA lock >Winchester Out of ammo? >Confetti Chaff? >tfw one of the last few bachelors in my high school "promotion" I'll have time enough for love later. Or I'll fit in the time if it happens sooner than that.
Joseph Lewis
>forgot to delete cherubs For the record I have no idea what they stand for.
Angel Rogers
>tfw just remembered today is Valentine's Day
I know many of you are probably bummed out because of this holiday, but don't let it drag you down. Don't fool yourself into believing that you need a significant other to be happy. Something that gets overlooked a lot is the fact of how important it is to love yourself and believe in yourself as much as you might love anyone else. It's an easy thing to ignore the romantic (or lack thereof) most of the time, but when basically confronted by it on days like today, it can be seriously tough. Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. Some things take longer than others. I don't know why it's like that, it just is. It is what it is. It'll happen, trust me. It'll happen. Remember, you can always talk to us on /aceg/, we're a team. Eat food you like, watch the movies you enjoy, get some sleep and take care of yourself. To quote the real Tom Brady, "If you don't believe in yourself, who will?"
Cherub is altitude in hundreds of feet.
Michael Rivera
>Tom gives a motivational speech Good shit And if you don't believe in yourself, believe in the me that believe's in you!
Tyler Cooper
>ywn be good at giving pep talks why live
Henry Foster
Fucking this The other big important thing is to never rush into relationships or dating becuase you just 'feel' like you have to. That's how you end up with shitty people in a shitty place and get stuck there becuase "but im in a relationship, doesnt that mean i made it?".
Love yourself, buddy, and if you find someone who means something to you then you ask her if she wants to fly planes with you. Dont accept something shitty just because society acts like you should be with someone. Every man and woman in this thread is my buddy and if I could buy you a drink this valentines day I would.
Evan Roberts
>be depressed on valentines day >strangers on the internet make you feel a little better about it
/aceg/ is literally the best general, you can't tell me otherwise
Easton Watson
We should have a stream today where we all just hang out together and chat.
Sebastian Adams
>Eat food you like, watch the movies you enjoy, get some sleep and take care of yourself. Cannot stress this enough. Please take care of yourself /aceg/.
John Kelly
Lock after launch is a thing I think
Tyler Wood
So do you think the pilot stick works on girls?
Good speech as usual. I've stopped caring ages ago. Sounds a bit harsh perhaps but I got no better word. If it happens it happens, if not I got more time to fly and do other shit that I enjoy But there is this tiny fear that it will haunt me once it is too late.
Well said. I'd fly with you lot anytime. That is I really wish that once I have my license I could offer you all flights.
Christopher Butler
I'm writing an exam tomorrow, so no love in the air over here. But if anybody needs to empty their heart, I'll be here to listen and try to make it a little better.
Logan Scott
Prime advice right there, buddies. Sometimes one just feels lonely, though. Societal "imperatives" are poison to the mind, only go along with them after you give them thought. Maybe going against them could make living difficult but having an understanding is better than being blind (say you have problems with laws you don't think are sensible). However romantic relationships aren't something you need in order to survive or consider yourself succesful. Understand people are just trying to get you to conform to a preconceived notion and take your time to fulfil it or ignore it. Also: don't be so demeaning to yourself that you require another person to have worth. Doesn't apply to everyone, but I have a friend that believes that he's a waste of air for not getting a girlfriend. I'm constantly ushered by relatives to try and be more social, go out with friends but I'm an introvert, I'm just too warry of other people or about spilling the proverbial spaghettis. I ain't phoning no one to avoid that. My parents and sister know me well, but my aunt is dead set. >13 successive hours at college tomorrow One wonders where lovebirds find the time, amirite?
Carter Price
>buddies legitimately watch out for and take care of each other This is why I come here.
Andrew Nelson
>spoiler #2 I can relate my man. That shit gets annoying after a while.
>friend Are you me? I got the same guy. And I cant explain to him why it never bothered me all that much or at all.
>13h Good luck
Austin Kelly
>when do lovebirds find the time Not in university, that's what I know.
Kevin Taylor
Idk, I just kinda wish I had somebody close to me you know, to be cute together and have fun and somebody who really understands me. And, let's be honest here, to have sex with. I'm certainly not wanting to become a wizard. And yes, it's down to pure unromantic biological desires, so I can't even deny it.
Kayden Russell
Both the outlook and the worry are completely understandable. But either way, it's as it's been said in the thread- it should never be forced. Let the flight lift your heart in the meantime.
So is Brady like the thread motivator now? Fine with me, he's good at it.
Justin Nguyen
How does dating even work as adults? I've been lucky enough to be with mine since before high school. It seems like you have a lot more fun options but the social cost of asking someone out is higher.
Logan Lopez
>But there is this tiny fear that it will haunt me once it is too late. Well, everyone has that, it's natural and sadly not much can be done about that. But on the other hand, it's better alone than in bad company. I've seen too many people throwing themselves into the tar pit that bad relationships are just out of mutual fear of being alone. fear I can compltely understand, since I had been close to that shit At least I have my cats
Carter Thompson
How the HECC was Nagase able to fend off a squad of soldiers (presumably) with rifles when she just had a handgun and a wounded helicopter crew in tow?
Noah Foster
Not just that, finding someone who is okay with spending time with a stranger is a lot harder too.
William Lopez
>shit gets annoying Imagine being in a family dinner and granma asks you if you've finally (emphasis on that) gotten a girlfriend. While the uncle that recently got dumped by his third one in about three years is at the table. >someone you can connect with That'd be ideal. Someone you can act like yourself with to the point that if someone enters the room you're in they'll leave think "what a bunch of weirdos". >spoiler When I'm at my loneliest, it's usually accompained by such carnal cravings. I'm a healthy man, no shame about it. I occasionally draw lewds (haven't in a while actually, thinking about it), rationalizing it's good anatomy practice (which it is), but libido is more than likely the main driving force. >facedrag user is the airbase "cat buddy" My aunt was a "cat lady" until she ended up going out with a classmate from college. Life takes unexpected turns.
Kevin Foster
She was the best in survival training? Of the squad she had only the last members at gunpoint. Everyone else in the squad died to Vietnam War styled traps in the forrest.
Jose Harris
Oh yeah no doubt, forcing shit can't work out. And there is no point. But as has been said multiple times, in the end you just have to enjoy yourself and be happy.
Nathan Rivera
She remembered the basics of CQC, obviously.
Adrian Mitchell
That is pretty bad. I get fake threats about them making me a dating site profile.
>spoiler Well you know how it goes. Love is finding someone with the same brain damage as you. And drawing lewds is probably just a regular artist thing
Grayson Foster
FUCK
Blake Jenkins
>facedrag user is the airbase "cat buddy" Probably because everyone in family had cats as I grew up, I was always a cat magnet since childhood. Now if that would have been a pussy magnet as well. At least you get a lot of bonus points with people if you can draw out cats to pet them like a snake charmer.
Jackson Sanchez
>tfw not depressed about valentine's day because brazilians don't even celebrate that on february 14th
nice feeling. Also
>tfw only 14 more days until I can find some closure about that girl
Andrew Cook
Patience, buddy. Patience.
Chase Nguyen
Hang on, does the export release give you an aircraft selection?
>tfw have to add a cat-id-not-in-or-on-the-aircraft check to the walk around Always had to check the car for mine
Joseph Davis
Yeah, by the end of the game you all the planes in the game to choose from, minus the AI planes and the special mission planes.
Leo Ramirez
>Tom and the buddies are always ready to motivate and help Best general. Warms my heart. I don't know why, but literally nobody has managed to really catch my attention. They just aren't interesting, and I'm not exactly a charming fellow, anyway.
Kevin Martinez
I widh the JP one didn't lock you into some.But I guess it makes sensefor the stories.
Juan Peterson
From my xperience it's just straight up harder to meet people. When you're younger, you have school and college and university. When you're grown, its harder to do. Especially since like, peeople dont do 'hobby groups' or the like so much anymore, you know?
It's ridiculous that as a dyke I actually have it somewhat easier in that way - there's lesbian specific groups floating around, and that's how I lucked out into meeting my gf.
For heteros there's dating services of course, but idk, those always seemed weirdly... clinical? I dont know if im putting that right.
Benjamin Rodriguez
/aceg/, w-will you be my Valentine...?
Henry Martinez
>tfw met a girl at my uni, talked to her a couple of times, we quickly managed to get along >i'll finally meet her again next week because new semester It's the first time a girl instantly makes me feel like I already knew her for a long time. I'm probably just making things up because I really like her, but whatever
Hudson Gutierrez
There, that's something to build on. Just follow 's advice, and play your hand carefully, but don't stress out about it. Just be cool. BE YOURSELF
You know it buddy
Lincoln Robinson
yuri aces when?
Grayson Morgan
Thanks guys I've been here for something more than a year and I still think this is the best place here
Henry Murphy
Good luck, buddy! Remember, it's not a bloody act. You aren't playing a part, so relax and do as said.
Justin Fisher
Yuri was already an ace, user.
Jason Campbell
>hobby groups I mean there is if you count things like flying clubs and ranges et al. But the age gap is much larger than in school in most of those
Reminds me that I havent heard in ages from some guy who was a good buddy in ground school. I'll have to contact that fucker again
Sure. What now?
I don't know why these games do this. But it is great.
Daniel Ortiz
>Angels every 1000 ft of altitude >Bandit enemy contact >bogey unidentified contact >bingo enemy hit/RTB (although that'd be bingo fuel, wouldn't it?) >azimuth compass bearing >maddog active radar homing missile launched without a lock on target >rifle air to ground guided munition >squawk something related to the IFF? Identification of the plane >vampire air launched anti-ship missile >winchester out of ammo
Andrew Cook
>what now? I didn't plan ahead this far
James Nelson
Oh definitely, i dont mean that they dont exist at all. They do exist, but i feel like they somewhat went out of vogue, as it were?
That and what few ones I know of are pretty heavily balanced towards guys. Which would probably make it kinda hard for the average guy to meet prospectives partners at them, deliberately or otherwise.
Charles Diaz
>squawk It's the transponder code. If ATC says Squawk 5437 you set that on your transponder.
7000 is the normal setting 7500 highjacking (7-5 man with a knife) 7600 radio failure (7-6 hear nix, that one doesn't work too well in english) 7700 emergency (7-7 go to heaven)
Fuck. Check the emergency procedures
Yeah there is practically no women in any of the ones I know of. A few more down at the other airport but still. But you are right they aren't that popular anymore. Hell, I wouldn't be in any if flying didn't require it almost
Jeremiah Nguyen
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Caleb Walker
Much as I love the internet, I think it's partly to blame. It's so easy to find link-minded people online now, that it means people dont really go out of their way to try and find local groups of similar interests.
Why expend effort irl to get to a group of vaguely similar interests, when you could just have some online buddies who are identincally interested? On the one hand it's great, but on the other hand I think in part it's really contributing to this whole issue of how the fuck do adults meet other adults.
Jaxon Martin
They went online. Now instead of meeting up and doing the activity you can just talk about it and never do it.
Jackson Parker
>link-minded people >as I make a cahracter based on Link in dark souls I am laffin.
I meant like-minded, obviously*
Henry Scott
>tfw /aceg/ feels more like friends than most friends I've made since I've gone to uni I get what you mean
But I have actually managed to find a cool group of people. None of them are girls tho
Anthony Bennett
Speaking of valentines, where's fapfic user?
Kayden Gray
/aceg/ are prime buddy material, I would entirely go drinking with fucking any of you any day and talk about planes.
Jaxson Bennett
Yeah that sounds about right. Although I won't deny that having a few international buddies is fun too.
>you can just talk about it and never do it So basically Veeky Forums
Juan Baker
>Eagle+ can shoot 6 missiles at once Man I fucking love this thing
Henry Green
Can we just form Outer Haven but with planes already?
The Macross missiles on the Berkut were also fun
Anthony Ramirez
Tbf I'd happily drink with you fucks at an air show.
Camden Butler
All we need is one big zeppelin
Gavin Fisher
>Outer Heaven with planes Can you make an airbase as an alternate collage background? It could be fun.
Zachary Sullivan
>the next aceg poject: aceg buys an LMH1
Jace Ramirez
I agree, having international friends is rad - other than when you get clockblocked of course.
Who's setting up the kickstarter.
Ayden Kelly
You have good ideas.
>everyone on final at the same time Yeah I can do that
Nicholas Nguyen
So Dornie and the carrier buddies won't need two different carriers! Brilliant!
Easton Flores
I hope you're all prepared to install landing hooks on the top of your planes. We're going Crimson Skies on this.
Eli Reyes
We also need a guy who throws people out of the window and shouts "No ticket!" just to get all the references in.
Adrian Rodriguez
We get a decent sized cargo bay and we can run freight to pay bills in between being air mercs.
Isaac Price
We also need a good name for it, I mean, /k/ has the /k/arrier and we have the...?
Henry Davis
The Buddy Balloon
Austin Flores
Do not worry this two or thereabouts km airship I designed ages ago can do that and house a fighter squadron
Jacob Jenkins
>this will never be a thing that I can live on Why.
Logan Reyes
Because the US did not split into a number of nation states that bicker constantly and make land travel impossible
Robert Campbell
>The Hallowed Sabre >The Roundish Table >The Rising Phoenix >Sphyrna >The triumph of aerodynamics over thrust >The Friend Ship
Dylan Robinson
We could always spend a romantic evening together. You could blow enemy aces out of the sky and then I could spend a few rounds pounding ground targets.
