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My sites are on the 7070, since that’s the soonest I’ll be building a new rig. The 7080…too damn much - 7070 = bang for the buck sweet spot. 😜

Ugh - no way. The ONLY reason I can get away with buying a new rig every 5 years or so is because I make money with it. I’m 2-3 years away, and my 3070 will have to do for a while. When it happens, I sure as hell will not pay that much for a GPU.

Emily!!!!

I’m only maybe a 5th of the way in, but this book is excellent .From Japanese culture of the time, to the story behind the design of the Bunker Hill, the background of the Japanese pilot…another book that will end up near the top of my list.

Aye, but they probably tell the best stories.

I really can't wait to get my hands on it.

Wow...this is an amazing book. Halfway through, and already one of the best PTO books on the Solomons' that I've read. Can't wait for Cactus. Lonely Vigil

Jason is creative, and has room to provide options if he so wishes. I know that he’s not going to hit us with a forced subscription though - so I’m not even a little bit concerned. 🙂 I’m far more interested in watching the product come together. 🙂

I have enough monthly bills/subscriptions, thanks. Digital download is neither here nor there frankly - it’s been like that for a long time now. A few dollars here, a few there…one can go broke. Add $10 month up for a few years, that’s quite a sum. What amount of content should I expect over 2 years for that much money? Enough of us already hate Adobe. That said I don’t see a problem with an option to subscribe…whatever that looks like. Maybe simply as an “above and beyond” financial support option with no expectation of extra content. Maybe some swag every year, like a T-shirt. 🙂 Otherwise I can’t imagine what would have to offered to make it worth the cost for most users.

Umm…no.

Essentially insert “concern X” because to that user it’s of paramount importance. Pick anything. In all cases it’s just too early for worry and frankly even mild concern - let’s see what shakes out. 🙂

I can't tell you what I'm flying today because it's in testing still...but it's an absolute beauty, set's a new standard, and you're really going to like it.

Welcome!

Lead - “You’re the first guy who’s ever stayed with me in a fight” Wingman - ”I didn’t admit to him I was just lucky” Perfect illustration of what I was saying. Further, throw in a second German fighter and that would have been the end of him staying with his lead. 🙂

Problem is that once the fur starts to fly, adrenaline and tunnel vision, SA issues etc take over. Again nothing is all the time, however the above items play into the pilots ‘ability’ you mention. Reality was that often (not always) there was little or no cohesion in these circumstances. Bud Anderson didn’t have his wingman with him in his ‘straight up’ fight for instance, everyone was scattered all over the sky. This is why you hear about the massive fight, “then suddenly I was alone” phenomenon over and over again. This is why over and over pilot’s are lost, and nobody saw what happened. I’ve track already of how many times this happened just with VMF 214 alone, Wildcats and Corsairs, not even halfway up the Solomons yet.