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- From: dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552)
- Subject: Re: Game companies are you here?
- Organization: just me
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 12:10:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep03.121022.20991@srg.srg.af.mil>
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- References: <Btv49q.80q@iat.holonet.net> <widow.715401284@camelot> <1992Sep2.134146.6363@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- In article <1992Sep2.134146.6363@newshost.lanl.gov> Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com> writes:
- <stuff left out>
- >
- >All the Red Flag stuff does bring up a story:
- >
- >On the west side of Las Vegas is a state park called Red Rock (great rock
- >climbing place), that is made of sandstone, and has large butresses
- >separated by inset canyons (each ~.25-.5 wide). A couple of friends and
- >I we're hiking on the top of one of these butresses and were skirting
- >some sandstone when we heard a rumble starting to build. A few seconds
- >later it died it out. This happened a few more times, with the rumble
- >getting louder and lasting longer. We were looking north trying to see
- >what was causing this, when suddenly the roar blasted us from the
- >*south.* We quickly turned around and saw to A-10's doing nap-of-earth
- >flying at about 50-60' off the deck. Because of our height and they were
- >almost directly level with us---you could see the pilot's helmets and
- >almost into the cockpits as they did a roll back into the canyon to the
- >north. We watched them navigate the canyon and the next butress to
- >north, then my one friend thought he saw them head west over the mountain
- >range (Potasi/Charleston).
- >
- >This happened during a red flag exercise, and another friend who works at
- >Nellis said they were probably 'lost' and took a joy ride into the
- >canyon. After seeing two A-10's up close and personal like that, I would
- >*not* want to be in a tank or infantry unit that had to face a warthog.
-
- I remember being in college and watching A-10's out of upstate New York do
- attack runs up and down the valley. They would come in at about twice the
- height of the trees or less. I always made a point of waving to these guys;
- I found that if I did, even with 100 or so people walking around between
- classes, some pilot would always waggle his wings in response. I always
- wanted to know what it was like to fly one of the buggers.
-
- Now we have a game where I can fly at that level and see people clearly. I
- can't *wait* for A-10! Maybe the Connecticutt Valley will be their Red Flag,
- just like in Real Life!
-
- David Pipes
- robear@digex.com
-