Can you dogfight in FlightGear?

(Note: Multiplayer dogfighting is possible with the planes listed ONLY. Look for the planes with suffix -Bombable. However, all other features of Bombable will work automatically with almost all existing FlightGear aircraft.

Does FlightGear have combat?

Bombable. Bombable is an addon for FlightGear that turns FlightGear into a combat flight simulator.

When was the last real dogfight?

According to Smithsonian Magazine, the last ever dogfight occurred in 1969 over Central America between Honduras and El Salvador. With that said, the aerial tactics used during WWII are still considered by many to have won the war.

Do plane dogfights still happen?

It was a component in every major war, though with steadily declining frequency, until the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. Since then, longer-range weapons such as beyond-visual-range missiles have made dogfighting largely obsolete.

What was the longest dogfight in history?

The June 16, 1943, flight was considered a suicide mission and ended with the longest continuous dogfight in Air Force history. Those aboard became the most highly decorated combat aircrew of the U.S. military, but not without paying a heavy price.

Flightgear F15 Bombable Dogfight Tutorial

Why is dog fighting illegal?

Animal welfare and rights

Dog fighting is often considered one of the most serious forms of animal abuse, not only for the violence that the dogs endure during and after the fights, but because they often suffer their entire lives.

What pilot has the most dogfight kills?

Erich Hartmann, with 352 official kills the highest scoring fighter pilot of all time.

Has an F 18 ever been shot down?

April 2, 2003 –An F/A-18 Hornet of VFA-195 is shot down by Iraqi forces using US Patriot missile, killing the pilot. April 7, 2003- During a mission over Baghdad, Kim Campbells A-10 was heavily damaged by Iraqi AAA. The pilot managed to safely return to base.

Who is the last ace pilot?

50 years ago, between May 10 and August 28, 1972 Captain Richard “Steve” Ritchie, Reidsville, NC 's native son, became the only United States Air Force pilot to achieve Ace status (*). He will likely be the last. “Ace” is the title bestowed on those downing 5 enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat.

Has a plane wing ever broken off?

From a practical point, no, a modern airliner will not lose a wing due to turbulence. Modern airlines are very tough and designed to withstand extreme turbulence. In theory, it might be possible. But to my knowledge, it has not happened to any jet airliner.

Has an F-16 lost a dogfight?

F-16s have been used by the United States in Afghanistan since 2001. One USAF F-16 fighter was lost during the operations in Afghanistan: on 3 April 2013 a USAF F-16 crashed near Bagram Airfield in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province killing its pilot.

What was the wars oddest dogfight?

One of the strangest dogfights—involving three four-engine bombers—occurred in World War II. It happened the morning of August 17, 1943, when an American B-24D Liberator encountered a pair of German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors over the Atlantic Ocean, about 300 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal.

Has a 10 been shot down?

The A-10 force, flying more than 8,000 combat sorties, suffered only five A-10s destroyed (a loss rate of . 062 percent).

How realistic is FlightGear?

FlightGear's night sky features accurate placement and lighting of stars, planets, and the moon. Atmospheric light scattering features accurate lighting of the sky and terrain; in addition, oceans and rivers are realistically shaded with ripples and sun reflections.

Why is FlightGear so laggy?

It's loading textures that is the problem - switch the DDS cache on (using a binary that has NVTT support - that is an official release, nightly, or a self-compiled binary with NVTT built) and the problem goes away.

Why is 5 kills an ace?

Why is it 5 kills to be an ace? Use of the term ace to describe these pilots began in World War I, when French newspapers described Adolphe Pégoud, as l'As (the ace) after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft.

Is there a female ace pilot?

From these emerged the world's only female fighter aces, Lydia Litvyak and Katya Budanova. Born in Moscow in 1921 Lydia (or Lilya) Litvyak began piloting light aircraft at the age of just 15.

How many air kills does it take to be an ace?

The term 'ace' is generally taken to mean any fighter pilot credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. Lone aerial combat provided an outlet for acts of personal bravery.

Has an A-10 ever been in a dogfight?

The A-10 was not built to dogfight

And that's where Fairchild Republic came in with a design for an unusual aircraft that prized resiliency, redundancy, and function over all else. It was nearly as long as it was wide, and the fuselage was little more than a massive 30mm rotary cannon with a cockpit stuck on top.

Has any F 15 ever been shot down?

25 July 1980: F-15A, 76-0013, of the 525th TFS, 36th TFW, USAF, crashed near Spangdahlem, West Germany. 21 January 1981: F-15B, 77-0164, of the 57th FWW, USAF, destroyed in a mid-air collision with an F-5E. Both crew killed as well as F-5E crew.

Does the F-22 have any kills?

The F-22, the top US air superiority fighter jet, finally has it's first air-to-air kills. In a week, this jet downed a Chinese spy balloon and an unidentified "object" in two separate engagements. Neither kill was a jet that the F-22 was designed to fight.

Who is the most feared pilot?

Erich Hartmann, sometimes referred to as the 'Black Devil', is the deadliest fighter pilot in history, having downed 352 Allied planes during World War Two over the course of some 1,400 missions.

Who is the deadliest pilot ever?

Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times – with 352 kills. A number that will never be surpassed. His nickname “Bubi” means “little boy” – and it's easy to find out why he was called like that. He was also called “The black devil”.

What kills most pilots?

Time pressure kills more pilots yearly than measurable.