The A-10 Warthog bringing the brrrtt and flares! I had a great time to watching the Warthogs at the firing range! That brrrrrrt is one of the most impressive things I've seen from an airplane.
I'm reading about how Israel, in the immediate aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, deliberately replaced olive trees and other indigenous flora with European plants. This ecological disaster, which is now proudly hailed under the banner of 'making the desert bloom,' was done to 'de-Arabize' the landscape, and to cover up - often with fast-growing European pine trees -the ruins of Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Zionists forces.
And I just need everyone to read this passage from Pappé, because the symbolism of what happened to those European pine trees in the desert speaks for itself:
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 227-228.)
If true we HAVE to make this the biggest flop in gaming history, as in 'destroys the company' levels of gaming flop as in a 'lesson must be taught' gaming flop, as in 'E.T. destroyed atari' gaming flop
Enough talk of bad news, enjoy the two virtual planes I've been flying lately in DCS. The A-10c (modernized version with full datalink, the game calls it the A-10c2 but as far as I know there's no official name for the upgrade) and the Mirage 2000c.
How far I've come from flying old soviet planes where I'd be lucky to have a way of navigating beyond looking for landmarks, both of these planes have full navigation systems and are honestly very comfortable to fly.