David Hingtgen

That can't be changed. 99.9% of it is water vapor. Warm, moist air introduced into a dry, cold atmosphere will freeze. It's EXACTLY why you can see your breath on a cold day. Or a car's exhaust is much more visible on a cold morning. Even if planes burned absolutely utterly clean, they'd still produced the exact same amount of contrails. And it's not a jet thing either, high-flying props do it too. And even hydrogen-fueled planes would do it too. Also, modern airliner engines are amazingly clean-running, they're basically all on "California emissions standards". Only it's pretty much worldwide. Of course, there's MASSIVE numbers of people/websites that believe it's a giant government conspiracy, with airplanes full of secret chemical tanks that pump it into the engines to create "chemtrails" in the sky to spread it over the land, "seeding" us. Google "chemtrails" and have fun at the nutty conspiracy sites. PS---A little known fact is that the Concorde fleet actually helped the ozone layer.

I'm guessing around 2 months.

Thanks. 4765's FS number is 36495, as I thought. 4233 is a wartime color in the Marine line, also what I thought (since there is no current Navy grey). It's an inter-war color, just prior to WW2. The only place by me that carried the Marine colors stopped carrying them. I bought out all the USS Iowa camo colors when they started clearancing them out. There's apparently just not enough wartime ship builders to justify the Marine line, nowadays most shops don't carry it, just the standard MM acrylic line. You won't find better camoflage colors than that line, WW2 was the absolute height of "experimenting with different shades of grey and blue for visual concealment or deception" If you want some really bluish greys, check out the Norwegian versions of the Kriegsmarine greys in that line, especially Hellblaugrau(Norway) it's nearly baby blue, but still a battleship grey. (The Tirpitz, specifically) Dunkelblaugrau is a dark green-gray for forest camo for ships. Yes, there was a great need for forest camo for ships. Also, the later US greys tend to be more of a purple-grey than blue-grey. Modern Light and Dark Ghost grey were derived from the later WW2 ship colors, with Dark Ghost Grey being notably purple, as it came from the final 1943 purple-tint versions. (They literally ran out of blue pigment, so everything from 1943 on was painted with grey paint tinted with purple pigment instead of blue, requiring camo modifications)

IIRC that only occurs if playing the good ending version of the plot.

Now I need a PSP... Well, that's good news for all who missed the original--presuming the PSP version comes here. Now, where's VP: Hrist? She's cooler than Silmeria. Black armor is automatically cool.

That would be the exact program I provided a link to. In other news, my Gripen book from SAAB came today. Totally didn't expect a package from Sweden in the mail. It's about 5in by 9in, hardcover, full color, and 130 pages. All about the Gripen, and totally free. Get one here: http://www.saab.se/node4466.asp Seriously, you'd pay at least 20 bucks for this if it was in stores. Be sure to check the English version box (unless you read Swedish). It'll take a few weeks, or months, but it'll come.

I'll wait a few days---what will be seen as a "kid's movie" combined with one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year means it'll be insanely crowded and loud to go to theaters at the mall. (ALL the theaters here are in malls) Need to wait until Mon or Tues, so all the kiddies are back in school. (And gotta go before they get out for "Winter Break")

Dobber--could you post the FS numbers for the paints? Testor's Acrylic lines are all over the place, I have about 4 different ones names "light grey". And then there's the fantasy acrylic line... Though I'd presume you're referring to 36495. No idea for Navy grey, unless it's one of the Marine paints.

My theory is that someone from Vought now is fairly high up at Boeing, due to the LTV acquisition. Every Boeing proposal since has had a distinctly Vought look, especially the intake. Now, the F-8 is awesome, but all the later stuff looks like the A-7.

I believe you can still get to it, but you can't get very far in. I've never seen the worst ending either. I've got 3 saves currently: --my first play (normal, average ending) --second play (hard, good ending, Seraphic gate fully cleared) --fourth/current play (normal, going for good ending) Preferred party: Lenneth, Aelia, Jun, Yumei. If playing for the good ending, replace Yumei with Mystina. I didn't find out about the "50 hit combo damage increase" until like the third play through.

Black Valkyrie---play it again. It's not "a better ending". The ENTIRE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME is different. Hundreds if not thousands of lines of dialogue, FMV sequences, dungeons, party members, cities, sub plots, backstory, etc. If you haven't seen the good ending, you've missed half the game. The "good ending" is more like "the better, more emotional version of disc 2". With cooler music. And some insane puzzle-dungeons. (Pyramid is hell to get out of, there's a jump I swear I spent 45 mins on). But it's all fun, which is why I rank it so high---VP is just so much FUN to play, both dungeons and even levelling up. I currently have a save file that I was going for the good ending (will be the 2nd time I've seen it) but it's been so long I can't remember exactly what I've done, so I'll have to play carefully and see where I am and what's left to do.

re: mythbusters (I love that show)------"Airliner engine" covers a wide range of thrust. Was it a JT3C running at 10,000lbs, or a GE90 running at 115,000lbs? You could probably blow a semi over with a GE90...

A 747-400 w/GE engines typically has a max weight of 875,000lbs. A modern airliner usually has a .3:1 power/weight ratio at max weight. .25 is low, .35 is high. As 747's are rarely at max weight, they usually have a quite good power/weight ratio for an airliner. 747's are not bulky nor slow--they are the fastest airliner now that the Concorde's gone, and they are as agile as airliners 1/2 their size---they are big, but very high performance---much like the F-15. Have enough thrust and wing area, and you can MOVE. FYI, 757-200's have the highest power/weight ratio, and are well known for their acceleration and climb rate. MD-11's are close behind. A340-300's are known for their slow acceleration and godawful climb rate. "It only goes up because the Earth's surface curves down"

Boo. Friggin. Yah. Valkyrie Profile is the 2nd-best game ever. And music-wise, it could be #1. It is well well worth the price it commands. I am NEVER selling my copy. Every time I see 'new Tri-Ace' game my hopes rise--then fall. But now--- :) Also--I so called what it'd be about. If you get the good ending, and get all 8 flame jewels or whatever, there'll be another cut scene after the credits---and it's obvious Silmeria's story was always meant to be explored.

Cool! http://www.flurl.com/attachments/2005/Nov/...257-fetched.wmv They drive various cars behind a 747 engine at full power to see what happens. They don't make it. ~6MB

Speaking of KC-whatevers, the KC-330 is up on Northrop's page: http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/kc30/index.shtml

I think John Travolta showed INCREDIBLE taste in picking a 707, especially a -138B. It's rare, historic, and it's a 707. It's the only non-stretch 707 still flying AFAIK. (I love 707's)

Love the Sundowners plane---especially like how the sun's incorporated on the shield.

Just looked in my book. It is clearly an ICBM carrier. The explanation mentions ballistic missiles, uses the term ICBM several times, and the missiles in the schematic themselves are clearly ICBM's. If there was also a cruise missile variant, it's not what I'm talking about.

Nonthing online that I know of, but it's in my best 747 book. Basically, have the entire belly aft of the wing be a series of doors, and have the missiles loaded horizontally through the nose. Open the rear-belly doors, slide the missile back, and they drop out. Then they zoom away. Being launched while climbing at 600mph and 40,000ft gives them a huge range boost. It's a lot like dropping cargo out of a C-130's rear hatch---only with ICBM's.

Was in Wal-Mart today getting winter washer fluid for my car, and saw their 360 display today (just stuck in the glass case with all the other games). Anyways, I can SWEAR I felt the heat emanating off it as I walked by. Walked by the PS2 and GC to confirm, and it did seem that was it. Also--I noticed Wal-Mart had the "sleeker" blacker powerbrick, as opposed to the local BestBuy's greyer, blockier powerbrick. (Though they're always hard to see, tucked away) I've seriously though about adding some L-brackets to the side of my dresser, and mounting my future 360's powerbrick there. It'd have like 98% of the surface area exposed, and away from everything else with plenty of airflow. Most of my cables are routed in that area anyways, just on the floor. Anyone know what the PS3 will do for power? Giant power brick, small brick, Wall-mount AC adapter, internal? Might just go ahead and make 2 bracket-shelves...

My PSX has been in its transparent purple case since it was 2 weeks old. Though it doesn't light up. (I play games in the dark a lot--I don't want anything more than small indicator lights) I almost put my Dreamcast in a clear teal case, but "everyone" said it was almost impossible to get around the modem and you'd likely crack the case, so I never got one. Much later I was bored and popped open my DC and found it wasn't hard at all to totally disassemble the case--but by then cases were gone. The modem in mine was made by Rockwell, btw. Anyone know of a current source for clear Dreamcast cases? I am sick of its pale greyness after all these years. (it's not white, it's really pale grey) I'm NEVER getting rid of my Dreamcast---Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram alone is worth keeping it. Plus Soul Calibur 1 and JSR.

buddhafabio----the MD-11 2nd prototype is my avatar on nearly every aircraft forum I visit. Best-looking airliner ever. VF-19-----Gripen details: http://www.jetfly.hu/rovatok/galeria/fotok...l/gripenmakett/ http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000...tail_gripen.htm

Cool idea, but I just don't think it'll work. (And latest reports are that it doesn't). They're trying to build a weapon 1 step away from a phaser----and I think there's got to be a lot more interim weapons before they get to that level. It'd be like designing the F-24 as a space-capable anti-matter-cannon-equipped super-plane. It's a bunch of new technologies at once, and they want them all to be beyond state of the art, immediately. Try getting basic laser weapons first, THEN try to mount them on a plane, THEN try to give them insane accuracy against a moving target for prolonged periods of time. (I think maintaining the beam on the target is the biggest problem--doesn't it need like 5 to 10 seconds of continuous contact?) Nobody on this forum likes airliners more than me, but this is the most "out there" of all 747 proposals. (I've always been fond of the ICBM-launching one) I would be stunned if they get it to work. And then I'll want miniature versions mounted on F-22's as soon as possible. Phasers vs Flankers.

Darn, I was hoping the F-35A would be killed too. That and the ABL-1 (747 laser).