VFAT 2008 Wallpapers from Screenshots

 Here are screenshots that can be used as wallpapers, taken from the actual VFAT 2008 track flown live on December 14th, 2008. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed flying the demo in honor of the Blue Angels during the A-4F Skyhawk II era as flown at Fleetweek, with the San Francisco landmarks in the background.
 The images are all contained in a 24Mb .rar compressed file that can be downloaded by clicking HERE

 

 The live streaming video from the demo flown on Dec. 14th can be viewed by right-clicking HERE and open in a new window. Our thanks goes out to Interoute Telecommunications Service Solutions for the live streaming solution for VFAT 2008, and in particular to PSV-Manu for arranging this.

 

 Also, check out our A-4F Skyhawk II Virtual Blue Angels music video HERE.

 

 That interesting texture is our airfield representation of the carrier landing area with the Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (FLOLS) that Kato modeled for us as we "Call the Ball" on our simulated carrier practice landing approaches.

 

 Thanks LD.

 

 Currently, as we speak I have been spending most all of my free time learning DCS: Blackshark . This sim is amazing so far, and I just finished my 1st full manual startup sequence from a cold bird, Taxi out using the ATC, runway take-off like a jet. Then attack mission, mission success and return to base, call ATC, get into the air traffic pattern, land, taxi back and full shutdown. I don't quite have the cockpit switches all memorized yet, but am getting there quick. Up until now I have just been flying attack missions, etc. learning the sim and setting up my controls. I still have a few things to move around on the controls but it is exciting. I started out with the Russian version but now have the Western version that makes it a lot easier!

 It would be nice if one day we could all participate in a multiplayer Blackshark day scenario of missions. I know the "young bucs" who have vacations and such are going to be up to speed a lot sooner than us more seasoned folks that don't get to spend too much time on these sims, but it could be fun nonetheless.

 I never imagined I would enjoy this sim as much as I am. I think it is because it has a little of the Falcon4 "clickable cockpit" to it "feel".