*sales person voice* If anyone lives in the Greater Seattle area and wants to get into flight simulator pits boy do I have a deal for you #seattle #DCS #buy #flightsim

We’re moving internationally and my wife who is an avid DCS F-18 pilot is selling her rig. Individually she paid about $4k for all the pieces. She was also laid off last week so we could really use the money

We just need it gone so there’s a hefty discount if you can pick it up yourself.

Items:
SimLab chair
Winwing F/A-18C Orion 2 HOTAS
Winwing TOP GUN MIP
SimLab Monitor Mount
Gigabyte M32UC 32” 144hz (160hz OC) 4K curved monitor
Thrustmaster Pendular Rudder
Stream Deck XL

https://www.cyclingeu.com/412898/le-tout-nouveau-drone-de-combat-russe-detruit-en-ukraine-par-les-russes/ LE TOUT NOUVEAU DRONE DE COMBAT RUSSE DÉTRUIT EN UKRAINE ( PAR LES RUSSES ) #aéronavale #airbus #AnalyseMilitaire #até #avgeek #avgeeks #Aviation #AvionàRéaction #AvionDeChasse #Bicycling #BicyclingUkraine #Biking #boeing #chuet #ComprendreCombat #Cycling #dcs #f18 #FlightSimulator2020 #militaire #Mirage2000 #pilote #PiloteDeChasse #PiloteDeLigne #rafale #Russie #S70 #TopGun #ukraine

Working remotely on the holiday here to support a #DCS migration and VPN access is not working. Perfect.

Now we wait for IT to respond. Hopefully quickly.

HOLY SHIT FOLKS THE TANKER MAN SAID "TRANSFER COMPLETE" AND I HAD 12,000LBS FUEL ABOARD. I STARTED WITH 8,000.

Oh boy, I'm very happy with that!

If you can’t reach me for, say, the next six months, it might be because I’ve decided to finally learn how to fly the F-15E #StrikeEagle in #DCS #DigitalCombatSimulator … #airpower

https://youtu.be/_dmLypv8jkw

This week in @sciencemagazine :

Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which #nociceptors can control #DendriticCell functions!

https://bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

https://bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

I think this is the year I will buy and construct a rig to properly play #EagleDynamics #DigitalCombatSimulator #DCS. I get too excited by the prospect of flying my favorite fighter, the F-15E Strike Eagle. I got an incentive ride in SN 90-0258 in 1992 out of RAF Lakenheath and it blew my mind. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=161832 Now that the prospect of buying an official DCS version of the plane seems real, I’m motivated. https://youtu.be/jIY8eIDUHZU

I was just watching part of today’s performance by the virtual #Thunderbirds. They use #DigitalCombatSimulator #DCSWorld #DCS by #EagleDynamics to simulate the real USAF demo team show. So much of this is amazing. First, the pilot skill is off the charts. Second, I had to remind myself that this was a commercial simulator on PCs. Third, apart from a few Twitch glitches, the demo showed how pilots could coordinate precise flying using the Internet. (I don’t recommend it for real; I’m just amazed it works at all). Demo starts here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1675275264?t=43970s

From 2015-19, #DCS investigated the family lives of 1 of every 3 Black children in #Maricopa County, #Arizona according to a ProPublica/NBC News analysis.

A recent study projected that by the time Black children in Maricopa turn 18, there’s a 63% chance they'll see their parents investigated by DCS, the highest rate among the 20 largest US counties.

Put another way, more Black children in metro #Phoenix will go through a child maltreatment investigation than won’t.

https://www.propublica.org/article/for-black-families-in-phoenix-child-welfare-investigations-are-constant-threat?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#introduction

Sixth generation Texan from Austin now living in California and, occasionally, New Zealand. Husband, father, introvert.

Formerly: actor, comedy club owner, civil servant, web designer

Interests that I wish I had more time for:
#desert #backpacking
#walking #hiking #camping
#photography #space
#HomeAutomation #hackery
#flightsim #msfs #dcs
#vr #ar
#cocktails #cooking
#writing

If for some reason you needed me to be in your sketch comedy show I'd probably say yes.