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Here for the F-104 discussion. Fascinating plane.

Ah yes, the ol' Lockheed Lawndart. All the fun of flying supersonic at low altitudes and none of that turning nonsense. A masterpiece of flying by the seat of your pants, especially since you definitely wouldn't want to take your eyes off the windshield to actually look at your instruments.

Apparently a developer is releasing an F-104 module for DCS. I cannot imagine that taking off, flying in a straight line and crashing somewhere in Germany could be in any way “fun” (even accounting for possibly distorted DCS definitions of “fun”.)

I’ll almost certainly buy it, though.

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