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"Lt. Col. Jack McPeek, 26, created the VUSAF
Thunderbirds in October of 2004 and flies the
#1 jet, leading all virtual air demonstrations
and is in charge of the flight Team. Colonel
McPeek has been flying 11 years in small
aircraft, attaining 6000 hours. He has also
logged 2300 hours in F-16C/D aircraft at Hill
AFB as an Air Force Fighter Pilot. Most of his
online flying is in the Lago F-16."
[/ QUOTE ]And I'm guessing that there are no 26 y/o Lieutenant Colonels anywhere in the services. Loser.
[/ QUOTE ]am I missing something or did you all not see the "virtual" on there? if it's virtual, doesn't that mean he KNOWS he's not USAF IRL but claims to be USAF *virtually* - as in he's created himself as an officer in "computer world"?
whether or not it's true, the IRL USAF should strip him of his *virtual* life and make sure he understands well and clear of the affects IRL?!
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No, On fs2004.com and other sources he claims to be a 'real' Fighter pilot. He has posted on forums 'Yay!! I just completed my 6,000th hour..' etc..
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I hate these people! They keep on ruining the image of flight simmers. This is not what regular flight simmers are like, at least not where I hang out. This website is obviously the a.net of flight simulation. Bunch of freaks! (Not about everyone in that website, just the majority who this applies to).
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One year ago fs2004.com was NOT like this, It was a small community, with simmers similar to what you would be used to. Eventually it expanded, We had 'new' 12 year olds running around claiming to be Pilots, (Aka Posers) and alot of 'crap' you would see at a.net
dolbinau,
Don't take my previous post the wrong way. It wasn't geared towards you persay. This website is for those who are aspiring, training, to be, or who are currently regional, corprate, freight, and major pilots. I like others on here flightsim, but I'm also a real pilot who is training to get to the airlines.
MSFS is a really good tool for learning instrument navigation. We just don't want a bunch of flightsimmers (just flightsimming) to come over here to hang out and post about flightsimming. If you're an aspiring pilot and want to genuinly learn to fly for a living, then post away. We don't want the bogus pilots and posers here at all! We're pretty good at sniffing out the fakes, and we'll call them out.
Ok, I understand your point
For those not aware, a 'Virtual Airline' Is a group of Simmers who build up and 'log' hours, completing tasks and performing flights similar to the 'real thing'.
In this case, the Virtual Thunderbirds trained together in a FS Multiplayer session and eventually was going to perform shows etc.. on FS.