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The page contains information on items of interest as well as information on Squadron activities. 12 January 2009: Happy New Year. OK .... so another year has come and gone .... and its time to wish everyone a safe and happy new year. I hope that this message finds you all well and that your flight time has been fruitful throughout 2008. The Amberley Airshow display held during September 2008 was an outstanding success with a huge amount of interest shown for the "Viper's Nest". Hopefully this should generate some major recruiting interest for the 62nd. I had a great time and it was great catching up with everyone. Planning has also commenced for the 2009 Expo .... so stay tuned for update as the event gets closes .... its shaping up to be even better and bigger that the last one. Anyway .... I will keep this note short and wish everyone good health, good luck .... and good hunting. Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
30 June 2008: Squadron Update. Hi all .... and welcome to another update from the world of
Wildcats. Not much occurring so I will keep this bulletin brief. Flying
continues over at Multivipers and with individual online TE missions. Some great
missions have been flown with plenty of action seen. AF continues
to perform solidly on 1.0.13 with few if any errors seen.
Planning is also underway for participation with the 62nd Fighting Falcons in a
display to be held at the up coming Amberley Airshow .... so stay tuned for an
after action report. Well I guess that about wraps things up for the moment, as stated, this was just a quick update .... I wish everyone and their families all the best and I hope to see you in the skies soon.
Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
27 January 2008: Happy New Year. Well another year has come and gone .... 3007 is history and we
move on into 2008. Just a few short notes to bring everyone up to date: 1. The Expo was an outstanding success!!!! We had over 1400
people through the doors over the weekend .... and when combined with the online
audience, the takings for the expo were astounding. Well done to all concerned
and we look forward to the next one. 2. F4:AF has a new patch out as of today .... 1.0.13 is
available for download .... so go get it! 3. Finally, things continue to roll along in the Falcon world. Guess that about does it for now .... stay safe, stay well and
good hunting!
Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
02 September 2007: Squadron Update. Greetings all .... Time for a quick update on the state of things in the Wildcats world. All things considered its been fairly quiet .... but still plenty of online action happening with the members of MultiVipers getting some great flight time. So don't forget to head on over and check out the action .... if you haven't already of course. The current version being flown is 1.0.12. Aeyes has also released a new wide screen pit for the Viper .... and its truely a thing of BEAUTY!!!! So do yoursleves a favor and check it out (just follow the link on the LINKS page). Planning continues for the Expo as well .... dates remain unchanged and things are really starting to come together .... so head on over to the expo website for details. Well I guess that about wraps things up for the moment, as stated, this was just a quick update .... I wish everyone and their families all the best and I hope to see you in the skies soon. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 18 May 2007: Squadron Update. Well .... things have definitely been on the quiet side .... A new year (and its already almost half gone) .... So lets get the formalities over with from the start .... Merry Xmas, Happy New Year, and welcome to 2007! As far as LAN flying goes its been very quiet indeed. Internet flying on the other hand has been going strong. The main thing is that the SQN is still here .... all be it in a much reduced form .... but here none the less. So I guess an update on where things stand is in order. Allied Force is still going strong and is currently on version 1.0.11 .... with a new patch scheduled for release in the near future. The number of people flying online continues to increase on almost a hourly basis. So if you feel like dragging out the flight sticks and dusting them off .... then just contact me via the usual means and we can get some missions going. One important note for all members is that the OZ Flight Simulation Expo is on again this year in October. The venue is Jupiters Casino Convention Centre on the Gold Coast. This should be an awesome event so head on over to the expo website for details. On the subject of MP .... with the upcoming "WinterLAN 2007" .... it might be a good time to try some flying again as a diversion to the usual selections. Who knows we may even gain some new members. So stay tuned to the forums for details I guess. In the meantime .... if any members are looking for a flight .... head over to Multivipers and jump onto Teamspeak for a flight. If you need any help or info regarding getting connected .... just drop me an email. Finally, a reminder that the SQN has its very own image storage area that is available to all members. For details please contact me via PM or email. Well I guess that about wraps things up for the moment .... I wish everyone and their families all the best and I hope to see you in the skies soon. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 17 July 2006: Squadron Update. Now that v1.0.7 has been out for a little over a month, I just thought I would throw up a quick news item to update everyone on how the latest patch is performing. The short answer is .... OUTSTANDINGLY!!!! In my humble opinion, Falcon MP has never been better. So if you haven't already tried it out .... jump online and give it a go. You will definitely notice the difference. Anyway, just thought I would throw this up to keep everyone informed on how things are going in the Falcon world. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 10 June 2006: Patch 1.0.7 released. Lead Pursuit has released the next patch for Allied Force. Version 1.0.7 contains a number of fixes concentrating on the Multiplayer aspects of the simulation. For details and links to update to this latest version, head on over to the Lead Pursuit website. From the Lead Pursuit website, the Changelog
for 1.0.7 is below:
COCKPIT
MULTIPLAYER
HARDWARE
STABILITY
The current Squadron version is now 1.0.7 so make sure that you get your systems updated. Any questions just ask. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 18 May 2006: Squadron Update. This news note is to advise all members that the Image Storage area has been upgraded to a premium account. Basically this means increased storage, better transfers and a few other options. For more details, just get in touch .... or head over to the Image Storage area via the link on the Squadron website. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 09 May 2006: Squadron Update. Well seeing as its been a while since the last news bulletin, I thought I should throw something up on the news page, so .... Things have been quiet on the squadron activity front, but we are still rolling along. The latest news is that patch 1.0.6 has been released and it offers a wealth of updates and fixes. The list is a large one .... so head on over to the Lead Pursuit website for details of this latest upgrade. For those who haven't already done so .... make sure you grab a copy of the patch and get your systems upgraded. Also, LP have advised that 1.0.7 is progressing well and while no release date has been confirmed, they have stated that they expect that barring any unforseen issues, 1.0.7 will be the last major patch to be released for Allied Force. This is because they are now switching their attention to the next commercial release in the Battlefield Operations series. Things are definitely looking good for the future of Flight Sims! On the home front, the next LAN event is scheduled for the Queen's Birthday long weekend. So make sure you pencil in the dates on your Calenders to attend. Anyway I guess that will do for now .... look forward to catching up online. One final thing .... a reminder that if any member has a news item that they wish posted here, just drop me a line with the details. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 29 January 2006: Falcon AF 1.0.5 Released. Just a short note .... I know that the latest patch for Falcon AF has been out for a while now .... but I thought I had better throw up a post anyway to let everyone know that the SQN has updated to version 1.0.5. All reports are that it is working well so if you haven't done so already, grab the patch and update your install. If you need any guidance or have any questions regarding this update .... just ask :). Check out the Lead Pursuit website for details. OK .... guess that about does it. Like I said, just a quick update post to keep everyone informed. Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 10 January 2006: Happy New Year! Well, another year has come and gone. Hope that everyone's new year wishes come true for you and yours. It's been a while since the last news update so I thought I had better post something up to let everyone know that we are still around :). OK so on with the news: First off I guess is that I am now comfortably lodged in Sydney, complete with my new ADSL2+ connection, and that Rincewind (our beloved XO) has traded places with me with his new work position in Canberra. Hopefully he will have a new ADSL connection up and running in the near future .... good luck with that one Rince :). Next item: The December LAN. This was a dual purpose event in that not only was it our final meet for 2005, but it was also the first meet in my new location and worked out rather well as a christening event. All went well, except for Rincewind's video card deciding to die due to a faulty GPU fan. As a result, no flying was done over the weekend. However, a great time was had by all who attended, with many hours of FPS and driving achieved. Thanks to all who made it ..... and look forward to the next meet. Finally, Falcon AF is going along quite well and the next patch (1.0.5) is currently in test by LP and looking like it will be a great addition. Details can be found at their website. Anyway, I guess that about raps things up for this update. Hope to see everyone online in the future. Also if anyone has any new items that they would like published, just drop me a line and we can get it posted in here. Until next time .... Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
A new procedural cockpit functionality trainer has been released for Falcon 4.0: Allied Force. It is an excellent tool for either learning or brushing up on the complexities of operating the F-16 cockpit. I thoroughly recommend that all pilots install this trainer. The SQN Training page has been updated with a link to the trainer source page. NOTE: In order to run Pit Trainer, you will need to have the Java v1.4.2 (or later) runtime installed. You can download this here. Look for the “J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE)” download on that page. My sincere thanks to the developer of this outstanding training aid .... Dave Calkins (aka Coder1024).Cheers .... Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
18 August 2005: New Squadron Standard Announced! Well the testing of Falcon 4.0: Allied Force has been completed and after some discussions between those involved with the acceptance testing, it has been decided that the Squadron will in fact transition to this latest version. The "Falcon Installation Guide" and "Multi-Player Procedures" pages have therefore been updated accordingly to reflect the change of install. Please take a moment to review them and if you find any errors, or feel that anything needs to be added, deleted or changed, get in touch with me and I will update the relevant pages accordingly. I hope that this will herald a new and exciting era in the Squadron. Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 04 July 2005: New Squadron Standard? With the release of the latest iteration of the Falcon bloodline .... Falcon 4.0: Allied Force now a reality, and with a number of Sqn members purchasing this new version, the possibility of a new Sqn standard is looming on the horizon. The way that I envisage any transition is as follows: 1. Once those personnel who have ordered the new sim have received their copies, a "Test Group" will be setup to confirm that the new version meets and/or exceeds the current Sqn standards. 2. Testing will involve a number of areas (including but not limited to: ease of install, connectivity, stability and usability). 3. Should this new version perform well, then it will be put to a vote for all members to decide if we adopt it as our new standard. Stay tuned both here and on the forums for further announcements. Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 09 June 2005: New Forum and Image Storage Area. All members please be aware that there is now a new forum area in operation. The link to the forums has been updated to reflect this change. Could all pilots (if you haven't already done so) please head over to the new forum and register. Also, I have created a new link in the Nav area for our new SQN Image Storage Area. The reason for this was so that rather than filling up the sites storage allowance (i.e. My Storage allowance) .... I have created a SQN account with the online image storage site .... Photobucket. For details on accessing this new area if you have any images that you want to share .... please get in touch with me and I will pass them on to you. Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 07 June 2005: Version change of BazT for the Wildcats standard installation. With the release of the newest BazT terrain elevation software, the Wildcats standard installation has been updated to include this new version. Please head over to the Squadron Area and grab this new version. NOTE: Before installing this new version of the Terrain Elevator, it is necessary to unapply and uninstall the previous version. All that is required is to navigate to the "Utilities\BazT" directory in your Wildcats install, run the program, confirm it is pointing to the correct install and then click on the Unapply button. When the program has completed removing the terrain elevations, simply close it and then using the uninstall application that should be in your Wildcats install root directory, remove the application. After this, delete the Bazt folder from inside the utilities folder and then follow the revised instructions on the Falcon Installation Guide page of the website. The Falcon Installation Guide has also been updated with revised links and instructions to reflect the change to this new software. As usual, if you have any questions please get in touch. Cheers ....
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 04 May 2005: Welcome to our newest members. Just a quick news item to welcome our newest members, Phil "Fatman" Nicholls and Johnathon "Sabre" Holmes. Phil is a fellow FreeBirds pilot and is based in Canberra. Johnathon comes to us via the civilian flight sim community and is one of Rincewind's associates from Sydney, although we won't hold that against him. Please make them both welcome to the squadron. Welcome aboard Fatman and Sabre.
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 07 April 2005: Easter LAN meet and Update Well another Easter has come and gone .... and it was once again time for the annual trek south to the CO's place for a LAN meet. There was a good attendance over the weekend and all pilots enjoyed the experience. We also welcomed a new player to the LAN (Fatman .... a fellow ACT pilot and gamer) as well as catching up with all the usual attendees. Thanks to all who attended and much gaming fun was had by all with a number of different games played into the early hours each day. Also, just a short note to let all Squadron members know that I have setup a protected "Squadron-Area" folder for anything that needs to be stored for/distributed to Squadron members only. For access into this folder please get in touch with me and I will pass on the details. OK .... well that does it for now .... see you all in the skies.
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer 16 February 2005: Squadron Update Well another year is gone .... and yes I am late in posting this update .... again .... so a belated Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2005. Much is happening in the Falcon world so '05 looks like it's going to be a bumper year. The Wildcats are still running SP4.2 with the MP5.1 exe, SP3 Missiles patch, HiTiles and the BazT Terrain elevator. This install has proven to be an extremely stable and exceptionally well performing install .... so until something better comes along it will remain as our standard.
No new Squadron movements on
the personnel front. Online flying is continuing with a lot of excellent
missions flown and plenty of kills gained by all concerned.
Well guess that about wraps this update for now. Hope to see you all online ....
and happy flying.
Cheers
Cougar - 69th Wildcats Commanding Officer
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