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madman1960
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F-14 pair

Don’t know how to catch names or how to quote so a reply to your request for pics.

Last few years before getting out of the hobby almost all my gaming was post war modern air combat. We played at a very high level, Air Superiority by JD Webster. I was in with a select group which meant we were subject to all the latest rules and revisions. Getting back into things I tried to get a handle on what the final rules were but every package I had was labeled latest revision, current copy, etc. with NO DATES! I think they all ended up in the Speed of Heat JD released via Clash of Arms. I live on there as a playtester.

Anyways not content to leave as is I designed up the above flight stands to allow us to position our birds as they would be during that flight phase. This was revision 4 or 5, the threaded rod of one version was a previous incarnation. We played on either blue sheets with iron on hexes or geomorphic enlarged versions of the maps included in the board game.

So if you REALLY want to get a feel of how a well played Sea Harrier can more than hold its own against a flight of Mirages let me know. As an aside I found the YouTube videos of Sharkey Ward’s assessment of how the Sea Harrier, if flown really well, could and should have held the day to be very true to what we found out from JD’s game back in the day.

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