Vertical Bird

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Shawn LeBron wrote:
>
> Someone told me you could destroy 3 hydras before stealing one so that
> there will be no dogfights at all .... is that true? So in total there
> are 4 hydras there? How to find the 4th one then? I only see three.

It's supposed to be on deck, I think, but for some reason I can only
ever find the three. doesn't matter too much as you destroy two and
take the third near the bridges, the fourth crashes into a bridge or
something
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In message <1125455219.378094.48240@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
tlai909@visto.com wrote:

> However one still spawned to pursue... this guy was hopeless though...
> I don't think I even had to fly hard... I just flew NOE style and he
> crashed or something.

There's always at least one Hydra that launches itself when you reach
the top deck. I replayed this mission many, many times and never
managed to shoot the bastard down, even with the heat-seeking rocket
launcher.

Another good piece of advice: use remote explosives grenades or the
rocket launcher to take out the SAM launchers. The first time I played
this mission I was left clueless as to where those red blips on my
HUD radar were coming from.


Cheers,
Rob
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Rob White wrote:
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> In message <1125455219.378094.48240@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
> tlai909@visto.com wrote:
>
> > However one still spawned to pursue... this guy was hopeless though...
> > I don't think I even had to fly hard... I just flew NOE style and he
> > crashed or something.
>
> There's always at least one Hydra that launches itself when you reach
> the top deck. I replayed this mission many, many times and never
> managed to shoot the bastard down, even with the heat-seeking rocket
> launcher.
>
> Another good piece of advice: use remote explosives grenades or the
> rocket launcher to take out the SAM launchers. The first time I played
> this mission I was left clueless as to where those red blips on my
> HUD radar were coming from.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> --
> .__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit.
> | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | mflt35@dsl.pipex.com
> | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England.

you mean the ones you can stop from being fired by going into a little
room on the ship and standing in a red dot? )

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Rob White wrote:
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> In message <43156FB5.92D11337@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > you mean the ones you can stop from being fired by going into a little
> > room on the ship and standing in a red dot? )
>
> Doh! Forgot about that!
>
> It must be this heat, London is in a mini-heatwave again.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> --
> .__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit.
> | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | mflt35@dsl.pipex.com
> | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England.

yeah, it's sticky up here too, couldn't sleep properly the last three
days. Mind i can NEVER sleep properly )
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Rob White wrote:
>
> In message <43158EF2.CBD4D914@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > yeah, it's sticky up here too, couldn't sleep properly the last three
> > days. Mind i can NEVER sleep properly )
>
> Me neither, and it doesn't help living round the corner from one of
> Wimbledon's main traffic tributaries.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> --
> .__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit.
> | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | mflt35@dsl.pipex.com
> | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England.

Ow, I just live on the meadowell Estate, which is a surefire way to
ensure sleepless nights even if you don't have health problems )

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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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Rob White wrote:
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> In message <4315B155.814747E@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Ow, I just live on the meadowell Estate, which is a surefire way to
> > ensure sleepless nights even if you don't have health problems )
>
> Bet there's always some arsehole doing handbrakes turns at 2 in the
> morning!
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> --
Heh, they don't even wait til 2 in the morning. Somewhere around this
time there's a guy on a very powerful bike who will go screaming
through the estate, despite numerous cameras nobody ever catches him.

My wife and grandson were almost creamed just after we moved here when
a stolen car took a corner too quickly and mounted the pavement. The
kid turned at the last second and rammed the back end of a bus.

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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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Razor wrote:
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> "Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:431728BF.D4631390@blueyonder.co.uk...
> > Rob White wrote:
> >>
> >> In message <4315B155.814747E@blueyonder.co.uk>
> >> Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ow, I just live on the meadowell Estate, which is a surefire way to
> >> > ensure sleepless nights even if you don't have health problems )
> >>
> >> Bet there's always some arsehole doing handbrakes turns at 2 in the
> >> morning!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rob
> >> --
> > Heh, they don't even wait til 2 in the morning. Somewhere around this
> > time there's a guy on a very powerful bike who will go screaming
> > through the estate, despite numerous cameras nobody ever catches him.
> >
> > My wife and grandson were almost creamed just after we moved here when
> > a stolen car took a corner too quickly and mounted the pavement. The
> > kid turned at the last second and rammed the back end of a bus.
> >
> > --
> > Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Stop and Look
> > http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
>
> What is this fascination with skidding around a playground in a car?
> We get the odd tool doing that around here and this is a pretty quiet
> estate.

They see the wideboys in movies doing it and they think it's cool.
Have you heard them just pulling out the drive in front of their own
houses? You would think it was the start of the monte carlo rally or
something. It's all about show and since they found you can do this
stuff in a tiny car that costs just a few quid then they'll do it all
the more. Tend to be little fiats and citroens and (shudder) vauxhall
corsas though some may advance as high as a mondeo.

We have a couple of locals with Evos and BMWs complete with the little
line of maufacturer's stickers down the front doors. They're living
some sort of dream.
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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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G Hardy wrote:
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> "Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> > We have a couple of locals with Evos and BMWs complete with the little
> > line of maufacturer's stickers down the front doors. They're living
> > some sort of dream.
>
> I don't see how it's much different to me taking my 4x4 through some mud and
> rocks for the day. If you believe the ramblers, I'm just as antisocial as
> the boy racers by tearing up the countryside.
>
> If it's not dangerous and not (really) harming anyone, it's not a problem.
> Souping up a supermini and taking it on a track day or to a disused airfield
> is fine by me - just because I don't understand it doesn't make it wrong. (I
> used to live within 250 metres of a disused runway - whenever they did their
> impromptu drag sessions I just went to the pub).
>
> The ones who do it on estates in the wee small hours, or when there are
> pedestrians about, should lose their licences. _Anyone_ driving without a
> licence should be banned - For life - first offence. Second offence -
> prison.

I agree that offroad, in the right places is where to have fun. Find
somewhere nobody cares about and have yourself a good time. There's a
thing up here where they're using the waterfront of the Tyne, not a
good idea! It's not a friendly river and cars and rivers don't mix

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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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G Hardy wrote:
>
> > To be fair a lot of the places near here where they're complaining
> > about 4x4s it's not for the people but the damage to tracks etc. Of
> > course this could just be a smokescreen
>
> It's not a smokescreen, it's a valid complaint. The damage _has_ to be
> caused, otherwise a lane will just become another part of the
> field/undergrowth. My two-tonne car exerts the same amount of PSI on the
> ground as I do, so as long as I drive it at a reasonable pace, and don't
> spin the wheels, it's causing the same damage that I would.
>
> Whether it's cars, bikes, people, horses or tractors, the damage caused by
> transit is what keeps a lane, a lane. Next time you're driving down a
> tree-lined "A" road - marvel at the neatly pruned, bus-shaped gaps in the
> foliage and wonder whose job it is to cut them. Of course, nobody cuts
> them - the tree doesn't grow into the gap because there's too much traffic.
> It doesn't "know" that, naturally, it just gets any buds knocked off that
> grow into that empty space.
>
> On lanes, the worst damage is done by horses. I can drive across a dry or
> mildly soggy field and you'd only know I'd done it until the grass
> straightened. A horse would leave tracks that Steve Wonder could follow.
> Even a sensibly driven dirt bike would leave knobbly tracks.
>
> But as with football and religions, it just takes a few bad eggs to spoil
> the reputation of the rest of us...

I agree... but next time I drive anywhere people better get out the
way - I can't drive ))
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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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G Hardy wrote:
>
> > I agree... but next time I drive anywhere people better get out the
> > way - I can't drive ))
>
> Well considering I'm waiting for a "speed awareness course" appointment, it
> could be said that I can't drive, either...

heh heh hehhhhh With the way many of today's drivers act i swore not
to get behind the wheel of a car... but I might break that if I win
the lottery
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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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