FSX Military AI

[gsnde]

Only recently I realized that I can easily combine two things I equally love - Flight Simulation and photography. I started to set my favorite AI aircraft into scene and made a dedicated Military AI Photo Gallery at The Owls Nest which already has more than 600 shots.

This is a great time for military AI - the quality and quantity of releases during the last 18 months is unbelievable. You may know the "most missing military AI aircraft poll" that I am running at The Owl's Nest. In agreement with the modelers I have added the remark "in development" to all the aircraft that are actively being worked on. So if you like to see which releases you can look forward to then participate in the poll or just see the current voting results.

A small selection of my AI shots (the link on top of each aircraft leads to the respective section in the Gallery):

Antonov An-225 Mriya by Andrew Hall

Airbus KC-30A Voyager (A330 MRTT) by Mark Griggs

Avro Lancaster by John Young

Avro Vulcan by John Young

BAe Sea Harrier by John Young

Blackburn Buccaneer by John Young

The Blue Angels

Boeing AH-64 Apache by Nick Black

Boeing B-29 Super Fortress by John Young

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress by Mike Pearson

Boeing CH-47 Chinook by Nick Black

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by MAIW

Boeing VC-25 Air Force One by AIAardvark

Cessna T-37 Tweet by Pascal Suls

Consolidated PBY Catalina by John Young

Dassault Mirage III by Mike Pearson

Dassault Mirage IV by Mike Pearson

Dassault Mirage 2000 by Fernando Martinez

Dassault Rafale by Nick Black

Dassault Super-Étendard by Nick Black

de Havilland Sea Vixen by John Young

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk by Mike Pearson

Douglas C-47 Skytrain by John Young

EE Lightning by John Young

Fiat G.91 Gina by Mike Pearson

Fouga CM.170 Magister by Mike Pearson

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark by John Young

Grumman F-14 Tomcat by Nick Black

Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk

Handley Page Victor by John Young

Hawker Hunter by John Young

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod by Brian Franklin

Lockheed C-130 Hercules by Henry Tomkiewicz

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy by Pascal Suls

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Mike Pearson

Lockheed P-2 Neptune by Jaap de Baare

Lockheed P-3 Orion by Jake Burrus

Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady by Kevin Reed

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor by Nick Black

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II by Mark Griggs

McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II by Nick Black

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet by Nick Black

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II by Nick Black

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender by Charles Dayhuff

McDonnell Douglas RF-4-Phantom II by Nick Black

McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk by Nick Black

North American B-25 Mitchell by John Young

Northrop F-5E Tiger II by Jake Burrus

Northrop T-38 Talon by Kevin Reed and Jake Burrus

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit by Nick Black

Panavia Tornado by Fernando Martinez

Rockwell B-1 Lancer by Nick Black

Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk by Mal Lloyd, Rob Nieuwenhoven & Jordan Moore

Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer by Sergey Bunevich

Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker by Sergey Bunevich

Westland Sea King by Chris Jones

 

[Dutcheeseblend]

Whoa, impressive!

Looks very very nice!

 

[gsnde]

Thanks a lot for your very kind feedback

Obviously this Owl is special to me - so here a final one...

 

[Heretic]

These are great! Flyable AI models and FSRecorder, I presume?

 

[gsnde]

No Björn, I usually place dummy airports where I want to have the AI fly, make a flight plan and start fsx shortly after the takeoff. This way the aircraft don't care that the airport is ... a bit below standard Either this or Jerry's Formation Tool. The ships follow the command of AICarrier. All models are real true AI-only models.

I stay with the AI using Simons great Super Traffic Board (commercial).

I tried FSRecorder - the concept is stunning for having the aircraft fly exactly where you want it to. But somehow I always failed to replace my flight with AI aircraft . I finally gave up on that one and decided to do dirty hand work.

 

[Flusirainer]

I usually place dummy airports where I want to have the AI fly, make a flight plan

As here at my AI_MiG-23.
In addition, the air file is still manipulated. So they fly at low altitude Mach 0.7.

 

[gsnde]

Russian Moments...

A selection of Russian aircraft, taking off Yelizovo Airport in Kamchatka.

Rainer Mehlins An-22

Rysiek Winawers An-2 Colt

Sergey Ivanovs Su-24 Fencer

Sergey Bunevichs MiG-25 Foxbat

Sergey Bunevichs MiG-31 Foxhound

Sergey Bunevichs Tu-22 Blinder

 

[Heretic]

You're now the "master of AI photography" for me.


You may use the title for bragging purposes, but use it wisely.

 

[Dutcheeseblend]

Sir...

I love the Russian collection, it's great. And they are very nice shots indeed!

Keep us posted!

 

[gsnde]

You're now the "master of AI photography" for me.


You may use the title for bragging purposes, but use it wisely.

This surely is one the nicest feedbacks I have ever received for my screen shots. Thanks a million, Björn. I will use that title proudly, albeit only in this thread

Sir...

I love the Russian collection, it's great. And they are very nice shots indeed!

Keep us posted!

Thanks again, Dutch! I wasn't sure if photos are asked for in this showroom where mostly models are presented. But I will gladly add some of the better ones from time to time.

 

[Flusirainer]

 

[Heretic]

Rainer receives bonus points for LSK goodness!

 

[gsnde]

Let's do the time warp again... The F-117 is from the 13th MAIW package way back in time - one of the first aircraft modeled by MAIW.

The shot I am after is not yet made, but I still like the results. Skimming the trees and water of the Great Lakes.

Kevin Reed's Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

Rainer, I am already planning a session with your MiG.

 

[gsnde]

The Russian Knights, painted by Mike Pearson. Ray Parker has also done them, but for model version 1. I fear I don't do their normal flight display any justice...

Sergey Bunevich's Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker

 

[gsnde]

The oldest MAIW produced aircraft - Rysiek's A-10 made its appearance in MAIW's first released package: Osan AFB.
This is the revised model. A pair visiting Edwards Air Force Base, one checking if the Grand Canyon is still where it is supposed to be.


Rysiek Winawer's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

 

[mikewmac]

Beautiful screenshots Martin.

It's great to see that even our oldest MAIW military AI aircraft works in P3D.

 

[gsnde]

I was flying with Ju Air two months ago, and I can tell you - this here is like the real thing. John has done a marvelous job with this iconic aircraft. See what a looker she is...

John Youngs's Junkers Ju 52

 

[hgschnell]

Toll,

für so etwas ist immer Platz in meinem Hangar!



(there is always a spare place in my hangar...)

 

[gsnde]

Some more. This time around Zermatt and the Matterhorn.

 

[gsnde]

Mike Pearson has made us a nice Christmas present again - the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger & F-106 Delta Dart. Here you see an F-102 NASA bird making high-speed low-altitude runs over Alaska.

Mike Pearson's Junkers Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

I could not really occupy myself with the F-102 and ignore the new F-106, could I? As beautiful as their older sister these two USAF Darts are also flying over Alaska.

Mike Pearson's Junkers Convair F-106 Delta Dart

A wonderful Christmas to all of you!