Loads of online briefing tools available, however for two to four guys, this is not really needed as things can be glossed over quickly especially if the group has been flying together.

Multi-package flights like those that happen in Falcon do need briefings as you worry about SEAD, CAP, etc. so everyone must know the game plan. In DCS, well, the plan is to run away when air superiority fighters come on

I see what you're saying... I know I keep my iPad up by my monitor so it's like a side display. I keep my chaff programs up there and flip between that and the sam description page with the rwr codes. It would be nice to have an easy way to communicate without having to tie up the radio.

But i'd still like to try it out! Who's in to test with me?

I would, if our timezones weren't so out of whack!

I think Gameplan is a great idea, but I don't have a mobile device that can support it, so I'm out. Too bad it's not also ported to the PC.

Vyew.com is great for pre-mission briefings, but not a lot of folks seem to be really into that level of prep.

You need the right kind of mission for that sort of prep as well.

Not to mention a huge change in player attitude typically where it concerns how they approach the sim - ie. if you get shot down you've lost, you're not going to pack 6 mavs + 12 bombs because the guy who's flying with you has enough weapons that between you and him you can accomplish the mission, and being lighter increases your surviveability ... depending on the mission you might also only get 1 or 2 shots at a target and then you head home.

All missions so far appear to be on-call CAS of some sort (without the FAC calling you in) - you could describe some as BAI, but I think it's more like pseudo-BAI.

There's no mission (AFAIK) that takes actual OOBs into account, so you end up with a ridiculous amount of anti-air assets travelling with convoys for example, etc.

Thumbing through my acronym dictionary. Brb

I'd be curious to know what missions the A-10 flies that you think don't require a mission brief.

Well maybe I'm misunderstanding the ap. it looks a lot more dynamic and real time to me than what you guys are talking about. Granted for a pre mission brief- we're not there just because so many guys come and go. But for something for guys to be able to turn to during the mission- to identify targets within zones as they appear and the scenario grows... Do not cross lines and any other number of things that are easier to communicate through a picture / icon than by having to explain locations to guys all over the map.

That's my thought on it anyway! Ice- when are you usually on? I'm home all week and will be able to play on and off throughout the day.

The kind where you spool up, take off, kill a bunch of stuff and either land or get killed, then do it all over again without need to pay attention to aircraft performance, fuel levels, ranges, arrival over target on time, and so on. Sometimes referred to as air-quake.

That's no mission. Might as well just air-start with infinite fuel and ammo in a "mission" with hundreds of targets to shoot at until you get bored. <puke>