Goat update













Finally finished Iron Eagle HD, more clearly showing a mock up air force one in the final scene.  There's no mention of what airplane it was, but it doesn't match any real air force one livery.  



Noted the final formation was not the missing man formation as did the old lion 40 years ago.


Plenty of Israeaeali air force footage.  Israaeaeal is still the 2nd largest F-16 operator with 361.




The confuser graphics were a key plot point.  It was still pretty intense to create movie graphics like that in 1985.  It could have been done on a PC with EGA graphics.   It would have been difficult on commodore 64 to get the smoothly scrolling airplane overlays, but it could have been done in timelapse.




When the vacuum fluorescent dot matrix display showed this, it was getting real.  Despite the talk of military downsizing, US currently has 900 F-16's in service.  The newer stealth fighters aren't even a blip.

The dialog during the climax continues to be memorable.  







https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/how-much-you-need-to-retire-now-51666810141?siteid=yhoof2

So a survey said the minimum retirement fund is now $1.2 million, up 20% from last year.  The longer you wait, the more you need to retire.  Retire before time runs out.




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