Hornet Bay — Flight Log

Hornet Bay — Flight Log https://hornetbay.com/blog Every new feature in the Hornet Bay rebuild, logged with a screenshot. en-us FOX TWO — the AIM-9 Sidewinder, the round that wins knife fights https://hornetbay.com/blog/sidewinder-fox-two https://hornetbay.com/blog/sidewinder-fox-two Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:48:35 +0000 TOP PILOTS — a MiG-kill leaderboard on the title screen https://hornetbay.com/blog/top-pilots-leaderboard https://hornetbay.com/blog/top-pilots-leaderboard Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:50:00 +0000 EARN YOUR TOMCAT — fly five campaign missions and the F-14 is yours, free https://hornetbay.com/blog/earn-the-tomcat https://hornetbay.com/blog/earn-the-tomcat Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:52:00 +0000 STANDING DOWN — the F-15 and A-10 are no longer flyable https://hornetbay.com/blog/usaf-jets-retired https://hornetbay.com/blog/usaf-jets-retired Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:51:00 +0000 The Big E — USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the home plate you launch from https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-big-e https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-big-e Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:22:09 +0000 Open campaign — every sortie on the board from day one, flight school now optional https://hornetbay.com/blog/open-campaign https://hornetbay.com/blog/open-campaign Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000 The order of battle — everything that flies, sails and shoots in Hornet Bay https://hornetbay.com/blog/order-of-battle https://hornetbay.com/blog/order-of-battle Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000 Fleet totals only — the scoreboard never shows your own numbers 62e4b3a https://hornetbay.com/blog/fleet-totals-only https://hornetbay.com/blog/fleet-totals-only Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000 By the numbers — the front door now keeps score d45a07f https://hornetbay.com/blog/by-the-numbers https://hornetbay.com/blog/by-the-numbers Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Gear down, throttle up — the overspeed nag is gone 06e0a0c https://hornetbay.com/blog/gear-down-throttle-up https://hornetbay.com/blog/gear-down-throttle-up Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Working surfaces — ailerons answer the stick, and the flaps ride the gear 94d1ef1 https://hornetbay.com/blog/working-surfaces https://hornetbay.com/blog/working-surfaces Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Civilians are not targets — the trigger is gone, and the court martial goes with it 9c6dbeb https://hornetbay.com/blog/civilians-are-not-targets https://hornetbay.com/blog/civilians-are-not-targets Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Fins and fire — the missile family gets its real silhouettes, and the swing wing finds its voice 85c5067 https://hornetbay.com/blog/fins-and-fire https://hornetbay.com/blog/fins-and-fire Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Quiet on the net — the cockpit drops the small talk and keeps the calls that matter c0b9020 https://hornetbay.com/blog/quiet-on-the-net https://hornetbay.com/blog/quiet-on-the-net Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000 The Jolly Roger gets a tailor — the Tomcat’s tail flags fit the fin at last 6d390b8 https://hornetbay.com/blog/jolly-rogers-tail-trim https://hornetbay.com/blog/jolly-rogers-tail-trim Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The bombs say BOMBS — the original intercom baritone is back aboard, and the Mk 83 stops reading its own label 545a7a8 https://hornetbay.com/blog/bombs-say-bombs https://hornetbay.com/blog/bombs-say-bombs Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The stores panel talks back — spoken callouts return, and the Sparrow and Mk 83 find their voices a7f6d9a https://hornetbay.com/blog/stores-talk-back https://hornetbay.com/blog/stores-talk-back Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The instructor’s red pen: a full schoolhouse playtest, and the rescue of VIPER TWO 6e748a4 https://hornetbay.com/blog/instructors-red-pen https://hornetbay.com/blog/instructors-red-pen Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Full blower between the towers: the Habu owns the night reel — and the strike package hits the board e0cb6a7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/habu-night-run https://hornetbay.com/blog/habu-night-run Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Green means hold, red means shoot — and the Tomcat gets its 1994 stick: the AIM-7 Sparrow 9bfad5b https://hornetbay.com/blog/sparrow-and-roe https://hornetbay.com/blog/sparrow-and-roe Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 The net goes quiet: radio chatter audio is out, the ticker keeps the calls 1e98cb5 https://hornetbay.com/blog/radio-goes-silent https://hornetbay.com/blog/radio-goes-silent Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Time acceleration tops out at 16x — and SHIFT+Z walks you back down the ladder c47cbb6 https://hornetbay.com/blog/time-accel-keys https://hornetbay.com/blog/time-accel-keys Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Every sortie gets its mugshot: the school and mission boards now show you the target b417e56 https://hornetbay.com/blog/board-thumbnails https://hornetbay.com/blog/board-thumbnails Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The boards go large print: every menu, every pitch, every key in the manual, sized up to read 7f732c9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/menu-type https://hornetbay.com/blog/menu-type Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 The briefing room learns to read the room: mission text sized to fit, and to be read d570d06 https://hornetbay.com/blog/briefing-type https://hornetbay.com/blog/briefing-type Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 The net comes alive: every call on the frequency now crackles — and speaks f90a43e https://hornetbay.com/blog/radio-chatter https://hornetbay.com/blog/radio-chatter Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Fair winds, Rex: a guard of honor along the catapult, and the Old Man’s saber sends him home 5b79e2f https://hornetbay.com/blog/final-launch https://hornetbay.com/blog/final-launch Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Portrait mode for the mobile notice, the anthem gets its name, and the reel goes vertical 27b0ceb https://hornetbay.com/blog/portrait-notice-shorts https://hornetbay.com/blog/portrait-notice-shorts Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 The anthem, for real: the studio cut takes over from the chiptune f6c8140 https://hornetbay.com/blog/anthem-studio-cut https://hornetbay.com/blog/anthem-studio-cut Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 The Hornet Bay Anthem: our own march on endless loop, a burner-lit bow shot, and the go-fast shoots back ac81351 https://hornetbay.com/blog/hornet-bay-anthem https://hornetbay.com/blog/hornet-bay-anthem Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Sound on: the anthem gets a player, the reel finds its voice, and the group brings its pilot home 23a5bd7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/sound-on https://hornetbay.com/blog/sound-on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Steel in the night: CIWS fountains, chute-dropped torpedoes and the downtown burner run a29439d https://hornetbay.com/blog/reel-heavy-metal https://hornetbay.com/blog/reel-heavy-metal Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The reel, recut: 360° orbitals, long-lens zooms and both sides of the flyby fbf52f6 https://hornetbay.com/blog/reel-recut https://hornetbay.com/blog/reel-recut Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 The reel: five scenes of trouble behind the menu, and a key to the whole board b739eb6 https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-reel https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-reel Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Cards for every post, a banner that flies home, and a search box back in formation 4d13ee5 https://hornetbay.com/blog/cards-clicks-alignment https://hornetbay.com/blog/cards-clicks-alignment Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The tower would like a word: the sortie poll 0b53c94 https://hornetbay.com/blog/sortie-poll https://hornetbay.com/blog/sortie-poll Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Five squadrons: the tag rail files its paperwork 0b53c94 https://hornetbay.com/blog/five-squadrons https://hornetbay.com/blog/five-squadrons Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 The chart briefs itself: every free-flight start, named and described b3f29f5 https://hornetbay.com/blog/chart-briefs https://hornetbay.com/blog/chart-briefs Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Every rung of the ladder: the great consistency pass 697ca69 https://hornetbay.com/blog/every-rung https://hornetbay.com/blog/every-rung Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 All access: one code signs the whole board 396e52c https://hornetbay.com/blog/all-access https://hornetbay.com/blog/all-access Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Search joins the rail: same height, same rank as the buttons cf06bbf https://hornetbay.com/blog/search-on-the-rail https://hornetbay.com/blog/search-on-the-rail Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The colored shirts: every hand signal on the roof, annotated 9b70fcc https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-colored-shirts https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-colored-shirts Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Wands up: the colored shirts learn the whole marshalling vocabulary b18df38 https://hornetbay.com/blog/wands-up https://hornetbay.com/blog/wands-up Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 One compass, every page: the RETURN TO BASE block goes site-wide — with a template behind it b18df38 https://hornetbay.com/blog/one-compass https://hornetbay.com/blog/one-compass Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Day and night and nothing but: MISSION DEFAULT leaves the toggles b18df38 https://hornetbay.com/blog/day-and-night-and-nothing-but https://hornetbay.com/blog/day-and-night-and-nothing-but Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Colors on every mast: the banner flies across the whole site f8a2433 https://hornetbay.com/blog/colors-on-every-mast https://hornetbay.com/blog/colors-on-every-mast Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 RETURN rides the top rail — and a BACK TO MISSION button for the main menu f5cba37 https://hornetbay.com/blog/return-on-the-top-rail https://hornetbay.com/blog/return-on-the-top-rail Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Flight Log refit: straight rails, Zulu time, search at the top right edb1b20 https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-log-refit https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-log-refit Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 A banner of laurel and Hornet edb1b20 https://hornetbay.com/blog/banner-of-the-laurel https://hornetbay.com/blog/banner-of-the-laurel Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 The blog is the Flight Log now 2e8ad0a https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-log https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-log Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 M16 SAR COVER: nothing touches the Angel 2e8ad0a https://hornetbay.com/blog/sar-cover https://hornetbay.com/blog/sar-cover Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Colored shirts on the roof: the deck crew comes to work 2e8ad0a https://hornetbay.com/blog/colored-shirts https://hornetbay.com/blog/colored-shirts Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 The journal grows rails: paging at the top, a bigger search, tags on the right 2d51c42 https://hornetbay.com/blog/journal-rails https://hornetbay.com/blog/journal-rails Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 A lamp for the hook, and a door back to the keys 2d51c42 https://hornetbay.com/blog/hook-annunciator https://hornetbay.com/blog/hook-annunciator Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The Bear comes west: Kitchens on the rails, Phalanx on the rails 2d51c42 https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-bear-comes-west https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-bear-comes-west Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Wings before war: the campaign wants a graduate, and the board rates everything 2d51c42 https://hornetbay.com/blog/wings-before-war https://hornetbay.com/blog/wings-before-war Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Earn your wings: the school is a syllabus now 37a9400 https://hornetbay.com/blog/earn-your-wings https://hornetbay.com/blog/earn-your-wings Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Flight school is in session: six sorties, three courses, top of the menu fc50b5a https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-school https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-school Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 The pitch: one line under every sortie to make you press the key d15ec5a https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-pitch https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-pitch Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Read the board: every sortie shows its moves 7736fb5 https://hornetbay.com/blog/read-the-board https://hornetbay.com/blog/read-the-board Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Deck ballet: blast deflectors up, and nobody touches paint 59d90e8 https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-ballet https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-ballet Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 The board now tells you how hard you’ll bleed 59d90e8 https://hornetbay.com/blog/difficulty-board https://hornetbay.com/blog/difficulty-board Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Thirteen sorties: the campaign doubles, and the banner hangs from the island 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-campaign https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-campaign Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Aces fight back: nobody flies straight any more 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/aces-fight-back https://hornetbay.com/blog/aces-fight-back Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Deck choreography: fold for parking, spread for the cat 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-choreography https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-choreography Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Quality of life: the brief on a key, a searchable journal, a link for every jet 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/cockpit-quality https://hornetbay.com/blog/cockpit-quality Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 AV-8B Harrier II: the jump jet joins the gallery 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/av8b-harrier https://hornetbay.com/blog/av8b-harrier Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 The spy balloon: 61 metres of famous, and a go-fast for the shelf 46c67d7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/spy-balloon https://hornetbay.com/blog/spy-balloon Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Sub hunters: the frigate loads Harpoons, the P-3 and Seahawk go dipping c93570d https://hornetbay.com/blog/sub-hunters https://hornetbay.com/blog/sub-hunters Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Steady rotors: helicopters hold their level now c93570d https://hornetbay.com/blog/steady-rotors https://hornetbay.com/blog/steady-rotors Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Faster forward: 16x and 32x, and the Viking finds its voice bb1a177 https://hornetbay.com/blog/faster-forward https://hornetbay.com/blog/faster-forward Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Every menu item is now a link ae929f3 https://hornetbay.com/blog/url-stubs https://hornetbay.com/blog/url-stubs Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Straight up, then level: the helicopter book gets rewritten 715f0f9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/helo-ops https://hornetbay.com/blog/helo-ops Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 SCREWTOPS 601’s new beat: a twenty-mile oval over the bullseye 715f0f9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/awacs-oval https://hornetbay.com/blog/awacs-oval Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 The map learns to pan and zoom — and stops ghosting the sea 715f0f9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/map-tools https://hornetbay.com/blog/map-tools Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Spectate with your ears: an engine note for every ride 715f0f9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-audio https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-audio Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Meet the A-6E Intruder: Knight Rider, by the numbers 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/a6e-intruder https://hornetbay.com/blog/a6e-intruder Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Meet the C-2A Greyhound: the COD, by the numbers 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/c2-greyhound https://hornetbay.com/blog/c2-greyhound Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Meet the S-3B Viking: the Hoover, by the numbers 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/s3-viking https://hornetbay.com/blog/s3-viking Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Meet the F-15 Eagle: air superiority, USAF issue 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/f15-eagle https://hornetbay.com/blog/f15-eagle Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Meet the A-10 Warthog: the Hawg, by the numbers 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/a10-warthog https://hornetbay.com/blog/a10-warthog Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Meet the Su-27 Flanker: the new bogey, by the numbers 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/su27-flanker https://hornetbay.com/blog/su27-flanker Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Around the clock: the Big E works her 1994 air wing 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/air-wing https://hornetbay.com/blog/air-wing Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The escorts report their names: Gettysburg, Nicholson, Stout, Klakring 86ef63b https://hornetbay.com/blog/battle-group https://hornetbay.com/blog/battle-group Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Cards, filters and pages: the journal gets organized fb674cf https://hornetbay.com/blog/blog-menu https://hornetbay.com/blog/blog-menu Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Share and share alike: buttons on every journal entry dea8c80 https://hornetbay.com/blog/share-and-share-alike https://hornetbay.com/blog/share-and-share-alike Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The Hawkeye gets her tail back, and K-MAN gets his gunner: meet Clarry G 3e5442b https://hornetbay.com/blog/clarry-g https://hornetbay.com/blog/clarry-g Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Meet the AH-64 Apache: K-MAN, by the numbers 6b2429a https://hornetbay.com/blog/ah64-apache https://hornetbay.com/blog/ah64-apache Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Contact report: hulls on the scope, and the gallery becomes a showroom 6b2429a https://hornetbay.com/blog/contact-report https://hornetbay.com/blog/contact-report Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The corkscrew, a missile camera, and a map that knows everyone 799f20a https://hornetbay.com/blog/screwtops-swirl https://hornetbay.com/blog/screwtops-swirl Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Meet the E-2C Hawkeye: the Screwtops, by the numbers 2e1b3aa https://hornetbay.com/blog/e2c-hawkeye https://hornetbay.com/blog/e2c-hawkeye Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Meet the SH-60 Seahawk: the cruiser’s rotor, by the numbers 2e1b3aa https://hornetbay.com/blog/sh60-seahawk https://hornetbay.com/blog/sh60-seahawk Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Meet the P-3 Orion: the sub hunter, by the numbers 2e1b3aa https://hornetbay.com/blog/p3-orion https://hornetbay.com/blog/p3-orion Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Eyes of the fleet: an E-2C overhead, and a wingman on your wing 743e180 https://hornetbay.com/blog/eyes-of-the-fleet https://hornetbay.com/blog/eyes-of-the-fleet Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Anytime, baby: the F-14 Tomcat joins the squadron 29c4432 https://hornetbay.com/blog/f14-tomcat https://hornetbay.com/blog/f14-tomcat Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Enterprise gets her angled deck 150c3fa https://hornetbay.com/blog/carrier-angle-deck https://hornetbay.com/blog/carrier-angle-deck Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Spectate: the numpad joins the camera crew a1374c9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-keypad-controls https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-keypad-controls Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Weather: clouds, storms and lightning 8c11d77 https://hornetbay.com/blog/weather-storms-lightning https://hornetbay.com/blog/weather-storms-lightning Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 The Print Bay is open for business d7f8f0d https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-open-for-business https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-open-for-business Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Print files: wheels properly up 78e7159 https://hornetbay.com/blog/stl-wheels-up-fix https://hornetbay.com/blog/stl-wheels-up-fix Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Studio portraits: bigger models, no background fe16a27 https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-studio-portraits https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-studio-portraits Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Every model gets its own page — from all angles 508c4c1 https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-model-pages https://hornetbay.com/blog/print-bay-model-pages Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The 3D Print Bay: the fleet, on your desk 38702a9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-3d-print-bay https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-3d-print-bay Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Wheels up: a squadron polish pass 38702a9 https://hornetbay.com/blog/wheels-up-squadron-polish https://hornetbay.com/blog/wheels-up-squadron-polish Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 An analytics dashboard joins the squadron b9d9b66 https://hornetbay.com/blog/analytics-dashboard https://hornetbay.com/blog/analytics-dashboard Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 The gallery gains a navy, the menu gains a blog 0c0242c https://hornetbay.com/blog/gallery-of-ships https://hornetbay.com/blog/gallery-of-ships Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Time acceleration: 2x, 4x, 8x 885dc92 https://hornetbay.com/blog/time-acceleration https://hornetbay.com/blog/time-acceleration Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Meet the giants of the lane e881dce https://hornetbay.com/blog/giants-of-the-lane https://hornetbay.com/blog/giants-of-the-lane Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Menu spring clean & a laurel refit e881dce https://hornetbay.com/blog/menu-spring-clean https://hornetbay.com/blog/menu-spring-clean Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Cockpit-off, spectate tweaks & the giants of the lane 1a0d222 https://hornetbay.com/blog/cockpit-off-supertankers https://hornetbay.com/blog/cockpit-off-supertankers Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The whole Hornet joins The Exchange 0580704 https://hornetbay.com/blog/whole-hornet-merch https://hornetbay.com/blog/whole-hornet-merch Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The whole Hornet 4c83f87 https://hornetbay.com/blog/whole-hornet-laurel https://hornetbay.com/blog/whole-hornet-laurel Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 The Squadron Laurel joins The Exchange 8ffef40 https://hornetbay.com/blog/laurel-collection https://hornetbay.com/blog/laurel-collection Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Ride along: spectate every aircraft in the sky 15cd3e7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-mode https://hornetbay.com/blog/spectate-mode Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 The squadron is on Facebook and Instagram 3b587ec https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-channels-live https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-channels-live Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 The social kit: Hornet Bay is coming to Facebook and Instagram d941772 https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-kit https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-kit Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 The Exchange is live: real gear in the squadron store 4c9717b https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-exchange-live https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-exchange-live Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Meet the Fleet, in motion: 360° orbits and the Hornet Bay anthem 040292e https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-video https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-video Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 Meet the fleet: ALLIED AIRLINES 747-400 6ef1315 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-allied-747-400 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-allied-747-400 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Meet the fleet: LIBERTY AIR 737-400 6ef1315 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-liberty-737-400 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-liberty-737-400 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Meet the fleet: PACIFIC EMPRESS DC-10 6ef1315 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-pacific-empress-dc-10 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-pacific-empress-dc-10 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Meet the fleet: CASCADE AIR MD-90 6ef1315 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-cascade-md-90 https://hornetbay.com/blog/meet-the-fleet-cascade-md-90 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Heavy metal in the pattern: SFO goes live, and one of them is worth dying for 275a571 https://hornetbay.com/blog/sfo-airliner-traffic https://hornetbay.com/blog/sfo-airliner-traffic Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 X marks the cockpit, and a fistful of quality-of-life 275a571 https://hornetbay.com/blog/x-cockpit-key https://hornetbay.com/blog/x-cockpit-key Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Q toggles the menu now: quit out, Q back in a083612 https://hornetbay.com/blog/q-resume-flight https://hornetbay.com/blog/q-resume-flight Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 The Exchange: a print-on-demand squadron store, built API-first 7fb9f03 https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-exchange https://hornetbay.com/blog/the-exchange Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Reward badges: six squadron patches to earn and post 1e42e34 https://hornetbay.com/blog/reward-badges https://hornetbay.com/blog/reward-badges Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 The quartermaster opens: free brand assets and the Carrier Ops Certified insignia f7b9db6 https://hornetbay.com/blog/assets-quartermaster https://hornetbay.com/blog/assets-quartermaster Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The pilot’s fix list: dark asphalt, RESUME FLIGHT, blue water only 244b55f https://hornetbay.com/blog/roads-resume-waterline https://hornetbay.com/blog/roads-resume-waterline Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 The Big E never sails alone: battle-group escorts and bay traffic 67a2c7f https://hornetbay.com/blog/battle-group-traffic https://hornetbay.com/blog/battle-group-traffic Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 One brand everywhere: the X look becomes the style guide 9086ad3 https://hornetbay.com/blog/brand-unified https://hornetbay.com/blog/brand-unified Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Painting the Big E by the book: authentic CVN-65 deck markings e06f05d https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-markings-cvn65 https://hornetbay.com/blog/deck-markings-cvn65 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 ENTER selects, SPACE fires — and where the weapon voices went aa9e6a5 https://hornetbay.com/blog/enter-select-space-fire https://hornetbay.com/blog/enter-select-space-fire Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Sideways by default: no overlay, no waiting — just the game e77e000 https://hornetbay.com/blog/sideways-by-default https://hornetbay.com/blog/sideways-by-default Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Sideways mode & the home-screen app: rotation lock can no longer stop you 29ed27a https://hornetbay.com/blog/sideways-mode-pwa https://hornetbay.com/blog/sideways-mode-pwa Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Rotation-lock detective: when ROTATE YOUR DEVICE never ends f4d11ff https://hornetbay.com/blog/rotation-lock-detective https://hornetbay.com/blog/rotation-lock-detective Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 The iPhone rotation crash: taming WebKit's GPU 41506d3 https://hornetbay.com/blog/ios-rotation-crash https://hornetbay.com/blog/ios-rotation-crash Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Landscape-only mobile & the gear interlock c568f3d https://hornetbay.com/blog/landscape-lock https://hornetbay.com/blog/landscape-lock Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 The mobile shakedown: a virtual phone, 35 checks, zero failures 227a009 https://hornetbay.com/blog/touch-shakedown https://hornetbay.com/blog/touch-shakedown Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 First solo: a quick-start card, a DEMO that demos, and a trackpad stick 9a4a5df https://hornetbay.com/blog/quickstart-attract-trackpad https://hornetbay.com/blog/quickstart-attract-trackpad Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 The angle deck angles left, the island is a box, and the journal is /blog e737d54 https://hornetbay.com/blog/enterprise-island-blog https://hornetbay.com/blog/enterprise-island-blog Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Touchdown: the full sim now fits in your pocket c4f60fd https://hornetbay.com/blog/touch-flight-deck https://hornetbay.com/blog/touch-flight-deck Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 The gun answers SPACE and ENTER — with tracers you can see d0ee2a7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/gun-space-enter-tracers https://hornetbay.com/blog/gun-space-enter-tracers Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Angle deck, a working meatball, and a burner tell d0ee2a7 https://hornetbay.com/blog/angle-deck-meatball https://hornetbay.com/blog/angle-deck-meatball Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 The Vulcan gets its true voice e55e9d1 https://hornetbay.com/blog/vulcan-sound https://hornetbay.com/blog/vulcan-sound Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Post titles are the permalinks now bc7900d https://hornetbay.com/blog/title-permalinks https://hornetbay.com/blog/title-permalinks Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 The journal gets permalinks, tags and an RSS feed 786c616 https://hornetbay.com/blog/journal-permalinks https://hornetbay.com/blog/journal-permalinks Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 BRRRT — the Vulcan finds its voice f0fe4a4 https://hornetbay.com/blog/gatling-voice https://hornetbay.com/blog/gatling-voice Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Rain no longer blots out the map f0fe4a4 https://hornetbay.com/blog/briefing-map-rain-fix https://hornetbay.com/blog/briefing-map-rain-fix Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Rain weather, with a menu toggle 31f1adc https://hornetbay.com/blog/rain-weather-toggle https://hornetbay.com/blog/rain-weather-toggle Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Runways flash at night: the rabbit + threshold strobes 31f1adc https://hornetbay.com/blog/runway-flashers https://hornetbay.com/blog/runway-flashers Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Strobes and tower beacons light up the night 31f1adc https://hornetbay.com/blog/night-strobes-beacons https://hornetbay.com/blog/night-strobes-beacons Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Fuel goes twice as far; F-16 carrier bug fixed 31f1adc https://hornetbay.com/blog/fuel-burn-f16-carrier https://hornetbay.com/blog/fuel-burn-f16-carrier Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Social cards: OG image & Twitter card cb689f1 https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-cards https://hornetbay.com/blog/social-cards Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 The hero Hornet greets you on the home menu 4899294 https://hornetbay.com/blog/hero-menu https://hornetbay.com/blog/hero-menu Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Follow the Hornet on X c316f10 https://hornetbay.com/blog/on-x https://hornetbay.com/blog/on-x Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 MiG-29 Fulcrum refined from schematics 53c4c5a https://hornetbay.com/blog/mig29-refined https://hornetbay.com/blog/mig29-refined Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Air Force One: now the 1994-correct VC-25A 4666e35 https://hornetbay.com/blog/air-force-one-vc25a https://hornetbay.com/blog/air-force-one-vc25a Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 F-16 refined from photos 5acc940 https://hornetbay.com/blog/f16-refined https://hornetbay.com/blog/f16-refined Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 F/A-18 refined from photos ce5db23 https://hornetbay.com/blog/fa18-refined https://hornetbay.com/blog/fa18-refined Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Day/night toggle on the main menu 70fd029 https://hornetbay.com/blog/day-night-menu-toggle https://hornetbay.com/blog/day-night-menu-toggle Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Night ops lighting b5c1618 https://hornetbay.com/blog/night-ops-lighting https://hornetbay.com/blog/night-ops-lighting Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Aircraft gallery b5c1618 https://hornetbay.com/blog/aircraft-gallery https://hornetbay.com/blog/aircraft-gallery Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 Realistic attitude indicator b5c1618 https://hornetbay.com/blog/attitude-indicator https://hornetbay.com/blog/attitude-indicator Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Road traffic & proper markings 8644229 https://hornetbay.com/blog/road-traffic-markings https://hornetbay.com/blog/road-traffic-markings Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000 C-13 steam catapult launches 2a90ebb https://hornetbay.com/blog/c13-catapult https://hornetbay.com/blog/c13-catapult Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000 The Hornet shatters on impact 230cb8a https://hornetbay.com/blog/crash-shatter https://hornetbay.com/blog/crash-shatter Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Renamed: HORNET BAY e4dd37f https://hornetbay.com/blog/hornet-bay-name https://hornetbay.com/blog/hornet-bay-name Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Banked-lift flight dynamics, free-fire weapons, ejection 4e1e68a https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-dynamics-ejection https://hornetbay.com/blog/flight-dynamics-ejection Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000