Is that Rio de Janeiro is the first screen?

Yes, is Rio de Janeiro.

this game is starting to look very impressive, eager to see a finished product

the graphics seem fine. half of those pics are concept art though buddy.

This augmented reality system seems dodgy, red triangles to fly through?

I can't really see them making full cockpits but a HUD only view would be the absolute least they should do! The views in Battlefield 2 showed just the HUD and the bare minimum of the cockpit, I thought that system worked well.

more smoke does not mean better graphics Why all the smoke, remove it. a simple whining alert noise would be fine for me. unless there is not bvr combat in this game, and the maps are only like 20 km2... that would be painful for me to take.