vyrago 0 Posted September 3, 2010 Just a few from my collection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 3, 2010 Hey, vyrago, that's a very nice picture of the DH-2's victory. I couldn't resist to work on it in Photoshop - perhaps a desktop? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted September 3, 2010 . Beautiful shots Olham and vyrago. Really nice. Cheers! Lou . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 3, 2010 Thank you, Lou! The DH-2 is by vyrago, as you may have seen; I only "enhanced" it - not sure, which one looks better though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vyrago 0 Posted September 3, 2010 wow Olham, you really cleaned it up! nice work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 3, 2010 Short after takeoff we got attacked by many Sopwith Pup - they seemed to rain from a cloud. I shot down two of them, which I saw crashing, before it was my turn to get burnt - literally. I was lucky it happened at lowest altitude - I cut the engine, touched down hard and ran from the crate. With burns, but alive... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 4, 2010 No fighting - just flying! And feeling like Ikarus... Jasta 2, Bertincourt, 10. September 1916 Fw. Harms Today's patrol over Masny airfield was without any enemy contact. We had sighted some FE2 pushers underway, but didn't attack them, cause we had strict orders to appear over Masny. The field had been attacked by Entente bombers twice in the last days. The joy of flying - even in a weather like this, threatening to bring a thunder storm - was wonderful! Gottschalk, Grolmann, von Kranz and Boddien kicked over the traces by flying extremely low over our tents. Hauptmann Boelke ticked them off, that we could hear it all over the field. If he never did anything like that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras 0 Posted September 6, 2010 A couple of pictures from a recent flight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 6, 2010 Pretty close flying for a fight, Ras - remember Boelke! What's that in your Labels about kills? I never get that??? Is that your kite, vyrago? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras 0 Posted September 6, 2010 Pretty close flying for a fight, Ras - remember Boelke! What's that in your Labels about kills? I never get that??? Is that your kite, vyrago? I had zoomed in so it was close but not as close as it appears. Yes, I have wondered about the number of kills. Everyone is always at zero and it is disturbing. Mine has always been that way and never changes . Is there a way to fix that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellshade 110 Posted September 6, 2010 (edited) I have been experimenting with different ways to reduce the size of the videos while hopefully not reducing the quality. One such attempt was to record the video in FRAPS at 1/2 size instead of full screen and then try to convert it over to an MPEG 4 compressed format. Unfortunately, once it starts off at 1/2 size there's no way to make it a genuine 1080 HD format. In the meantime, I filmed a great dogfight and even though it's only at 480, I think the flying and fighting is worth seeing. Don't expand it to full screen though or it will look simply awful. Sorry about that, but as they say - "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs." There's a couple of minutes of non-stop turn and burn fighting, power dive attacks and multiple high speed passes within a few feet of the targets. RNAS-1 Dogfight (5:30) Enjoy, Hellshade PS Over 5,000 views since the video thread opened just about 4 months ago! Edited September 6, 2010 by Hellshade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted September 6, 2010 . Some great new screenshots, Gents. More super wallpaper for the desktop. Ras, I love that flightline pic of MvR. Cheers! Lou . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 6, 2010 No idea, why your Labels are that way, Ras. Best you ask the devs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras 0 Posted September 6, 2010 No idea, why your Labels are that way, Ras. Best you ask the devs. Then you and others have an ongoing tally or count of the kills that each squad mate has? Darn, if that is the case I am missing out on something that gets my interest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 6, 2010 No, I don't have anything about kills in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vyrago 0 Posted September 6, 2010 @Olham i've only recently began to learn the central powers planes. This was a free flight just to learn the albatross, I just thought the clouds looked pretty. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 6, 2010 The CLOUDS looked pretty???? Tch! You've been piloting the most beautiful aircraft there! Well, I hope you like it. If you come from the rotaties, it feels totally different. But if you fly it long enough, you learn: it is a solid and un-nervous gun platform. The Albatros cannot do anything special, but it can do all things quite well and reliable. Except steep dives - only the Albatros D.II can do those; the others might loose a wing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 6, 2010 (edited) EASY COME... ...EASY GO! The Nieuport is a bit rickity on the upper wing, when you dive steep! Edited September 6, 2010 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellshade 110 Posted September 8, 2010 Scramble Mission (6:34) 1080 HD From takeoff to landing Enjoy, Hellshade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 8, 2010 Flying with Jasta 17, Ghistelle, in June 1917, we ran into 3 flights of Sopwith Triplane today! Two of those attacked immediately; they were from RNAS-10, and I saw several aces. But it wasn't their day. Within short time, I saw three of them going down burning, while my flight still climbed to our 1. Kette. Gunther Schuster, Ernst Wendler, Julius Buckler and Alfred Trager fought marvellous above us! Then came my first chance. A Triplane with a red cowling came lower to attack my wingmen. I sat behind it and hit it terribly hard. It lost a wing and fell towards earth. (Labels told me, it was William Mel Alexander) Soon after that, I approached a second craft. The pilot was totally fixated on chasing Wendler, and I could get close behind. I shot his crate up so badly, that he spiralled down smoking. (This one was Raymond Collishaw). In the end, we had beaten off three flights of Tripes with about 18 planes altogether. I still had two of my 4 wingmen with me. But I went out of patrol after that long fight, and I had to put my bird down near a German army camp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scouseair68 0 Posted September 9, 2010 Wow, you got Collishaw Olham. He'll be out for revenge now! Great pics all and good stories Olham. Vyrago that's a rare talent you've got there. That DH-2 pic is stunning, definite desktop wallpaper. As is the Albatross Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted September 10, 2010 Scramble with Jasta 17 - many British Nieuport 24 with the Lewis gun over our field. I could claim two of them. When I was out of ammo, I landed, but switched over to the white blips on my TAC. I saw a flight of 4 SPAD VII attacking a marching German column. Another fine demo for Creaghorn's tracers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted September 11, 2010 . Evening All, Got home tonight after a long road trip and decided to unwind with a quiet escort mission across the channel. Thought I'd share a few screenshots that show just how beautiful this sim has been crafted by our artisan devs. I love flying at sunset, especially over the water. Off to bed now for me. Cheers! Lou . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
