You've Come A Long Way, Baby....

[Parky]

Took the liberty of copying this post I found while I had too much time on my hands. It made me realize how time flies.....and how we never seem to have enough time to fly.

 

 

 

 

 

Post Date: November 18 2004

 

 

CFS3 WW1 Dawn Patrol ’14 - ‘18

 

What?:

 

A freeware addon for CFS3 that will recreate the AIRWAR that heralded the beginning of aerial

 

combat as we know it today.

 

The add-on will encompass at least the following in an effort to immerse the simmer into the

 

1914 - 1918 airwar:

 

1) Recreation of historical fronts, accurately placed, that stretch from Nieuport to

 

Switzerland. Front lines will move over the years as they did historically

 

2) Detailed and accurately rendered front sectors such as Somme, Verdun, Ypres that will

 

include pock marked and devastated landscapes, trenches, barbed wire, sandbags shattered

 

trees/woods and more.

 

3) Detailed villages and towns such as Arras, Albert, Amiens, St Quentin, Douai, Ypres,

 

Verdun and Cambrai to name but a few, that are laid out logically with proper roads, and

 

details such as French buildings (typical of the era), telegraph poles hedgerows, and more.

 

4) Detailed destroyed villages that will give the simmer an idea of what happened to the

 

villages and towns unfortunate enough to be near the front

 

5) Thoroughly researched and accurately placed Airfields such as Bertangles, Boiry St

 

Martin, Flez, Roucourt, to name but a few, complete with realistic hangars, tented hangars

 

and "Circus" hangars as applicable, with grass fields typical at the time.

 

6) Updated and improved in sim map, that shows the position of the front and names of

 

important towns and landmarks that aviators can navigate by.

 

7) An initial base set of craft typical of the 1916/1917 era - details to be provided

 

This will encompass the most important single and two seater craft.

 

8) An initial ground units set that will include WW1 tanks, artillery, and observation

 

balloons etc.

 

9) Improved objects such as flora and building textures.

 

 

 

 

When?:

 

It is anticipated that the addon will be released sometime during the first quarter 2005 -

 

certainly after MAW. I cannot say more than that presently.

 

How?:

 

The team currently is a very small enterprise that includes:

 

David "Davo" Payne

Rob "Capt Winters" Stevenson

Bill "wckesq" Kimmelman

Mark "Winding Man" Andrews

[+Olham]

When I read the names underneath, I got it: that was the birth of Phase 1, right?

[Rickitycrate]

and just look at her now. She filled-out nicely.

[sitting_duck]

ok,,,,sorry to hijack this thread.............but rc,,,come clean,,,,,,spell out the details on the avatar..

 

lol..very cool btw

[Rickitycrate]

Okay SD, it is not mine, other than I found it. I subscribed to Photobucket so I could host images to share my OFF experience with people over at SimHQ. While I was at Photobucket I did a search and found the animated gif there. I have no idea of it's origins. That's my confession.

[sitting_duck]

ok,,but,,,its the same one you always have used,,(for the most part,,),,but its the first time ive seen the animation...

[Rickitycrate]

Nope it's pretty new to me. I used Frank Luke for a long time. Maybe your puty is allowing the animation now?

[+Winder]

lol Parky where did u dig that up from?

 

It brought back a fond memory of when I started this endeavour so I thank you for that.

 

 

But was it that long ago? gulp.....

 

 

Best

 

WM

[Gremlin_WoH]

lol Parky where did u dig that up from?

 

It brought back a fond memory of when I started this endeavour so I thank you for that.

 

 

But was it that long ago? gulp.....

 

 

Best

 

WM

 

 

 

Maybe from here (second post from top): Wings Of Honor - News Archive 2004

 

 

Edit: No, sorry, just saw the post date does not match. But anyway.

 

 

Cheers

Edited October 29, 2009 by Gremlin_WoH

[UK_Widowmaker]

lol Parky where did u dig that up from?

 

It brought back a fond memory of when I started this endeavour so I thank you for that.

 

 

But was it that long ago? gulp.....

 

 

Best

 

WM

 

Time sure flies when ya having fun huh?

[Duce Lewis]

Sure doesn't seem like it's been that long!

But a wonderful ride she is

Thanks to everyone who has contributed along the way

[+Olham]

Time flies, when you're having toast!

But to bring "the baby" up to this altitude in 5 years doesn't seem too long for me.

You where at it all the time, I suppose.

[Parky]

lol Parky where did u dig that up from?

 

It brought back a fond memory of when I started this endeavour so I thank you for that.

 

 

But was it that long ago? gulp.....

 

 

Best

 

WM

 

 

 

Thought you might get a kick out of that......and yes, it was that long ago.....

 

Here's the original link: http://www.theaerodr...-announced.html

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Parky

[+Winder]

Thought you might get a kick out of that......and yes, it was that long ago.....

 

Here's the original link: http://www.theaerodr...-announced.html

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Parky

 

 

Yes indeed and reading what I wrote there clearly shows how it was a small/phased start and I can say now I never thought it would grow to this....

 

 

WM

[OvS]

Pics for prosperity??? I would love to see them side-by-side.

 

OvS