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Don't know about Cornwall, Portugal, Greece or South Africa, but here in Berlin,

the winter is holding life in an icecold grip. All that is generally covered by a

German Luftwaffe-light grey sky - argghhh!

 

But why not have a break from this? Why not fly in the sun? Do you want the

mountains in Alsace in spring? Or the north sea shores in golden summer?

Perhaps a base in a really nice surrounding? No problem!

 

Just take the time to find a squadron, that fits the area you want to fly in.

In the "enlist a new pilot" menue, you can now advance the time, until you are

in spring or summer. Now remember the first possible date, but advance a bit

more, just to make sure, they'll stay there for some time.

Then go back in time to the desired start period and enlist your pilot.

 

Once on the field, make a test flight. If you don't like the area around you,

just repeat the procedure elsewhere.

 

YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE (BEAUTYWISE):

I would like to know your personal most beautiful airfield, where you like the

field itself, and the surrounding landscape best.

My favourites are (so far - don't know all fields yet):

La Selve (Jasta 15) and Bantheville (Jasta 21)

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Plenty of snow and ice here in the midwest as well, another six inches fell last night and we have four more on the way today, with wind of course. Olham, I did exactly that yesterday morning. Closed the shades in my computer room so as not to see the white stuff, started a campaign with 88 RFC flying Brisfits along the coast, moved the date ahead until I got out of the rain, and flew in sunny weather up and down the coast of Belgium for hours shooting down Alb DV's and Pfalz DIII's. At one point I landed on the beach and just sat and looked at the scenery.

 

As to my favorite base to fly from; any of those way down at the far south end of the Alsace. It's absolutely B-E-A-U-tiful there.

 

Cheers!

 

Lou

 

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Always thought, you don't know winter cold at all down in Florida, uncleal ?

What the temperature there now?

 

Alsace I have yet to learn to know, Lou - any specific airfield name for me?

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Olham, not really sure Sir on specific airfields, but if you start a new pilot and look through the 1915 jastas you should find several that are based at the far southern region of the Alsace. Once you do, sign up and go on a cook's tour southeast from your home field and enjoy the views. Also, it is a real challenge to fight with those early war kites down in those deep valleys.

 

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Think you measure in Fahrenheit? So 43° F would still be + 5° Celsius, I assume.

Should be okay - Bullethead said something about wearing three pairs of woolen

socks! Should it be colder in Lousy Anna?

 

Have you been in Viet Nam, if I may ask?

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Someone here - was it Hasse Wind or Zoomzoom? - tried a water-landing

with his Albatros, and wrote, that the wheels sunk in, but the fuselage was

afloat like a canoe. Peferct to go for carps, pikes or bass!

 

With an Albatros, you can get any prey!

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Olham wrote:

 

Someone here - was it Hasse Wind or Zoomzoom? - tried a water-landing

with his Albatros, and wrote, that the wheels sunk in, but the fuselage was

afloat like a canoe. Peferct to go for carps, pikes or bass!

 

Albs are quite handy for other water sports as well, Olham.

 

Albatros_skier_01.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

...hee, hee, hee...

 

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Olham wrote:

 

 

 

Albs are quite handy for other water sports as well, Olham.

 

Albatros_skier_01.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

...hee, hee, hee...

 

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I see, uncleal - maybe, that gives me an impression, why you sometimes "sound" a bit hardboiled...

I only "know" Nam from the films "Deer Hunter", "Platoon" and "Apocalypse Now!"

When I saw them, I was glad, I was not born on 4th of July, in the U.S.A. ... Good you made it back!

 

Is that one of our OFF Albatros, Lou, or how did you make that?

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Olham wrote:

 

Is that one of our OFF Albatros, Lou, or how did you make that?

 

No Olham, it's not one of our OFF Albs, (ours look much nicer). And oh the wonders I can perform with my little old Adobe Photo Deluxe BE program.

 

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