mandrews_2 11 Posted May 4, 2021 So I was assigned to RFC-24 before they were activated, and thought I'd take the opportunity to get a handle on the DH-2. On today's free flight mission, I went down the Thames to do a little sight seeing and came across this bridge next to Parliament. Kicking myself for forgetting to fly under/through the Tower Bridge. Looks like I have to fly one more mission before I fast-forward a couple of months and get into the action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VFC_Baxter 19 Posted May 5, 2021 I am a long term eye candy man with FSX, AFS2 and other civilian flight sims. This sim is really great, and really the first one I am bothering to try to learn to fly in the right way rather than in chase view. Flying over London in this one is one of the first things I did when I bought this and I was a little disappointed but it will no doubt be a very good target for future German bombing missions. I see you have completed your training and been posted to RFC 24 squadron and was wondering how many hours training is usual before going to an operational squadron? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catch 81 Posted May 5, 2021 7 hours ago, VFC_Baxter said: was wondering how many hours training is usual before going to an operational squadron? My log book records 4.8 hours in the Be2c over a 2 week period beginning 1st Feb 1915 at Suttons Farm. It may not seem a lot but I was desperate to get away from Capt. Triggers. The front seemed much safer. So .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mandrews_2 11 Posted May 5, 2021 21 hours ago, VFC_Baxter said: I see you have completed your training and been posted to RFC 24 squadron and was wondering how many hours training is usual before going to an operational squadron? I don't do the training missions anymore. I just happened to get assigned a non-active squadron this time around. My current pilot has about 4 hours flight time, and I finally feel somewhat comfortable in the DH2. For me, this means I can (1) fly the darn thing (my first pilot stalled making the turn to base leg and died); (2) trim the plane so I don't have to keep pulling on the joystick while flying; and (3) can do a few aerobatics/spin recovery. Normally, I use QC free flights to do this; but when I got the assignment, I thought I'd log the flight time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bletchley 8 Posted May 8, 2021 Looks like Westminster Bridge has taken a hit from a Zeppelin raid :) B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
