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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/7, April 1940

over all this mod is simpler than most i do. but involves alot more recreation of older insignia

17 Dec 1947 first flight of SACs most numerous bomber, the B-47 Stratojet

View File Polish-Russian War - Russian Tachanka A tachanka was a horse drawn wagon or cart with a heavy machine gun mounted on the back. This made it possible to deploy machine guns quickly, especially on the wide, rapidly changing, Eastern Front. It was used by Russian cavalry in WWI and by Bolshevik, White Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish cavalry in the Russian Civil Wars. Germany used a similar vehicle on the Eastern Front during WWI. My tachanka is a troika (three horse carriage) with a Vickers machine gun facing the rear. It functions in First Eagles as a Truck; drop it into your Ground Objects folder and First Eagles will assign it to some of your Armed Reconnaissance missions. The machine gun is set for AA and will fire at enemy planes that come within its field of fire. The download includes three LODs and a destroyed version. My thanks to Gepard for suggesting this interesting vehicle. Installation Instructions For both FE1 and FE2 Unzip the file and open my "GroundObject" folder. Copy the folder named "Tachanka" to your FirstEagles/Objects/GroundObject folder. Then copy the file named "TachankaDestroyed.bmp" into your GroundObject folder. Note that the "TachankaDestroyed.bmp" file should not be inside any other folder. Submitter Stephen1918 Submitted 12/17/2021 Category First Eagles - WWI and Early Years - Object Mods  

Work started on the M992A2

Dear Pilots! Happy Holidays to everyone in the IL-2 Sturmovik community! May it be filled with good health, family, friends and lots of time to play your favorite virtual air combat simulation! Today’s Developer Diary is a showcase of the beautiful P-51B which we are working very hard to finish for you by the end of the month. Just some minor bugs are left along with still finishing the tricky Malcolm Hood. We also have some shots of some new combat vehicles for you to check out like the M8 Greyhound and Universal “Bren Gun” Carrier Mk. II. And we have a new good looking USAAF bomber crewman model to show you. The fur sure looks look warm! We’re working as hard as we can to end this challenging 2021 strong so wish us luck as we battle to get things done! Enjoy! The Sturmovik Team

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DiD IV campaign - Player Instructions Introduction Back by popular demand! Welcome to the fourth iteration of the Wings over Flanders Fields DiD campaign. As with the previous campaign, this will be an opportunity to follow your pilot day by day throughout the war and share his story with the rest of the WOFF community. We have been treated over the past few years to some ripping yarns from pilots of every nation, and we are looking forward to meeting your newest recruit. There are some new rules in DiD IV. Our intent is to make it more difficult to rack up three-digit scores and to bring us back to a point where there is a genuine thrill from every confirmed victory. The name of the game in a DiD campaign is survival. Pure glory seeking is a surefire way to cut your campaign short. DiD stands for “dead is dead.” If your man is killed, you will have to start again with another pilot. If you’re using Robert Wiggins’s splendid “User Files Backup Program, you may revive your pilot only if you lose him to an accident not related to flying in the sim (e.g. a home emergency pulls you from the sim without properly pausing, a power failure occurs when you are over enemy lines, the cat eats your joystick cable while you are flying, etc.) The hand of fate Raine and epower and will serve as campaign moderators (CMs). The CMs will play the role of Fate and will, in accordance with historical plausibility: Assign you to a squadron. You may find yourself spending some time in unfamiliar aircraft. As happened to pilots in real life, you may not always be assigned to the strongest available machine. There is a very good chance that your career will begin in two-seaters, especially as the campaign will feature a short spell in 1915. You're sure to have new experiences. The campaign may see you fly in machines you’ve never spent much time in before, or in unfamiliar sectors of the front. Initiate transfers. If you have a particular request (for example, not to fly in Flanders in 1918 because your PC is not up to it), please email the CMs and we will consider it. Once approved by the CM, you will have to request the transfer in the game. Award medals, which will be conferred by RAF_Louvert (AKA “The Gong Fairy”) in the campaign thread. In addition, the CMs may email you from time to time with instructions. For example, they may advise you to take leave, or may transfer a British pilot to home establishment. The campaign moderators will do their best to be fair and will try to balance any bad luck with good, so that you won’t always be flying an inferior aircraft. Campaign start and the 1915 calendar: DiD IV will get underway on 2 January 2022. For the first two months, we will play a compressed schedule of 1915 missions. During each calendar week from Sunday, 2 January 2022 until Saturday, 5 March 2022, each week of real life time will be one month of time in 1915. During each week, you may fly as often or as seldom as you wish, using the manual time advance button (T+) in the campaign screen to ensure that you space your flights out throughout the month of 1915. The following schedule will guide you through this process. During the week of… Fly missions in… 2-8 Jan 2022 Jun 1915 9-15 Jan 2022 Jul 1915 16-22 Jan 2022 Aug 1915 23-29 Jan 2022 Sep 1915 30 Jan - 5 Feb 2022 Oct 1915 6-12 Feb 2022 Nov 1915 13-19 Feb 2022 Dec 1915 20-26 Feb 2022 Jan 1916 27 Feb - 5 Mar 2022 Feb 1916 Starting on 6 March 2022, you will fly missions for that same day in 1916. Thus, on Sunday, 6 March 2022 you may fly missions for 6 March 1916. Playing catch-up Because you didn’t fly missions for 1-5 March 1916, you may fly extra missions if you wish to catch up until you are flying “today’s date” in 1916. Don’t forget that we do this for fun, so if real life takes you away from the campaign for a little while, it is perfectly fine to fly a number of catch-up missions and/or advance the campaign date in-game. Straight into combat Unlike the previous campaign, we will not fly training missions in DiD IV. Enlistment name Each pilot is to be given a first, middle, and last name. To avoid repeating the same old names as our previous campaigns, your first pilot’s MIDDLE name should begin with A, your second pilot’s MIDDLE name with B, and so forth. You may fly one pilot at a time, and when he’s dead he stays dead. You may begin a new career with a new pilot on the following day. As an option, you may wish your new pilot to be the same nationality as the pilot who shot you down. Enlistment ranks Use manual enlistment and choose your pilot’s name, nationality, birth date, place of birth, and the assigned squadron for operational deployment. If you wish to start as an NCO pilot (common for Germany and France, less common for the UK,) start as: German Luftstreitkräfte: Feldwebel German Kaiserliche Marine: Flugmeister France: Sergeant RFC: Sergeant RNAS: N/A. (The RNAS did not have NCO pilots). If you wish to start as an officer, choose the above NCO rank in-game, but in your accounts give yourself junior officer or senior warrant officer rank until promoted in-game, for example: German Luftstreitkräfte: In game, start as a Feldwebel, but in your written accounts you will remain an Offizierstellvertreter until promoted Leutnant. German Kaiserliche Marine: In game, start as a Flugmeister, but in your written accounts you will remain Oberflugmeister until promoted Leutnant zur See. France: In game, start as a Sergeant, but in your written accounts you will remain Sous Lieutenant until promoted Lieutenant. RFC: In game, start as a Sergeant, but in your written accounts you will remain a 2/Lieutenant until promoted Lieutenant. RNAS: In both game and accounts, start as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant. For your written accounts, any subsequent promotion to higher ranks (e.g. Captain, OberLeutnant, Flight Commander) will come only from the CM. American enlistment Americans may enrol into the French Aviation Militaire or into the RFC or RNAS (enrolment in Canada – at risk of loss of citizenship due to taking a loyal oath to the Crown). Enrolment in or transfer to the USAS will become an option in early 1918. Your first posting To start the campaign, send a PM to epower, preferably on or before 24 December 2021, with the name and nationality of your new pilot and a brief biographical sketch. State whether you will begin your career as an NCO or junior officer. The CM will send you by return PM details of you first posting, including, your first operational squadron, and confirmation of your starting rank. The CM may assign your first pilot to fly two-seaters. Because the campaign starts in June 1915, choice is limited. Expect that your first assignment will last a while, as quick transfers to single-seat units are not historical. Later pilots may find that their first squadron is a single-seat unit, especially later in the war, but that’s up to fate (i.e., the CM). In-game aids While flying “full real” is preferred, you may use the following three aids if you must. TAC. If used, TAC must be set for surface units only. May not be set for balloons or aircraft or all, F5, and Cntl Z. Workshop Settings Read this section carefully, as some settings have changed since the last campaign. Campaign date advance: Manual Persistent weather: Off Weather: Historical Wind: On Wind Affects Player: On Rain / Snow: On Over G Visual Effects: On Regional Air Activity: Heavy (with Forced Encounters off) or Medium (with Forced Encounters at Medium). Players may, however, select lighter air activity if required by their PC. Campaign Mission Frequency: Historical Campaign Date Advance: Manual Log: Campaign Only, unless otherwise directed by CM Transfer requests: Subject to Review, unless otherwise directed by CM Historical Mission Types: On AI Never Backs Down: Off AI Enhanced Skill Levels: Off AI Reduced Vision: On AI Damage Affects Skill: On Player Flight Position: By Rank Player Flight Altitude: Historical Target Range: Historical Claims: Normal Promotions: Normal Outcomes: Normal Main Guns: Normal [Note – this is a change from the previous campaign] Rear Guns: Less Accurate Player Guns: Normal Gun Jams: On Ground Gun Accuracy / ROF: Hard Invincible: Off Flight Model: Realistic Unlimited Fuel and Ammo: Off Auto Mixture: Off (except for aircraft which historically did not have manually adjusted mixture) Random Craft Failure: On Map Waypoints: Off is strongly recommended. Download RAF_Louvert’s maps set to navigate realistically. It is available from https://thatoneplease.co/WOFF.html Labels and Dot Visibility Read this section carefully, as some settings have changed since the last campaign Fly with labels set to “dots only.” You may briefly go to “Information” labels to check the name of a witness when you down an enemy machine, but must return to dots only afterwards. In Workshop, set the distance at which dots are visible as follows. This will simulate gradual gain of air vision: 3000 m @ New Pilot start 3400 m @ 30 hours flown in combat 4000 m @ 70 hours in combat <was 100 - epower edit 5 Feb 2024> 4600 m @ 100 hours in combat <was 200 - epower edit 5 Feb 2024> 5000 m @ 200 hours in combat <was 300 - epower edit 5 Feb 2024> Views and Head tracking devices Head tracking devices (TrackIR, etc) are allowed Gun sight view F6 is allowed. External view not allowed if you have a head tracking system. Exception: Screenshots of a clearly defeated enemy or scenic non-combat atmospheric shots. Frequency of Missions All pilots must be given one day’s rest per real-life calendar week commencing with the week starting Sunday, 13 March 2022. This day off can be cancelled during any week in which flying is cancelled due to bad weather. Furthermore, there will be no days off granted during an offensive in your pilot’s sector. An offensive is deemed to be underway when the campaign missions screen shows the frequency of operations to be “High.” This will appear near the top left corner of the screen and will be accompanied by the words “Local Battle Support.” If your pilot is forced to land away from your home aerodrome in a field, or if his machine is heavily damaged and he lands at another aerodrome, you will fly no more missions that game day. Balloon Busting As in the previous Campaign, players may only claim an enemy balloon that is the assigned target in a balloon busting mission. Players may, if they wish, skip a balloon attack mission if they have already flown such a mission earlier in the game month. This simulates the tendency of most squadron commanders to even out the assignment of these difficult missions. As you will see under the “Special Rules” section, we are using the Balloon Archie Mod to make these missions considerably more dangerous. <epower edit 27 Feb 2024. Recon Wars update increased balloon defensive Archie sufficiently> Leading Flights Player may not lead a flight until reaching 60 50 combat flight hours. <epower edit 9 Feb 2024> Should the game assign the player to flight lead before this time, the player will takeoff, form up, climb to altitude at waypoint U as normal then engage the SPLIT command. At this point the AI will assume flight lead and player may manually rejoin the flight. Restricted use of Auto-pilot Because Autopilot can detect enemy aircraft which the player might not normally see, the use of AP may be used only for forming up, and climbout. Once the flight turns for the lines, or designated patrol target, the player must disengage AP. Aerodrome Transfers When your pilot receives a Transfer mission and flies to a new aerodrome, he will not fly combat missions for the next two days in game. Although the game will assign your pilot to missions, you should set all aircraft except your pilot’s to 5% fuel so you will fly alone. <epower edit Jan 31, 2023> With Recon Wars the 5% fuel trick may result in your two-seater squadmates fatally crashing. Instead, use the following procedure: In Workshop, set 'Player Flight Position' to 'Always Lead.' Take Off, Form up then lead flight back over home aerodrome. Type CTRL-L when over field. Flight will acknowledge 'Land -OK' Proceed with solo tour of the the lines. You may fly familiarisation flights over the countryside around your new aerodrome. Of course, there is a small chance of running into enemy machines, but that’s war! N.B. Remember to set Player Flight position back to "By Rank" when you've completed your familiarization flights. Squadron transfers After 35 hours of flying time with your initial squadron you may, but are not required to, request a transfer to another squadron. Do this by sending a PM to the CM (Raine or epower), detailing your total hours and specifying the desired squadron. The CM will either deny the request (in which case you must wait for 10 more hours of flight time), approve the request, or demand that you transfer to another squadron that you will be assigned. Once your request is approved, you may request the transfer in-game. Because transfers are set to “Subject to Review” in the Workshop, the game may still refuse your request. Sorry, but higher command sucks... Once in a new squadron, you may ask for additional transfers, but the longer you wait, the more likely the CM will be to approve the request. There may come a time (especially if you're playing the French) when your squadron becomes unplayable due to lack of usable aircraft. If that happens, you have three options: 1. Emergency transfer: Your pilot sits for a week (7 days). After that, you may restart him in a new career with any squadron from his country. You'll need to manually track the pilot's combined record. 2. Wait: If this is a problem that will eventually correct itself (such as a squadron switching to a different plane), you can choose to wait it out. Your pilot will simply be inactive until he can play again. 3. Retire: You can retire the character and start a new one. Long transfers The CM may assign a pilot to a period away from the front for a period of time. You can also request a break like this if you're going through a busy time in the real world. As CMs, we'll simply assign an explanatory story, which you can work into your written accounts. RFC pilots should expect a required period on Home Defense or instructors after a combat tour of about six months. We'll PM any special instructions when this happens. If you hate this idea, PM us and we'll work something out. Special Rules for DiD IV The following rules are put in place to increase the difficulty of amassing an unrealistically high score, and to make it a real thrill to receive confirmation of a claim. Restriction on attacking disengaged enemy at low level: The intent of this rule is to reduce the number of easy victories, and it focuses on one of the easiest of all – closing in on an enemy aircraft that has given up the fight and is heading home over the lines at lower altitudes. It forces the DiD pilot to disengage rather than get caught low over a near enemy lines. Put precisely, the rule is this: A pilot may not claim a victory over an enemy aircraft that is – 1. not flying in formation; 2. below 1200 m / 4000 feet in altitude; 3. over its own territory or over no man’s land (i.e. beyond the player’s own trench lines); AND 4. is “clearly disengaged.” For the purpose of this rule, an enemy aircraft is clearly disengaged when is heading toward its own territory in a straight line and has not been fired upon with effect for more than approximately 15 seconds. An enemy aircraft is NOT clearly disengaged if it is still maneuvering, or if the player has been firing at it with effect continuously, i.e. without a pause exceeding approximately 15 seconds. Firing “with effect” means that the player has seen some evidence that his rounds are hitting the target. Because we are using the DID IV Guns mod, such fire will normally come from closer ranges. <epower overdue housekeeping edit 16 Jan 2024> The following examples will illustrate this rule. After a couple of missions, it will become fairly intuitive when this rule applies and when it does not. See examples below. Player engages an enemy aircraft (EA) in a dogfight. EA spirals downwards to evade. Player dives after EA, continuing to fire every 10 to 15 seconds. Player sees puffs of smoke as his rounds hit the EA. The EA, now under 4000 feet, heads straight towards its own lines. Both the player and the EA are over no man’s land. Ruling: The player may continue to engage the EA. Because the player was firing at the EA with effect continuously, the EA has not clearly disengaged. Player engages an enemy aircraft (EA) in a dogfight. EA spirals downwards to evade. Player dives after EA but loses sight of him against the background of no man’s land. After circling about a couple of times (about 20-30 seconds), the player sees the EA heading homewards in the distance. The EA is under 4000 feet and over no man’s land. The player believes he can follow the EA and catch up with him in a couple of minutes. Ruling: The player should refrain from engaging EA (and even if he does engage the EA he may not claim a victory). Because of the time consumed circling about and looking for the EA, the EA has not been fired upon with effect for more than 15 seconds and is clearly disengaged. Player spots EA at 1500 feet. EA is heading homeward over no man’s land. Player dives on EA, and EA reacts by going into a climbing turn. Ruling: The player may continue to engage the EA. By maneuvering to meet the players approach, the EA demonstrated that it had not clearly disengaged. Player spots a formation of enemy two-seaters at 2000 feet over enemy territory. The EA are heading toward and aerodrome that is still some distance away (i.e. They are not circling to land). Ruling: The player may engage the EA. Even though they are heading home and low over enemy territory, they are still in formation and are therefore “fair game.” Vulching prohibition Players may not attack enemy aircraft on the ground or taking off at an aerodrome unless assigned to attack that specific aerodrome. Players may not attack enemy aircraft that are clearly circling to land at an aerodrome. The intent of these rules is to avoid cheap victories. EA deep in their own territory This practice has been a house rule of sorts for many DID participants. Before claiming a kill in enemy territory player MUST be able to name his witness (i.e. a specific friendly AC in visual range) and how he came to see your kill. No friendly AC in visual range = No Claim. Required mods: None as of Dec 2022 (epower edit 12/22) Dec 2022 - Recon Wars addon significantly increased AAA fire in balloon defense thus rendering the Archie Mod unnecessary. For the campaign, players should install and activate via JGSME, Old Hat's Balloon Archie Mod (click to activate link to Sandbagger's Mod site) Remember to install the 1915-1916 folder not the 1917-1918 version. This mod introduces a real gut-churning fear into balloon attack missions, especially when combined with the new requirement to set Ground Gun Accuracy and ROF to Hard. ** On hold as of Dec 2022 pending further tweaking. Do not use until further notice.**Also, players should install and activate the DID IV Guns Mod (click to activate link) (200m forward gun range, 300m rear gun range). This mod makes it difficult to snipe at a two-seater from long range and prevents players from firing at long range at a fleeing enemy to force him to turn back. Optional mods: The idea of this campaign is to be as historically accurate as possible. Mods that focus on adding historic details or ground textures, like the Consolidated Custom Facilities Mods or Buckeye Bob's cloud mods would be fine. So would JJJ's realistic tracer effects mod be okay, as long as you don't introduce tracer too early (From late 1915 on RNAS Home Defence, April 1916 in general RFC use, and mid 1916 in French and German use. Mods that don't affect combat like user interface mods are also fine. If in doubt contact the CMs. VonS has created some excellent flight model (FM) mods, available HERE (link edited to address in VonS post below) It is permissible, in fact preferred, for players to use early versions of their assigned aircraft. For example, a downrated version of the Morane Parasol would be historically accurate and therefore preferred during 1915. It is not permissible, however, to use tweaked or operated versions of your assigned aircraft without special permission from the CM. Some of these versions were quite rare. The list below, compiled from a 2019 post by OvS, shows the clearly permissible FM tweaks. Note that any tweak will affect AI aircraft of the same type. Fokk. E.II(a) 100-105 hp - July/Aug. 1915 to Mar./Apr. 1916 (E.II was best but most difficult handling of Eindecker types) SPAD 7 150 hp - standard service dates (Aug. 1916 to Jan./Feb. 1917) SPAD 7 180 hp - standard service dates (Mar./Apr. 1917 to Feb./Mar. 1918) Nieup. 11 80 hp - Jan. to Apr./May 1916 Pfalz A.I - standard service dates (of mid/late 1915; somewhat uncommon) Pfalz E.III 95hp - standard service dates (of second half of 1915, appeared before the E.I and E.II Pfalz variants, by the way, and is rare; use the stock 100hp E.III for first half of 1916, also rare) Morane Parasol L early - used from beginning of war to about the end of 1915 (common) Flight reports The essence of the campaign will be the flight reports. Ideally, we’ll get to know your pilot and read the “ripping good yarns” you will write about him. Please try to breathe life into your character and give us an idea of who he really is. We’ll do our best to keep it historically accurate. Don’t hesitate to write the CMs if you have any historical questions. We both love being sent down those historical rabbit holes. Campaign Moderator and flight reports From time to time, the CM may PM players with plot suggestions, interesting facts, or other ideas for your narratives. You are free to ignore these or use them as you choose. The intent is to add to the unpredictability of the campaign. Because the game award system is not tremendously historic, the CM will PM players with announcements of awards at appropriate moments. RAF_Louvert will play higher command. The CM will send him a message recommending a decoration, and he will have to approve before it’s final. At that point, RAF_Louvert will play “Gong Fairy” and will post his wonderful investiture photos and medal art and you may then mention the award in your written accounts. Best Practices (ed.- not a complete list and one we can add to in future.) Rule Zero - (Optional but highly recommended. Use at your own risk.) Whenever possible, DID Pilots will fly with a partner (e.g. friend, spouse, creditor) positioned behind them holding both a button activated blowtorch and a pellet pistol. When wounded in game or set on fire the partner will determine the enemy angle of attack then apply the aforementioned blowtorch to and/or fire the pellet gun at the appropriate body part for both the initial and any subsequent reductions in pilot health. At their discretion the partner may discharge the pellet pistol past the player’s ear into an appropriate receptacle/target so as to simulate incoming enemy fire. Shooting holes in the monitor/windscreen, while immersive, is not recommended. Level flight and time interval for Lewis Gun reload – Current Lewis reload, especially for those early war aircraft lacking Foster mounts, is unrealistically quick given that the pilot had to stand up in the slipstream, swap out the Lewis drums, while still maintaining control of his aeroplane. Until OBD hardcodes this requirement into the game, it is recommended that players fly straight and level and do a slow count of 20 seconds when reloading any fixed overwing Lewis gun. Line Spacing tips and Tricks - The Line spacing here at CombatAce can be LARGE when hitting the RETURN Key. Example. However, using SHIFT+ENTER allows a normal line spacing... Example.

Nice work!

another great skin,thank you

View File Default skin for Albatros D.V Default skin for stock Albatros D.Vs. I tried to add some "photorealistic" textures for more impressive image of this aircraft. I removed wing's and rudder's crosses from "Decals.ini" because they were integrated in my skin. Eugene Submitter Eugene2 Submitted 12/18/2021 Category Albatros Skins  

Thank You VonS for all you do! Happy Christmas ole chum! Seb

Brief update to this thread: a small FM Addon Package (Ver. 1.1) has been included for BH&H2 under this post. The package includes the Benz-powered (early) Alb. D.1, as well as the SPAD 17 (300 hp). For the WOFF UE/PE version of the addon package, see instead this post under the same thread. Cheers all, Von S

When working on flight models keep in mind that the plane should be clean, no ordnance loaded at all. If you run the hard mode flight model an ECM pod under a wing will make the plane bank and turn. It can be anything like a laser designator, etc...

Top: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/7, Zone d'Opérations Aériennes Sud, April 1940 Bottom: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia - Groupe de Chasse II/5, Zone d'Opérations Aériennes Est, May 1940

Next I will try to make the M992A2 hopefully within 7 days I should have it completed. After that I will get to the M109 with the short Gun barrel.

These are mission 7, 8 & 9.

P-40L (325th FG, North Africa & Italy, 1943)

More Migs over Ethiopia

TURKISH AIR FORCE...AKINCI FILO

13 December 2021: We have updated the website with some new info and pictures on our WOTR Expansion work-in-progress, hope you guys enjoy! https://www.wingsoverthereich.com

There goes our escort...........

Voodoo..

Super Sabre...

The terrain is my personal heavily modified Vietnam, the trucks & stuff are things I've made in the last few weeks. Wip Da Nang...set up as 2 seperate bases .

From the time I was a young boy, I loved the P-51D with the bubble canopy and the F4U-1A and later with the malcom hood style bubbled out canopy. But in recent years, I have developed a fondness for the original bird cage canopies on P-51A/B/Cs and F4U-1s. I have come to appreciate the sleeker, low drag lines despite the horrible looks of the frames. In VR, frames don't really block you vision much: stereo vision lets you see around them. So, I would rather have an extra 2-5 mph performance than frameless canopy. Operationally, the Malcom hood was a huge step forward for the P-51B/C, comparable if not better than the F4U-1A/F4U-1D bulged canopy. But I have come to prefer the much sleeker original P-51B/C lines. But real men fly Allison engined P-51/P-51A Mustangs/A-36 Apaches. High altitude performance issues aside, they are by far the sleekest of all the Mustang variants. The ones with 4 x 20mm cannons are top notch fighters at sea level.

Lets have a ride around the ramp......

1944, and the air battle over Germany rages on...

Soviet Spitfire Vb

For the Motherland!

Ilmavoimat Spitfires

Thanks to @compufat for this idea and for making a texture to the M978. If you like it I will try to make some ejectment to the model to make it a fire truck like this one in the photo.

Yes its a berm