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So true...

Yes, I know about the helmet and your thoughts, Olham are logical and justified but, it has a different story actually... From 1940 and on, the Net helmet became the most popular one between LW crews not only as a lightweight summer or for tropical use item, as it was first intoduced, but in every front every season. In my example the leather earphone parts have wool fliece lining...(earphones made by Siemens). Back to our story, the helmet belonged to a pilot or crew member of a Ju-88 that was downed over river Mercey at Liverpool during a night Blitz bombing mission in 1941. The pilot or crew used his parachute and aparrently his kapok filled type life-jacket when he was dragged out of the river and stripped off his items by angry civilians. The helment and life jacked were found, forgotten, in an attic a few years ago when I bought the helmet at an e-bay auction...(I could not afford both).

Here's my WWII stuff... A Netzkopfhaube Lkp 101 set with early type splinter goggles and oxygen mask!

No, thanks...I can order one via internet by myself, no problem. I've bought lately, RoF with the whole bunch of planes, OFF BH&H and will buy HiTR as soon as it arrives... With my recent financial stress this is already too much ...jobs are getting scarce here, for a freelance artist I am... I'll try to go with Freetrack first and we'll see... Thanks again!

Already did , thanks uncleal!

I'm happy for you ! Mine is on its way still...(order confirmed 17th of Nov.) I had put my hopes on today (Friday). It seems I'll have to wait for the next weeks arrivals...hopefully...

I have uploaded both MvR videos to my mediafire folder. They have (.flv) abrevation. I play them with vlc player which is free. The footage is well known and I think, also included in WWI in color and 4 Years of Thunder DVDs. Here you are: http://www.mediafire.com/?gqutwwd0h33iad1

I have it downloaded form YouTube...

This is a Great site! I had it bookmarked some time ago... When I was searching for WWI flight uniforms and equipment. A pity that you can't magnify the pics enough, though...

The shape looks British to me...but may well be worn by a German pilot as RFC equipment was much favored by the other side... I may be wrong about the date and probably am, as I found a beter footage of the same movie session and the lighting conditions implaying a bright sunny day, no spec of snow in the horison so... Here is your Voss look alike? pilot Olham for better comparison: If you ask me, I don't think he is...

Oh no, and I've been waiting for almost a month... no honey for me either !!!

You are right about the goggles Olham they were privately purchaced also the 1915 patern flieced coat that was issued to Flight troops was originaly issued to track drivers. Who do you think is Voss? I think he had to be dead by the time this movie was taken (IMO early 1918).

RIP

Amazing, with a pair of eyes adapted for that kind of environment and way more advanced,(for the job), than the human eye, not to even mention that little digital camera...

So do I!

No, not yet... Shippings from outside EU are commonly delayed by the Custom Service here... Still waiting...

I think the attacking aircraft is a DH2...

Come on then!

This is Great and very usefull for future "reports"... Thanks!

Welcome dokken1212, I feel your anxiety as I'm in the same state as you...waiting ! There is a lot of good reading around here, that will help you in every aspect.

I agree with von Baur on this matter. In other sims I've played (IL-2, RoF with Pat Wilson's CG), squadmates get medals and promotions under the same criteria as the player does. The developers should give some more note to this parameter.

About Hellshade's thoughts of a community P 3.5 mod and the the "nortoriously difficult to program", AI, I'll give you an example of what the IL-2 modding community has achieved, as an IL-2 Modder myself. We were told that the "game engine" restricted the developers to correct the funtamental AI flaws shared by all the sims that start to be developed at the beginning of 21st century.(ie AI super vision, super flying ect). When the modders took the game code though and start tweaking it with Java, miraculously the former unsolvable problems seemed to be starting solved, one by one. Now in Modded IL-2, (soon in the official 4.10 patch), the AI can no longer see through clouds, (the AA guns also), they can overheat nor trim perfectly, (according to skill), can sustain visible hydraulic failures according to damage and many other "impossible" things I cannot recall right now that proved that the developers in reality didn't spare any time and resources to address them, (just because they saw no profit behind them). As I'm not at all an OFF expert, giving this info as food for thought and I just hope for the best for Phase 4...

Not only... You missed the Hi-res folder with 22 more mega images ! And to complete the Albatros madness here is the same plane flying: Dedicated to Herr Olham !

I was lurking at "The Aerodrome" once more, when I bumped on a topic about weathering WWI models and found this: http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/ Check out the sub-folders... James Fahey's Photobucket (Jamo_kiwi) account, which he has kindly left unlocked so all can view. James has taken a lot of excellent photos of The Vintage Aviators WW1 machines that are base at Hood Aerodrome, in Masterton New Zealand. This should give you great idea how some of the machines weathered and wore.