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I was unfamiliar with Egyptian driving so I looked for some YouTube videos. Looked worse than even Dallas. But at least it wasn't as bad as some of those Saudi driving videos!

Good stuff! Is it a bonus that my pet favorites would also enhance historical experience? Let me start by saying I expect none of the following to be implemented. Just thinking aloud: 1. Variable degrees of fuel tank damage. Currently, one bullet drains the tank. I.e., the tank must always be hit at the lowest point. I'd like to see the sim recognize damage at the midpoint or near the top, where only SOME of the fuel drains out. Of course, beyond that, one shot to a pressurized fuel tank should cause nearly immediate engine failure, LONG before the fuel would drain out. 2. Prop damage, from flak, enemy machine guns, and synchronization failure. 3. Flat tires. 4. Icing. 5. Glory. Not the honor kind, the atmospheric kind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(optical_phenomenon) 6. Historically accurate airfields. In lieu of providing that, allowance for outside parties to provide them. A toe was stuck in the water in that regard but the movement throttled down very quickly. 7. Cockpit damage. 8. Bullet holes with high-res skins. Also, an upgrade to the bullet hole damage. Respectfully, its visual appearance is a bit arcady at the moment.

Hey, Devs! You are getting sleepy. Veeeerrrrryyyyy sleeeeeepppyyyyyyyyyyyy....

"What the heck is that, 'Peckin'?"

Re: cold, some planes were better than others. The Albatros D-types, for instance. With no firewall and the engine a couple feet away, residual heat made its way into the cockpit. Other planes, like the DH2, were notoriously cold since the engine was behind the pilot. Not to say it still wouldn't be cold for an Alb pilot. With an average lapse rate of 3.5F per 1000 feet, when 60 degrees at takeoff it'd be -3 F at 18,000. But with some residual heat, being shielded from the wind, and bundled up in an acre of fabric, they dealt with it. Kind of like winter for Hasse! I didn't fly in rain much but I never could see anything out front when I did, if the rain was heavy. I flew looking out the side windows. Light rain wasn't so bad. BTW, where do you live, Buddy1998? Here in Naples, if I drove 100mph in the rain several other cars and I would be flaming wreckage!

What do you mean by bubblegum English? I don't speak that way? You were probably just impressed with my outstanding German: HORRIDO!!! ZUM HENKER!!! ER GEHT RUNTER!!! PAUKE PAUKE!!!

I don't know if the plugs were common but after many sorties/hours of sitting behind the engine and in close proximity to machine guns, I imagine it could "add up" get loud. Perhaps headaches would be involved eventually. My primary flight training was in a Cessna 152 (110 hp) that didn't have an intercom, and we wore earplugs. Without them it was loud, and you had to shout to be heard, but it wasn't deafening. But we rarely flew more than 1.5 hours. All day of that, though, and firing two machine guns a foot or two away with no protection would get old fast. At least for me. I made the mistake of firing a MAC-10 without hearing protection (my ignorance was such that I thought the suppressor would make it "quiet") and it was louder than $#$& and made my ears ring. Soldiers must be half deaf when they come home.

All these foreign (to me) pronunciations are why I have refused all requests for speaking engagements! I'd look like an ass. Spelling is much easier than pronunciation. Throw out one "GEYEneemer" or attempt at saying "Beugneux-Cramoiselle" and bye-bye credibility. As far as English accents, a friend in London pronounces Hurricane "Herken." And it's interesting to me that ALL my German friends have traces of English accents amongst their German accents when speaking English. Obviously, their roots to the language have UK rather than US origins. Still, and sadly, most of my European/Scandinavian friends have a better command of written English than many youngsters I know. Olham and Hasse, for instance. Their English puts some of my niece's and nephew's to shame. To shame.

I have VERY limited, non-WW1-type, open-cockpit experience. Based on it, there wasn't very much wind when sitting behind the windshield--hence its name. Stick your head out to the side and it's like sticking your head out of a car window while driving 100mph. But sitting in the cockpit normally, I could have easily lit a cigarette had I wanted to. Still, some rain gets in. As Ltn Joachim von Ziegesar recalled: "The raindrops glide in light threads from the blue wings and cloud our goggle lenses."

That this place has been empty is the fault of the users. I.e, ours. Don't wait for others. It is what we make of it. Now, please enjoy this Sopwith Triplane:

Cool! So, if that's accurate, for the sake of completeness of this subject: "BEH tong leh." I agree, a French human would be best to ask this stuff.

To me they're the same. It is the users who add life to a site or not, not the site itself. I check several flight sim fora a day, anyway, so what's another? Although I already come here to check out other things besides WOFF.

My understanding is Bertangles is pronounced "ber TONG."

According to his mother's book, MvR was two in that photo. Thus, airplanes hadn't even been invented yet.

Will it work if I save it in the CA gallery? I have it there but am failing hard getting it into the signature.

I agree. We'll be flying this for a long time.

In the olden days it'd be Crown Royal for me, with a chase of another Crown Royal--or twenty. Which explains why I don't drink Crown Royal anymore! Barmy? Perhaps. But as far as historians, if I am even that, I'm on the Baltic Avenue of historians. Nowhere near the Park Place and Boardwalk historians like Kilduff, Guttman, VanWyngarden. They cast a shadow over me like Mt. Everest over a pebble at dawn. Guttman, especially. He knows more about WW1 than Courtney Love knows about heroin and loose virtues. Yes, Hauksbee! I knew you'd like that book, especially for the ridiculously cheap price. Couldn't lose. Now to follow the instruction how to save the Barmy thing here.

Ah, I like that clarity. Gold will be the last "phase," but the possibility exists they do more add-ons for that last phase. Excellent. See? WOFF will be around for years and years with new stuff.

Holy crap, Olham! Where's the rest of that 109 drawing? Awesome.

History has shown that their rate of production is very slow, so no need to break out the Kleenex yet. The end of WOFF is years away still. I'm not interested in re-paying for all I've already purchased. Then again, damn fool I am, I threw 80 bucks at the DCS WW2 Kickstarter because of the siren song of the Me-262 and I haven't seen JACK SQUAT in return. ZILCH. Yeah, I can fly the 109 over Nevada but that is NOT what I paid 80 bucks for. I got a large dose of Lemmiwinks on that one, let me tell you... So, in the end, of course I'll buy WOFF Gold. At least I'll actually receive what I paid for. Shipping. Love that! Maybe some HMS Furious carrier ops? And I'm all for AI planes. I've been requesting that from various sims for years and years and years. #1 on my personal AI list, the AGO C.I. Just be cool to see them flying around, either friend or foe.

Awesome. That guy is talented!

What is that image in post #41? Digital art? Where did that come from and is there more? Looks fantastic!

Great thread! Man! Did you see the rate of climb for that 109-G4, right after takeoff? Awesome. That entire video was Viagra-esque!

Well, thank you! Yes, my pleasure, all rounds are on me!