Vasco

Welcome back Winston! Vasco

Duck, We had problems with the new Lewis armed Nieuport (can't remember which one) online. Usual problem, nobody but me (the host) could see it. Vasco

Vasco's got it and installed it. Let's see these remarkable graphics and new hairyplanes in action. See you this evening. Vasco

At long last! So THAT's what a Burning Beard looks like. Vasco

The intention was a French Neiuport campaign as we haven't flown for the French yet, but if the regular attendees want something else, that's fine. Just let me know what you want. Vasco

Hi guys, I can host today - I'm working from home tomorrow so no Sunday dash to a hotel. Vasco

Guys, I've been asked to report for work in a city 200 miles from where I live and I have to set off now to make sure I'm there on time tomorrow morning. Consequently I'll be unable to host the session today. Can somebody host and setup some fun missions for the regulars tonight please? Vasco

Guys, The pressure of work (and the constant need to seek new contracts) means that I haven't had the time to write up the after action reports recently. However, I do have the kill statistics for you all and after yesterdays missions the kill tallies stand as follows: Firecage - 7 kills von Baur - 6 kills MacIlroy - 5 kills (New ACE - pick your personalised skin mate and get it to Stumpjumper asap) Stumpjumper - 3 kills Spawnrider - 2 kills von Gruber - 3 kills Dutch - 2 kills AV8ER - 2 kills Sitting Duck - 1 kill Axgrinder - 1 kill von Dudley - 1 kill Keep the personal AARs coming guys, you'll be helping me out no end. Regards, Vasco

Correct, I wrote 2 down twice and assumed that the second '2' was the total: AV8ER - 4 kills Vasco

I'm not sure: MAC, WHAT ARE YOU FLYING??? Stump, We're also going to have to move Sitting Duck's skin from the Alb DIII OAW to the Alb DVa Vasco

Racindriver, When you're ready to take a crack at the online element of this sim, jump onto Teamspeak (Black haze server - details in the MP forum) and grab either myself, Sitting Duck or Stumpjumper and we'll get you setup to fly alongside us. If you're quick you can participate in the Jasta 4 online campaign we're currently running on Sundays - achieve 5 kills without dying and you get a personalised skin on your aircraft as well as the leather flying suit. Vasco

Glad you enjoyed it Kingkat. Either Ax, Stump or Duck will setup a mission for you as they're in your timezone. Hope to see you next week. Vasco

Guys, I had FRAPS running during the furball during the second mission yesterday - enjoy! Well done everybody! Vasco

Welcome home Dutch! Vasco

A work of genius! My personal favorite is a 'Badly Packed Kebab' Vasco :piltofly:

Yes, You're attempting to log on to the Mickeysoft multiplayer servers that were decomissioned a while ago. The MP community hosts games on their own machines so you have to 'Join Private Game'. Get on to TS and find another player and we'll host a game for you - all you need is our IP. Vasco

Grumpybear, Be on TS at 2PM EST on Sundays Vasco

Stumpjumper will be producing another installer soon for the updated skins soon (see the post in this forum about how to get and install it). Other than that you're good to go. Vasco

Welcome aboard! Vasco

Sitting Duck, If we keep it at 2PM EST it means the Europeans are back to a 7PM GMT start. Vasco

Guys, Stumpjumper has made the new aircraft file available for download. If you're flying on Sunday, you'll need to uninstall the old one and install this one. The link can be found in the topic description in the 'Over Flanders Fields breifing' channel. REMEMBER TO BACK UP AS ONLINE in Workshops before you join multiplayer. Vasco

Sandbagger, These new aircraft are works of art! Have they been tested in multiplayer? We're still having problems with the Nieport 17 Lewis, both Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters and the Sopwith Triplane with the twin Vickers. Vasco

Mein Herren! Please find below the daily report covering Jasta 4 operations for the 8th November 1917: Aircraft Allocation Jasta 4 had 16 serviceable aircraft serviceable for operations during the day. The names of the pilots allocated personal machines are listed below: 3 Fokker DRI - (Vasco, von Baur, Firecage + Griphos ) 6 Albatross DV - Axgrinder, Spawnrider, Dutch, Osten, Leadtongue, Burning Beard) 4 Albatross DIII OAW - (Siting Duck, SRC, Blue781, 1 spare) 3 Pfalz DIIIA - (Stumpjumper, Red-Dog, von Dudley) Mission 1 - Patrol Over Enemy Territory - T/O 10:23 Piloten Firecage - Mission Commander Stumpjumper Sitting Duck von Baur von Frobben Axgrinder Red-Dog Dutch Sweeteye The poor November weather forced another late take off for the first sortie of the day. The Jasta had been tasked to patrol around Arras paying particular attention to air movements around Bapaume The 16 planes of the Jasta lifted from Markebeeke and climbed through the rain to form up before heading towards the southwest. While en route towards the designated patrol sector a flight of British RE8s was encountered skimming the cloudbase to the north of the formation, but because of the high likelyhood of of the formation becoming dispersed amoungst the cloud they were allowed to continue. As the Jasta approached the lines around Arras, the darker puffs of our own flak were seen through the wispy cloud ahead and to the right of the formation. The mission commander decided to engage and turned towards the west. The flak was concentrated around two formations that were identified as Sopwith F1 Camels appromimately 700m above us, also patrolling the front. They engaged as soon as they saw the multi-coloured aircraft below them. During the engagement in and out of the clouds von Baur took hits to his engine and fuel tank and lost control of his DRI when his engine cut out while performing a break turn; his aircraft was seen to spin all the way to the ground. Dutch, Sweeteye and von Frobben also fell to the guns of the Camels for no reported kills. Red-Dog managed to crash his Pfalz while in low level pursuit of one of the Camels when the fight dropped low over our side of the lines. During the fragmented engagement, the fight was joined by a flight of Sopwith Pups who were attempting to strafe ground targets and one quickly fell to the guns of Stumpjumper, who managed to land on our side of the lines after taking damage later in the engagement. Elsewhere in the area, Firecage, Sitting Duck and the Jasta commander encountered a flight of French SPAD VIIs. Sitting Duck accounted for one of these before they were lost in the clouds and Firecage took out a lone Camel that had become seprated during the intiial engagement. Of the original formation, only the Jasta commander, Firecage and Sitting Duck managed to return safely to Markebeeke. Mission 2 - Scramble! - T/O 14:03 Piloten von Baur Red-Dog Stumpjumper Firecage Sweeteye While preparing for the next sortie, the Jasta was alerted to the arrival of enemy scouts over the field by sirens sounding from the nearby artillery regiment - a large formation of SE5As from 56 Sqn RFC were diving on the airfield from southeast and all the available pilots ran to their waiting aircraft. The Jasta commander was first into the air and promptly became the target of half a dozen of the enemy scouts. Despite executing break turns to throw off the aim of the pursuing SE5As, eventually their guns found their mark and the Jasta commander was forced to land his aircraft in the field behind the Jasta hangars where he continued to observe the fight from the ground and what became an excercise in survival for most of the flight. The most noteworthy efforts were from Stumpjumper and Firecage, who having got sufficient seperation from the maurauding SE5As turned back towards the fight with enough altitude and energy to match the enemy scouts. Both Firecage in his DRI and Stumpjumper in his Pfalz accounted for two each of the British aircraft, which in Stumpjumper's case brought his tally to 5 however, during the low-level dogfight Stumpjumper's plane collided with that of von Baur which caused the demice of the Jasta's latest ace. All other pilots landed safely after the remaining SE5As, their ammunition exhausted departed to the west. Mission 3 - Patrol Allied Lines - T/O 15:14 Piloten Stumpjumper - Mission Commander von Baur Sitting Duck Red-Dog Firecage Sweeteye Once the wreckage of downed and damaged aircraft had been cleared from the field, the Jasta took off for its last sortie of the day; a patrol over the lines just west of Markebeeke. The mission commander lead the formation in a climb directly towards the front in order not to waste the remaining daylight. Upon reaching the front, a formation of tan-coloured aircraft were seen to be diving on our trenches and the Jasta dived directly down towards them. When the formation was at approximately 500m altittude and diving fast another enemy formation of Sopwith F1 Camels became visible approaching fast and low across the lines from the west. The French SPADs attempted to break off from their attack on the trenches but found themselves quickly outmatched; two of them falling quickly to the guns of Red-Dog and Stumpjumper who had both arrived first on the scene in their Pfalzes. By this time the Camels had engaged the rest of the flight and von Baur took a headshot from one of the Camels and crashed in no-man's land. Stumpjumper and Red-Dog were still not finished and having scattered the French turned their attention to the British. Stumpjumper sent 2 of the Camels down in flames while his wingman Red-Dog took care of another. The mission commander signalled the Jasta to reform on our side of the lines and lead the formation back towards Markebeeke just as the light was beginning to fail. The Jasta have insisted that the Jasta Commander submits his kills along with those of the active pilots. The tally is as follows: Vasco - 8 (Ace) Firecage - 5 (Ace) Sitting Duck - 4 Burning Beard - 3 Stumpjumper - 3 Red-Dog - 2 Submitted respectfully on 9th November 1917, Vasco Officer Commanding Jasta 4

True, That'll teach me to cut and paste from previous reports to save reformatting every time. I didn't delete your name from the mission 3 listing from the previous week and the timer on the edit facility has passed. Next week I'll send you the draft report by email and you can check it for me before I post. A second pair of eyes would certainly be an advantage. Vasco

Duck, I had you down as landing safely after the first mission having killed a SPAD VII. Are you telling me you died? Vasco