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There are girls outside Eastern Europe???

Most likely a bug. TK uses SPAD 13 pit for testing. Initial release of FE XP1 had AEG flyable with SPAD pit, but TK removed it in a patch afterwards.

A perfect gift for an annoying kid with attitude http://www.blueq.com/shop/item/114-productId.125837547_114-catId.117440549.html Check out the suggestions list for something suitable for other people in your life Also their breath spray selection list is kinda cool. I wonder what's the effect of "Look and Feel Canadian" + "Instant Irish accent" + "Instant Gay Accent" is.

Взлетать вертикально и гробить движок всегда он не обязан. С коротким разбегом в любом случае экономичнее, тем более что самый высокий процент аварий с летальным исходом приходится на переключение между полетом и висением. Только на учебке без постоянной отработки ВВП никак, поэтому там технари потеют постоянно, и деньги утекают потоком. В горячих точках они вроде предпочитают взлетать с разбегом.

Плюс машина золотой оказывается. На англоязычном форуме кто-то, работавший на площадке с "Харриерами", отметился в одной недавних из тем. Этот агрегат после вылета с вертикальным взлетом по возвращении на базу откатывали в ангар, открывали, вынимали движок и ставили новый. Старый отправляется в сервис-центр где перебирается до винтика, с заменой изношенных деталей. Когда машина американцам только поступила, ближайший ремонтный центр был в Англии - у себя они только потом построили. То есть даже не в каждую тьмутаракань их отгонишь - сразу надо серьезно снабжение налаживать. Да еще подготовка пилота на этого зверя - дорогое удовольствие. По сути надо для начала получить хорошего вертолетчика, а потом еще и на самолете научить воевать.

I'm glad I walk The translation is uhh.. passable http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Frussian%2Frussia%2F2010%2F03%2F100309_moscow_police_human_shield.shtml&sl=ru&tl=en

By an amazing stroke of googling luck I came across another batch of literature - some guy from Russia started upping his books and WDF collection. This stuff floats aroud p2p networks too, I think, but is really difficult to find, unless you know exactly what you need. Knowing instability of anything out there I decided to up some of it to my website. Anyway, if anyone comes by and asks to pull their stuff, I'll do it. === Let's start a reference library for anyone, who might get interested in fragile, flammable, oily, leaky and charming planes and everything related to them. I'd like this post used as the library itself (with some sort of samples) while the rest of the thread will be open for discussion and suggestions of new material, which can added here via editing. Look, comment, check your bookmarks and share your own findings. I got really lazy at Fiction section - maybe will add basic info and screens later. Hope, it doesn't look that bad. Green names mark entries that you'll have to look up elsewhere. The rest (simple bold headers) is clickable, viewable and sometimes even downloadable. *Red stars mark stuff added with latest update. Books, Websites Aeroplane Speaks A brilliantly written introduction into the basics of flight and various flight-related phenomena as seen in the years of WWI. Grab 8Mb html version because it comes with drawings from the original book, including pictures of lots of early planes in the end. The Aerodrome - Articles First three articles seem to be particularly interesting: Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War - An detailed overview of use of aircraft in WWI and even some data on anti-aircraft defence (car with MG chasing low-flying plane - they tried it!). Aviation Engines - An introduction into line internal combustion aircraft engines. Basic vocabulary, design principles and some peculiarities explained in simple language. Aircraft Machine Guns - Comment on interruptor gear design and main types of guns used in the war. Engines before 1925 Examples of several WWI plane engines including a detailed pdf profile of Gnome Monosoupape. Red Fighter Pilot English translation of Manfred von Richthofen's only book. *Der Rote Kampfflieger (37Mb) Scans of the original book by MvR. 1917 German edition with photographs. Fighting the Flying Circus Same war through the eyes of another ace - Eddie Rickenbacker. An Illustrated History of WW1 Some basic info on plane types, weapons and engines, a list of balloon busters. Aviation in WW1 This website has lots of wonderful stuff such as engines, guns, balloons and planes reference, history of attempts to develop aircraft cannons (see the ending of "nocturnal air defence" section), animated model of rotary engine etc. The Fledgling, by Arthur "Arch" Whithouse. An excellent autobiography of an American in the RFC-RAF. Wind in the Wires, by Captain Duncan Grinnel-Milne. Another autobiography of a man, this time a Briton, who was in the RFC and RAF. He also wrote another book about his two years as a German prisoner. *Fokker Aircraft of WWI (166Mb) An in-depth overview of all aircraft, designed by the Flying Dutchman. Includes tons of pictures both of well known planes and of their early prototypes. Also includes info on production and serial numbers of all types. *Above the Lines - A Complete Record of the German Fighter Aces 1914-1918 (155Mb) I shall say the name speaks for itself. It IS the seemingly complete record of all German aces and all their victories. Also there are short Jasta histories, list of balloon strafers etc. *(Crowood) World War One in the Air (89Mb) History of the air war in pictures. Divided into four sections, each beginning with some historical data followed by lots of photographs. *Flying Guns Word War I (13Mb) Machine guns of WWI in intimate detail, history of airplane armament from hand-held rifles to cannons. *(Kagero) Famous Airplanes #1 Nieuports 1-27 (18Mb) A Polish publication (both in Polish and in English). This volume is on Nieuports' family. Has more pictures of Russian planes than similar Western files. *(Kagero) Legends of Aviation #2 Sopwith Camel (33Mb) Another one of Polish datafiles for modellers similar in spirit to Windsock DF. Includes history of design, some photographs, plans and paint schemes. Unfortunately, not much attention is paid to small details. *(Kagero) Famous Airplanes #2 Fokker D.VII (27Mb) Can't say it holds at least a tenth as much info as WDF (that had a three-volume special on the plane). Still, if anyone ever wishes to make a Polish or Soviet or Lithuanian skin for D.VII this may be a good place to start. *(Kagero) Legends of Aviation #1 Kaiser's Aces (30Mb) Not as epic as "Above the lines..." this volume offers a number of paint schemes along with stories of some notable aces. *(Kagero) Legends of Aviation #3 Richthofen's Eleven (34Mb) Rather long and detailed history of the famous Jasta 11. P.S. If someone needs something from >this< list really badly and is too lazy to search - PM me. Pictures Rosebud's WW1 and Early Aviation Image Archive I guess, it's the largest open online collection of WWI aircraft-related photogarphs. The Aero Conservancy A collection of pictures of various elements of WWI aircraft obtained from crashes and other sources. Idflieg - A Place For Surviving Machines A growing collection of restored WWI aircraft photos parked in various museums. Picture Atlas of WW1 (1915, 1916, 1919) Three 400-page German albums of WWI. Very few planes, but a lot of recon pictures taken from planes (gas attack - 1916 p.115), pics of destroyed buildings etc. Might come in handy for building scenery. *Vintage Warbirds 6 - Fokker Fighters of WW1 (63Mb) Unlike "Fokker Aircraft in WW1" book this one is more of a collection of photographs - the subject is the same, so a number of pictures are the same though some are of slightly better quality. *Vintage Warbirds 9 - World War One in the Air (12Mb) This one provides not so much historical background and is all about commented pictures. On the other hand most photos in this volume are "air-to-air" with lots of aeroplanes captured in flight and up close. *German Bombers of WW1 (72Mb) All you wanted to know about bomb racks but were too shy to ask. Well, it's mostly pictures with extensive comments here, like two of Zeppelin-Staaken cockpit. *German Naval Air Service (71Mb) Pictures and info about German floatplanes and flying boats. Some data is really amusing... This thing was designed to be dropped from a zeppelin as a glider and then release a torpedo at a set altitude Video WWI in Colour (IMDB) Part V: Blood in the Air is entirely dedicaded to WWI aerial combat. Strategic bombers, floatplanes, first aircraft carrier. Used to be in decent quality on YouTube but was pulled. Still a DVD seems to be easy to get (it's published even in Russia). Flying Coffins Nice documentary from Discovery Channel. Replica dogfight of Camel and Dreidecker, demonstration of engine blipping, Neuport airframe, some pilot stories.... Still avaliable at YouTube: Fiction - Do not take this stuff seriously. Movies The Blue Max (IMDB) Aces High (IMDB) Hell's Angels (IMDB) Dawn Patrol (IMDB)

I think it's their height that brings him and Medvedev toghether

Mmmm... totally unreal fried whale...

Mmmm... Fried whale...

That's the one I was referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593 A combination of pilot's son at the controls, a faulty AP and a pilot busy talking to his daughter.

At least you didn't have an airliner vaporized in a crash because the pilot gave the controls to his son and got distracted.

I'm not sure about "former" They use the same building and both abbreviations stand for state security service, only in different words.

The camo should serve not only to blend the plane with the background but also to distort and break the airplane's shape. When the eye is looking for a whole plane, it might fail to pick out a set of spots that make one only when joined together and filtered from the underlying terrain. IMO, if this bird is going low over a steppe with sand, bushes, low trees, patches of wild flowers and stuff, it gets difficult to spot in that mess.

A-10 has a benefit of wings and tail shielding the engines from AAA fire even at close range. That and loads of armour. Just don't come near SA-8 without Mavericks and keep low when Floggers are about.

SPAD is a boom & zoom fighter. Slash - extend - slowly turn around - come back - repeat. And watch that engine. The thing with current RoF plane list is that most planes are "ultimate" or close. Best dive, best climb, best speed, best turns... D.VIIF might throw in the best high-altitude dogfighter. It's nice but in long term it means that the planes released after the "best of" batch will be worse in handling and performance. Unless it's SPAD XII which I would buy immediately.

Oh, the Brits and their "snow". It's been snowing non-stop for a few days here. Nothing special. I mean, it's difficult even for Mother Nature to make the traffic situation in Moscow any worse than it already is, unless the earth cracks open.

Стандартные Харриеры в игре - ранние модели, которые с трудом висят с пустыми подвесами и полупустыми баками. Временный прирост мощности от водяного охлаждения не моделируется. Насколько я помню у вертолетов адеватная физика только у Ми-8 для WoI, которому keelin написал FM. Вот эта машинка действительно похожа. http://marcfighters.combatace.com/Aircrafts.htm

At least you don't target friendlies when you cycle through enemies now... It took TK only a year or two to fix that, so the sooner you report the bug the better.

Yes, German medals don't show up in stock FE2 install. Already reported to the developer, hopefully will be fixed in a patch.

Shouldn't VIIF beat SPAD at an altitude?

You can stay alive much longer if instead of going in small teams you take the whole squadron for the hunt. Swarm tactis seem to increase life expectancy both for the player and the AI wingmen.

After you finish a mission look for Save button at the bottom of the central frame of the debrief.

It is. Only when you see a whole field of these turds under the area of your dogfight the picture gets pretty.