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All Griffon Spitfires All Merlin Spitfires Preferably all made from the same base model. All Crusader versions (incl. Photosaders) That should be it.

That's gorgeous.

I'm not sure if they are broken in that manner. I ran into a Yak-1 with my Spit, the Yak went down immediately, my Spit took damage and went down seconds later. At least I had time to bail out.

Everybody should be entitled to drink his kind of kool-aid.

That's interesting, considering that the Vampire put the Spitfire XIV to shame in pretty much every aspect, including the turning circle....do I have to mention that the Spitfire XIV on the other hand was a superior aircraft compared to the P-51? (Don't mention endurance though)

While the Polish units in the RAF eventually got a certain degree of autonomy, they did not transfer to the Polish air force after the war was over. Not to mention that most of the American aircraft delivered to the RAF were scrapped right after 1945 as Britain didn't want to (or rather couldn't) buy them and there was no point returning them back to the States.

I still don't think that the Polish air force was flying P-51Ds in 1946...especially not ones with USAF buzz numbers

The P-51D has an interesting userlist....

:bump: No need to start a new thread. [-will insert something here soon-]

And why is that a surprise? Sounds like expected behavior to me really. They would be quite alright against light or unarmored targets...unfortunately neither exist in the TW series (unless you count in the armed recce missions)

Well, the Spitfire has actually only two "weaknesses" compared to the P-51....less top speed and no endurance Other than that the Mark IX is either on par or slightly better than the Mustang, especially at low level. Speaking of which, I'm tempted to spruce up the TW Spits a bit, might even get down to make a new template for it. Plenty of users in post-1945 Europe, so it's definitely worth the work involved.

work, work, work EDIT: Got to redo all decals though....and make a bigger finflash...and a add a tailband...this never ends. Much better. It's also interesting to notice that although the Spitfire IX and the P-51D basically had the same engine, the TW Spit IX has less power than the P-51D. I'm curious why TK nerfed the IX that way. 2nd EDIT: A few more action shots...Spitfire XVIs of No 631 Squadron engaging some Yak-9s...

I'm no FM expert, but something tells me the Spit FM could use some attention....

Well, the IX is basically an up-engined Mk V (which was actually just an up-engined Mk II) anyway... Sure, the Spit cockpit got reworked over the years, but as far as I am concerned Kesselbrut made a nice pit back then that still works fine with the TW Spits. Everything else is just splitting hairs. Also, good thing that most foreign users after the war kept the RAF paint schemes. Still couldn't hurt to cough up some extra decals, though.

*cough* DAT Spitfire *cough*

Sweet!

Nice, more bump maps than expected...

Are these stock skins?

Silly question...does the Expansion installer contain the SF2I March 2010 patch as well?

I guess it's going to be a long evening now...first thing to do is to make the Spit flyable.

Hard to say really, but I think these should be Stary's WWII effects. They appear to work in SF2 as well. And the Yak is a DAT plane, just in case anybody was wondering.

The German victory in against France in 1940 had less to do with the superiority of the German Army (whose equipment was hardly better that of the French or the Brits, especially when you look at the tanks for example), but it was rather caused by the outdated doctrines used by the Allied forces. It would still be a stretch to assume that the German staff had planned all this in advance, they just made less mistakes than the other side. IMHO it would be closer to the truth to say that the French lost the Battle of France rather than claiming that the Germans won it. Of course, the victory over France, the relative ease how it was achieved and the propaganda soon formed the myth of the "Blitzkrieg", which pretty much backfired when the Germans tried to repeat this "strategy" against the Soviet Union.

The fact the USAF is now spending billions to keep the A-10 usable for a few more decades is pretty much saying it all. Not to mention that I think promoting the use of PGMs (which are usually fired from a distance and involving some prior planning before their use) kinda contradicts the term CLOSE air support.

I think you're missing the point here. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing wrong pointing out issues with a mod, BUT that should be done within reason. In my honest opinion it's not too hard really to find a spot on pretty much any terrain that doesn't "look right". And paying your monthly internet fee doesn't change the fact that the mod is of no charge for you and I doubt that your provider is paying a percentage to the creator of the mod you seem to have an issue with. Not to mention that the creators of the free(!) mods have pay for their web access as well. Given that it couldn't hurt to check your expectations regarding customer service.