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Hiya Laton, lads... Any New Updates on these lovely Float planes or your much anticipated CL.IV pal? Really looking forward to flying some excellent new Birds in F.E. I want to thank you Laton for all your hard work and your recent models which I am enjoying flying very much mate... All the best.... Rab Watson Fife Scotland

Hi Dagaith... Hope you are well mate..any news on the possible release of your excellent looking Strutter? I cant wait to try her out and it will be great to have another British Two Seater!!! Best wishes... Rab Watson Fife Scotland

Hi Christian... Thanks very much mate, ive just tried my Nieuports, both single and dual Lewis and they are working perfectly...thats brilliant..;0) Thanks again for all your help... Best wishes... Rab Watson Fife Scotland

Hi Panama,Christian, Guys.. Ive re-installed the twin Guns Nieuport Mod as i never could get it working before but unfortunately I have the twin Lewis guns now showing on my Aircraft but have the same double muzzle flash problem that Panama Red was experiencing...Would you mind very much Christian if you would also be so kind as to send me the same Gundata and weapons files you sent to Panama Red to sort this wee problem? Id very much appreicate it mate and id like to thank you for your great Mod and also for any help you can supply...I also cant seem to get my Le Preiur Rockets working anymore but my other RFC Rockets work fine? Weird...lol.. Best wishes from Rainy Scotland... Rab (Sockboy)

Hi Laton..hi Lads... Wow..this is lovely work..just about to fly them..thanks for all your hard work mate...looking forward to this, been on my wish list forever!!! Ace... All the best... Rab Watson Fife Scotland

Hi Laton..lads... OOhhhhhhh....been waiting for one of these for such a long time..you've totally made my weekend with this news mate..magic.....Thank you and very much appreciated.... All the best.... Rab Fife Scotland

Hi Laton... As always...excellent work mate, just in from College so about to take her for a spin!!!! I personally would love to see a German Hannover in game but failing that, a Rumpler or two seater Halberstadt would be lovely too..we need more German two seaters for sure.. Keep up the great work and thanks for all your efforts to add to this great game..;0) Rab Watson... Sockboy Fife Scotland

Hi lads... Wow..well thats something you dont see every day..quite amazing..id so love to be in that Gunners position for a spin....Cheers for posting mate.... Do you think my Fancy Dress Costume would suffice? Hee Hee... Major, Pilot,Royal Flying Corps, France 1916

Hi Laton, Guys... Superb work so far mate, that will be another beautiful and unusual plane off my Hit list..You just made my day, despite the rainy weather..loving the Starstrutter by the way, a lovely plane to fly and ive notched up quite a few kills with mine already... Thanks for your hard work mate..really looking forward to this... Best wishes... Sockboy Fife Scotland

Hi guys.... Thought id repost this for those new to the forum, we now have a few of these fine aircraft from my list but some are still M.I.A. It makes interesting reading for New Pilots and im sure most of you will be in agreement that we would love to see some of these planes in game from designers, Modders and skinners (as well as Terrain Builders!) far more talented than myself...... My Current wish list of main Aircraft Omissions to date that id love to see in game are: A Hannover in any form (this important Aircraft has been missing too long!! lol) A Taube A Caudron A Voisin A reworked Airship A Vickers Vimy Vickers FB 5 Gunbus Any Russian Aircraft Ansaldo SVA5 Lohner C.1 Rumpler C.I. De Havilland D.H.5 Vickers F.B.12 Early War Aircraft is what the game needs more of, that and some more German Two Seater Aircraft/Bombers..with some New Terrains we can inject even more life into this Brilliant game... Wishing all a great Sunday and keep flying Rab Watson (Sockboy) Fife Scotland Hi there lads.. I still have my old Wish list for First Eagles, we only need a few of the missing Aircraft now, mainly early types..I think people are still working on a Sopwith one and a half strutter, Poppy was working on an Airship and Voisin if I remember correctly(will be ace!),ill copy and repost my wish list here ..glad you are all enjoying this great game, ive been a huge fan since it first arrived..love it.. A Desert Terrain, for those Lawrence of Arabia type scenarios!!! An Italian/Austrian Front Terrain, A Somme Terrain,Ypres Terrain,Mons Terrain, Paschendale Terrain, a Russian Front Terrain, Tannenberg anyone? Hee Hee..any of these Terrains would be a great help to overall immersion in F.E. Some more early War Aircraft,Ive seen the post about the Voisin but I was thinking of a Taube, a Bleriot X1, and perhaps a Caudron? (if not, and i have no modelling Skill myself!..does anyone fancy a new project?) I love the F.E. Community and know just how talented some of you guys are with FMs.. I was also looking recently at some Russian Aircraft of WW1 and there are quite a few possibilities and more info on them available on the Net..some potential Candidates could be... An Anatra DS Recon Aircraft An Anadwa VKh Light Bomber A Mosca MB 2bis Fighter (monoplane 1916) A Sikorsky Mourometz (4 Engined Heavy Bomber, the worlds First, 1914) A Sikorsky S-16 Fighter A Voisin Ivanov fighter Other Aircraft that id love to see in F.E are: Vickers FB5 Gunbus De Havilland D.H.5 Sopwith one and a half Strutter Bristol Scout Vickers F.B.12 Ansaldo SVA5 Sopwith Salamander Hansa Brandenburg D.1 (Starstrutter) Phonix D.III Fiat R2 Short Bomber Vickers Vimy Airco D.H.9 Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 Nieuport-Delage 29 Dorand A.R.1 Paul Schmitt 7 Lloyd C.II Lohner C.1 Rumpler C.I. Ago C.II Hannover CLIIIa D.H.4 Well thats my wish list for Santa!!! lol lol.. seriously though lads, ANY of these Aircraft would be amazing in F.E. Thanks already for all your hard work modders and skinners and I look forward to any new Project developments All the best to everyone here and long live F.E.! Rab Watson Sockboy Fife Scotland

Hi there Dagaith.. Hope you are well mate..thats excellent news, im very much looking forward to your Strutter, im sure it will be superb and there will be many of us here who cant wait on its arrival!!! Your Cambrai work sounds interesting too.. Have a good day... Rab (Sockboy)

Hi Quack.. Your Skinning Work has really helped bring this already excellent game to life and your work is first class mate, please keep up the good work, if you have the time, I agree with the other chaps that the early War Birds would be a lovely skinning project and the DH4 and Bristol Scout really could do with some of your most excellent skills to make them look more presentable..Thanks for your hard work mate and please continue, I always look forward to your latest releases and fly with many of your skins displayed..im also a part time dad and was a stay at home dad until my Divorce, have two lovely wee girls ages 9 and 7...First Eagles and gaming are a very dear Hobby of mine!! lol.. Best wishes mate... Rab Watson (sockboy) Fife Scotland

Hi mate... Just wanted to say well done on an excellent Job with the Phonix Star Strutter..Just flew 3 missions with it and it handles really well, this one was on my personal 'Hit list' from way back and its inclusion in the game not only adds an unusual and unique aircraft but opens up the very real possibility of and Italian Austrian Front and Scenario if the Terrain can be created..Thanks for your hard work and I, for one, am still finding First Eagles a job to play thanks to this community... Keep up the good work and all the best... Rab (Sockboy) Fife Scotland

Hi there lads.. I still have my old Wish list for First Eagles, we only need a few of the missing Aircraft now, mainly early types..I think people are still working on a Sopwith one and a half strutter, Poppy was working on an Airship and Voisin if I remember correctly(will be ace!),ill copy and repost my wish list here ..glad you are all enjoying this great game, ive been a huge fan since it first arrived..love it.. A Desert Terrain, for those Lawrence of Arabia type scenarios!!! An Italian/Austrian Front Terrain, A Somme Terrain,Ypres Terrain,Mons Terrain, Paschendale Terrain, a Russian Front Terrain, Tannenberg anyone? Hee Hee..any of these Terrains would be a great help to overall immersion in F.E. Some more early War Aircraft,Ive seen the post about the Voisin but I was thinking of a Taube, a Bleriot X1, and perhaps a Caudron? (if not, and i have no modelling Skill myself!..does anyone fancy a new project?) I love the F.E. Community and know just how talented some of you guys are with FMs.. I was also looking recently at some Russian Aircraft of WW1 and there are quite a few possibilities and more info on them available on the Net..some potential Candidates could be... An Anatra DS Recon Aircraft An Anadwa VKh Light Bomber A Mosca MB 2bis Fighter (monoplane 1916) A Sikorsky Mourometz (4 Engined Heavy Bomber, the worlds First, 1914) A Sikorsky S-16 Fighter A Voisin Ivanov fighter Other Aircraft that id love to see in F.E are: Vickers FB5 Gunbus De Havilland D.H.5 Sopwith one and a half Strutter Bristol Scout Vickers F.B.12 Ansaldo SVA5 Sopwith Salamander Hansa Brandenburg D.1 (Starstrutter) Phonix D.III Fiat R2 Short Bomber Vickers Vimy Airco D.H.9 Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 Nieuport-Delage 29 Dorand A.R.1 Paul Schmitt 7 Lloyd C.II Lohner C.1 Rumpler C.I. Ago C.II Hannover CLIIIa D.H.4 Well thats my wish list for Santa!!! lol lol.. seriously though lads, ANY of these Aircraft would be amazing in F.E. Thanks already for all your hard work modders and skinners and I look forward to any new Project developments All the best to everyone here and long live F.E.! Rab Watson Sockboy Fife Scotland

Hi guys.. This year for my mates Halloween fancy Dress Party I went as a Royal Flying Corps British Pilot, a Major, on the Western Front, Circa 1916 and dressed roughly accordingly..Quite pleased with the results so i thought id post it here to see what you all think..I made the Uniform myself and bought all Badges,parts on Ebay for around £35 or so, I had Major Crowns, a medal Ribbon Bar, R.F.C. Wings and WW1 Puttees and a Replica WW1 Officers Pistol Holster...I had even used Burnt Cork to make black lines under my goggles so it was like smoke/engine oil!! hee hee..all i needed was an SE5.. Anyway,Hope you like, I may Go as a German Aviator Next Year, or...a Scottish Black Watch Officer in the Trenches, early War.. Best wishes... Rab ;0) Fife Scotland

Hiya Mike!! Hi Bucky mate... Hope you are both well..greetings to a fellow Scot and hello again to all our English and American friends and Comrades in F.E...Salute!!! Im ashamed to say Mike that..i just forgot to mention the old DH4!!! (aye, shoot me now! lol) There is a DH2, an FE2B and a FE8 but alas no DH4..thats another to add to my list then! lol..Hope you are having better weather in New York than we are having here in Scotland mate!!! All the best... Rab ;0) Fife

Hi Veltro,lads.. Sorry to hear you are having the same issues DaSpungie..im running an old ATI Radeon 9800 Card mate and my WW2 Install is patched the same as yours i.e to about two patches back SP4..My system is well old and pretty past it...lol..Athalon 1800+ and 1 gig of RAM DDR Memory although BF1942 and all mods and traike Fighters gold,First Eagles and my WW2 installs and work very well apart fron now!! Arghhhh!!! Wellington and Lanc and all German,Italian,Russian And U.S. Bombers working no problem, as is the Beaufort,Beaufighter and Blenheim...most strange..been through the Data.ini and cant see any glaring differences, even comparing the Wellington and Lancasters Data.inis to see if their are any major differences i may have missed..wish I could figure it out as i love the Wellington and really want to fly the Halifax!! tried different terrains, changed Loadout and Bombloads,Base sizes,weight,Nationalities,Attachment types, Service Dates..still no luck!! even tried swapping cockpits!!! At a loss to my next move..id adjust my ingame settings and Video Settings if none of my other Aircraft worked but its only the Hali im having bother with!! Dont get it...I hope that when the Stirling Comes I dont have any hassle with it, I love all your planes Veltro!! (Could a Setting be to high for my system to cope with some how in the Data.ini pal? know nothing about modelling!) Any help gratefully appreciated and..thanks for your time and most execellent work Veltro.. Best wishes... Rab ;0) Fife Scotland

Hi there Mike.. I still have my old Wish list for First Eagles, we only need a few of the missing Aircraft now, mainly early types..I think people are still working on a Sopwith one and a half strutter, Poppy was working on an Airship and Voisin if I remember correctly(will be ace!),ill copy and repost my wish list here mate..glad you are enjoying this great game, ive been a huge fan since it first arrived..love it.. A Desert Terrain, for those Lawrence of Arabia type scenarios!!! An Italian/Austrian Front Terrain, A Somme Terrain,Ypres Terrain,Mons Terrain, Paschendale Terrain, a Russian Front Terrain, Tannenberg anyone? Hee Hee..any of these Terrains would be a great help to overall immersion in F.E. Some more early War Aircraft,Ive seen the post about the Voisin but I was thinking of a Taube, a Bleriot X1, and perhaps a Caudron? (if not, and i have no modelling Skill myself!..does anyone fancy a new project?) I love the F.E. Community and know just how talented some of you guys are with FMs.. I was also looking recently at some Russian Aircraft of WW1 and there are quite a few possibilities and more info on them available on the Net..some potential Candidates could be... An Anatra DS Recon Aircraft An Anadwa VKh Light Bomber A Mosca MB 2bis Fighter (monoplane 1916) A Sikorsky Mourometz (4 Engined Heavy Bomber, the worlds First, 1914) A Sikorsky S-16 Fighter A Voisin Ivanov fighter Other Aircraft that id love to see in F.E are: Vickers FB5 Gunbus De Havilland D.H.5 Sopwith one and a half Strutter Bristol Scout Vickers F.B.12 Ansaldo SVA5 Sopwith Salamander Hansa Brandenburg D.1 (Starstrutter) Phonix D.III Fiat R2 Short Bomber Vickers Vimy Airco D.H.9 Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 Nieuport-Delage 29 Dorand A.R.1 Paul Schmitt 7 Lloyd C.II Lohner C.1 Rumpler C.I. Ago C.II Hannover CLIIIa Well thats my wish list for Santa!!! lol lol.. seriously though lads, ANY of these Aircraft would be amazing in F.E. Thanks already for all your hard work modders and skinners and I look forward to any new Project developments All the best to everyone here and long live F.E.! Rab Watson Sockboy Fife Scotland

Hi there Dave.. Cheers for the suggestion..tried changing bases to 'small' but still getting the Crash..thanks for the help anyway though mate... best wishes.. Rab ;0) Fife Scotland

Hi Veltro.. Just tried it with my SFG Default 'Desert' Terrain but still CTD when it reaches 100%..weird..tried the wellington again and it worked first time!! got me stumped.. Best wishes.. Sockboy.. Fife Scotland

Hi Veltro, guys here... The New Halifax looks fantastic but unfortunately im having a CTD everytime i select it..im running an SFG based WW2 Install without the latest October 08 Patch..ive tried different Terrains, no Joy, anti- Ship and Bombing/Strike Missions but still crashing to Desktop..ive also adjusted Base sises to small but..still no luck..been through the Date and the Ini file as the Wellington works just fine and my Lanc has no problems? Any further Ideas what it might be guys? Ive been waiting for more U.K. Bombers and I really love the model from the pic, its looks a Quality fly..great Work Veltro (any plans for a Hampden,Stirling,Swordfish,Gladiator,Albemarle,Manchester,Albacore,Whitley,Barracuda,Avro Anson,Skua or Short Sunderland in the future mate? love your work..) Any help greatefully appreciated..only currently flying my WW2 Install and my beloved First Eagles (which I recently patched Nov 08) and really enjoying them, hi fellow Prop Heads!!! All the best and keep up the great work.. Rab ;0) (sockboy) Fife Scotland

Hi Kev.. Fantastic and detailed work mate..as always, i love your additions to my ww2 install..that and first Eagles are my two favourite flight Sims..great stuff..your work is very much appreciated mate.. Best wishes from Scotland Rab Watson (Sockboy) Fife Scotland

Welcome Doug... A big shout to you from Sunny Scotland..Hope you get your wee prob sorted out, its a great game, especially 'all patched up' and its a good community here..there are many great 'First Eagles' downloads at Combat Ace and Many great add ons, both aircraft and Ground Objects, as well as excellent Hangar Screens and Menu Packs (as well as Peters excellent work with Flight Models etc..) so hopefully you should have lots of Fun with this game..;0) All the best and enjoy your game..im still running mine on a low Spec System on Windows XP and luckily its still works very well!!!! Rab Watson (Sockboy) Fife Scotland

Hi Laton... Thats great news mate...Enjoy your time with your wee one, its all magical and those first steps and words will be the happiest days of your life.. Best wishes... Rab (Sockboy) Fife Scotland

Hi Jim.... Great news mate, the folks here will love it and thanks for the Opportunity to help test your most excellent work..it was a pleasure and any other help you need in the future then just give me a shout... This is an essential Download Gentlemen... Best wishes... Rab (sockboy) Fife Scotland