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Thanks guys as sometimes we all wonder... Be prepared I may put more in...

Must admit I have noticed that whenever I arrive the bad guys leave and not in that exploding all over the sky way... more a case of OH (Expletive Deleted)!!! he's arrived lets go home fast... No matter what I am flying if its an OV-10 or an F-14...

In a word DAMN!!! Thats looking like fun...

First flight and I sort of got shot at by pesky SAM's... but it sure did get me home again... oh and the 2 bad guys that tried to run died tired... and all because I wanted to take some pictures... whatever next ?

Welcome to the mad house that is Combatace...

Here we stand before the dawn Another flight for freedom Our foes await across the field In these skies of blue we live Blazing out of the sun they came Spandau's stuttering as they dived And a friend fell To his fiery death below Avenged him we did And sent him a flyer to drink with In these skies of blue where we die May we be remembered not for our courage But for what we did over those Flanders Fields In the time of war we flew In these Skies of Blue where we eternally fly Now altogether beneath the sky We are brothers no matter race or creed For we all flew those skies of Blue This was something I wrote on my ride home from England to Vienna... as I rode down through Germany as I sat for awhile under blue skies... Don't ask me where my inspiration came from because I know not naught on this... This humble work I dedicate to all the flyers of all nations who have lived and died and the ones to come this way in years to be... The work is mine it is not as good as Lou or Olham's work or many others but I wish to say something...

I had a play with it when I first got started and its fun to fly but was too unstable for me back then now its a case off love for the Strutter... but I will get round to all of Sopwith's finest...

Must admit I will miss the old guy... granted a lot of what he posted should not have been posted in an Sim Forum site and I know he was warned and the fact they created a forum for that sort of thing, but he kept posting in The Pub... tis a shame he did not heed the warnings and back off from posting like he did...

http://www.abpic.co.uk/search.php?q=Sopwith%201%201/2%20Strutter%20Replica&u=type For those who may have missed these... 2 of Sopwiths finest... though only replica's...

http://www.peckaeroplanerestoration.com/Sopwith/SP.htm Some lovely photo's of a rebuild even if it is a replica...

If I ever make it out of 1916 I will be happy... Commiserations on your loss old chap...

Is it me or does the Fury look a lot meaner than the rinky dink Sabre ? I know why as just finished Strike from the Sea a good book all about the attack series of Naval jets starting at the good old Spad up to the F-35... good reading all told. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strike-Sea-Aircraft-Skyraider-1948-present/dp/1580071325/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310932695&sr=1-2 Link is to the book on Amazon.co.uk

Hope everythings okay over there...

As it is a Sunday... A distinguished young woman on a flight from Switzerland asked the priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favour?" "Of course. What may I do for you?" "Well, I bought an expensive woman's electronic hair dryer for my mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits, and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?" "I be glad to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie." She nodded and accepted the risk. "With your honest face, Father, no one will question you." When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her. The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?" "From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare." The official thought this answer was rather strange, so he asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?" "I have a marvellous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused." It took a moment for the customs man to absorb the statement, but once he did he had a hard time keeping a straight face as he called out, "Next!"

Congrats must admit I had problems when I got my new machine as it was running Win7 64bit but found the answer installing in the Programx86 folder and all works wonderful... right where's my Strutter...

I know its for Rugby but this says it all about mens football/soccer/prancing about... you get the idea.

Meanwhile over the Dardanelles... Ssssshhh we be hunting ships... Meanwhile over the Dardanelles... Ssssshhh we be hunting ships... Okay who woke them up???

Ooops I broke it can I have a new one please ? Note to self stop strafing at Mach 1 and looping over airfields... and no I wasn't hit the wing fell off... honest...

Greetings Herr Olham, Making Scones is fairly straightforward I have a few recipes if you would like them, son of a Baker and being English its in my blood so to speak... as to the Jam easily sought as I have found some excellent jams here in Austria the clotted cream though is a bit tougher though you could replace it with standard whipped cream its what I do here in Vienna...

Well if you hadn't ahem borrowed it from Mr Poe then who else ??? I think Mr Poe is ideal for the dark times in which we fly...

Thanks old Chap... as to posting my qualifications whatever next ?

I normally do a fast and loose shoot the heck outta everything drop any bombs and run for home... works for me but most times I come home in the proverbial flying sieve... I normally aim for the tents etc with the bombs and gun the planes up if I can...

Well this answers a question that I was pondering on the BOC medal that was floating around on some peoples signatures... I don't know I go away for a couple of weeks and come back to this... whatever next... P4 Dare I say it... By the wonderful writing going on there...