RAF_Louvert

Yes British_eh, I have all seven volumes plus both complete map cases. It is an original 1st edition set, (matching blue bindings with gilt lettering), that originally resided in the RUSI at Whitehall until 1956 when it was pulled from their shelves and sold off. I purchased it from a rare book seller in Florida several years ago for $890, (which gutted out my entire book buying account and them some, but was so worth it). It is in near-perfect condition and is the pride of my WWI book collection, and the set rests safely on the top shelf in my library: Here are the other two sections of my upper book shelves which hold the remainder of my collection: And while I have posted all this before, here is the list of titles, (again): Personal Narratives and Biographies: "A Flying Fighter", E.M. Roberts, (1918 1st Edition) "A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen", Don Brophy and Harold Price, (1987 1st Edition) "Airmen O' War", Boyd Cable, (1918 1st Edition) "An Airman Marches", Harold Balfour, (Vintage Aviation Library Edition) "An Aviator’s Field-Book", Oswald Bolcke, English Translation, (1917 1st Edition) "Cavalry of the Clouds", Alan ‘Contact’ Bott, (1918 1st Edition) "Cloud Country", Jimmie Mattern, (1936 Pure Oil 1st Edition) 3-volume set "Days on the Wing", Willy Coppens, English Translation, (1931 1st Edition) "Death in the Air", William Heinemann, (1933 Edition) (famous faked aerial photos) "Double-Decker C.666", Haupt Heydemarck, English Translation, (1931 1st Edition) "En L’air!", Bert Hall, (1918 1st Edition) "Fighting the Flying Circus", Edward Rickenbacker, (1919 1st Edition) "Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps", James McCudden, (1918 1st Edition) "Flying for France", James McConnell, (1917 1st Edition) "Go Get 'Em!", William Wellman, (1918 1st Edition) "Guynemer, Knight of the Air", Henry Bordeaux, English Translation, (1918 1st Edition) "Heaven High, Hell Deep", Norman Archibald, (1935 Signed 1st Edition) "High Adventure", James Norman Hall, (1918 1st Edition) "Immelmann: The Eagle of Lille", Franz Immelmann, English Translation, (1930 1st Edition) "In The Clouds Above Bagdad", Air Commander John Edward Tennant, (1920 1st Edition) "Kitchener's Mob", James Norman Hall, (1916 1st Edition) "Letters From a Flying Officer", Rothsay Stuart Wortlrey, (1928 1st Edition) "Memories of World War 1", William Mitchell, (1960 Edition) "Night Bombing with the Bedouins", Robert Reece, (Battery Press Edition) "Nocturne Militaire", Elliot White Springs, (1934 Edition) "Rovers of the Night Sky", W.J. ‘Night-Hawk’ Harvey, (Vintage Aviation Library Edition) "Sagittarius Rising", Cecil Lewis, (1936 Edition, 1st US printing) "The Flying Poilu", Marcel Nadaud, English Translation (1918 1st Edition) "The Red Knight of Germany", Floyd Gibbons, (1927 1st Edition) "The Way of the Eagle", Charles Biddle, (1919 1st Edition) "True Stories of the Great War", (1918 1st Edition) 6-volume set "Up And At 'Em", Harold Hartney, (1940 1st Edition) "War Birds; Diary of an Unknown Aviator", Elliot White Springs, (1926 1st Edition) "Wind in the Wires", Duncan Grinnell-Milne, (1968 Edition, ex-library copy) "Winged Warfare", William Bishop, (1918 1st Edition) "Winged Peace", William Bishop, (1940 1st Edition) "With the Earth Beneath", A.R. Kingsford, (1936 1st Edition) History, Reference, and General Interest Books: "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War", Bruce Robertson, (1964 Edition) "Aircraft of Today", Charles Turner, (1917 1st Edition) "Aviation in Canada 1917-18", Alan Sullivan, (1919 1st Edition) "Colliers New Photographic History of the World War", (1917 Edition) "Decisive Air Battles of the First World War", Arch Whitehouse, (1963 1st Edition) "Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War", W.M. Lamberton, (1964 Edition) "Flying The Old Planes", Frank Tallman, (1973 Edition) "Fragments From France", Bruce Bairnsfather, (1917 1st Edition) (Great War cartoons by the master of the genre) "Heros of Aviation", Laurence La Tourette Driggs, (1919 1st Edition) "Historic Airships", Rupert Holland, (1928 1st Edition) "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion", L.C. McCollum, (1929 Edition) "History of the World War", Francis March, (1918 1st Edition) "History of the Great World War", Rolt-Wheeler and Drinker, (1919 1st Edition) "Land and Water" Magazine, (entire April through September 1917 series, hard bound, ex-library copy) "National Geographic" Magazine, (entire 1918 series, hard bound, ex-library copy) "Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War", W.M. Lamberton, (1962 Edition) "Source Records of the Great War", (1923 1st Edition) 7-volume set "The First War Planes", William Barrett, (1960 Edition) (the one that started it all for me) "The Great Air War", Aaron Norman, (1968 Edition) "The Great War", George H. Allen, (1919 1st Edition) 5-volume set "The Great War in the Air", Edgar Middleton, (1920 1st Edition) 4-volume set "The Lafayette Flying Corps", by James Hall and Charles Nordhoff, (1964 Kennikat Press limited edition two-volume set) "The United States in the Great War", Willis Abbot, (1919 1st Edition) "The U.S. Air Service in World War I", Maurer Maurer, (1978 1st Edition) 4-volume set "True Stories of the Great War", (1918 1st Edition) 6-volume set "U.S. Official Pictures of the World War", Moore and Russell, (1924 1st Edition) 4-volume set 1920 World Book Encyclopedia, (entire set with addendums, great for cross-referencing in an historical context) "Time-Life Epic of Flight", 23-volume set, (not old and not strictly WWI but still a lot of good info and photos) "The War in the Air", Raleigh and Jones, (1st Edition) 9-volume set including complete map cases, (my personal Jewel of the Crown) Instructional Books: "Aeroplane Construction and Operation", John Rathbun, (1918 1st Edition) "English-French War Guide for Americans in France", Eugene Maloubier, (1918 Edition) "Learning to Fly in the U.S. Army", E.N. Fales, (1917 1st Edition) "Lewis Machine Gun ‘Airplane Type’ Service and Operation Manual", (1918 Edition) "Manual Of Rigging Notes", U.S. Technical Data Section, (1918 Edition, possible reprint) "Practical Flying", W.G. McMinnies, (1918 1st Edition) "The Art of Reconnaissance", David Henderson, (1916 1st Edition) "Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics", (1942 Edition) "Self-Help for the Citizen Soldier", Moss and Stewart, (1915 1st Edition) And to think it's only taken me 40 years to gather these together. Cheers! Lou .

. Welcome home WM. Glad you had a good time Sir. BTW, your video should have featured the dogs a bit more. .

. Sucks when you make a really good visual joke and no one responds, doesn't it rabu, (of course humor is relative I suspect). I feel your pain Sir. I just read the recent posts here and I have heard of George Forman and I think your "ad" is FA-A-UN-NEE rabu. Gave me a good chuckle as I was drinking my morning cuppa' before hitting the trail. Cheers! Lou .

. I was under the impression that RoF had gotten rid of the online requirement to fly in their most recent release. Also, I completely agree about the work being done towards the improvement and creation of any and all WWI flight sims as being very good work, regardless of who is doing it. As previously mentioned here, just imagine if all this talent could work together on a single combined effort. Wowzers! .

. Thanks for the kudos, CaptSopwith, enjoy the read Sir. I've been on the road for the last several days but I hope to get back and post the next installment of Paul's adventure soon. Cheers! Lou .

. RB flashbacks! I'm jonesin' bad for a "Target Destroyed" message now. Can ya' hook me up man? .

. Yes indeed, it would be a great addition if we could interact in such a way with the big gun crews in OFF. BTW, those early aircraft transmitters took up the bulk of the gunner/obs cockpit and it required that the pilot not only fly the plane but also range the guns and send all course corrections. But by mid-1915 the radios had gotten small enough to eliminate that issue. uncleal, those signalling "guns" worked quite well from what I've read. I also recall they used a series of signal flares in color codes as well for a time. Hasse Wind, "The War in the Air", by Raleigh and Jones is the definitive immediate post-war work on the British Air Services in the Great War. I have the complete original set with map cases and I am reading and referring it to it constantly. Cheers! Lou .

. As I suspected. TKS Winder. Also, VP, AAA relocated here: http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/index.php It is now All Aircraft Simulations, thanks to Von Deutschmark. .

. PD-1, I don't see how that could be done as CFS3 and IL 2 are entirely different engines. Also, IIRC the DGEN in IL 2 would not lend itself to the WWI environment without an entire rebuild. I would put this in the same catagory as the "Smell of Victory" add-on. Large load of tripe, anyone? .

. Oh yes, the plane is a Camel. And the girl is a Bebe. .

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. And so ends the life of another young OFF pilot who had a brilliant start. A sharp looking plane too, Waldemar Kurtz, sad that he will no longer be flying it. Also, I observe a definite difference between your Oskar's record and my Paul's. You have 18 confirmed kills and 28 claims in just over 21 hours, while I have 10 confirmed kills and 19 claims in 78 hours. Dare I say that Oskar may have been a bit too aggresive in his tactics, thus adding to the likelihood of his early demise? Food for thought. BTW, nice write-ups in your claim forms, Sir. Cheers! Lou .

. hee, hee...well not if the Mile High Club were to have had the same connotation back in 1916 as it does today. But since that was not the case, and since many dignitaries and royal family members, (both male and female), did indeed take such flights during WWI to see what it was like to be in the air, it is not really all that unlikely that Paul would be allowed to serve as Queen Charlotte's aerial chauffeur for a brief tour of the city. Now ,that being said, if Paul could instead get Sophie to take a fly with him... .

. Good guesses folks, and we do have a winner. pauljle correctly ID'd the "lever" as one half of a pair of a pliers. And a very old pair of pliers it was, which I took apart and ground down the business end of to work for this application, after which I polished it up on the buffing wheel to give it that new 1914 look. Cheers! Lou .

. Herr Prop-Wasche and British_eh, glad to know you Gents are enjoying Paul's story. I hope to add the next installment in the next couple of days, (been a busy weekend here). Cheers! Lou .

. Another wondeful bit of technical writing and instruction. Well done Dej. Many thanks to you and British_eh and all those who have put in their time and talents on this series. Cheers! Lou .

. That would be a short read, Si. "How To Survive In The BE2c" Chapter 1: Don't leave the ground. Review: Don't leave the ground. Advanced Techniques: Don't leave the ground and go to the pub instead. .

. Once again then I stand gratefully corrected, and offer my sincere thanks to British-eh and Bullethead as well on their fine work and contributions in this ongoing effort. Much appreciated Sirs. A round of drinks for the lot of you. Order up! .

. Dej wrote: I wasn't actually suggesting that Olham necessairly write the entire guide on his own, but was rather noting he would have a large share of experience in the Albs that he could pass on to whomever WOULD write the guide. And as to a committee-written journal, why would we do that Dej? You've been doing such an outstanding job drafting these up for us lot to appreciate and garner bits of flying wisdom from I vote you continue. All in favour say, "AYE." "AYE!" Carried...approved. Seriously Dej, your write-ups have been par excellence Sir, and a big thank you for your efforts. Cheers! Lou .

. A full parade dress salute to Bill Millin. Pipe them into the Gates of Heaven now, Billy lad...pipe them in. .

. Very generous of you, Ras old man. Bravo. .

. Make sure you get Olham in on this when he returns from holiday. He is the Albatros Man. .

. Thanks Dej, I was going for gripping. I have to say that particular fight was one of the most exciting and intense I've had in OFF in quite some time, because of the vested interest I now have in Blum. And I have never been stalked by an ace before in this sim. It was a rush. jamieandnici, many thanks as well. I am glad to know you also are enjoying Paul's saga. And a Camel man all the way here as well. I have been flying the Camel at least 70% of the time since getting into BHaH and it is still my favorite kite, always has been, even in my RB3D days. Truth be told, this is the first real campaign I've flown for the Hun side since getting into OFF, and it has been an enlightening adventure to date. Cheers! Lou .

. Another nice group of videos Hellshade. You really have things dialed in with your system and recording technique. Very good. Cheers! Lou .

. More first rate screenies everyone. And DanB24, I've been in that same attitude myself. But what are all those strange markings on your screen, some sort of computer virus? Cheers! Lou .