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OFF's Stonehenge appears to be in much better shape than the one sitting on the Salisbury Plain. sitting_duck, I know what you mean about how much smaller it looks in person. I always thought it was much larger, until I actually stood inside it myself. Cheers! Lou

Rickitycrate, while your information on the oiling of the Pup is first rate, the gauge in question does not measure oil pressure. BTW, you will find this same instrument in various forms and locations on several of your OFF aircraft, (though not the Pup oddly enough), and they all measure the same, rather critical thing. Cheers! Lou

TKS Hauksbee. A period feel is exactly what I was going for. Cheers! Lou

Dej, as I mentioned in my above post, the Pup used the Sopwith-Kauper interrupter gear for the Vickers, and it was a mechanical system. So no Sir, it is not a hydraulic pressure gauge. Nice try though. Cheers! Lou

Widowmaker, here is one you might appreciate. It is the poster I made for this year's Aces Over Wright Field event coming up in a few weeks, (which I unfortunately will not be able to attend). It was done using all RB3D screen captures, (as there will be an RB3D lan party set up at the hotel in Dayton). I have been doing the poster art and layout for this event for the last several years now. Cheers! Lou

No connection at all that I am aware of Hauksbee. Of what I know there were only mechanical and hydraulic/sonic wave synchronizer and interrupter systems used. Cheers! Lou

No, sorry Red-Dog, it is not an air pressure gauge for the Vickers, as the Vickers on the Pup was controlled by means of the Sopwith-Kauper gear and a lever on the back of the gun, (which if I recall correctly is a mechanical system). Remember folks, you have to identify both the plane and the gauge and it's purpose to claim the 2 points. Cheers! Lou

Glad to see you made it into the virtual skies Vicshere. You will have a few days of tweaking and adjusting to get everything dialed in just the way you like it, but it is well worth the time. You're gonna love this sim. And at 54 I am becoming an even older man. Now where did I put my Geritol? They say the memory is the first to go...I forget what the second thing is. Cheers! Lou

Thanks for the point to your reference, Flyby PC. Much appreciated Sir. I am always learning here too, and was not saying you were necessarily wrong, just wanted to know where you found this bit of info. I have noticed myself that in the aerial photos the British trenches tended to be a bit more freeform and less "structured" than the German trenches in the same areas. They also sometimes look a bit more sparse in terms of just how many trenches were dug in the same amount of space. Cheers! Lou

Olham, I was just having some fun Sir. You are quite right about the German scouts not straying too far over the lines. The exceptions were the B/R's and their escorts. Cheers! Lou

Oooo, very artsy. Looks like it should be hanging in a WW1 museum somewhere now. Cheers! Lou

Very neat WM, but you need to give that Camel just a bit of graininess Sir, then it would be aces. BTW, your great uncle wasn't doing this back 80 years or so ago by any chance, was he? Cheers! Lou

Flyby PC, I'm not so sure that's true Sir. Both sides dug the small trenches out into NML, as is evident in this aerial photo of French and German trenches about mid-war: Just out of curiosity, where did you read this Sir? Cheers! Lou

Bullethead, by your definition of energy fighting, planes like the Camel, DR1, and Tripe are also outstanding choices, as an experienced pilot will nearly always use these planes at max retention of energy while climbing the fight at every opportunity to try and get the alt advantage. Yes, they will all turn on a dime and give you change, but only the uninitiated will use that ability in the horizontal alone. A good Camel jockey or DR.1 driver will be climbing, pivoting over on a wingtip, diving down, twisting and turning, then sailing back into the vertical, clawing for that last little bit of height over his opponent, and all the while trying to keep that elusive energy at the optimum. Granted, these planse fly at a lower energy state in general than other more powerful aircraft, but flying them to maximize that energy is still what it's all about. So by the criteria in your post, they are energy fighters. Cheers! Lou

. Soon enough he'll know what its like to have the wind in his face, eh what? .

Excellent info on the Le Prieur rocket Olham, but unfortunately that is not what the gauge is for. Better luck on the next one Sir. Cheers! Lou

DING DING DING !!! WILD CARD PHOTO ! The first to correctly identify the aircraft shown, and to elaborate on the purpose of the small gauge to the port side of the cockpit above the throttle/choke quadrant will be awarded 2 bonus points. You must be spot on with both answers to win. (BTW, this is a very large photo so you will be able to enlarge it in order to more clearly see the gauge in question.) Good Luck! .

Very good Burning Beard, you are correct Sir. BTW, the empty weight of the kite was 942 lbs, and the armament was, to be specific, the .303 Lewis using the 47-round drum magazines. Also, the total number built was closer to 453. Two more points for you Burning Beard. And here are the current standings after photo set #8 and the recent Wild Card photo: Olham, 18 points Dej, 17 points Red-Dog, 10 points Rickitycrate, 10 points Bullethead, 5 points Luftace, 5 points Burning Beard, 4 points Duce Lewis, 3 points Check Six, 2 points rhythalion, 2 points JohnGresham, 1 point Shrikehawk, 1 point TonyO, 1 point zoomzoom, 1 point Cheers! Lou

Olham wrote: Oh I beg to differ with you old boy! I find the Hun damned intrusive when they come calling mid-afternoon and drop 5-pounders about my aerodrome just as I'm attempting to enjoy a cuppa' and an almond scone. Damned intrusive indeed. Which is why I make a point of returning the favour just about Boche breakfast time. Cheers! Lou

Vicshere, sounds like you have a problem with your CDBurnerXP program. Here is the link to a help thread on exactly your issue: http://forum.cdburnerxp.se/viewtopic.php?t=2300 Hope it works for you Sir. Cheers! Lou

Vicshere, as Rickitycrate mentioned you don't need to install CFS3 at all. You only need to have disc one ready when the OFF installer asks for it, at which point you pop it in your CD drive and OFF will grab the two or three files it needs from it and that's it. After that you only need CFS3 disc one to launch the game. However, as uncleal points out, your CFS3 disc set needs to be the 3.1 version otherwise installing OFF as I just described will not work and you will have to download the 3.1 patch and then install CFS3 first. If your disc set has a 2007 date or newer on the package it should be 3.1. Cheers! Lou

Ah, very good Dej, best of luck with the project. I'd really like to see the end result Sir. And an outstanding reference source there at McMaster's University. Thanks for sharing. Cheers! Lou

Dej and Rickitycrate, first rate answers from you both. Two more points to each of you Sirs. BTW Rickitycrate, I agree with you on #32 likely being a DH9 despite the fact that the caption to the photo I located says the plane is a DH4. That only leaves photo #29. Any takers? Cheers! Lou

Very good Olham, and you even named Fokker to boot. I had a hunch you would grab this one PDQ. I am going to assume that the date you listed was done in the heat of the moment Sir as it should be 3.9.1917, (3rd of September, not 3rd of March). Also of note is the fact that MvR was flying a pre-production Fokker F.1, #102/17, when he achieved this victory, (one of two he managed with this plane). The two points for #31 are yours Olham. Cheers! Lou

OK folks, we are going to put the recent Wild Card behind us and move ahead to the next set of photos in this little soirée. For photo #31 you will sort out what the plane is for the first point, and when going for the second point you will need to identify the distinguished and famous gentleman sitting on the plane, (the one seated towards the front of kite). BTW, the tail number is going to help you out with this one. Remember the rules, and have fun. Good luck all. Round 8 begins now. Let's play What's My Plane! Cheers! Lou