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Pic #44.The B.E.12 was produced by the Royal Aircraft Factory in response to an urgent appeal for a single seater fighter to combat the growing menace of the Fokker Monoplane. Picture is the prototype B.E. 12 No.1697. To save time a standard B.E. 2c. two seater was adapted by fairing over the front cockpit and installing a 150h.p. R.A.F. 4a engine in place of the 90h.p. R.A.F. 1a On the prototype a small air-scoop was fitted to the engineand the exhaust stacks were connected to form a peculiar inverted fork. The rest of the machines construction was of course identical to the B.E.2c; the two-bay wings had wooden main spars and ribs, wire-braced box girder, fabric-covered except for plywood top decking in front of the cockpit. The fin and rudder were of fabric-covered steel tubing; the tail and elevators were square cut. Production version had twin exhaust stacks and a large air-scoop, and the upper longerons in front of the cockpit were altered to make room for a large petrol tank. A Vickers gun with Vickers interrupter gear was carried on the port side of the fuselage.

You gotta break a few eggs to get the big birds. Time for the Easter Egg Spad XIII Lt. Samuel Kaye U.S. 94th from 1919 to take to the air. Reports of 2 Gotha bombers came in. Apparently their mission, bomb gay Paris. Our boys having just received the Spad XIII into service are anxious to hunt the oversized hunbirds and put the new crate to the test. Our boys found that the engines where the best targets. Being two large and vital targets the engines were their focus. The Spads swarmed the big birds and pecked away. Sure enough the first Gotha caught fire. Shortly after the second was ablaze. Just as the first injured monster seemed to lose control and spiral earthward our lad with the camera ran out of petrol, must have gotten his tank dinged. Some pics were taken of the Gotha's descent as our young man safely brought his craft to rest in a glade between some woods. His spad will be back in service in two days. Many thanks to Red Dog for yet another historical post-war skin.

I have nothing. Not that I want to volunteer anyone but it does seem that MK2 may have some pertinent peices. MK2 what do you think good sir?

Olham, the story is a minor work of fiction. Largely true but tweaked for purpose of color. Ras, thanks. The pictures are made possible by the hard work and skill of others than myself. I do like to get in close. I feel this is dramatic and shows more detail of the wonderful crates. Much of my purpose in posting pics is to say to anyone interested, look at what OFF and it's community have to offer. Another sim has a few planes. Off has all these planes and wonderful modders/skinners and personalizing is possible.

Bless your heart Red Dog. I'll be giving her the treatment as soon as I can. Both yourself and Beard have done wonderful work on these postwar skins and I can't thank you guys enough. Just having one of these skins was my wish from the beginning of my OFFing. Now I have six or so including the U.S. flag skin from Olham. I've got years of flying Between Heaven and Hell to look forward to. I'm a little overwhelmed.

I've been flying the Spad XIII a lot lately. She's a nice bird but the Huns are all over the place in those late Alb's and Fokker DVII anf Tripes. The speed and manuoverability is fantastic compared to 2 years previous. Very fast paced and unpredictable action

Good for you. You will not be sorry. I use the old TIR3 with vector expansion and that works very well so the newer units should be great. Do not worry about ordering from NaturalPoint. They are on top of things and can be trusted with your order.

The latest addition to the Rickity Hangar. Lt. Cook's "Lightening Bolt" curtesy of Burning Beard. Our mission, to intercept a flight of Hannover CIII on thier way to raise hell with our boys at the front. We soon encountered a lone DVII flown by Bruno Loerzer. The wiley hun managed to give us the slip but we had another purpose and knew we needed to stop them before they could strafe the trenches. Approx. 5 miles from the front we closed on our prey. We gave them a rather jolly what for. The last of the flight of six crashed into a shellhole near our line. We headed for home, all shot to bits and bob's. Nasty business those rear gunners. My crate was running rough and I could smell petrol and knew I would do well to return to base. Made it to our aerodrome and eased the crate earthward. Crack, snap and spin about, then ass end over tea kettle. So I write you from my hospital bed. Should be right in two weeks time I'm told. Sure is nice to see the nurses and catch a hint of their perfume as they tend me with kindness. Watch your six mates, you may not be as lucky as I.

Red Dog, your revision is a true vision of WW1 American adventure. You've done yourself proud with this historical skin. Many thanks for your hard work.

Thank you. You've made my hard day a far more enjoyable evening. My best to you .

So, the Bordeaux Red Baron is recruiting for the Kaiser now. No suprise as our future Blue Max recipient is a dedicated sort. The best kind of German it seems and an Ace among aces.

Will we be feasting to celebrate the glorious event. True german food and beer? I'ld love me some of that. Let us know when you get that first BM. and we'll tip a few back.

DeyRick, I'm an Nvidia user but check this OFF link that addresses vid cards http://www.overflandersfields.com/Tips.htm Best wishes.

Crimeney! Watch out for your fingers. Could us a guard for that chain sproket. Never saw a Taube pit before, thanks, well in color anyway.

The plane the railyard and armybase all look topnotch. Thanks for a little taste OvS. Much respect to the whole team.

I'll keep an eye open, believe me

It's indeed an honour to have a collection of your wonderful crates in my hangar Beard. I'll be taking her up very soon and be putting her to the test against the Kaiser's best. Thank you so much, and now you're onto the "Rising Sun". To my mind that one will really be a challenge but from what I've seen you are up to it. Good luck and bestwishes, Jim

No problem for you. Infact you have in your posession the biggest advantage one can have for OFF.

Thank you for the background info. The EIII struck me too. It often seems that contemporary representations of the airplanes are not terribly accurate. But the Fokker in the painting is lent an air of speed and danger as it resembles a bird, perhaps a hawk, on the attack.

flynn, it's almost like a photograph based on a painting. Good work and a great idea. OFF is an opportunity revisit history among other things. Again, so good that you have your family keepsakes. Can you tell us more about the painting?

Thanks Knight. I'll give it a go when I wake up.

Hi, what is the procedure for doing this? Framerate max setting = 32 (CF3.cfg override)

The funniest jokes are the ones that hit close to home. I got a crater in my back yard about now. Gee I hope she don't see this.