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So very good of you to share your pics with us Creaghorn. Reminds me of my time in Italy and Medjugorie. From the plane the Croatian Adriatic coast was breathtaking.

Welcome Firecage. You've signed up with the right outfit here. I'm confident you will enjoy your OFF experience. I don't know how well your maps will match up with the OFF world. There are various maps available here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=353.

Hi guys. Not too long ago there was a Brit Claim Form possibly from Mark "Homeboy"? And another form Auf Deutsch by Herr Olham. I would really like to use these forms but I have lost track of them. I think they should be in the "downloads" area. If someone might point me in the right direction that would great. Seems they should be like the downloadable maps to me though. Was there a form in French? Could someone do one? Sorry to ask for so much.

Very good. Thank you gentlemen.

You're welcome Duce. I wonder, do I get 2 points for the contest? Hehehe

Yeah, it does a better job but I'm getting too lazy and old. I can hardly see my own darn face anymore. I gotta go by feel, hehe. I got the whole setup and use the lather and razor when I'm ambitious. Beard is out of the question for now. Thanks for reply. Silverbolt you don't have facial hair? Wow. You can have mine, hehe.

I think she's great but what do I know, squat. I have never had her pull a wing off in a dive and for stalling... I find that I work the throttle quite a bit to manouver her around. I find her very agile. My only gripe is that she does not carry many rounds. I always run out of ammo before any other problem. As for never doing a half loop near the ground, why not? You have to push these birds to see what they'll do. You've got more than one in the hangar. If you are not gettting good framerates these planes can be very hard to manouver. Fly in QC and select pilot never dies and see what you can do with her. Best wishes, Jim

I think maybe MK2 is on the trail of MvR's trophies and that one day we will click on a post and there it will all be. That would be exciting

I stated in another thread the she was a wonderful fighter. She played an important role as far as airplanes in WWI are concerned. The Hansa-Brandenburg monoplanes influenced German seaplane design considerably; several copies appeared in 1918, such as the Friedrichshafen FF 63, the Dornier Cs-I, the Junkers J11, and the L.F.G. Roland ME 8. After the war a version of the W. 29 was used by Denmark, while a license for the manufacture of the W 33was obtained by Finland. Source; Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. I would dearly love to see this plane and of course many other seaplane/boats made available eventually.

You tease.....

Very good idea Stump.

Too bad as I was hoping for that "barber-pole" crate Just kidding Thank you RD for approving my pics. I love doing it.

Hansa-Brandenburg W 29 were used in attacking the Short seaplanes, Curtiss and Felixstowe flying boats. They also preyed on naval vessels. July 6th, 1918, the british submarine C25 was surprised on the surface by a formation of Brandenburgs led by Christiansen. In a short time the submarines motors had been put out of action, and many of the crew, including the C.O.. had becomecasualties. Eventually the C25 was towed to Harwich, leakinglike a sieve. The damage was all done by machine-gun fire, for the submarine was oldand the plating was not bullet-proof. Source; Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War by W.M. Lamberton and from Wikipedia the following; General characteristics Crew: Two (pilot & observer/gunner) Length: 9.38 m (30 ft 8 in) Wingspan: 13.50 m (44 ft 4 in) Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 11 in) Wing area: 32.2 m² [2] (348 ft²) Empty weight: 1,000 kg [2] (2,200 lb) Loaded weight: 1,494 kg (3,285 lb) Powerplant: 1× Benz Bz.III 6-cylinder water-cooled inline engine, 112 kW (150 hp) Performance Maximum speed: 175 km/h (95 kn, 109 mph) Range: 520 km (281 nmi, 320 mi) Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft) Endurance: 4 hrs Climb to 1,000 m (3,280 ft): 6 min[2] Armament 1 or 2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns 1 × flexible 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 in rear cockpit

New skin = new screenies. I'm happy to report that I found the Checkerboard Spad in the download section. So I had to take her up and have a looksee. My thanks to Red Dog. I shot down 2 with her and landed at our field. The skin is based on the actual paint of the Spad XIII flown by Lt. Robert Donaldson 94th Squadron spring of 1919. The hun crate is the OFF stock Fokker DVII from Jasta 6 1918 flown by Richard Wenzel, she's a beaut too. Good work Red Dog cheers to you mate

Oh man, Spad heaven. A future release. I won't ask. They are coming. I figure I'll be flying OFF for the rest of my life.

There were a great many interesting types of aircraft in the naval service of WWI. Some of the planes had land operation equivilants but there were many unique designs that saw active service. Large seaplanes, float planes and torpedo/bomber craft were used. A plane that holds my interest is the Hansa-Brandenburg W 29. A fighter she "could out-perform nearly any type thrown against them". She was a float-plane with a mono wing design, lower wing 2-seater. I believe they were in service from late 1917 to the end of the conflict.

Wo bist diese Schwarzlose? I did have the plane right at first but the machine gun was not mounted on the upper wing. But then I was troubled about the possible appearance of the wheel. I took a shot and missed, no excuses. To Dej

I'm having so much fun checking out user made skins. I wanted to see what my Reed Chambers Spad XIII, by Red Dog, looked like to the hun fliers. So I enlisted a fine german fellow and put him behind the seat of a Fokker DVII Wilhelm Scheutzel skinned by Fro8769 and flew a QC. Man that US flag stands out as a target for sure. The DVII somehow reminds of a cuckoo clock.

From ‘Naval Aviation in the First World War, its Impact and Influence’ by R D Layman Even lesser known were remotely controlled missiles developed by the Siemans Schuckert-Werke GmbH. They were unpowered gliders carrying an explosive warhead or torpedo and controlled electrically through an unreeling wire, rather in the manner of the present American TOW anti-tank missile. Approximately 100 of these, of varying sizes and configurations, were built and tested from January 1915 until the project was abandoned in late 1918. Many successful launches were made from naval airships, and controlled distances of nearly five miles achieved with considerable accuracy. The missiles, however, never became operational.

Pic #21 is the Hansa-Brandenburg KDW Seaplane. The nautical version of the D.1. fighter designed by Ernst Heinkel. The little KDW first appeared in 1916 was his first single seat seaplane and the only one to be built in any quantity. Fisrt craft of this design were fitted with the 150 h.p. Benz engine, fitted with car-type radiators. Interplane bracing was of the distintive "star" type then favored by Heinkel: constructed of steel tubing, they were streamlined with laminated wood fairings: no brace wires were needed. Cabane struts of the trestle type were fitted. The second series was comleted in Feb. 1917 and had the 160 h.p. Mercedes engines and radiators inset into their top wings to starboard of the centerline. Armament was twin Spanau machine gunsmounted along either side of the fuselage. The plan was difficult to handle as the rudder was small and blanketed by the deep fuselage. Sources: Memory, Jane's and Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War by W. M. Lamberton

Some pics of new skins. Just QC for now I had to check them out. DFW Marine by Bullethead and Halberstadt by Olham. Thank you!

Such a fabulous collection and it's in the hands of one of our own. Very kind to share them with us MK2. Rare bits of paper that has lasted all these years. Precious, fabulous. I can only imagine how you might feel to hold these pieces. I think I have a Rickenbacker sig and I cherish that.

Yeah, good thing for us our heroes are scattered around the globe. No single bus is gonna take them all out. Can I get an AMEN! ?

You guys know how to keep the excitement going.

Pol, not funny.