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Hello, Hehe, certainly did this hours ago lol: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157515 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157514 Greetings, Catfish

Hello, " .. In the final analysis, the Schleiffen Plan ensured that Britain would go to war, regardless of prior diplomatic machinations by Russia, France or anyone else. ..." I agree to a hundred percent. Not realizing this certainly sheds some light on german intelligence - meaning "military int." here, or diplomatic reconnaissance, or awareness of reactions. Thanks for the interesting discussion, Catfish

Hello UK_Widowmaker, lol thank you for the praise, i'm flattened no make this flattered lol. I picked up a a lot in my times in England, especially technical terms since i bought one of those in Coventry back in 1984 lol, but there still is a big lack of vocabulary, and especially grammar. And I never knew how to set a comma right .. Greetings, Catfish

Hello, thanks for posting this. Makai, cool job, or better a fascinating one ! Is there any chance a european citizen could see this ? I have been interested in submarines since my "naval days", and japanese subs are seldomly mentioned, or described. I have been a more than 10-year-old member of www.subsim.com (in fact my forum name originally derived from this lol), and i am sure they will also like to see this ! Greetings, Catfish

Hello, I think you are right, the prussian ideas and the "Schlieffen plan" did not really "help". But there was more behind the scenes, which is seldomly mentioned: General history tells us that it was this developing political "mechanics" and the outbreak of war could have easily prevented, if Kaiser Bill alone would have - of all belligerent nations - ignored his alliance. Then, or so the saying goes, Austro-Hungary would have had no chance to revenge the serbian murder attack, and no possibilty to wage war on its own. But this logic is also applicable for the other alliances: - The alliance between Russia and Serbia lead to terroristic attacks against Austria, the last murder attack was only one in a series of political murderings, and its causers were well known. The (russian and serbian) intent was to de-stabilize the already weak monarchy, and bond between Austria and Hungary. - the alliance with France tempted Russia to wage war against Germany - the alliance with England tempted France to wage war against Germany At the french-russian meeting of july 21st to 23rd in St. Petersburg, Russia, the main theme was not peace, but the contrary: Ambassadors and politicians indulged in a mood of conquest, the russian great-countess Anastasia annunciated: "The war will come .. there will be nothing left of Austria ... France will get back the Alsace and Lothringia [from Germany] ... our armies will join in Berlin .. Germany will be obliterated." After the french state visit at july, 24th 1914 the russian Foreign secretary Sasonow was the first to officially conclude: "This is the european war." From all those states England had the least direct reason to enter a war, if not for economical interests, or then Germany ignoring the belgian neutrality during the war, which was the official reason to enter the war against the now-hated "Prussia". Even before this climate of international (!) "diplomacy", and war, the British Prime minister Asquith had said in his Guildhall speech, that " ... Prussia has to be crushed, the coming war has to be fought to annihilation, to a complete knock-out. No offer for peace will be accepted." At the same time from 1907 to 1914 England had held combined fleet manoeuvers using belgian ports as bridgeheads, and simulating the landing of war material. Kaiser Bill was not a fool, and not a war mongerer, but he was certainly not a diplomate - as it seems there were not too many of those around, all sides. That just William 2nd of all did not break HIS alliance, and did what all those others did, is still being used as a justification for blaming the sole responsibility of this world war to Germany. So .. no "dark side" - better a (very dark) gray. Please understand that even if it may sound ok my english is sometimes not quite "up to the job" - especially when it comes to complicated discussions Thanks and greetings, Catfish

Hello, In the time of the Fe2b, and the Eindecker E.III, most aerial combat strategies were not yet developed, and pilots were reluctant in using their plane as a "fighter". I think with the "Fee" the front gun was not even fixed, but on a swivel. It IS fixed in OFF .. And lots of pilots thought their plane would fall apart in anything worse than "mild" manouevering ... only Geo Chavez and Adolphe Pégoud had tried their planes out, and taken them to extremes - be it intentonally or not - and survived that, in Chavez' case only for a few minutes. This reluctance certainly does not apply to our sim ahem Greetings, Catfish

Hello, thanks for posting, the macedonian or Saloniki front is seldomly mentioned. I had read about the balloon trap in Jentsch's combat reports. It was considered as unfair on one, and as a good trick on the other side Following Jentsch's reports there was an incident when Eschwege's observer once fell out of the plane with the seat , that had not been fastened to the fuselage by a mechanic, during a test looping. So Eschwege must have flown a two-seater then, but the type is not mentioned (does anyone know?). He anyway did fly a Pfalz monoplane, and a Halberstadt D.II, but i never heard of an Albatros, or two-seaters ? Greetings, Catfish edited: did not make too much sense i'm afraid ahem

Hello, This reminded me of the "forever circling patrol of aviators" ... just an animated cartoon film, but it sent some shivers down my spine when i saw it the first time: http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Be sure to watch until the end ... The pilot is then sent back to earth, but since he has almost crossed the line ... Greetings, Catfish

Hello, Waldemar Kurtz wrote (among some other ) Yes, already became aware of this in the Aerodrome. The thing is that Germany had a propaganda department when the war broke out, something that England then also hastily created, and then refined to a new state-of-the-art. What is really disturbing is that some of it is still taught in schools, and can be even bought as books in hundreds of stores today. This is no joke, i did quite some research on this. British government propaganda heavily affected the culture of publishing during the War. Formerly neutral publishers spontaneously, or forced, published all kinds of black and white propaganda material like "historical" books in the guise of being perfectly neutral - wasn't their publishing house renowned for neutral and factual reporting ? It is not that Germany would not liked to also have done this, if they only could, but the British propaganda ministry was far "better" and brought intended education and despise for "Prussia" as a general point of view to a new standard. This was not so easy, since parts of Germany (especially Prussia back then) had helped England more than once before, and vice versa, during the war against Napoleon and other events - and the Royal houses of now-Germany and England were closely related. Up to 1866 the Kingdom of Hannover was reigned by a british monarch, the "personal union". People in Germany and especially soldiers were almost helpless against this new kind of "trick" and did not know how to counter this, which then developed in a definite hate against allied propaganda, and some obvious lies. Together with the british blockade and its effect on civilians this propaganda was one of the things that later made it easy for Hitler to stir the pot - who certainly used his own kind. This is what i thought, however i have changed my view, of only a bit. In WW1, Germany as such was not the bad guy. It was in WW2, but not during the "Great War", before they had to number them. Regarding the bombing Zeppelins, those were not the immediate beginning of bombing, french planes had already attacked the city of Freiburg before and killed some civilians, but pointing fingers at anyone is of no use here. It is all about strategy, and always disregarding humane matter . Zeppelins were more feared than they did harm, but in the minds of the time, especially in those who had read H.G. Wells' "The war in the air" those big ships able to carry tons of bombs and suddenly appearing above London, felt like the doom of mankind. And until 1917 there was no way to cope with this threat. Apart from navigation errors and lots of accidents of airships there was no way to hinder german airships entering Englands air space. Greetings, Catfish

Hello, while it is true that Udet was not a born fighter pilot, he quickly adapted to it. He said he would have had problems shooting down so-called enemies in the beginning of his career. He was officially criticized for being too reluctant, and let damaged enemies limp home, or just did not attack them at all. It was later known that such things happened indeed now and then, still in WW2. The story of "Ye olde pub" is one of them, but such stories were disliked by superior officers, very much like this christmas truce in 1914 in the trenches, and the witnessing people ordered not to talk about it. Udet then aimed at the engine, not the pilot. But additionally to the wear and tear of a war going on and taking its toll on all soldiers, it was the realization that his own comrades died, being shot down by the "enemy", that he began to shoot down enemies as "efficiently" as possible. But he was not a "hunter", like MvR, or at least not a "born" one. You cannot be sure what really happened, since some former ww1 pilots sometimes showed off and idealized themselves, and Udet was certainly a great self-exposer, but there seems to be some truth in what he said. After a meeting with some former french enemies in the 1920ies people were astonished to hear from the french guests, that Udet was well known, and that french aviators had indeed witnessed his behaviour. They were, as german and english ones, told to shut up about such occurrences. Greetings, Catfish

Hello Rossmeister, welcome, did you do studies at Miskatonic University ? Greetings, Catfish

Hello, Ralph Talbot and Robert G. Robinson, 91 years ago. I would have thought that Robinson would have died from all those shots, especially in the stomach, and if not in the air surely in one of those, all but clean hospitals, and regarding the conditions in which surgery took place. But instead he lived and survived the war, while his pilot Ralph Talbot died a few days later. Words even like conspicuous gallantry can not describe what those men did and went through. Bravery and intrepidity against all odds - hats off, and may they rest in peace. Thanks for posting Kai

Hello, i certainly intend to get TrackIR sooner or later, but at present it looks like it will be later. Wife and me seem to lose their job sooner or later, like it currently happens to a lot of people in Germany, so ... positive thing is i will have more time for OFF. Paying the debts for the house we recently built eats up a lot of resources. But a used TrakIR (never thought of this before lol) is certainly a bargain. Greetings, Catfish

Hello to all, @ Buddye: "... I am from the South (if Texas is still considered the South). ..." I guess it still is lol - i remember some whiskey branded "Rebel Yell", and it was stated on the bottle it would not be sold north of the Mason-Dixon line . But i guess it was in Cheyenne Greetings, Catfish

Hello, and welcome never use a semikolon (;), use time in the format 8:56 (not 8.56), and add a pm, or am. Add keywords like "observed spinning and out of control", or "observed crashing" with the location where this happened (near Lille). Then type in the names of the witnesses at the upper portion of the claim report, who are your squadron mates who flew with you (check the names before starting in the mission description), or add something like "observed by aerodrome crew" or whatever. This is from someone else, but i forgot the name (sorry!) " .... To help out with kill claims: Mention aircraft type: i.e. "Nieuport 11" or "Sopwith Camel" I also seem to get better results using the following words: ammunition machine gun crashed engaged expended front seen witnessed altitude (list the altitude as well, example: "1000 feet of the deck" flight squad tree-top flames out of control direction, example: "North of the front lines" followed jumped fought Usually two sentences with many of the above words and my wingman properly listed puts me in the 68-80 value for my pending score. Example: "Was jumped by a flight of Nieuports west of the front. Fought them from 5000 feet altitude down to the tree tops. After expending 200 rounds ammo into the enemy a/c, one was seen to crash out of control on our side of the lines." Something like this gets me about three quartes of my kills confirmed.I think you can get extra points toward credit if you list the aircraft type, squadron, and location of the kill. I also like to say "shot down in flames" and "observed crash". Don't know if it helps, but my last pilot, the late Maj Willie Maykett, had 12 of 14 claims confirmed ..." Hope this gives you a hint, greetings, Catfish P.S. if you pause the game you can hit the "Z" (or "y" in english keyboards ??) you can read your current altitude and time at the upper left screen. Looking at the map ("m") you know where you are (near Lille, above arodrome, over the coast etc.) Hitting those keys a second time makes them vanish again.

Hello, i take no offense of being called "Huns", "Jerries", "Krauts" or even "boches", as long as i can call my outlandish friends "limeys", "tommies", "yanks", "rednecks", "schangels", "frog-eaters" or whatever lol. (He who bares the most names wins ?) B.t.w. what would be an "insulting" term for a person in the U.S. ? The "dark side", well ... we had quite a long "discussion", or better a war, over at the aerodrome forum, where some Bristol said that "hunish" prussian militarism was present from day one when the first german tribes appeared on earth's surface, and that the planned and intended killing of civilians and other nations had been present all the time until at least 1945. Next was Germany was alone guilty of WW1 and its beginnings, and that generally the time and living in Germany short before WW1 was similar to the time of Hitler and his 3rd Reich. I dared to divert from this point of view, when i realized that only the dead have seen the end of the war, and propaganda is still alive. It is certainly true that the time from 1933 to 1945 overshadows all else in Germany, but even if one lead to the other there is no point in equating. I hope i did not open a can of worms, but then Catfish are known for such Greetings, Catfish

Hello, but ... and make this a big BUT .. is there ANY possibility that mouse control might be added for views, and movement of same ? The biggest drawback - and i mean it - is this "coolie hat" view. I find it even worse than pressing [Enter] and then move the joystick, as in Red Baron. Nothing against TrackIR but i often DO fly with exterior view on - call me a cheater but the dev team shouldn't have done such a good job with skinning and modeling - i just HAVE to look at those planes from outside, and change views and angle. So, is there any faint chance for mouse view control ? Thanks and greetings, Catfish

Hello Olham, "... But English is probably the best of all languages for aviation (and pop music). ..." I also think so, however what the kids listen to nowadays (and in Berlin !) is not too bad .. we saw him live some weks ago http://www.youtube.c...h?v=NxAW2hIgsIg http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Aber der echte Star ist die Band !! Neue deutsche Welle war auch ganz nett, ist aber schon Jahrhunderte her lol Did find something really bad, but at least with english text translation ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjiiNo9txds&feature=related 'weia von Ernst Udet zu Fox und Raabe lol, sorry for the OT Greetings, Catfish

Hello Olham, well, if german would be the international language of flight, you would not know what you're missing lol. But a "dead stick landing" is exactly a "Landung mit stehender Latte" (Pilotenjargon), wobei mit Latte der Propeller gemeint ist ahem. Poor fools they don't know what they're missing without german lol Greetings, Catfish

Hello, some more .. just found 'em in the CFS subdirectory lol Greetings,Catfish

Hello, great shots Mclroy! only three .. D.V: DFW C.V: RAF RE8: but i guess there are people who have better ones ... Greetings, Catfish

Hello, nice to see the railway stations have been improved, ther "rest" also looks good. But i think even the old phase 2 did not look esprecially bad from above Yes, this was phase 2 ... Greetings, Catfish

Hello, by any chance does anyone know whether the McAllan 1.7 application should be installed before, or after the Beer 6.1 update ? Hehe Catfish

Hello, i only know from a distant relative of my wife, Obermaschinenmaat Berthold Schilling, who died on airship LZ 104 (L 59) over the gulf of Otranto in 1918 - whence my quest for information on this. http://www.frontflieger.de/3-s-f.html Schilling can be found further down. My father (born 1911) has been an engineer at the Junkers works in Dessau, seldomly flying a Ju 52 for transports. Widowmaker recently posted a story about a B17 "Ye olde pub", something like that happened to my father in France in a 52, but the other way round. In fact i would not be here writing, had the british pilot not spared him. Those incidents have seldomly made public, seems it did not fit into propaganda. Greetings, Catfish

Hello, this was also done during some tests with naval airship L 35, and an Albatros plane that started from this Zepppelin in flight - did not find a photo so quickly, but there are some on the net. There was also a wire-guided torpedo glider fastened with the Albatros to the airship, but all was only done during tests, never in real combat. From Flight Global: LETTERS Dear Uncle Rarger, Just read your piece on Sky Hook, a British-invented device enabling every small rowing-boat to launch and retrieve its own Harriers. You say we Amurricans can buy it without any feelings of NIH*. OK, our 1932-1935 airship USS Macon had a trapeze which we called Sky Hook. It successfully launched and retrieved Curtiss Sparrowhawk pursoote planes. But we didn't invent it. The German Zeppelin L35 dropped a piloted Albatros fighter on January 26, 1918; the British airship R23 dropped a piloted Sopwith Camel on November 6, 1918; and the British airship R33 dropped and retrieved piloted D.H. 53s in 1925. You guys in Europe invent something and we Amurricans develop it. As I see it, Harrier Sky Hook is NDTt. JASPER J. ONEWAY III, Jr Washington, D.C. The problem with the german design was - apart from that it did work - that the pilot had to be sitting in the Albatros right from the start, no way of climbing into the cockpit during flight; and as well the Alb's engine had to be running all the time since there was no way to get it started/cranked at higher altitudes, or so i read. The latter is probably not true, because the pilot would have been able to release the plane, increase speed during glide and fire up the engine then driven by wind pressure - as well there were those starter magnetoes, at least in german planes (or only some of them?) Greetings, Catfish