Rick Rawlings

She does better at 95 than I do at my age!

Plus, it's pretty fun to say "Eleven, Eleven, Eleven" over and over again! Try it!

Nice pictures!

Watch out for the trees. They tend to pop out at you...

Salut!

Nice work, Hellshade! A SPAD, huh? How'd you ever catch him???

Nice! I rarely see him when flying against him...

True! There was another guy in the fight that I didn't really get to engage that looked like he had something black on his side. That was the guy I was wondering about...

He's already better than me...

Here's one more!

The Pfalz, huh? Best of luck!

I really don't like them... it becomes a case of everybody can see you but you can't see anybody!

I agree with the effects that you are asking to be implemented, if they aren't at all implemented. Having played since phase 3, I've been killed maybe twice. I don't think I have been hit yet in the new version, so maybe bad luck?

I don't know if they officially do, but you can bump late afternoon flights forward a few hours to take place at night, but...it's dark!

Heh, yes! Still catching up on my one-gun missions! Having said that... Karl Spieler Jasta 2 March, 1917 Between Douai and Cambrai... As the front shifts we have been moved back, hopping from one field to the next. Still, we have it better than the infantry, furiously digging new trenches as they pitch back and forth. I see them like mad little ants when the siren blows and am thankful I am not down there. Still, there is no safety in the skies, either. I shot down numbers 13 and 14 yesterday: both on fire before they hit, not a pleasant thought...and no sign of this even being close to over...

Karl Spieler Jasta 2 February, 1917 Near Pronville von Richtoffen is gone. He of course was selected to head Jasta 11. I am currently the top scorer, by I think the kid, Voss, is going to outdo us all. What a fantastic flier! Like Boelcke himself! We headed out the other day and were immediately buzzed by a Nieuport thinking he would get an easy kill. But being a poor shot, he missed and flew past me allowing for an easy kill on my part. I would have loved to ask him what he was thinking, but there wasn't much left when he cooled off enough to be pulled from the shell crater he crashed into. We finally got enough of the DII Albatros models for me to get one. I do like the improved view...

OMG! I am SUCH an idiot! I just figured out that back when I separately bound each gun on the SE5a to a different button for the Rick Rawlings Challenge that also applied to any plane with two guns side by side. So the whole time I have been wondering why planes are so spongy, I've only been using one gun!!! I was watching Fullofit's videos over in the DiD campaign and wondered how he was dropping them so fast! having said that: Karl Spieler Jasta 2 February, 1917 Near Pronville Ran into one of those new British scouts the other day: it's like a short Sopwith Strutter. Very maneuverable, best do do straight in strikes! Not very sturdy though, they can be crippled with a few hits... *notice when I fire, the reflection on the top wing only lights up over the left gun... also, I am really not liking how you can't see those bare trees until the last minute!

I had no idea these games existed until I joined forums like this!

Karl Spieler Jasta 2 January, 1917 Near Pronville The fortunes of war have brought our aerodrome closer to the front, which puts us at risk of attack almost upon takeoff. This happened the other day when we had planned to hop over the lines to end an observation balloon that was always spying our comings and goings. We had not gotten very far when the others started turning and climbing about the sky. I always do the same and pretend that I know what they are on about, but I rarely do. Anyway, we were soon attacked by a flight of Nieuports and in short business I had my gas line shot away, either by a Nupe, or by the ground fire coming up from the enemy lines. As I swung to the east, I got one good raking pass on an enemy bus. I must have hit the pilot or the controls as he went into a diving turn to the left and never pulled out. Settling down near one of our balloons, I watched the fight go on above me until a lorry came over to have a look at me and my wounded bird...

They made him touch it up himself!

Karl Spieler Jasta 2 January, 1917 Near Pronville Inclement weather, mechanical failures and skittish enemies have kept us from seeing much action over the last few weeks. It has given me a good chance to fully recover from my last injury and I feel nearly as good as new, although my aversion to bullets in my body has probable grown by some small measure. Yesterday we went up to escort some Rolands over the lines (as if they needed it!) and, as luck would have it, we ran into a small flight of enemy recon craft headed the other day. I was able to follow one down to his crash at the lines and then we proceeded to a rather uneventful mission after that.

Yeah, I have had that for a few days here and there but nothing sustained...

John Rockitt 94th Aero September 1918 Somewhere in France... I am not even sure where we are stationed. I just got back from the hospital again. We tangled with a flight of Fokkers and everything was going fine until I stumbled into the unexpected edge of a cloud. Soon, I had no idea where I was going, but the huns stayed right with me and clipped me as I came out. But I'm back now, and need to have a bite before I figure out where l am...

That's going to leave a mark...

Are you getting text before the mission where it's like "You can take your plane up around the field for testing and blah blah blah" ?