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nice one Ol.....cheers!!!

fair enough.....here's the crew...we only kept two...wish we'd kept 'em all

lovely pups.....nothing like dogs to tug a heart string....

beautiful work...thanks for the links!!! merry xmas

Merry Xmas........or happy holidays....whatever....thanks to all of you for a great year!!!

Yikes Elephant......great vids....I must check this out having never played anything other than CFS,,,,thanks

slavering..............

Saint Euxpery's book "Wind, Sand, and Stars" remains one of the great lyrical odes to early flying.....still a magnificent read. Another forgotten great is the children's author Roald Dahl....of "James and the Giant Peach" fame....among others. He flew in Africa during the war and has a marvelous book titled "Over to You" that's lovely. Furthermore...if you're looking for some really dark short stories...try any of the Roald Dahl short story collections

cool...........now if I could use that same protocol....*ear-buds...(where the f...did I leave 'em)....it'd be compete

sir mike.....nice read......of course I never read the small print...typical....great addition indeed!

my fault entirely......never flown a bomber mission...ever....and this after how many years of OFF? Shameful I know but ruts are my specialty and I daresay if I'd ever spent any time in anything other than a single seater I'd have noticed the head movement before...thanks Ol...

Did I see a head turn on one of the shots....pilot/observer? It was so fragmentary.......I'm no doubt wrong....but wouldn't that be a nice touch. However helmeted, our AI planes are piloted/observed by cigar store Indians. No big deal really but a head turn w/ the gun or passing plane.....twould be a fine touch!

ZOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Olham......you continue to be the most astonishing fund of information and I thank you for it. Cheers......

how do I read this post......where is it?

Love the cat under the desk........must supply a shot of my Labs wedging themselves under my own desk while OFF'ing.....an attention ploy that always works as they keep nudging my stick hand.........invariably leading to erratic flight followed by a crash....followed by a walk in the woods...which is where they wanted to be in the first place. Who's the smarter operator here....clearly not me!

tried both FF sticks and non-FF sticks and frankly it never really made much difference........but for my $ Thrustmaster has the best durability and feel of all of them. Other's look techy like Saitek but they fell apart in no time and the T-masters last and last. Best value bar none...and I don't even work for 'em............how's that!

brilliant....how long have I been looking at these maps thinking........"I'm a lesser pilot...I'm cheating....I've no idea where I am"......and never noticed the woods for the trees....Thanks Ol

yikes....4 yrs counts as retro.....great look back...thanks

Anybody else here felt that as lovely and considerate a change as the mods we've been given are....too many to list and god knows how much work went into them....the out of the box HITR is pretty stunning as is and delivers practically all one could wish. Take HPW's enduring work on damage models alone.....he's still in there swinging, improving and finessing........and I love trying them on.....years of effort,,,,,,and expand that ethos exponentially to the entirety of OFF P4....which despite considerable moral pressure, keeps it's course.......... and doesn't it make you wonder what's in store despite the pix teases? I keep going back to the basic install and finding center there........dumb, but predictable I guess.....too much rum probably......kill me now! In any event....this is a thank you to all you mod/skinners/mission makers for making the wait entertaining. Bless you all....

thanks mate!!!

thanks UK....gorgeous photography

atta boy HPW....keep 'em coming....love your work!

these are stunners! what book are these from Olham?

wow.......le grand duc series looks marvellous.....wonder if there are english editions?......very cool...thanks for sharing!!!