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There are good exceptions. The latest film with Robert Downey jr. for example: "Iron Man" 1 + 2, and Sherlock Holmes. Both intelligent entertainment with good mix of atmosphere, action, and good acting. Peter Jackson' "King Kong" or "Lord of the Rings" comes to (my) mind. There are good ones among the load of crapp, still.

Carrick, "Hintergedanken" means "thoughts behind the 'visual' thoughts" so to say. Someone does this or that for you, and first you think "How kind of him to do that!", but later you may understand, that there was another thought behind that action.

Good one, Capitain - makes you wonder, why they stuck with "Three Musketeers". They must have understood something there.

In Hollywood, producers have the last and biggest word. They believe they are the ones to know best, what the people want to see, and tell the director to go and change it that way. What a waste of good spirit and energies.

British_eh, if I remember that correct, the devs have only recently said they had changed and revamped the Fokker Dr.1. But if you have such reports from a Dr.1 pilot, you could still send it to Winder or Pol or Shredward in a PM - maybe they can use it.

That would be "augenzwinkernd" ("with a twinkle of the eye") or "mit Hintergedanken" ("with ulterior motive(s)"; "with a hidden agenda").

Since my return from Ostfriesland, things have been very quiet here. Maybe some are still on holidays? Well, I guess, everybody is waiting for P4, but all questions we could think of were asked many times (and mostly answered devels' cryptic code). My mom's good food, and all the self-baked cakes led inevitably to eating too much (like every year). Even a strong will could not resist it - now I know why Zen monks often spend many years in lonely contemplation. It's tough to try to resist all the good things. But I have - like Lou - made some New Years Resolutions. They are quite simple. 1. Consume less sugar and sweet products 2. Go jogging 3 times a week for at least half an hour. 3. Go to the Fitness Studio at least once a week. Now some may say, this was too little to be effective, but I know it is enough for me - I must only do it. It's easy to overburden yourself with so much, that you can only fail in the end. I wish everyone with similar resolutions a good success. And remember - it's not a must. You WANT to change something. A healthy and successfull new year everyone!

Just found these pics on the website of an illustrator, and I wonder, who will be able to identify this twin-engine fighter and it's constructor?

Over Flanders Fields "Sky or Heaven" .

Ah yes, that makes perfect sense, Lou - thank you. Shame on me - I do even have SAITEK rudder pedals, but found them always in the way under my table, when I don't fly. I'll have to find a solution how to hang them on the wall, when they aren't used. I had anyway sworn myself to install them when P4 comes out. So there's hope... (Only I forgot again, how to get rid of the other functions, which would interfere with the stick - brakes or what it was).

"Mmuahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!" .

Well, I think Lou meant the whole "aviation feeling" is getting more realistic. I found out, that the rudder on my T. Flight Stick X is as effective as any pedals - so you may not gain any better rudder effect. What you left out in your "anti-spinning-action" was the pushing down of the nose. It is essential for your aircraft to come back to some forward speed. In that situation, that can best be gained by going into a dive. And then you shall recover.

Every now and then it strikes me, and I play with Photoshop for fun. Here's my latest little work - "Dawn Flight".

Which game is that? Id it called "Battle of Britain"?

Should be available for you at AMAZON for example: http://www.amazon.co...26823700&sr=1-1 What I would like to know is: - Is CoD better than Wings of Prey ? - How well is it patched by now? Here is another good one - with the Vickers Wellington bomber.

Honestly, I never amanged to get an Albatros into a spin. It is the most peaceful craft to fly IMHO. Spins mostly occur, when the aircraft is in a climb and looses so much speed, that the airflow over the wing doesn't carry it anymore. So you need to realise, that you cannot chase another aircraft very well in a permanent climb. The good DH-2 pilots perform great climbing turns - but always only after rushing downwards first and thereby collecting good energy. All these aircraft were rather underpowered for the weight they had to carry. So they don't receive enough energy from their engines for long climbs. They need to gain it elsewhere. And the only other way to gain energy is to dive. Whenever I realise, that my opponent will be able to climb away from me, I don't follow his climb, but only his direction. I have to remain lower, but try to remain under his craft, as close as possible. He will either come down again to attack me (and then I always fly in his direction, to make his approach as short as possible for him); or he will fly away. I know I can't have them all.

Damn - that was quick! I had thought it was very much unknown. Here's the website of the artist - click on the pics to get large ones. http://www.luijken.com/?page_id=448 .

Wow, that is incredible! That is one of the very best air combat sim videos I have ever seen! Here is another by the same guy, about the "Blitz". Quite embarrassing for me to hear the song "Bomben auf Engeland" at the beginning (I love England very much), but it may illustrate the mood of some of the Germans in that time. At the end, he even created a scene that really happened - a Hurricane cutting off the tail end of a Dornier bomber with it's wing.

Here is an excerpt from WIKIPEDIA about the spinning and Major Hawker: First Fighter Squadron Promoted to Major early in 1916 Hawker was placed in command of the RFC's first (single seater) fighter squadron, Number 24 based at Hounslow Heath Aerodrome and flying the Airco DH.2 pusher. After two fatalities in recent flying accidents, the new fighter soon earned a reputation for spinning; its rear mounted rotary engine and sensitive controls made it very responsive. Hawker countered this worry by taking a DH.2 up over the Squadron base and, in front of the Squadron pilots, put the aircraft through a series of spins, each time recovering safely. After landing he carefully described to all pilots the correct procedures to recover from a spin. Once the pilots became used to the DH.2's characteristics, confidence in the aircraft rose quickly, as they came to appreciate its maneuverability. And here is WIKI about the spin and it's various forms and recoveries: http://en.wikipedia....in_%28flight%29 ...to recover from an upright spin, the following generic procedure may be used: Power is first reduced to idle and the ailerons are neutralized. Then, full opposite rudder (that is, against the yaw) is added and held to counteract the spin rotation, and the elevator control is moved briskly forward to reduce the angle of attack below the critical angle. Depending on the airplane and the type of spin, the elevator action could be a minimal input before rotation ceases, or in other cases the elevator control may have to be moved to its full forward position to effect recovery from the upright spin. Once the rotation has stopped, the rudder must be neutralized and the airplane returned to level flight. This procedure is sometimes called PARE, for Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite the spin and held, and Elevator through neutral.

Yeah, she's more tricky there. I only got her out of the spins by - reducing throttle to half - pushing her nose downwards - using counter-rudder and ailerons to pull her out of that I only pulled out of the dive, when she was flying stable again. If you haven't got enough space below you, you might be lost though. The DH-2 needs a lot of learning and flying experience, and I admire a man like Major Hawker, who was able to fly equally well sa MvR flew his Albatros, in a long turn fight. Von Richthofen only got him, when Hawker had to turn back for his lines due to a lack of fuel.

This video surely fired my appetite for flying a Brisfit Campaign! This guy captured the craft excellently well - and the weather assisted him fine - enjoy!

Tried it. No shares were available. That lot stick together!

Strages, there is a part of the OFF Forum dealing with Phase 2. But if you will take an advice from an OFF veteran: it was a big step from Phase 2 to Phase 3; you don't know what you'd be missing. And Phase 3 is made cheaper now - see OFF website: www.overflandersfields.com

Definite answer: nope, not worth it. Next time you should rather catch yourself a flue in time; or simply tell him, that every carp you ever caught seemed to have more brain and was much better looking than him. Mmuahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!

Daimler-Benz owe a fortune to the Biff gunners - I alone must have lost two dozen engines to them.