Olham

Why don't they ever get the aircraft to move believeable? You see it's CGI, at first sight. I guess it's because these computer cracks rarely ever see anything REAL happening outdoors???

Well, at least the public relations are good so far - I'm really curious now!

Indeed!

Searching for the title "Brief Glory", I found it doesn't seem to have been translated to German. But it is still available, and I ordered one from AMAZON UK. Thank you for the tip, Dej.

Did you guys set the "Graphics Setup" to your full screen resolution? And did you remember to select 4:3 or 16:10 at the left side in "Workshops"?

Sounds like a forum problem - perhaps you write it here: http://combatace.com/forum/4-bug-reportssuggestions/

Under the cockpit, I read "Likestep Canada" (?); and note the Indian head on the rudder. Who's Snipe was this?

Just found this website with a model. http://www.airfieldo...s/mpcandas.html ...and then there was this post over at The Aerodrome: According to Datafile 46 and C&C V.14#2 it is Snipe E8213. It was presented to Canada by the city of Leicester on Jan.21 1919. It was taken on strength by the RCAF on Aug.5 1919. A MR. H. S. Quigley sought permission to borrow it and enter the 1919 Toronto-New York air race. It crashed on Aug.25 in Toronto while being tested prior to the race. Cliff

Nothing is safe in a war. Maps? When they are done, they are already out of date. I have landed more than once on an airfield I thought was ours. But it had been overrun, and I became a PoW. C'est la guerre....

I don't have DH-2 skins for Bristols - neither in the skin folder for Campaigns, nor in the above mentioned 'aircraft' folder - all skins are Bristol Scout, as it should be.

Strange - I checked all Bristol Scout skins in there, and mine are all correct. Do you guys use HitR ?

You're right, Lou - "Leicester" it must be.

Perfect camo against Germans - this camo will confuse the German sence for order so much, that you may have easy work with them, Mack.

The second picture is a keeper, monkey - it captured the drama of the fight, and even the nasty weather adds to that.

Couldn't find this paint sheme in the "skins" section. This photo seems to have been made by the British side? Who's craft was this?

Ah, now I found something - the dark brown was added by the British: Unit: Jasta 15 Serial: 4184/17 This is Pfalz D.III of Ufz. Hegeler of Jasta 15. It was one the last Pfalz D.III ever build. The plane has a well documented history: Hegeler was shoot down in this plane on February 26, 1918 by Lt. A. Cowper of 24th. Squadron RFC. Hegeler survived the forced landing and was made prisoner. His intact machine became the subject of several British technical reports. Allocated the British capture number G141, Hegeler's Pfalz was subsequently re-marked with RFC-roundels. The rear fuselage and tail unit was doped in PC10 (dark brown olive). The aeroplane was later displayed at London's Agricultural Hall in Islington between November 1918 and January the following year. (Source: Wings Palette)

Strange - the chocolate brown seems to be only on the left tail side?

No, you didn't.

Thank you, Lou - what does "Likestep" mean???

Wow - that was quick, Lou - thanks! Now, the Snipe in the other thread should be easy then?

Yes, they can die. More than one time have I killed the observer / gunner. Sometimes I came up from below their six, and fired right at the gunners. They died with a nasty scream of pain, which I could hear through the engine noise. After that, I could shoot up the whole aircraft unharmed.

Just switched off a "History" series by German TV 2nd program ZDF. It was about Manfred von Richthofen and the introduction of fighter squadrons. The narrative part wasn't really wrong, but left out such important detail as Lanoe Hawker and von Richthofen getting driven into German held terrain more and more by western wind, with the result, that Hawker had to give up his turning and head for his lines, when petrol ran out. The visual scenes were the crapp - they cut together anything that seemed to fit. For Hawker's end, they showed a DH-2 going down in flames. I switched it off. The more you are becoming sort of an expert, the more can such films and documentations be bad for your blood pressure, and general health, I guess. Arrghhh!!!

I got "L'Instinct de l'Ange" two years ago, and I liked it, although it is produced rather sparsely (I had hoped to see a SPAD); and it has as much to do with Guynemer as the "Red Baron" had with von Richthofen. Nice to see those early planes. And yes - the end was more than disturbing.

Parky, I guess the longer you fly in this war, the more luck do you need to make it. Even the most careful Creaghorn never made it to the end of the war, as far as I know. My pilot has now flown 63 missions in 60 hours - and I'm beginning to feel his time is running out. The S.E.5a of No. 56 Sqdn, RFC, appeared in his area; and the new Sopwith Camel, flown by aces from the Royal Naval Air Service, or the famous No. 43 Sqdn, RFC. It is getting tougher every day, and the Albatros D.V is out of date now. He'd have a good chance, if the Fokker Dr.1 could be delivered to the front now - but it will soon prove to have wing problems, and not get re-introduced before spring 1918. He will fly the D.V until January 1918, when the D.Va will arrive - or he will fall before that.