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You didn't mention McCudden's "Flying Fury", Lou, which seems to be quite famous. Did you not like it for any reason? (It's on my list, so I'd like to read your opinion).

Ah, you started one of those notorious debates there, Pips. Some of the guys there defend every bit of knowledge they believe to have with their teeth and claws. I hate such attitudes with "historians" - everyone who wasn't there himself, should remain a bit more open for "corrections" on their oppinions. (Especially when it is about WW1 colours, which we now must guess from B/W photographs).

Yes, this book (and surely others too) contain a lot of detail about facts we could not know otherwise. He wrote also, a little after my quoted passage, that the Germas had introduced three good fighter during his home front time, and there I read, that the Pfalz was regarded as "a good fighter". As for effect after hits: I wished the devs could make it possible, that only very small "hit boxes" would cause severe damage on ailerons or rudder. One British ace (Mannock?) had once described, that he landed an S.E.5, where the rudder was almost split and only held on to the craft by a single metal strip or something (I wished I had the quote right now). He only noticed it from looking back - the craft seemed to fly quite well with the damage. From all my readings, I recollect that wings could folf or tear off completely after a severe impact of rounds in critical structures. I can only remember one passage (by Udet), where he had a problem with a stuck rudder. He then had to perform clever manoeuvers to get the craft home, and that worked.

I'm always amazed, when a modeller can get the wires so neat! The jackets with the lambswool collars look great - but rather WW2ish, no? Anyway - a fine work!

...which would make the letters appear like having been changed more than I thought.

Not so easy to understand, but after looking at the chart for some time, it seems to say, that the British made their "breakthrough" successes with high numbers of casualties. The higher victory number of German aces may result from three factors: 1. the Germans were trained much better at the beginning of the war, even in early 1917 the British pilot training was damn short 2. German pilots could not go home after half a year, as the British fighter pilots could* - they had to serve through the whole war 3. German fighter pilots did not have to cross the lines much, and so they were safer from becoming PoW (* if I understand Arthur Gould Lee correct)

Whatever I tried that with - it never worked. You guys are doing a great job!

Found this nice little Time Zone Converter, cause I wanted to know the time of TaillyHo right now, while we corresponded with each other. For me it is right now 12:17 h, when it is for TaillyHo in Hobart 20:17. http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

The most users would probably fly 1917 and 1918, so it is absolutely understandable. As far as I know "our devels" , they will want to complete any gaps and shortages sooner rather than later. Give them time. P4 is such a sweet dream to enjoy...!

Nofsdad, if you give me your hometown and country, I will add your name to our OFF Forum Pilots maps. Oh, and as you're the new lad: I'll have a virtual Warsteiner.

Does anyone fly with a certain Sqdn, Jasta or Escadrille, simply because he like the aerodrome they fly from? Please report, where and why. I want to do exactly that, and I fell in love with Google sat pics from Chipilly. I will check out, if it is really so beautiful there. What I need to know: which British and French sqdns are flying from Chipilly in OFF, and what time of the war? I don't want to switch through them all manually to find out. Chipilly, anyone?

Flanders and northern France are so flat, that a bicycle trip would be fine, I'd say.

Well, the early Morane Saulnier with the rear gun will come with P4.

This post is for UncleAl, who can't answer right now due to some restrictions. He pointed out to check system requirements for OFF here: http://www.overfland....com/sysreq.htm He would also usually point towards the "General Help Topics" with truckloads of advice and good knowledge.

Also smooth and fine: Win 7 (32bit). But I will upgrade one soon day.

Do you mean by bicycle? That's something I want to do some day.

"Down at the local palais me and the boys were having the knees up. I turns round to Harry What's that noise, rattling the teacups? Better get your head down! Sounds like another V1!" (Godley & Creme, "Consequences")

Thank you guys!

Aaaaaah - that explains it: I have always only clicked "Britain" and "Fighter" on my search - dooohhh!!! Sorry, Lou - I'm quite aware that I had rather been the jester but the king.

Alright, thank you!

"Hals- und Beinbruch", TaillyHo - come back alive and in one piece!

Alright! Cheers!

Yeah, another Tripe campaign is overdue! I could transfer that Pup pilot - 2nd Lt. David Marlowe - to 54, but I would like to follow Arthur Gould Lee's book "No Parachute!" with this pilots .

As I said, don't take it as an insult or anything like that. It is just, that after flying BHaH for 1 1/2 years now, I think I should take at least one campaign more seriously. Cause, if I want to last for a whole year or even longer, I MUST fly it pretty different to now. Not search each and every fight, be on the watch even harder; fly with much more awareness for everyone else around me to avoid collisions (my main kill reason). But everyone should feel free to fly OFF as they like. The more "serious" attitude may come sooner or later, when one has exhausted the hotspur in oneself. (I hope it will come!)

Welcome on the field of OFF, Nofsdad! I am pretty sure, that there are some guys here, who run OFF BHaH (Phase3) on a Win 7 (64bit) system. May I highjack this thread for one own computer question? My new motherboard (P8P67) has 6 GB ports and 3 GB ports for the harddrives. I am running Windows 7 (32 bit). Could I use the 6 GB ports with my SATA harddrives?