Olham

Dej, I had no Latin in school. What do "Ad Astra" and "Per Ardua" mean? Kaiser, it wasn't Harris. I checked per Labels - no ace, just a frightened boy.

Just found the first claims form of Manfred von Richthofen at this website: http://www.iwm.org.u...dia&media=82392 It must be from a book - otherwise it wouldn't make sense that it is in English???

Well, Prince Lichnowsky (ambassador in London) and many other Germans wanted a friendship with England, but of course they were competitors at sea and about colonies. They did indeed regard the French as decadent and frivolous - with all the envy behind that. We have a saying in Germany when someone is living really well, like perhaps in holidays, with good food and wine and sunshine and girls, then we say: He is living like god in France!

Well, I hope you "historical-facts-guys" will find more detail about this and other questions. It is funny, how some bits of history are getting lost, cause no one documented them good enough. I had the same feeling about the use of face masks - I eventually found film footage in a Canadian archive, showing a pilot (I think it was Goering) taking such a face amsk off. These leather masks must have been used a lot in cold weather, but you hardly ever see them in photographs, because the pilots would have taken them of for the picture to be taken. But - historically correct or not - using 500 rounds only on the Albatros would certainly decrease the number of shot down aircraft, and so it would add some more realism to OFF flying. PS: I don't know about the French and the British, but from what I have read from Udet and Buckler, I gained the impression, that the pilots, together with their Werkmeister and his mechanics, did the modifications on their aircraft without asking much. So, Richthofen for example had let his mechanics attach those stiffening steel rods at the lower ends of the V-struts of his Albatros D.III, long before this was made standard by Albatros Flugzeugwerke.

Oh Gott! Never, please never call me "Mein Führer"! If ever Germany would choose a Führer again, I would steal a little sailing boat and sail across the North Sea to Widowmaker, to link up with him in the fight against that "brown sauce" or should I say "squirts in brown shirts"? But I think I can be sure Germans have had enough of one of that kind. As for the promotion: I feel honoured, but will be on another leave until next weekend. And then, before I could think of any promotion, I will have to read through all that stuff first. I am sure you guys have compiled some dense guides and historical information. A possible way to promote the idea would be, to ask the whole forum for a better name. (That would hopefully make many more people read it). When I'm back, I will gladly tell you my thoughts about that, and maybe make suggestions. I am already sure after your and Bletchley's recent comments and statements, that it would be a waste, if your SIA-RSS wasn't noticed much more. I hope I will be able to help you there.

The CFS3 QC in workshop has the bigger choice, I think. You can even choose there, from which aerodrome you want to fly; you can choose a specific weather type. I only fly QC for testing reasons - the campaign is just so much more rewarding.

Yeah, good example for running home, Pol. About my action (or non-action) - I didn't follow my thoughts, but rather my (irrational) feelings. It may well be, that the wrong type of witnesses would have got me accused for fraternization by a war crime tribunal. Carl Holler from Jasta 6, who was an entertainer and singer in his private life, and possibly a fellow easy to socialise with, was excluded from the Staffel, only because he had been drinking and talking with a French pilot the Staffel had brought down.

Well, German must be so much harder to learn. But here is a small lesson: I most certainly am not hiding my light under a Scheffel stellen. "Stellen" means "to put", but in this case it stands for your "hiding". You can hide a light under a bushel, or you can put it under a bushel (which will also hide it). So the meaning of your saying would be: Ich (...) stelle mein Licht nicht unter den Scheffel. (But please don't expect too many further lessons - it is just too hard to explain, why the moon is male, and the sun is female).

Yeah, I had got the idea - but now I know "Bolshi" is not "bushel". Yeah, I'm learnig...

You seem to be close to the examn?

So, it would indicate, that the Albatros D.II in 1916 already went up with 1000 rounds?

??? Hiding your light under a Bolshi??? Now I am confused. I had thought it was slang for "bushel". Pawgy, keep that wife of yours warm - not many women would read any forum about WW1 aviation!

Stop that, Hasse Wind! The man has a family to feed, and a wife who yet still loves him! He may want to keep it that way!

Good point!

This balloon attack went bad - hospitalised & POW Damn! This was the first balloon attack I didn't get right! Approaching the spotter, I must have been flying too straight for too long - zapp! rattle!!rattle!!! The engine was hit and sounded like a cement mixer with stone in it. I realised my craft was pulling a trail of smoke - and this god damn balloon was much further behind the lines than usual. The engine quit completely, and I had to put the craft down where I was. Captured!

Thank you, Bletchley. Oh yeah - the SIA-RSS stuff is something I still need to explore. It may need a better promotion and a good name?

Yes, that is the good point about this - someone who spends a big amount of money on it, will surely try to conserve it better.

Semicolon the claim killer, indeed! Sounds very brutal, Capitaine Vengeur - there was so much aggression between our two nations, which I am very glad has now ended.

Ohlalalala! Thanks a lot Lou - it's beautiful! But now I hope you're aware, that you must deal with this: I may make transatlantic informational requests depending on your stock of WW1 books!

You can't buy them all .... It's a shame if someone has to sell such an item IMHO.

Yeah, I'll be careful - thanks, von Paulus!

You could check, if the cables are attached firmly. Maybe also use Windows repair function? I had strange problems after using TuneUp Utilities' 1-Click-TuneUp function. Now a friend told me never to use that one function. The others are good, but this one does stupid things every now and then, it seems.