Olham

Yes, I knew, Cathy. I wonder, if the guy was ever rewarded in any way? Ans Australian soldiers did the burial service and the salute fire for him. Fine men they were! Were the Australians ever rewarded by England in any form for their service?

I must say I find the new Flak very moderate on "normal", and you could still push it up to "realistic", or down to "easy". Well done, devs! ZoomZoom, sorry about your Pfalz man, but he had gotten all that crate could give him. Now, enjoy your life as an Albatros fighter pilot! It will be much more fun! (But don't get too carefree!)

He never gives up! Lol!!!

Good answer, Test Pilot!

Cameljockey, I have that, after pressing "pause" for a screenshot. When I make screenies, I pause to choose the right angle. And I pause in the middle of the burst, hoping to get the tracers caught. Now, when it happens after releasing "pause", I just press the fire button short, and it stops. Perhaps try that? Also, you could "pause" the sim, press the WINDOWS key below left (game will zoom down), then press WINDOWS key again (game will zoom back up), and see, if it's released.

Nothing to apologize for, Dej. You must be very good with Paint Shop; that's a tricky idea. I must admit, that my contributions here are easy on Photoshop. You go to "Filters" > "Artistic Filters" (or however they are called in English) > "Water colour". Adjust the various settings as you like them, and this is what you get. The other is just "Pastels" filter.

Great pic, Widow! I LOVE Winnie-the-Pooh, since I got the book as a three-year-old. Cute pic, WomenFly2! Yes, that's what kids do to develope their immune complex. Lol!!! I used to build Forts in the dirt, from other people's thrown away icecream sticks. And I must have put my fingers in my mouth sometimes. Too much hygienic makes people allergic against everything, I say!

The Albatros is a great fighter indeed! Aaaahhhh!!! These words feel like ice cream on a hot summer day! Sure she is - but let's not tell ever'ybody, okay? They might all fly her otherwise, and would succeed more!

Tch!! I could now prezent a picture of Veronica Zeemanova; but I von't step down on zis level of ungentlemannish behaviour, mine Herren! (But you might google her... Lol!)

Well, had they known then, what this Gefreiter would become later, they would have somehow managed to. But as far as I know, Hitler was really wounded in WW1.

Yes, German Flak is verrry effishent! Mmuahahahaa!!!! Next time, when a pilot reaches 20 confirmed kills, put him to rest/retire him. That way you could keep the result. But 17 kills confirmed at once? That bloke must have had a relative at headquarters! My best pilot has 34 claims undeway by now. From those, some ten or twelve were rejected, eight were confirmed, and the rest is still "pending". I only hope to get some more confirmed, BEFORE he bites the dust.

My best target/view setup before TrackIR: 1. You can toggle between "fixed angles view" and "gliding view" (don't know how they're really called - check "controls"). Put that toggle command on a thumb button of your stick. Now use "glide view" for scanning the sky and environment in flight. For fighting, use "fixed angles" view, cause you can check six or any other angle much quicker with that. 2. Use TAC on "aircraft", on 4 miles (change distance by pressing "strg+shift+T"), as that's a distance, you could really see. Put "next target" key on a joystick button; mark the target; use yellow brackets (press "shift+I") and target cone (I think, press just "I" - see "controls"). With all this, even with not so good eyes sight, you should get the best results. A little cheat, as you're not a pilot of 20 summers anymore: when you marked a white spec on TAC (a bogey), and you want to know, who's coming for tea, press "pause", and then F4 two or three times. That switches you to the marked distant plane's outside view. Now you know who he is, and you can switch back to your cockpit. Enjoy!

I'm much the same as you, Widowmaker. When I see far away flights, that are fewer than us or even numbered, I leave any target or flight path to check and hopefully engage. When they outnumber my flight, I am only that much more careful, that I try to get advantage in height, and, if possible, the sun. When I reached at least the height advantage, I still take on anything. And my best pilot always made it home after that, so far. Only problem: I loose my wingmen more that way, and often there's no one left to report my claims. Fighting only SPAD XIIIs, I see no problems. But I would have to act more careful again, if I should come across a flight of Camels (they should operate in the Marne area near Reims? Don't know...) I ran away only once with him. That was a flight of 4 Bristol fighters crossing overhead (we were three Albatros DVa 200), and suddenly coming down for an attack. I lured them towards a flight of Fokker Dr.1, and they wiped them out. But Bristols I found extremely dangerous opponents! And only once, I got shot up badly by SPADs. That was after a big fight with SPADs before; those had attacked us from above, and we were outnumbered. Only my direct wingman and I survived (no SPAD). On our way home, with little ammo left, we got attacked again, by four more SPADs. We could kill two, then my wingman fell. No rounds left, I tried to escape home. But you can't escape two SPADs with anything but an S.E.5a. And we don't have them. So they caught up with me; but I just made it over the lines, before I had to make a crash landing.

If you want light, but fighting good action, start in Jasta 2, when they get the Halberstadt. Or as an Allied, opposite of the mud, at that same time.

Where and what craft is he flying? On Allied side, he must go over the lines again. But you could retire him any time (not sure, how that works without loosing the log, though). And the combat nerves: after some flights, I have to wipe my hands dry on my jeans; and after a tight turn fight in an Albatros DIII (all alone) against 4 S.E.5a, they even slightly trembled. (But not enough - all 4 S.E.5a bite the dust; or better: the mud. The horror: they had killed all my wingmen - so I got no claims form! That's life. Or better: that's war! It can be hell, can't it? Lol!).

First advice: read the "Tips and cheats" sticky thread - it should be all in there. 2. In campaign, you can end a mission over own territory by pressing escape (at least I had never any problems, when I did it, although I mostly prefer to land - just feels much better). 3. Yes, you will!

Congrats, Canvas - that makes me hope! I have 34 claims, but only 8 confirmed yet. Perhaps they all come in the day I die? Yes, one get's more careful then. I created two more pilots. When I'm stressed, tired or elsehow distracted, I never fly my best pilot, but one of the other two. My best campaign, I only fly 100 % there. Perhaps an idea for you too?

Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh!!! Yahoooooooo!!!!!! Yahahahaaaaaaa!!!!! Perhaps my grandma was right: the good old days WHERE much more fun!

As I just realised through a request, some of you still don't seem to know, that you can download all our "mad skinner's art works" from here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=351 Fly and enjoy!

As a result of my question, where and which the best British units are, I picked 10 RNAS for a start. I wanted to try the Tripe, as I hadn't flown it before, and - Olham way - with twin Vickers! So, now David Marlowe (see pilot photo) is going Tripehound now. This plane was incredible. It is easier to handle than the Dr.1 (which is also not too difficult), and extremely agile. So much, that - as in the Dr.1 - I found aiming and hitting someone very hard. She reacts on any stick movement at once. After the Albatros, I will have to change a lot, to become better. It is very easy to get target-fixated in this crate, as you can follow them to hell and back. Once you're behind an Albatros DV at close range, the poor devil has no chance left, except someone shooting you off his tail (which happened to me, due to my fixation). I'll carry on though (made an emergency landing west of Lens), and I'll also try the Pup.

And so Battenberg became Mountbatten. The Champain-and-Caviar people always find a way...

Ditto - only when reading the words, I understood, there must be an attacker. Great, Widowmaker - Dicta Boelke/Mannock rules.

We have shown parts of this here, but no one before listed all videos up so orderly. This should perhaps be taken over to Shredward's "Great War Historical Archive" ?

Barkhorn - say 'Good by' to your previous life. This will be a new one now, with many a flying hour over Flanders. Congrats!

Great find, Widow - many planes I'd never seen before. Like this Sopwith Monoplane: