Olham

Another book I have yet to read. Shiloh, you read "Sagittarius rising", I saw. Did you read "No Parachute"? A very brilliant read I can promise.

Flying the Sopwith Pup (Omaka Airfield, New Zealand) - enjoy! All videos from CAP Classic Aircraft Photography http://www.youtube.com/user/CAPPHOTOGRAPHY1?feature=watch

If anyone wants to know how the wartime flying and fighting in the Pup really was, I recommend to read "No Parachute!" by Arthur Gould Lee. Possibly the best WW1 aviation read you can get.

I like being out for meals. When I'm invited. A "slot machine" I guess is a gambling automat? Wow, you multiplied your 20 $ by 10,5 if I calculate that right! Are you sure you wanted the TrackIR 4 - there is already a TrackIR 5 Pro?

I can believe the flying - but the fighting?... I guess they just didn't know any better.

I heard from a bird, that the completely new sounds in WOFF will be amazing too. When it gets released...

Thanks, guys. Yeah, the Sopwith Pup is a great little butterfly; must be ajoy to fly.

Yeah, I see - thanks for the detail, Maeran. Here in Germany, I guess they would have also just received some Mark - amounts which wouldn't look much today. But back then it had a much better value.

Update 14 April 2013 - 14:25 h Berlin summer time (= GMT + 2) Lasstmichdurch, Germany, added. The maps are in post 1 of this thread

Thanks for the reminder, Shiloh! I recommend McCudden's book "Flying Fury" to all who want to read also about the RFC before they entered the war. I like this recruiting poster. Can someone read and explain the wages?

Mmuahahahahahaaaa!!!!!

Good point; for all who fly turn-fighters too! Lure an Albatros down to tree-top level, and you can sack him. Maybe you were a bit too greedy? Four Albatros...! Wait, when you come my way next time...!

Just revisited J. J. Boucher's website galleries and found several new aircraft paintings there; some of which you can download as desktops in 1024 x 768 resolution. Boucher paints military aircraft from WW1 over WW2 nto modern craft. Enjoy! http://the-vaw.com/html/gallery3.php

Fifteenthousand post - you're right, Shiloh! And no warning point?! I guess I must let my "dark side" act out here more - Mmuahahahahaaaa!!!

I only throttle down anymore when a craft is slower than mine. When I fight a beast like the Brisfit, I fly full speed all the time, so I don't loose forward energy. Use other ways of curving; and most of all: use the vertical space as well. When the big Bristol comes in behind you, you could make a half-roll and pull the elevator. That way you get into the opposite course very quick. I doubt that the bigger craft could follow that so quick. You cause the biggest problem for an E/A, when you don't fly away from it, but towards it. Even if it's not an attack - you may only dive through under them. But they find it hard to follow, and also hard to shoot at you. Just put yourself into that position: an E/A always turns towards you, passing over or under your craft. It make me nervous, cause he always only gives me the shortest times possible to shoot at him. And important: don't fly away from them in the wrong moment - approach them, and only gain distance or height, when you leave their turn with an advantage. Like, when you cut into their left turn firing, then you leave the turn by just widening your own turn, so that you slip out of theirs. In such a moment you may also be able to regain some altitude. It took me a long time, until I realised how to handle the Bristol Fighter. And all my theory will only help a little - you'll have to try and find out.

Well, firstly, the Brisfit really was - after they decided to use it like a fighter - more than a match for German scouts and they could sure hold their own. I'm no flyer of the D.VII, but the Fokker should be at least as agile as the Albatros, I think. And when I fly the Albatros, the Brisfit can not get behind me, but I get behind them. But: attacking them from behind can be suicide! So my only working strategy is to fire long range deflection bursts to damage and hamper them. And only when they show effect, I go closer. Then I try to hit the rear gunner. Only when that is done successfully, you can safely "kill the beast". The Brisfit is the only E/A in OFF that often uses up all my ammunition for one single craft.

Alive and well, thank you, CaptSopwith. The quietness is shrieking loud and hopefully tells us, that they are still building and improving beautiful things. (I hope they haven't got lost in test-flying!) I guess we will all assemble here again more, when WOFF will be released. Good luck with all your exams!

Great stuff everywhere! For WW1 aircraft models the WINGNUT WINGS customer model site is a great place to visit: http://www.wingnutwi.../customermodels

I guess the camera is an electronic one that writes the pictures in lines; and the horizontal shaking makes, that the first (upper lines) are taken in a different position than the lower ones? Just my idea...

I've just also found new videos for this craft - there are 5 parts, if you want to check them all.

Update 7 April 2013 - 14:00 h Berlin summer time (= GMT + 2) MudWasp48, New York, added. The maps are in post 1 of this thread

Welcome over Flanders fields, MudWasp! Rural NY - can you specify that a bit better (in a PM if you prefer). Then I'll add your name to our OFF PILOTS MAPS. Put in data like time, altitude and location (you could even pick the longitude and lat. from the inflight map, if you want to go the safe way). and of course the aircraft type and number of craft you shot down. VERY IMPORTANT: avoid any semicolons - they will interrupt the report.

EMS = Electronic Music Studios Synthesizer. Can be heard a lot on "The Dark Side of the Moon" by PINK FLOYD. Not?