Olham

"Perhaps we may now come to the serious part of "Say Hi To Our New Moderators" - the opening of the bar." (Loud commotion!!!) "Let me!..." (Rumple! Stampede!!!) "... as a senior member of this forum, let me bring out a simple toast! Our new moderators, they may hang high - arherrm! - live! - of course - they may live high! High! High!" :yes: :fan_1:

"Mmuahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!"

You should wear red - red has a warning touch. This one's especially for Lou:

What? You opened a beer tab? Can someone lead me to the wat... erh - beer, please?

Each of you guys would have got my vote in an election. Good luck, Moderators!

Please read every word of my post, Human Drone - that was not what I asked anyone to do. The difference of posting there or not is, wether the 'official forum' is alive or dead. We can make it alive.

A forum friend (I won't say who) exchanged some PMs with me about the change of forums (? fora?) by OBD; a change that was said was made due to the necessity of a company, to be available with their official forum, for all problems and questions; for showing the new preview video to the waiting, etc. We all know CA was offline for more than 3 days (which wouldn't have driven anyone to make such a move), and so they finally made this step - because they felt they had to make a decision. The decision was found quite drastic by many fans of Combat Ace, myself included. I did not see it so much as a necessary business decision, but as a sudden, abrupt change against my will. I had not even been asked; and I am part of all this; I am part of the forum. I have lots of stuff here. In a way Combat Ace is an extension of my home. And it is a comfortable home. I love being here. My forum friend had a very different attitude to this change and the necessity of it; the importance or the unimportance of likes and comfort. He reminded me of all what OBD have developed and built for us for a very small price. How they have followed our posts about ideas, desires, likes and dislikes - and how they worked out solutions, improvements, and dreams. For some people - like me - they have fullfilled a lifetime dream; no less. For some people they have built a desired plane, that is not of such immense importance for the WW1 air war, like the Fokker E.V / D.VIII (and then this woman left us before she could fly it), or the Snipe. And my friend asked me, if we should not show some loyalty to OBD - no matter how much we disliked the decision they thought they made for good. I have been in my favourite park in the sun for two hours today, with the book "Immelmann - Der Adler von Lille". But I couldn't concentrate on the (very good and interesting) book - had to think about my friend's heavy words. Loyalty - almost an old fashioned word, like "chivalry". He had made a direct hit. My anger, my opposition and my arguments all went down in flames. Wasn't he so damn right - don't I want to support the guys, who made my dream come true; and who did all that in a very small team in such a tireless way, like blood hounds on the trail of the right thing? Now don't worry, my friends - I do not mean to say, that I must leave and move over to the new official forum. All I want to say is, that it might be the perfect time to show some loyalty. Not by leaving this forum behind. Simply by showing up and posting in the new official forum too. I will do - it can't take that much more of my time - could even double my victories. I had to write that off of my heart. Thanks for reading. .

I wonder what Manfred would say to that???

My very first air combat game (it cannot be called a simulation) was "Their Finest Hour" von LUKAS Games. The Battle of Britain in pixelated Messerschmidts. When I see the "screenshots" today, I can only wonder about how much my phantasy must have added!

Now let's not make too many words; his head is big enough already; in the end his "radar antenna" * may not fit anymore. (* TrackIR clip device) By the way, he was here most all the time; and Dave had already recognised him.

Now that is great to know, Shredder! Come over to the mess, let me buy you a drink. We have Port, Ale or Brandy - make a choice. I'll have both.

Why it is "der Baum" (the tree - male), but "die Eiche" (the oak - female), and then "das Mädchen" (the maiden - neuter) - that's beyond any explanation. Yes, he was very famous here, and the main evening news had a report of his death, with the stations and achievements of his life. One of those voices beyond just "good quality".

Good one, Mike - there may be an "UncleAl" in many of us occasionally.

Oh yes, indeed. Von Paulus could serve you some very excellent port, I guess. Let me invite you to a virtual Andechser Klosterbräu - a very tasty Bavarian beer.

Ditto to the words of my Portugese friend!

Thank you, Human Drone, and don't feel ashamed - German is twenty times harder to learn than English. Thirty times rather. And "danke schoen" and "Gesundheit" are good to start with.

Okay, okay - I will definitely download it, HPW. Your previous work was very good IMHO. I don't mind if you slightly downgraded the D.II - it might have been too good before.

Hihihi - true, JFM, that's one of those things that could get one wondering...

Ah, yes, Hasse Wind - I remember it, but can make you a better one now. As for the stalling behaviour: the Pfalz D.IIIa did show a stall in tight turns, at least at low alt. (Or there they were dangerous). If it was completely eliminated, that would be wrong.

Just one short question to make sure: you have now REALLY finished all that work on the various FMs, HPW? Cause, I liked what you had done for some planes in the past, and if you are really ready with improvements, I will joyfully download the whole package. I guess there is an instruction with it?

Hauksbee, he was officially invited by admin Dave, to return - under his old name even. No need for masks and covers - only for SOME good will and behaviour. .

Not bad, Dave... Well, I hope he reads this, and will return as we know him best: as UncleAl - the unmasked 'Kinderschreck'. Mmuahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!!

You mean, that Unc made all the way from Florida to Berlin, to let the true Olham disappear forever, and then to take over my computer incl. my pin number, only to be able to still be around in Combat Ace? Oh, and of course he would have studied all my posts I ever wrote, to get my half-educated "Deunglish" right. Well, that would be true devotion!

The resemblance is striking, indeed!

Just checked it. General von Hoeppner became Kogenluft kommandierender General der Luftstreitkräfte) some time in 1916. He made this job from the "Grosses Hauptquartier" (big headquarter), which changed it's location several times. February 1916: Charleville-Mézières August 1916: Pleß (Silesia; now Poland) January 1917: Kreuznach and Bad Münster (Germany) March 1918: Spa (Belgium) Edit: Oh, and, ah... yes, Lou, that's how I also see it - two places, same war.