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Thank you for the link, Dej! There is still hardly anything re-published in German. And the interest in the field of WW1 aviation - even in the German books - seems to be much bigger everywhere else, outside Germany. But I'll keep looking into AbeBooks - they often have these old German books.

I know that, von Baur. What I meant, is that after this baptism of fire - and getting almost fried carrying that name - he cannot change the name anymore. It's connected to the fate of this guy.

Down in flames, and survived? In Germany we'd call him Leutnant Bratwurst! Mmuahahahahahahaaaaa!!! A Sausage can survive a frying pan! Make the best of him - now you cannot change the name anymore. I wish you luck, Flyby!

Raaaaaahhhh, this barmyness is killing me!!! For the Overture, I recommend Ludwig van BOChoven!

Don't get me wrong there, Lou - it IS worthy of a "sticky", Sir. But I know that Pol tries to keep the "sticky" space tight, and it wouldn't even be necessary to do, cause each time you post in there, it will pop up top of the page anyway; and we can do with some more activity on the posting page, IMHO. I am definitely looking forward to any future numbers - a big thumb-up! .

Geeze, the book "Flieger über Makedonien" is at AbeBooks only once - for 100,- Euro! Looks like I have to get it in English then. But there are several others from him. One has this very funny title: Die Leuchtkugel in der Champagne pouilleuse abgeschossen von Leutnant Georg Heydemarck, Brigadeadjutant. (The Flare in the poor Champagne fired by Leutnant Georg Heydemarck, Brigadeadjutant) Georg Heydemarck has also released a book with collected stuff from Wilhelm Busch, who was a great cartoonist and artist on the field of black humour in Germany. I have ordered "Doppeldecker C 666 - Flieger im Westen" for a start. Thanks a lot again, Lou. Such stuff is hard to find, especially when you have no names to search by. And a recommendation from you is to me like 5 stars.

This is the first time I hear anything about Hauptmann Heydemarck, Lou, and I thank you for this tip! I actually invite you on a virtual Warsteiner for this! I'll go and search AbeBooks for it. Of course I'd prefer to read a German version. Hope they are still available somewhere.

Each time I visit the photo archives of "Wingnut Wings", I find something new. It's the place, where you can see many of Greg VanWyngarden's amazing photo collection. But there are also colour photographs from today; some showing details I had never known before; and all that often in a brilliant quality. Here are some I picked out. If you've never been there: why not have a look? Here are the links: Archive Photos http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/photogallery?categoryid=1 Colour Photos http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/photogallery?categoryid=2 From the "Colour Photograps": an R.E.8 close-up; a Bristol Fighter's service hatch in the wing (in the British roundel); and an LVG C.VI photo, which was colourised From the "Archive Photos": Carl Degelow's Pfalz D.IIIa, parked next to a village street - I found this picture very athmospheric; the combination of a military craft and French or Belgian civilians makes it so authentic, so close, and yet so distant in time.

Dej, that song text of yours is great. And now you even got it changing verses. How did you do that? Is it an animated GIF?

And it could have come even worse for him, if I remember that right. Hard times! Have you already read the passage, where they tie a little French girl on to a huge kite and let her fly? Real rogues, most of those fighter pilots. The other best German book I came across so far is that by Julius Buckler ("Malaula!" The battlecry of Jasta 17), which was translated into English (or at least supervised) by Norman Franks. Although the title sounds quite warrior-like and aggrassive, Buckler was rather a friendly and sympathic nature with some good humour. As it begins with a passage about Buckler's late youth and his journeyman years, it also gives a good insight into the poverty and hardships of many common German families back in those days. And it shows, how almost impossible it was back then, that someone without A-levels (in other words: one who wasn't born in at least a good middleclass family) would become a Leutnant. But Buckler did - and he also received the "Pour-le-Mérite". I found this book as good as Udet's really.

Did you check the resolution set in "Workshop" under "Graphics Config"? Make sure your highest screen res is chosen there. Also check at the left, if it is set to 4:3 or to 16:10, and correct it if necessary. Then the OBD screen should be correct and centered again.

Yeah, that would be fine, if we had Austria and Italy in OFF as well! You'll see, Herr Prop-Wasche, your knowledge will grow here. When I joined the first forum in October 2008, I hardly knew anything about WW1 and it's aviation.

I wonder where our UncleAl is - he usually is among the first to answer a newbie? Are you ill, Unc? - He may be on holidays...

Wow - then it must be pretty good, your German! Yes, great poems surely! Rilke is amazing! But especially pop-songs are easier to write with short words (1-2 silabels), and then English is so full of words with many different meanings, which keeps it open, or can transport double meanings in one sentence. I like that. I hope so; I hope this will never happen again. And if it does, I will paddle over the north sea and join Widowmaker's troops.

Must be hard to learn German. I find it is a very complex and complicated language. Someone once said, that he found English most appropriate for writing pop songs, and German for setting up texts for rules and laws. While English is short-silabelled and therefor light and quick, and often rather open, German is very precise (if used correct) and can pin things down with words. It doesn't have the nice flow of other languages though - even Russian sounds more fluid, round and warmer to me. So be glad, if you must not learn it.

Exactly my feelings, Shiloh!

I'm afraid it was only really found out later. Maybe it was RAF_Louvert, who wrote it somewhere. However, now that you know how to save a pilot (I hope you don't have many). it might be worth a new install. And if you put it on C:, you could later also get a backup program. That will be able to save your OFF and Windows very well.

Good to have an expert here with you, JFM! Thanks a lot! It looks like the Germans only then, in August/september, really started that efficient Jasta system?

Well, to get back from IKEA to the Roland restoration in Krakow: Here is what the got so far. The Roland D.VI was a wooden construction with a planking similar of that of a boat. (Something you would never got assembled with an IKEA construction sheet!) I find her beautiful for this way of construction alone.

That's correct use, Shiloh, as it also means the same as your "super".

Shiloh, it may depend on the way you installed OFF. Some old recommendation said, you needed to install CFS3 and fly one sortie, so that the savegame folders would get created. This proceedure is not necessary. If you own a DVD, you start installing with the OFF disc. After some seconds it will ask you to insert the CFS3 DVD. Now it will grab some necessary files from there, and then ask you then to re-insert the OFF disc. The rest goes from there, and it's done. After this prceedure, you will not need either the CFS3 disc, nor the OFF disc in the drive.

Welcome to the skies Over Flanders Fields, OotL! (Well, almost. Soon...) 1. How in-depth is the game in regards to engine management options? Should I expect to be dealing with fuel mixtures and radiators on certain aircraft? You have mixture management, if you want, but you can switch it to "auto", if you like. You can also use "fuel management", at least on German side, which allows you to reduce weight. 2. Does the game have padlock, or a sort of 'aiming-assistance'. Yes, there is a padlock view. But I also recommend TrackIR. Save for it, get a second job, sell your grandma - it is easy to handle, and after using it, you will never understand, how you could have been flying without it. A must-have for flying. 3. I was pretty excited to see so many aircraft, and was wondering on documentation? I for one, like to see every single gauge in my cockpit and know what it is. There the forum comes in handy - these guys here know all these things and can tell yer. And as for the aircraft: "Hat in the Ring" add-on brings you even more of them (Fokker E.V/D.III; DH-5, Nieuport 28) 4. During Campaigns, should you get new planes are you able to keep older models? I.e. I would rather fly my pup or whatnot. This is a history-orientated sim. Your squadron/Jasta receives the new planes historically. The guys had to use what they got, right? 5. I never did find a DVD copy of CFS3. Everyone mentioned it, but I only ever saw the CD model for order. Will I still need the CD in the drive? I don't know, to be honest. I think not. DVD makes installing easier though, and you get them at AMAZON. 6. Is there somewhere I can get a .pdf manual or some other form of documentation to read while I wait? Not that I knew, but you can se through the pile of good info in the "sticky threads" above. 7. I hear nothing but good things about the flight model, but how much can I change my stick responses in game? That cannot be changed - not that I knew. But I never heard of anyone, that it was necessary.

...and you always end up with having bought lots of little funny devices and stuff, which doesn't appear so funny and nice anymore, when you have them back home. Maybe they spray some drugs in the air?

"Über" means something like "above" or "on top" - I guess, a man can only feel weak under such an Übervixen... But I wouldn't mind; I mean, why should we always be the strong gender? Interesting clearance about the strangely painted aircraft. And I had rashly accused typical British carelessness...ouch! Great stuff, Lou - I knew it all the time, that Winder, Pol and OvS could only be time travellers. I mean, just look at OvS's outfit! Does this man look like a person who could exist? And from the others we don't even have any pics!