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Maybe, Morris - updated sims request updated rigs. C'est la vie!

Wow! Dej, you got me worried there a bit - I would have expected you to dig through the aircraft and stuff. But you discovered this Stewardess first - there seems to be potential in that site!

In a "scramble" with MFJ-1 at Coolkerke, I found a better way to survive and even bring back wingmen. Bevor, I had always used the "Attack" command - either had I marked a single aircraft to attack, or, more often, I had used it as a general order. The result: everybody was spread out after short time, fighting their own fight, and most often loosing them. Today, I only pressed the "Help" command repeatedly. The result: the wingmen were around and with me, and they took each and every craft under fire, that got close to me. This kept my back mostly free, and they drove off any fighter, that tried to concentrate on me. I could meanwhile attack those craft, that were about to attack my wingmen; I damaged many of them. This way, my wingmen and I had soon damaged so many crates, that the attackers had lost their bite; they merely crawled around, and now we could kill them, one after the other. This was the first time, that I brought back 4 of my 6 wingmen from a "scramble" fight - it felt great!

The "Skinning Virus" is still active - today I made me a new Albatros D.Va for MFJ-1. I had discovered the Lozenge-painted bird of Ludwig Reimann, Jasta 78b, which was painted by Paarma, I believe (?). I combined it with yellow cowling and rudder, typical marking for MFJ-1. For fun, I repeated a "Scramble" 4 times, until I found the right way to fight such attacks. (See my new thread about that.)

And here is from the same site: a brand new Snipe for Widowmaker ! http://www.aeropedia.info/web/content.php?article.1000405

Haven't checked it myself; no idea, if it is good, and if it can be clicked to appear in English or even German. But it looked interesting enough to post it here. http://www.aeropedia.info/web/content.php?article.1002538

Ditto, JFM - I also believe, that they are working on another good step forwards. When you see, how much better P3 is compared to P2, and that this took about 2 years to achieve, I would expect the same time or even a bit more for the next good step. They are not men for half baked stuff. So I am sure for myself, that we can expect something great. And that we will have to show some patience. And: I am flying a lot, but I haven't yet flown in all German Jastas; I haven't flown Campaigns in all interesting aircraft; I haven't flown enough for the British or French or Americans. I may just be ready with all this, when it comes to the release of P4. That's what I call 'good timing'.

Sorry, Lou, I wasn't thinking, and added the poem in a haste earlier. Life's puzzling me quite a bit these days. I had not read yours through, cause I hate to read something like poetry in moments of haste and distraction. So I only read it now, with time and a cup of tea, and I must say: this is not only a poem about the air combat of WW1, it is also (with it's final line) a fine ode to OFF. The measure of the verses is set with an airman's accuracy - well done, Sir! I saw Bruno Stachel and the thousands like him in the mud, wishing to be aloft up there, and remembered, what Manfred von Richthofen was saying to his mother. He was in Schweidnitz with his head injury still healing, and he had just layed down for a rest with bad headache, when some wellwishers from Schweidnitz town came round to cheer him and his victories. He received them rather unfriendly, and they left after short time. His mother, Freifrau von Richthofen, reprimanded him for his behaviour. She said, that this was part of his reward for his deeds. He looked her in the eyes and said: "When I am flying low over the lines after a fight, and I can see our soldiers rising from the mud, waving to me - that is my best reward, mother!" (with thanks to JFM, who wrote this in his book "Manfred von Richthofen - The Aircraft, Myths and Accomplishments of 'The Red Baron' "; and to Creaghorn, who gave it to me).

Good one, Dej. And Private Baldric condensed the trench warfare to the essential - bravo! Well, I wrote one some time ago, after reading Udet's book, and watching the Discovery Channel's "Famous Dogfights" (or similar), one of those presenting a computer generated fight between Guynemer and Udet. It was posted before, but here seems to be the place to post it again. The Lone Wolf From the bright morning light - Mirror of platinum Bathing my face in god - He came, to kill Firebird from the sun Took in a heartbeat's time my wingman, my dear friend Roaring past, gone Albatros burning red Putz brought his hand to head his last salute to us Already dead So hard to understand Now he would take my friend Later he'll save my life with chivalry 'Vieux Charles', how did you end Unknown your place of death No grave, no wrath nor song Lonesome and gone

Scouseair, here are the old and the new emblem for that Albatros "Wolpertinger".

Here is Wiki about the Wolpertinger - picture included. It's even better than the one I used, and I may change my skin with this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger

Could it be an "UNION Pfeil" or a "Bomhard Pfeil"? But still I can't answer, why it caused upset to the RNAS.

Oh no - you didn't shoot them, did you?!?

Thank you, Rickitycrate and Carrick! Here is one from my last sortie with Jasta 50. Two SPAD XIII downed, but could only claim one - for the other, I had no wingmen near to witness.

Discovering the Alsace for me recently, I have now also enlisted with Jasta 77b - I want to fly them all. They have violett tailplanes (not really my taste, but what can I do?), and I made a skin for this with a phantastic Bavarian creature as my emblem: the "Wolpertinger". That's an animal put together from many animals - looks really strange, like UncleAl and I do, when we forget to take off our TrackIR reflectors, before we go to the post box. Had a fine fight. Four British SPAD XIII attacked my 4 wingmen and me on our patrol from high above. I did not command them to fight, but pressed the "Help" key. Now they followed me, and fired at any craft, that got close to me. This way, my back was free, and I shot one SPAD up so much, that he ran. Then I attacked a second craft and hit it from close on. It's tricky with Creaghorn's tracers, to see if you really hit the enemy craft. I have far less success, which is good; it makes the kill number believeable. I shot that one up, and he descended smoking and crashed. Firing at a third craft, my ammo went out. Now I commanded the wingmen to attack the remaining 2 SPAD. I watched it from overhead, and whenever one SPAD crawled up on them, I chose that one as target and pressed "Attack". My men fought really well and shot the top wing of one craft; two minutes later, the other Tommy fell. I had lost one craft, and the pilot is yet missing. Makes me always a bit sad, but all in all, we did really well, I think.

Carrick, just in case you need to land - roads along rivers or brooks are often plane enough. I once had to use one in an Albatros D.II after getting shot up by very upset Nupes. (I had destroyed a convoi - maybe it carried their wine supplies?)

So it was really used in combat?

Could it be a Lohner type? But I don't have the faintest idea, which one?

Rabu, Rabu - you are some hero! If you leave the footnote in the picture, it is a quick shot to just go to that site and check out, what aircraft it is! Mmuahahahahahaaa!!!!

Lou, I know that the Alsace is beautiful - see my latest "screenshots". I only didn't know, that there was so much activity so early on. But I checked all Jasta down there, and they only have the Eindecker. Perhaps we get early Fokkers or Siemens-Schuckert with P4. That would open up a wide field of new early war carreers with more Jasta.

Didn't know it was so busy so early in 1916 - perhaps I should start a carreer round that time in Alsace!

My monitor is a SAMTRON 91S (4:3) - nothing special, I think. But what I often do in Photoshop, is to adjust contrast and brightness a bit, or sometimes I use the auto-correct functions for "color" or "contrast", before I save it as a Jpeg. The above shot did look like this originally:

Jasta 79b, Buhl-Lorraine, 22. March, 1918 - it's a great difference between the north sea and the Alsace. You need to keep an eye on the mountains, when you fight. Today I felt like flying there.

Mike, I had never observed, that there is so much ground activity. You shot a fine sequence there! Showing again, how detailed and immersive OFF is!

Looks like a Pfalz Dr.1, although the picture I know shows a different cowling front. But the wing struts would fit, so I say: Pfalz Dr.1