Olham

Quite understandable, that you don't try full Did, when you have not such a good eyesight as Creaghorn, British_Eh and UncleAl - you want to have SOME fun. Griphos - that's a good idea (of Creaghorn?), to follow flight1 - will use that! Labels on for quick identification is understandable for me (I may do so too). The "lost enemy problem" - you can go very low, to find them against the sky. Helps, but also bring you into disadvantage. Duce - I love scrambles too. But my "Full DiD pilot" shall not do them anymore - too risky. It will be hard enough for him to survive. For the fun, I have other pilots (I have about 5 pilots right noe). No joke, Launch? No attackers? Calls for the 17 hour mark there! Creaghorn: scrambles are the only mission i ever use tac at the beginning to see what kind of enemy is coming. Ha! Gottcha! So you use them? I didn't in my first flight with the Full DiD; it was a scramble, and from what I saw high up there, they looked like Strutters to me, so we went up - but they where Pups! Quite a different story! But if I hadn't lowered throttle in my turn, I might have made it! What you could do instead of TAC is pressing "pause", and then look up using zoom, until you recognise the type. Speedski, if you like the big action, you should only fly since summer 1917, or in 1918. Lots of action, dense furballs guaranteed! Peepu - then you are a "Full DiD pilot", I'd say.

Yes, would be pure luck to survive those. And the aces didn't do them.

Yeah, warp should be okay. I often choose "optional Flight", when the first one is too long.

Where are you flying, and when? I assume, mid-1916? Maybe a quiet sector, where you are. If you like it hot, choose an Escadrille near Verdun or Douai - Cambrai, since April 1917. That should get you on your toes - arh, wings! And as for the promotions - I have ever only been promoted twice; from Leutnant to Oberleutnant, and from Oberleutnant to Hauptmann (not even the same pilot).

Tonyo - this is in England? Great pictures, lots of interesting craft there! What type is the bright two-seater above?

Just created a new pilot with Jasta 12, Epinoy, 20. Mai 1917; for my first "Full DiD Campaign. (He even got a brandnew skin). It was much harder than I had expected. But our first mission was a "bad start" - we had a scramble. It took me a moment to find the enemy craft, as we almost looked into the sun. There they where: 10 aircraft - but which type? I started and flew right into the sun, always checking around me. Now I had lost them! Although I knew, which direction they had been flying, I couldn't see them any more! I turned in the sun, to fly their direction now. There! One, two specs! Where are the others? My flight is coming up now, I order "attack", and round they go. Now, there comes a Pup after one of my wingmen! I zoom after him and can hit him hard; steep bank right, tight turn, can follow and give him more! He falls down like a feather - crash! Now they are everywhere. My wingmen are all over the field - must be careful, but can't check everywhere. A second Pup is attacking my wingmate now, and again I give him a terrible burst from 200 feet. He is producing dark smoke, turning wide right, descending. I try to get behind him, but he is so slow, that I must reduce throttle a lot. Now I hit him, engine catching fire - that one's finished. But I can't recover from a following stall and crash - fatally... I will try it again and hope to start with another mission. Maybe I'll drop 'scrambles' for the real DiD pilot from now on. But it was exciting, thrilling!

Liverpool dialekt is called "scouse", says my dictionary. But no more....

I have put "re-center" on my joystick thumb button 3 - thanks for caring; but after Winder's announcement it should soon be history, I hope.

Winder: ...defaults will be settable in workshops so all users can set up their own favourite FOVs... Hey, that's exactly what I need - so the view won't get reset each time I recenter my TrackIR view.

Yanks, beware - 'Crumpets' over America! (Lol!) Just wanted to recommend the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, but then I saw "no cities" - Whereever you will go - have fun and enjoy the time, Widowmaker!

They knew how dangerous the "Komet" was. Some had exploded in test flights, and they had been told to wear special suits, cause otherwise the B-Stoff might react with their skin. They just didn't have much of a choice. In those days, you could not dare to say to your officer: "Herr Major - I'm very sorry, but I don't think this craft is secure enough. I must refuse obediance here and shall NOT fly this machine." They would have shot him. I got the names of the "petrols" wrong - it was "T-Stoff" and C-Stoff" - more about that craft here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIaUk4Mk2ko Much more dangerous for the bombers was the Me 262, propelled by two jet engines. But altogether, bombing raids don't seem to have really stopped industrial production much, nor did they force a political change by hitting the civilians - on either side. Bomber war so had incredible numbers of victims - civil citizens, bomber crew men, and interceptor pilots - without much success in exchange for all that bloodshed. May this video of a terribly shot-up B 17 bomber stand for this rather senseless aspect of warfare.

Did some flights without TAC at all. That was a very thrilling experience; I can only do that when I'm wide awake (which unfortunately isn't very often - Lol!). A completely different experience, and not necessarily more surprise attacks, as the enemy flights sometimes just pass in a distance. You may climb then, and see if you can sneak up behind them; and by pressing "+" you can zoom up to check what they are (binoculars). Exciting variation!

A good "commercial" for the two-seaters, Rickitycrate; well documented with great pictures, and nice to read - thank you! Yes, so much left to try and do. I tried some two-seats, but only in QC to know them a little better. The Bristol fighter F2b was the most dangerous one I flew - really like a fighter to fly. After all the Jastas I still have to try, I will have a go on the Roland.

Just found this monitor at German AMAZON - can anyone judge the technical details? http://www.amazon.de/LG-W2261VP-Widescreen...5866&sr=1-1

Hmm - you have the TAC ("Radar") on? Perhaps you have it set to show all targets? Press "T" until you see "aircraft" - then Ctr.+Shift+T, to set the distance you want it to work in. I have mine set to 4 miles, as that is the distance I can really see aircraft. An RE8 should NEVER get one of my beloved Albatros by surprise - NEVER! Lol!

Hey, where was that? Munich? Lol!

Geez - all these beauties! Sigh - so far the way to Dayton... The "Komet's" fuel was even worse - it had two tanks, for B-Stoff and C-Stoff I think to remember. They reacted, when they got injected together and got sprayed with water. Unfortunately, one of them also reacted with the pilot's body, if there was a leakage. And that happened some times. Thank you for those wonderful pics - and keep "our" fighters in good shape.

Nothing to excuse for, Duce - those mixed emotions are a German identity problem. Just this evening, I saw that 4 German soldiers have got the "Ehrentapferkeitsmedaille" - the "Medal of Honour for Courage". They had saved other German soldiers from a burning vehicle, possibly under attack. It was the first time after the war, that this medal was given. Our politicians still deny, our soldiers where at war there. But what else could you possibly call it? They prefer the word "Kampfeinsatz" (combat mission). One Hauptfeldwebel who got the medal, pinned it down, requesting: "We would wish, that you care for us already BEFORE we have casualties - not only after." But officially we only have a defensive army - there to protect the Fatherland against offense. It is all very difficult to sort out, after WW2 and especially the holocaust, you know? All that will need much more time to change. So far, I was really surprised, that it was possible at all to make the movie "Der Rote Baron" in Germany - I had not thought, the time was right for it already. It flopped, by the way.

The Me 410 was not as effective as in the video, as far as I know, but still impressive. I had almost sent a video about the Dornier "Pfeil" (Dornier Arrow), but being made in America or elsewhere in the English speaking world, it presented the Swastika, and very German military music, plus graphics, that altogether had style, which I don't feel good with. It is often so to me, that the German WW2 war machines (aircraft and tanks) in their whole appearance incl. the colouring, remind me somewhat of Spielberg's Tyrannosaurus Rex from "Jurassic Park" - I'm fascinated and have a goose-skin at the same time. And I wouldn't like to be their prey. Hope you understand my feelings.

Try the Triplane first - it's easier to fly, and you can get one with two guns; that rocks! The Camel is more challenging, but not as horrible to pilot as I had expected! You get to grips with her pretty soon, and great turn fighting plus two Lewis (?) guns is nice! She, or the Tripe, would be my choice for a longer British campaign.

Well, your decision - I found it clearly visible: a "film stripe" icon behind the name of the sim. Meanwhile, I have visited YouTube again and put better tags to all my videos there, plus the name OVER FLANDERS FIELDS. Also, I put the web address www.overflandersfields.com in there too. Jammer's "Black Knight" video was also there - should be a good "commercial"!

Hrmbbllmpf! Yes, zatt's lookink like sabotage - I have to let der Nupes dive away, cauz my wings would leave me ozzerwise! You ssink, ze Nupes wings will break too? Noo!! Zey don't!!! Butt it does not help zem - I always find zem again and make a sieve of zem vizz my twin Spandaus! Mmuahahahahahahaaaaa!!!

Haha! I see, you're flying German side, Duce!

RL stuff??? Hey, didn't they even have a Focke Wulf 190 D9 in Dayton, Ohio? (So who said, there's only miles of corn?)

Is this meant to be a real newsletter - in that case the devs would have to do it, as they know the news first hand. But if you want simmers to write about their experiences in the simulation and around, I would well write about flying and fighting turn devils and 'crumpets' in an Albatros. Scouserlad?