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Just wanted to fool you and say, it's the "Pool of Tears", the Germans at Bertincourt cried about the quality of the French beer. But now that you look into Google maps...

Thank you - big compliment! I just played with Photoshop and Corel Draw, and got carried away with this Comic idea... A one-pic-comic. But then it's a postcard rather...?

Hahaha! Hauksbee - are you sure your "comics days" are lying way behind you? In my youth, I also did some (but never had enough good picture material). When I see your enthusiasm, I wished I would live in Massachusetts. Then we could meet, and draw Comics, and in the breaks, fly BHaH!

Note, how quick she lifts off up high! Enjoy!

Nice to see you flying one of "my" birds now, Widowmaker. And beautiful design, too. Yes, I got hit badly too, by a SPAD XIII, half an hour ago, and my lady produced noises like a sick neighing machine with her broken valves. But she brought me to the nearest field without failing out. Great aircraft!

Great news, Pol! But take your time - I think we all still have a lot to explore here already. The Morane is a good decision, as it gives the Eindecker E III a worthy opponent, that he could win against. Should be much earlier than the Nupe 11 - when was it introduced?

Bought that Spitfire in 1986, and the Hurricane and Messerschmidt in 1989, I think. I have three boxes full of unbuilt model kits, and as I want to upgrade my rig a lot, I decided now to offer them at Ebay. But I had to make a last sentimental photograph of them. I'm sure, some of you had these models too. Edit: just realised - I forgot to shave today! Ah, the ease of Sunday...

Hi, Bruce! You could try the workshop setting "easy claims - bypass confirmation" or so. If you don't want that, you got to list in the above field: ALL your witnesses/wingmen. You can even write the leader of flight one in there, if he was with you (I once wrote Manfred von Richthofen in, as he was leader of flight 1, and near me at the time, and that was accepted). But if your mates all died, you ain't got nobody to confirm. Groundcrew doesn't count (I think it's almost impossible to program into the basis of CFS3). In that case, do what the rest of us does in such moments: go to the mess and cool down your blood with some cold pints; and care for your wing mates better next time.

Congratulation - now you're an ace! Get on with it!

Hi, Cornell Perhaps you mean 3D-glasses? I had those years ago, for Combat Flight Simulator 2. But I should think, the sim must be developed for this? Don't know.

Yep, as OvS says about the fonts. The pictures are good, have a characteristic own style. Very good so far!

Hi, Luftace Great you are a "real (campaign) pilot" now. But your choice - an Albatros D II - is out of date in August 1917. There must be Camels already, and S.E.5s. The D III would be a much better fighter there (still tough against Camels). So, if you should "die", try the D III then - it will be more successful. Where are you stationed with Jasta 32? Here's a chart, to check, which craft was available when - in WW1, development was very fast. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=40522

Heartwarming video, Parky! Thanks for sharing. Makes me feel, that we could move closer together - not cramped into less space I mean, but good spirit. Music is the best bridge for that.

Just flew her twice - she recovers easy from stall spins, when you pull back throttle to one third or even less, and keep nose 45° down. Altitude required, of course. Don't know tough, if the real pilots had a throttle on that craft.

Yeah, if you love good turn fights, a Dr.1 is a very good choice, CJ!

Found this in the web: http://homepage.eircom.net/~frontacs/DOAch...t/SpadXIII.html

Perhaps your style would be more expressionist, Bullet. Try those effects?

Aaaah! That's why I got hit all the time, when I turned with one in my E III! And I thought, I should really switch guns to "tight spread", as I didn't find that normal anymore (Lol!)

Hey, Hauksbee I have the Thrustmaster T.Flight Stick X (around 40,- Euro), on which the vertical rudder axis works very well - I never missed anymore rudder and can recommend it. I also have SAITEK Pedals, but it seemed to me, that they produce a very different behaviour and had to be learnt again. So I didn't bother too much yet, but want to learn flying with them one of these days. In free flight, I can fly quite well with them, and even zoomed through in between trees. But in a dogfight, I couldn't aim and shoot with them - a very different feeling.

Investigating, where my new opponents (Camels from RFC-3) come from, I read, that they had the Bristol Scout since January 1915, before changing to the Morane Parasol. Now, from all I've seen of the Scout (in Phase 2 that was), it seemed quite agile to me - has anyone flown it in a campaign? It should do well against the E III?

Here's a site with lots of history; unfortunately not much picture material from WW1. But here's a scissor telescope from those days. http://www.historyofwar.org/index.html

Perhaps new for some of you, this site has info about the "Escadrille Lafayette". And you can read it in English, too (click "Start") I cannot tell, how historically accurate such sites are, and hope, that you have a look at that and make a comment, when something's wrong, SHREDWARD. Here is Lufberry's Nieuport. Enjoy! http://pagesperso-orange.fr/rdisa/html/index.html

I am the only one in our sim flight club flying OFF Could you try to change that - for the sake of this incredible sim? You'd be one of my heroes then! I prefer BadBud over BadBut biggrin.gif Oooops - I'm sorry; getting more and more dyslexic; or maybe it's the Flanders pilot's disease (the nerves, you know?)

I know, Pol. And I was once invited by a lady (on my motorbike trip back in 1973; somewhere in the Plymouth region) to share a real English roast (I think it was called roast only - or "roastbeef" ?), and that was delicious. But a good banter needs stereotype prejudices, doesn't it? And so, as long as we are the Huns, you will have to be the "bad cooks" (Lol!)

On a brief visit to your (good looking) site, I didn't see anything about "Over Flanders Fields", BadBut ? Did I look too briefly, or what is the reason? You know, this sim needs a lot more public relations, as it's no major company with a big budget. Movies or good screenshots are waiting amass.