Olham

Hey, Blue Since the Camel joined the SPAD as a two-gunner, life got hard for the German pilots. Cause, the German Albatros wasn't superior through it's weapons anymore, and it was less manoeuverable, and not faster than any of those. The only "plus" of the Albatros seemed to be then, that she was very stabile (apart from the lower wing), and could take some hits. I wonder, how good it's performance would really have been - wish, there were a film, showing MvR, Voss or Udet flying it. Perhaps it is a bit underrated here. But I'll continue flying her (ant I get better and better, Crumpetz! Better beware!!) The planes to match the new Allied ones were the Dr.1 (good equivalent to the Camel), and the D VII and D VII F (good against anything). Haven't checked the Pfalz D IIIa yet enough; could be an equivalent to the S.E.5a (? does anyone know?) These two should have done fine, but when a small country like Germany has England, France, America and Australia against it, it was totally outnumbered. Impossible to win. So I chose the most beautiful crate to die in (Lol!) Geier, for scrambles, use some phantasy. I start sidewards to the field and try to get some distance to the mob. Then I climb, and come back with enough altitude. I really like scrambles. Only had two on BHaH patched yet, but on the 2. I killed three Tripes with my Albatros D III early (on the 1. though, I had to land my D II with damaged engine after getting only one Nupe 11). And Nupe 17: try to only fight one at a time. Means, get away from the furball; use wing 1 helping. I had a fight against Monsieur Victor F M A Regnier from Esc. 112 (a Stork emblem - sure an ace). Although my Alb was already damaged, I managed to hit him severely, cause my wing1 chased him off my tail. Then I escaped over the lines. On German side I hit him again. These two bursts should have been more than enough for a Nupe, but he carried on attacking me, as if he was invincible (an "ace cheat", Winder?) Try hit-and-run tactics with them. And, yes, Mr.Lucky - fuel management is important!

Hey, Cameljockey, Rickitycrate, Widowmaker, Duck, Rooster, Gimpyguy, WomenFly2, SittingDuck, Fourtiesboy, Gousgounis, Catfish, Creaghorn, Siggi, Dej, MilitantDanny, Bullethead, Geier, Polecat, Parky, and all of you, who's names didn't return to memory (damn hard to recollect them, as I had always just found everyone, without writing down all your names); and hello, Winder, Pol, Shredward, OvS, Paarma, Makai and all from the team! Thanks a lot, Cameljockey, for guiding me home. My rig is reinstalled, TrackIR running well (discovered yesterday, it has "precision" - I put that on a thumb knob, and now I can switch it on and off and do good deflection shooting again); pedals and HOTAS Cougar work. But the last two, I still only use on the first flight, as it's damn hard to work with. For the second (fun) flight, I still use the old stick. With TrackIR, it's much more immersion, but also harder to fly and shoot. But I'll definitely stick with it and learn. Are all the above here already? If not: does anyone know the E-mail adresses of those missing yet? And would you contact them? More later. Nice to be back with you all!