Hello gentlemen -
I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, since I've been quietly lurking for a couple of weeks. I just received received my copy of BH&H last night, and flew my first mission (FRE Nieuport17 11/1/16).
This has surpassed my every expectation and hope; this sim is everything I had dared to dream it would be, and I've only just scratched the surface (I never even saw combat in my 72 minute run last night...). From the sirens to the distant boom of flak to my horrified fleeing away from German lines with three Halberstadt DII's trying in vain to catch my nimble bird to the relief of finally putting her back on the ground...the entire experience was simply that: an experience.
Thank you to the OFF team for the obvious passion and respect they have for the subject and time. This has obviously been a labor of love and it shows in all the details. I can't wait for the thrill of my first kill. Or even to know how Adjutant Thierry Renoit will eventually die. Because I have no illusions that he'll be home for Christmas come December 1918 :)
Thanks also to the community out here; this kind of support and the courtesy I've borne witness to among the members on this board was instrumental in my decision to purchase OFF:BH&H. You fellows are gentlemen to the last, and I sincerely hope to have the opportunity to fly with some or all of you online sometime in the future.
Kindest regards, I am looking forward to all that this promises.
- phoenixhawk13