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Maeran, stop that!!! "Don't rain on our parade" mate!!!

Erik; I for one just want to thank you for keeping the OFF forums up and running. The CA site is by far the best of the two and all my posts and file hosting will continue to be on CA. I consider it my home. That being said, my attention has been brought to the point that I have been getting all this great service at no lost to me so far. I have always been an advocate of the saying "You get what you pay for in life". That often is more of an ideology than a fact these days, but in the case of CA forums I feel it is time I anti up and so I will be sending funds as contribution for my membership. I can't honestly justify my free ride for ever.

HMMM, Let's see, I like Nov 11th 2013, Cheers to all

Hi Lou; It's also good to see you are still here. It's been quie some time since I've seen your posts. Hope all is well with you and yours. Cheers mate! p.s. Do you thinks my suggestion re: petition is worth an effort or likely be ignored by OBD?

First week with Jasta 5?? Me thinks Ansel has more than a few horse shoes protecting his ass!!

Your point is clear to me now if not to all the other readers and I thank you for that. Maybe what we need here is a form of Petition to OBD Software from the clients of their OFF software, in which it is made clear that the OFF community find better value with CA and intend to stay here. Just how successful such a leverage will be is unclear but it needs someone with authority to set it up on the forum in order to have a chance of success; and then it has to be brought to the powers that be in OBD for consideration. It is clear to me they wish to sell their software and maybe it is time for the mountain to listen to mohammed! I think all would agree that SIMHQ doesn't come close to providing anything near the effective features that CA does. Best Regards;

Lothar; That's a valued comment and I thank you for it, but It's not clear to me that this is the issue Erik is speaking of. Never the less if that is the issue, I for one have no problem honoring it. Best Regards;

Hi Erik; I have been following this thread with interest. I have been a member on your site since 2009 with interest specifically related to OFF. I still rely heavily on your site and it is my primary posting site in matters related to OFF. Since the migration to SIMHQ I started a membership there in order to follow the OFF migration but after experiencing the quality of the SIMHQ site I found it wanting in many areas and I raised questions and suggestions for improvement but nothing has come of it. I still use SIMHQ to stay abreast of anything new that might not make it to the OFF forums on your site CA. All that being said, I appreciate your thoughts and the issues you have raised, but It is not clear to me just what exactly you would like to see happen to appease your concerns. Since most of the OFF community is not in a position to actually manifest any change or answer to your concerns, what would you propose as a constructive solution here? Yours Respectfully;

Thanks for the data PiP! Much appreciated. Taking out a two seater is not an easy task especially when they fly in groups of three and cover each other's ass so to speak as they learned to do as the war progressed. A lone two seater is a different story.

Thanks for the definitive Andy!

Nice quick wit there Hellshade!!!

Thanks for the clarification. I will watch out for this one.

It's possible that the show you speak of is a new one. The one I saw was about Canadian miners involved in the tunneling in prep for large scale explosives under the german trenches in Vimy. see link: http://en.wikipedia....e_of_Vimy_Ridge specifically: Underground operations [edit] British-dug fighting tunnel in Vimy sector The Arras-Vimy sector was conducive to tunnel excavation owing to the soft, porous yet extremely stable nature of the chalk underground. As a result, pronounced underground warfare had been an active feature of the Vimy sector since 1915.[49] The Bavarian engineers, for example, had blown 20 mines in the sector by March 1915.[50] By early 1916 the German miners had gained a clear advantage over their French counterparts.[51] On their arrival, the British Royal Engineer tunnelling companies became actively engaged in offensive mining against German miners,[52] first stopping the German underground advance and then developing a defensive strategy that prevented the Germans from gaining a tactical advance through their mining activities.[51] By 1917, no fewer than 19 distinct crater groups existed along the section of the front. Each group often contained several large craters all of which were the result of explosions caused by underground mine warfare.[53] In preparation for the assault, British tunnelling companies created extensive underground networks and fortifications. Twelve subways, up to 1.2 kilometres (1,300 yd) in length, were excavated at a depth of 10 metres (33 ft) and used to connect reserve lines to front lines, permitting soldiers to advance to the front quickly, securely and unseen. Often incorporated into subways were concealed light rail lines, hospitals, command posts, water reservoirs, ammunition stores, mortar and machine gun posts, and communication centres.[54] The Germans dug a number of similar tunnels on the Vimy front to provide covered routes to front lines and large-scale protection for headquarters, resting personnel, equipment and ammunition.[55][Note 2] To protect some advancing troops from German machine gun fire as they crossed no man's land during the attack, eight specialized mine charges were laid at the end of the subways. These specialized mine charges were designed to allow troops to move more quickly, and safely enter the German trench system by creating an elongated trench-depth crater that spanned the entire length of no man's land.[52] In an effort to destroy some German surface fortifications before the assault, the British tunnelling companies secretly laid 13 large explosive charges directly under German positions.[52][56] However, this work did not go unimpeded; the Germans actively counter-mined British tunnelling and were successful in destroying a number of British attempts at placing offensive mines under or near their lines.[57][Note 3] Of the explosive charges laid by the British, three mines were fired before the assault; another three mines and two specialized charges were fired at the start of the attack.[52]

Yes, I saw it last year in Canada. Very interesting show.

Excellent piece of advertising Hellshade!! Maybe the WOFF team should enlist you for the release vid of WOFF!! Best Regards;

Thanks Dej / Olham; Really appreciate the feedback! Cheers!

Hass Wind / Olham; That's incredible!! It seemed too fantastic to be real!! Thanks for the confirmation. I have the book on order and expect it soon. Can hardly wait to get into it. Best Regards;

MMMM, I don't think so Hasse Wind. Nice try, and very creative I might add!! Cheers

So I read the page of the book and found that it left me hanging in frustration!!! What happend when he aborted the loop!!!! PLease, Please, pretty please!!

A very respectable rendition of Bowie's song, in an appropriate location and well produced. Very nice indeeded!

I just started a career as "Bomber Heinz" with FA(A) 289b based in Sierentz Alsace. On my second flight I drew a scramble mission with three other DFW's in my flight. Six Nieuports were overhead and I presumed looking for a fight. I led the flight off but elected not to follow the flight plan as I thought it would expose us too much. I had the flight circle the airfield at low altitude (100 to 150 feet) in hopes that the airfield anti-arcraft would aid us. Since the airfield is very closely surrounded by high ground in the form of hills I expected the low flight would protect our under bellies from attack since it would be difficult to fly in under us. We kept circling but the Nieups wouldn't engage! Smart boys those brits! I eventually had to terminate the mission as it was a stalemate and fuel was running low. This was my first experience flying the DFW and I was wondering if any of you have had similar experience and what you might have done in a scramble facing 6 Nieups Regards to all

Thanks folks; I appreciate all the feedback. As usual it is always useful! Cheers!

Hmmm; I accept your views with respect to the squadron designation. I will look for another bomber unit in the Alsace area, as I agree with Lou about the beauty of the area! Tnx

Can any of you tell me if the profiles posted work on both TIR 5 and 4? Thanks

Ah, Yes and No!! I can manage most all of her quirks "If I pay attention when she speaks"!! Sometimes the pressures of combat situations get the better of me and I push her that "little bit too far" and she slaps me for it. I smarten up but pay the price of loosing control for a few seconds while I struggle to regain it. She's a nice lady when you treat her right but just don't push her too far! Gosh, it sounds like a marriage doesn't it?? The most difficult thing for me is recovering from a tail down spin after a vertical stall. Sometimes I can manage it, sometimes not. I therefore make much effort to kick over when I feel the stall is inevitable so I'm nose down and that is no problem to recover for me. Of course the key is to not get to the apex of a stall in the first place right? Thanks for asking Lou.