Redmonkey

Once again thanks for all the help guys. I decided to start a career up with No 46 squadron in May 1917 flying the Sopwith Pup, here's a quick write up of my first sortie. Enter 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Wattle, my first flight was a short patrol in a flight of 5 on lovely sunny late morning, the patrol was delightfully uneventful unfortunately for the poor sods on the ground things were far from uneventful with a relentless artillery barrage churning the ground around them. After spending 20 minutes or so circling that hell below us I couldn't stomach any more and with no sign of any untoward air activity I gave the signal to head for home,secretly I just wanted to get back and have this first flight safely under my belt. It was a quiet flight home spent soaking in the beautiful French countryside, if not for the endless sound of exploding artillery shells one could almost escape the fact that hundreds of men, not too many miles from our flight were senselessly loosing their lives. We all landed safely and I stepped in to see the Adjutant, I didn't have much to report to him apart from my flight had all come back in one piece. He informed me that the first flight to leave that morning had returned a little earlier, claiming one kill but sadly young sgt. Hazard had failed to return and was currently missing. I left his office and made my to the mess where I grabbed a cup of strong tea then stepped outside for a cigarette in the morning sun and pondered what would be up next.

Really appreciate the advice, thanks guys the drinks are on me this evening I shall report back how my first flight went and if I make it back alive hopefully one of you chaps may buy me one in return to help calm the nerves I'll undoubtedly have!

Thanks Hasse Wind. I will surely note them two squadrons down for a try, I could certainly do with some help from a some capable squadron mates! Thanks also for the heads up on the on the official forum, I'll definitely have a check in there as well.

Thanks for for the welcome and reply Olham. I was not aware about the Entente and British having to always cross the lines. This is where one of my pilots careers prematurely ended whilst on a balloon hunt, I had no luck finding the damn thing but became so distracted looking for it I think I wandered to close to the archie and got hit, my engine packed in and I had to ditch behind enemy lines. This was on my first sortie Maybe your right and it would be better to cut my teeth on a German career, I'm also all for immersion and realism Olham I have read some your posts and stories and am keen to try and recreate some of those stories for myself. I am currently trying to get a 2nd monitor set up so I can have a map displayed for real navigation. I am from Stoke on Trent in England, will be proud to be another mark on the map,cheers

Really looking forward to giving this a go Lothar. Don't know if your aware but it has been mentioned in the flare path on rock paper shotgun,here's a link: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/25/the-flare-path-up-with-the-larks/

Hello chaps. I'm relatively new to this great sim and have only had a couple of brief and ill fated attempts at a career. I'd like to ask for some advice on a good career start date to give a decent difficulty curve for a beginner, with the RFC preferably. I hope to use Lothar of the Hill Peoples OFF base if that makes any difference. I'd appreciate any other advice for a newcomer you fellas can offer, you seem to to have a really friendly and committed community going here and look forward to being part of it