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''Sometime in 2024'' is about as close as one can get I reckon...

''Sweet 16?''... more like ''Death wish''... How are you still alive?

How much longer will our intrepid aviators luck hold?... find out in next weeks thrilling instalment!...

Well, you survived, you got a new aeroplane and a new kill first time out with it... good show!

Drama's always accompany a meeting with Roland rat!...

Long before you got hit I was thinking, ''where are my flight?''... flak all around you, then you got bounced by a very seasoned two seater ace ''von Unschlagbar'', I kept thinking ''time for home mate''. Then you got hit!... those little messages kept popping up, ''you are loosing blood'' and then, ''fly to nearest friendly airfield'', I thought, ''better leg it mate'' ... but no, you went and shot up the airfield (hero). lol!, pushing your luck, this won't end well kept crossing my mind... but blow me down, you made it back! I'd have sacked it when my flight disappeared and I was the only flak magnet

Nice patrol that one... I liked it that you stayed as top cover while the rest of the flight had a go at the two seater... that landing at the end though I was holding my breath as you threaded the needle!

LOL!

You did right Rick... when there is a mad melee going on, stay out of it... get back to the drome, have a drink, warm up and wait to see what the head shed cook up for you next time!

Ha!... you got Count von Slippery in the end

Yes, that's correct...

Well done Rick... but watch out for the dreaded 'blue triangles'!!!

There is a key for gun sight view Rick, might make it easier to get rounds on target... can't remember the key setting though!

Well done 'Ace'... you get away with it again!

What?... 3 missions and your'e still alive?

Good stuff Rick...

Chimay Blue for me!... love those Trapist Monks

Thanks Rick!...

Got it, loving it!

Yes, I've used this method for years...

No...

Me getting shot down on a regular basis is nothing new mate... I have that uncanny luck of always being in the wrong place at the right time. It's the one thing that Capt Triggers said I was really good at!

Ok... been back to the specialists and they have given my peepers the all clear... HUZZAH! Now it's back to the opticians and get a new prescription for some new glasses and I'll be good to go

Yes Pol, it's a bit of a pain, but I just have to get on with it... When I look around me with both eyes all seems pretty normal, but that's because the good eye is compensating... unfortunately when I'm on the pc or reading a book I need glasses, and the opticians won't give me a new prescription for the damaged eye until it comes right, so it means another lengthy wait before I can see properly for close work... bummer!

So, back to the eye hospital... their experts have had a poke around and confirmed the swelling behind the eye. I now have a further 8 weeks of medication, 2 different types of medication to be administered 4 times a day! I'm to go back after 8 weeks and see if this has worked. Meanwhile, still off work for a further 8 weeks... you can't make this up!