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The up side is he's on an island. A rather big one to be sure. But it is a more difficult to get off that than it is to just drive across the U S. Also, if it was a spur of the moment attack, the suspect has no plan. He'll go to ground in his "comfort zone". He'll be found with friends or family or a cheap hotel near them. When they find him he'll give up without a fight of kill himself. He's already proved he's a coward. That's the coward's way out.

F'n criminals seem to be more willing to take on the cops in recent years. I agree with the belief "An armed society is a polite society." These pukes might think twice before they act if there was the possibility an armed citizen may be able to assist the victims or Police.

Olham, How about Schuss or Schus? My father's mother's side of the family. Flory is the current name. The Flory's were living in the area between France and Germany in the 1400's. On the day of the St Bartholemews day massacre, they fled accross the border to Germany, as anyone non Cathholic was dragged out into the street and clubbed to death. They later migrated to the the US in the 1800's. At the time the name would have been spelled Fluery or Floury. My mother's side of the family is all Scotts and Irish.

Lucky guy Ras. Years ago while visiting a cousin in northern Idaho, we went to a small airfield north of Courdalain/Priest River. There was a Stearman parked next to the runway and a sign offering rides. There was no one around the plane so we walked around. My cousin told me there was a guy who collected old planes and kept them at the airfield. I looked in an open hanger and my heart about stopped. Inside I could see a DH2 and a Ryan. They were just sitting there, no fence or keep out signs, so I went in. As I entered, on my left there was a P-40, and at the far end of the hanger was a Ford Tri motor. Who would think these things could possibly be in some back water Idaho airfield? My cousin told me there was a shop near by that produced flying replicas of WW1 planes; thus the DH2. Against the far right wall was a disassembled DH4. Wings, fusalage and rudder all in unpainted linen. He told me they were making a replica U S Mail plane. He said they were also making a Dr1. Well so far, no one had come to kick me out so I continued to explore. I climbed onto the wing of the P-40 and looked inside, then moved on to the DH2. You know when you stand on the wheel and lean in to look at the cockpit you sorta unbalance the craft and it starts to raise the tail skid and nose over; I got down pretty quick. The rear starbord door of the Trimotor was open so I climbed in. Two rows of passenger seats lead the way to the cockpit area. All the time I was there no one came and kicked me out or said hands off. I had all these planes to myself. My cousin said the place was named Hendon Aerodrome or something like that. I have since not been able to find it listed. Gues I should put a call in to my cousin and see if he recalls.........................

Oh yeah......with regards to the controls. I have a microsoft force feedback joystick I need to dust off. Will that work well for now? Wonder where the soft ware for it is.....now that I think of it, I wonder where my copy of CFS3 is. The wife cleaned the computer desk. When I buy a new computer I may want that stuff.....................

Thank you all very much for the info/opinions. I may just step up and get the 5 since I'm going to trash this computer and buy a new system anyway. Don't think I'll try the home made types I'm not too handy with electronics/electrical stuff. I read about you guys "tweeking" files and talking about what your system specs are and I haven't a clue about any of it. For all I know there are tiny pixies in the computer box that make it all work by magic, An exec file is just a pixi in a suit with a top floor office. So long as it works and is easy to install and run I will be happy.

Greetings all. I'm new here. Looks like I finally may have found a WW1 air war game worth investing in. I've been viewing videos and following posts and think this is the one for me. I had a question regarding the TrakIR. It appears as though it really is necessary to have one in order to be able to "survive" the game. My question is do I need the IR5? Or will the IR4 suffice? I am a cheap bas***d and the 4 is about $50.00 less than the 5. What are the differences? I am not much of a computer guy so have patience and speak slowly so I can understand. Thanks in advance for you answers.