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Rof won't work for me due to slow internet connection. I can't play a game that must be tethered to the mothership for constant updates. I hope WOFF won't be that way.

WaHooo!!! I was in charge on flight 2 with 4 wingmen. Flight 1 had Red Murlock and Sam Breadner leading 2 wingmen. We were tasked with patrolling freindly lines south of Lille. Fairly long flight from our field adjacent to the straight. September 16 1916, beautiful weather with scattered cumulus clouds around 8500'. I managed to stay about 1/2 mile behind flight 1 and about 500' below when contact came near the front lines. ....Jasta 2 in DIIs... ...I pulled a left hand circle to gain height and let Sam and Red make initial contact. Circled back into the DF and shot down 1 of the last 2 "airmen" from Jasta 2. Regrouped and headed on path...observed flack down low to the left and cruised over to see what was up. Turned out to be The baron, Immelman, Boelcke, and recall seeing another flyer with a name, and 3 or 4 "airmen". We had the advantage, ordered my guys to atttack and carefully watched the Baron. He broke to the lines, gained height and turned to the fight. I was diving on him as he turned and blew his engine sky high with 2 bursts from my trusty Pup. Almost collided with him. Pulled a loop, and headed back to the DF. Immelman was headed my way then but below me. I let off 2 burts that hit and pulled another loop, his engine was smoking as he invertd and looped downward. I didn't want to give up all my height advantage and dove at about 125, he pulled an upward loop and I was in perfect position to blast his nose while pulling up to angle the proper deflection. I heard screams just before his engine blew and narrowly missed my attacking dive. An enemy airman was on my tail, but my wing 3 put a couple burts into him and I looped higher to watch him dispose of the Jasta 2 airman. We headed back to the DF and found it pretty much mopped up. One Jasta 2 ariman up high facing Breadner and one down low running for his life. They didn't last long. We headed back to base and I landed, didn't wait for them to land. Good fun with OFF Always get sweaty hands and a pounding heart when facing historical aces.

Looks Good, Thanks!

I like this place. It has a better feel. Like being in the tents with your mates before the new day dawns. I get the 2 clicks thing. WWI flying rules for me. Yes, there is much more to life than simming... Happy waiting and best wishes in your travels through life.

I recall 33LIMA doing a thread with the same plane sets in different "games/simulators" . It was very well done and had a gazillion screen shots. Took me forever to read and see the eyecandy on my meager internet connection, but worth every day that advanced through them Here it is ...... http://combatace.com/topic/78684-a-nieuport-28-campaign-sim-by-sim/

All the IL2 campaigns I've played get old real fast

I had this problem a couple of years ago. Drove me crazy. Sometimes it would boot. Most times it asked for the installation disk to run repairs and would hang It wound up being the sata plug-in attachment to the motherboard wasn't fully seated. No clue how it became loose.

Yes, Thanks RAF_Louvert

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Those cook faster, don't they? I picked 8 quarts of wild blackberries last week, and 18 peaches from 2 peach trees planted May of 2011. Making wine with most of the berries and pie from the rest of them and the peaches. Had a great aunt that lived in the country way back when I was a boy. She had an ornate wood burning kitchen stove and made the best pies I've ever had. Heck, everything she made was great. I've cooked on a simpler model at a deer camp and there is a knack to cooking with them. Heat comes from the side and results in uneven cooking temps that require lots of attention and turning of pots/dishes. Temperature regulation is another biggie, gotta know how much wood to add and when to do it. She would probably be both amazed and bored cokking on today's high tech stoves.

It's airing again today on the Military Channel, 10 AM Here is a link to the youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNh5NNup2uQ

Happy B-Day! Take lots of pics and have a great ride.

my antri-virus went off on that link

Thank you for starting the thread, rjw ! Olham, I'd heard of that but never saw any photos.... Thanks! One of many things I like about these guys is that the way they lived would be frowned on now.

Yeah, it's "colorized" and probably touched up too. He does have that look about him... I tend to think he was a very compilicated man who served his country very well History is written by the winners. His side lost x2, yet he was regarded highly by all. I read some where where Herman took advantage of his drinking in later years, (hunting Nazi camp and general parties), and actually drugged him so that Ernst could not tell Hitler about his evaual of Soviet aviation, which would reccomend not invading them. I would have loved to have been a passenger in a two seat biplane with Ernst at the controls

As Olham mentioned above, I was under the impression that he took the mini bar with him in a twin engine VIP personal transport plane used by the Nazi party , the Siebel Fh-104 . I didn't know he used a parachute in WWI..... Udet was one of the early fliers to be saved by parachuting from a disabled aircraft. On 29 June 1918, he jumped after a clash with a French Breguet. His harness caught on the rudder and he had to break off the rudder tip to escape.[2] His parachute did not open until he was 250 ft (76 m) from the ground, causing him to sprain his ankle. His suicide was tragic, as all are. I wonder if he saw the "writing on the wall" with Hitler's war with Stalin.

He lead an interesting life, that is for sure. Saw a bio on tv a few years back...can't recall the name or channel. It seemed to focus more on his Stuka development. Did he actually do shots while inverted in the air? Damm....I like him. OK googled a bit and yes, he had a mini suitcase bar for flying

Yeah HumanDrone, they sure can be a PITA, especially with Microsoft flight sims. One thing I really like about X-plane is the lack of all that. That being said, I still prefer FSX over it for other reasons. I have an old CFS3 addon, "Fire Power", which I'd like to install, but haven't due to fears of messing up OFF

Those are some great looking skins!

That RB3D music brought back memories! Many nights I'd hear it in my sleep, and all tose mornings at work with too little sleep because I was playing way too late....just one more mission.

I only watched the latest, Elephant. Guess that gives me something else to savor in the waiting period. Might have to ration them...

That is the game that got me hooked on flight sims too. Actually it was my first PC game, we had just bought our first family PC. Didn't think I'd be spending much time on it until we were in a computer store and I spotted the RB3D box on a self.... Soon my daughter was complaining about me spending too much time on the machine

The "other site" issue confused me when I first bought OFF and was looking for tips and general info. Found this site via a google search for OFF plane skins There is less activity there and as far as I'm aware no file library. Hope the library here gets back up soon. Last week I was visiting a friend with high speed internet and watched the WOFF video on a large screen. It looked great and had me itching to see another video or some screen shots. Don't want the OBD team to be focused on development updates and not actual development, but it sure would be nice to see another preview.

I have to say I love the Roccat mouse and keyboard. For over a decade I used whatever was around, much of "throw aways", and that is ok, but this is way better. Especially at night, the backlight keyboard rocks. The Zalman cpu cooler also works and looks great. Wasn't too bad to insata in the Tt Chaser Mk-1 as the back of the motherboard is exposed easily. Big cooler with nice led blue to match the whole system. The design/looks reminds me a bit of an old radial engine. Before I started this build I wasn't comfortable doing it on my own, more inclined to buy a PC. I learned much and slowly added in what I wanted. Good learning and confidence builder.

Javito, I take it "Moya" is running well. Did you ever get the Tt Chaser Mk-1 ? I have two extra color shift fans in mine, it does look sweet and I can change the colors to fit my mood.