chuckyeagar

Thanks a lot for your help - I have done as you advised but all the pylons still show as empty and there are no stores available on the loadout screen

If you consider this in a World War 2 context then if an RAF pilot is attacking a German bomber from behind then his first action was often to kill the tail gunner because this meant he could continue the attack without being fired on. If attacking from in front then the obvious target was the cockpit because this disabled front gunners and quickly sent the plane out of control if pilot and co-pilot were injured. Rear attack targets were often the engines and wing tanks to disable the plane and start fires. With 8 .303 machine guns which is what the early Spitfires and Hurricanes had there was no way to be very ethical about what you shot at. The decisions were tactical not ethical. German fighter pilots were trained to attack Flying Fortresses in frontal atacks so they avoided the massed firepower of the mostly rearward facing guns. Again the target had to be the cockpit because it was the largest thing in the sights.. Another issue is where you are fighting. British fighter pilots were generally pleased to see German bomber crews escaping by parachute over Britain because they would end up in POW camps anyway and they had no wish to kill brave aircrew for the sake of it but in RAF operations over German occupied France you could argue that there was less case for not targetting the cockpit because a German crewmember who escaped by parachute could be back on active service the next day. War is a ruthless businesss and sadly chivalry in war is often just a romantic myth. Firing on Red Cross planes used for picking up German aircrew from the sea was specifically authorised by the RAF on the (dubious) grounds that the floatplanes were being used for reconaisance purposes. RAF pilots were not happy about this but many would have done as they were ordered.

I am new to this having returned to Wings over Europe after upgrading my old XP PC so its graphic performance and processor is better. I have downloanded Bunyaps weapons pack and the Weapons editor but I understand I need to run the wepons pack through the weapons editor because I have installed the Third Wire patch. I don't know how to do this. I have tried to run the wepons editor but nothing happens. Is it a matter of having the files in a specific location ? I have downloaded and installed Nato fighters 1 -4 and these work fine. Can anyone advise please Thanks