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Folks,

Dux:

Here's a shiny washer and a large copper bus token from me...clink...clunk, rattle!

You Wrote: "I'm certain that only a little back pressure on the stick would have seen her lift off!" Shades of Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose, eh?

It is a pity that she is not flying. With no bombs aboard to weigh her down there should be tons of extra lift. I cannot see why they don't let her take off now and then myself. On further consideration, it would indeed be far more of a pity to have her groan and settle into a flaming, rusty pile at the end of the runway. We have had far too much of these crashes of late.

I am delighted to report that after invaluable help from Jens and indirectly from Ursa I now have FCG installed, patched, modded and running on this box. How long has it taken Dux? Months, years? Now on to reinstall MA.

Of course I'd like to iron this last CTD kink in BoB2 first. I still get a CTD every time I try to run two quick missions in a row. Over at the A2A forum a puzzled Buddye is kindly trying to help sort it. It is a wonder problem. Everyone over there wonders how I can get it to run at all.

In the meanwhile I can play one scenario per session for as long as it might take to clear the skies of the dastardly foe and then to find a soft spot to crash land on. I'm having fun and that is what it is all about.

In other less interesting news, I am still reading P. Townsend's memoir. The war is over now. He has been the King's equerry and he has participated is a couple of air races. Townsend, not the King. George VI has passed away and Townsend has just discovered that the new Queen's sister has grown up.... The BoB chapters were the most interesting part for me so far.