As she says so eloquently in Ghostbusters........we've got one!!!!
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
Assortment of different mods used..Von's GPU tuner..Buckeyebobs Cloud mod,Harrys cloud popping reduction mod..Skin by unsure?? but thank you. Filescamp airfield by Robert Wiggins.
To ALL modders and Skinners which have strived and still do so to improve this great sim thank you all,you do a fantastic job.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Beautiful pics. Adger. WOFF sure is a beauty. Mission No. 13 now flown - write-up to follow later in the casual campaigns thread.
Happy flying, Von S
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After my DH2 career started well, it ended with me spread over the streets of Albert like a jar of ticklers jam dropped from 10000 feet I started another flying for 60 squadron in November 1916.
I'm doing pretty well in it.....as this Halberstad, burning like a rocket on Guy Fawkes night, can testify
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
I had to start a new career as my RFC 60 squadron jaunt ended in a spiralling fall from several thousand feet and finally my Nieuport and I becoming forever entangled.
I've started another campaign now with 54 Squadron (a popular choice on here looking at other people's posts) flying Pups. I'm doing well and into February 1917, and what I thought would be a routine take off from Chipilly airfield. It was routine until I saw half the bloomin' Luftstreitkrafte coming towards me!!! (Slight exaggeration but you get my drift).
I had no option but to engage them with my flight and what ensued was the most amazing dogfight I've ever had in 30 years of playing flight sims.... absolutely brilliant....
I managed to bag two of the Albatros scouts (although it remains to see if I get credit for both )
This sim has just paid for itself with that jaunt!
Thanks
Albie
Last edited by Albert Tross; 04/20/2003:53 PM.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
@ Albert. Great story and great shots pal. @Jara Wow what a pic ive yet to see that happen great stuff.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
I had another fantastic sortie with 54 Squadron RFC and thought I'd share some pictures.
As you can see, it was a case of 'there may be trouble ahead'.....but I was able to get a bead on an Albatros and sent him packing with a flaming behind!!!
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Great pictures Adger, showing the graphics off in all their glory. That airfield looks like a deathtrap with all that ice and with the sun low down it looks positively freezing.
The pictures of balloons and people falling out of aircraft makes me think of the devs maybe combining the two and having people parachuting out of the Observation balloons when they're under attack. That would crank another notch on the realism scale.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
Thanks Albert and yep your right about the ice..I overshot my landing and ended up in the fence No serious damage done though.
And I agree observers jumping out of the balloons would be a great touch,hopefully OBD might be able to incorporate it one day. Cheers Adger
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
I decided I'd start a new career flying with the Germans in October 1915. I was tootling along in my Aviatik not expecting to see much when I spotted something which had me engrossed........as you can see.......the Fokker won.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
Good stuff Albert im also trying a German campaign. Jasta 15 December 1916 flying with Ernst Udet
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Cold Winters morning patrol,2nd mission and the Alb,s arrived late yesterday...Its quiet in our sector at the moment but the ground boys are taking a pummeling. Maybe things will change soon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.