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This is the airport where I learned to fly and kept my sailplane back in the late seventies early eighties. Still unique and as charming as ever. https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/test-video/?MailingID=1245

I know that we've had a number of former Black Haze squadron members in JG1. @Snaggle, @Dutch, @loopy, @Razwald, @Dudley, @IRFC Hawkeye, etc. My apologies for not tagging everyone. BH Lt. von Schmidlak has posted that von Guber passed away in the Summer of 2020. He posted on the old Black Haze boards: https://blackhazesquad.proboards.com/thread/1848/von-guber And on the IL-2 boards: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/82751-rip-hptm-von-guber/ I didn't know vG very well, but I always enjoyed flying with and against him. He'll definitely be missed.

I know that I haven't been participating with JG1 for some time now so I wanted to check in and explain why. Unfortunately I am at the age where problems pop up (73). I've picked up a problem with my left eye where the vision has diverged dramatically from my right eye. Additionally, it seems to wander a bit from day to day. Makes it really hard to come up with glasses that correct the vision for all circumstances. Indeed, as I type, the letters are slightly blurry since my current glasses are optimized for reading books and not for computer distances. Really screws up tactical flying since I just can't see small targets at distances with results you can well imagin…

Kameraden, I took the dive, quiet Sunday and my first pickup was the Boeing 247D. This round, what are the must haves? I have SPAD.Next and FSCIPCv7 already, what else do I need? S!

Kameraden, He showed up on Noobifier ! S!

I'm a friend of Lipfert (Andrew), he's going to teach me to fly some Battle of Britain.

Crazy but interesting. https://www.popsci.com/technology/darpa-crane-aircraft-program/

F4 If you can stand it:

Variant is released today: S!

Good visual of the affect: And here's the full video from which this was derived. Shows pre VRS, entry and recovery. (Why they're doing this in such unforgiving terrain? No idea except this is what Swiss are used to?).

I believe we have a squadron member who flies occasionally with a game pad. This might be of interest to him.

https://www.skycombatace.com/book/las-vegas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! I’m so grateful to have had another year with the best virtual squadron I could ever be a part of. Wishing you all the very best today and looking forward to sharing the skies in 2023. Prosit! 🍻 😊

Thought I'd show off my latest creation.......Literally from last night. LOL. 😍

https://www.vr-wave.store/pages/christmas-sale-2022

Ho Ho Ho.... time to let go.... of some of that dough..... Well... not that much. STEAM SALE... I saw U-boat for $8?? Welcome to Steam (steampowered.com)

This is a nice update. Happy Holidays!

Kameraden, Probably one of the best pilots that I've had the pleasure to know. https://no23squadron.wordpress.com/category/george-stewart/

This is wild https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=5ktlcp

Looks like TS might be trying to emulate / compete with Discord https://support.teamspeak.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002746438-When-is-TeamSpeak-V5-releasing-

Check out the new city near Warloy-Baillon. Bombed out 'Albert'. Looks pretty good. Towns in general look better. Rivers have seen alot of change too. DVa does seem more robust.

...including Western Front Map for FC and the C47 is out: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/12826-game-updates/?do=findComment&comment=1233905 ...well, currently I am really short of flying time; but definitly looking forward to see how Verdun looks like in FC and how the C-47 will fly. Also curious what you guys will let us know after the first flights after the update

Kameraden, Felt like some early war planes last night. Immersion is still amazing. I flew around England in a Blenheim last night, taking in the sites. Relaxing. S!

OK Black Friday stuff happening all over the place.... got a notice this morning some very good prices in here. Black Friday Deals 2022 (fanatec.com)

Happy Veterans Day to all my Brothers in Arms!! World War I Armistice November 11, 1918 On this day in 1918, fighting on the Western Front of the First World War came to an end with an armistice agreement between Germany and the Allied Powers. The conflict had begun four years earlier, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Ferdinand’s death, at the hands of Bosnian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, ignited long-simmering tensions among the powerful nations wrestling for dominance in Europe. By the late summer of 1914, the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria,…