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World War I Armistice http://assets.historyquiz.com/historyquiz/emails/images/spark-orange.png 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 …

Valid for everything except C-47, BON, FC2 and Dover series products! Good chance to fill up your repository with planes, maps, campaigns and maybe vehicles. https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/75216-november-promo-codes-are-here-50-off-all-released-great-battles-content/ This time I think will use mine for getting the latest campaigns, and maybe the 2nd flak truck (if I haven't bought it in pre-sale already....)

This is showing on my PBS station tonight and next week. 2 part series: https://www.aptonline.org/catalog/LAFAYETTE-ESCADRILLE-THE-THE-AMERICAN-VOLUNTEERS-WHO-FLEW-FOR-FRANCE-IN-WORLD-WAR-ONE

Hey guys, sorry if this is in the wrong section/could be placed somewhere more appropriate; When flying my first Tourney sortie yesterday I realized that WWI Aircraft can be a bit awkward to fly using a twist rudder due to having a lot of down-pressure on the stick in level flight and then having to twist your wrist as you point it away from yourself, any thoughts on this from other pilots who have/had twist rudder setups such as the X-52 I'm currently using or Similar? I'm just looking for what may be a bit more comfortable while flying and wanted to see if anybody else had similar experiences or recommendations for a cheap "Step up" from the twist rudder if proper …

Pilots, IL2 Update 4.605 is out: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/12826-game-updates/?do=findComment&comment=1134779 Esp. important for Pilots flying FiF to update in Time before Saturday 😉 Salute Etzel

All, if you're interested in getting something for DCS World, now is a great time. There is currently a Halloween Sale. Almost everything is marked down. So if you've had an aircraft in mind, now is a great chance to purchase. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsletter22102021-b9cdx4euq1jmnyqa5jzzjw2o5v2ovtxs.html

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/74791-annual-halloween-sale-is-live-25-85-off-most-items-oct21th-nov-4th-2021/

Took a trip to Old Rhinebeck this weekend. Nerded out with the chief mechanics and got up close and personal with the Fokker DVII

Yeah, I'll buy it, I'll probably even fly it.

Does anyone have any info on the paint schemes and letter markings of the P-38 piloys who engaged Oesau? From Wikipedia: Oesau was chased by 1st Lt. James Leslie Doyle, 1st Lt. Wilbur L. Jarvis III and 1st Lt. James C. Austin, of the 428th Fighter Squadron (474th FG, 9th AF). The guncam footage widely shown was apparently from "Pappy" Doyle's plane. Ideally, I'd like paint / markings for his aircraft.

Given that the devs are looking for flight track footage of the wing shedding bug, I started a new thread on the Il-2 forum (see below): https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/74642-wing-shedding-flight-tracks-thread/ If you guys have any flight tracks showcasing this, please post them to that thread, with a short description of the action and timestamp. Thanks!

FYI... there's an update

Looks pretty good so far. No need to use VRNecksaver in this one.

The visibility in IL2 is something I wish was a bit better. At the memorial yest I was looking around outside my A6. I noticed 2 things that were neat. 1 is the P51's when they have a custom skin, have a different serial # than the default skins. The second I saw below and thought was cool relating to the 801 engine

~~Salute!~~ First off, my apologies for what is apparently a very late invitation (unless WWGeezer has been by and posted an invite some time ago?) The Wing Walkers are honoring another departed member, Jerry "WWNatops" Spruiel, this coming Tuesday evening, Sept. 14th, 8:30pm Central (9:30 Eastern, 6:30 Pacific). See the graphic below. JG1 and any of your friends who would like to stop in and pay their respects are welcome. One difference this time is that we are offering all visitors an open airport after the WW Memorial Flight has ended, meaning you may, if you desire, spool up and make a pass (or three) in honor/memory of Jerry. We will have folks sticki…

I had mentioned that I noticed this. Gen asked for info on it. I have not tried it yet and would be interested in anyone's experience in implementing it if someone tries it out. https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/72864-improved-voice-dictation-for-in-game-chatting-with-voiceattack-google/?tab=comments#comment-1122529

Klaiber, As per our discussion. S!

Fascinating free pdf downloads of a DVIII reproduction (and other planes as well). http://www.collectors-edition.de/f-t-s_buchbestellung_english.htm I was surprised that the wing has no fabric over the plywood skin at all and that the colors are wood stains with marine varnish final coats. The woodgrain shows through and that is modeled in the FC skins. Looks like they got it right (but maybe should actually be more glossy). Good info on the lozenge fabric as well. Really nice oxy/acetylene welds too (what I cut my welding teeth on).

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/97330-dcs-roadmap-unofficial-no-discussion-here/?do=findComment&comment=4766714

Just in case anyone's interested: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/73945-labor-day-sale-is-on-bobp-and-fc1-75-off-and-tank-crew-66-off/

Since I clicked on that ad for the socks a while ago, Facebook has of course been showing me similar things like this ... https://iloveahangar.com/

Curious to hear you guys' thoughts on the Pfalz XII in FC...I remember it was popular with the JG1 boys in RoF!