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Kameraden, These last few weeks have been over the top, so busy that by the time I get home I got nothing left. I didn't have much to begin with so it's a problem. Leaving this weekend for a week in Austin, I'll have my laptop but that will be about it. Gonna try to get online tonight for a bit. S!

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Just saying thank you for all you've done . You have helped give some life support to the ROF community . Best of luck and success in your future . You will be sorely missed my friend.

S! All, I was reminded of this today and thought I'd post it here before I forget, since it may be of interest to some of our group who are able to get either to Vimy this summer or to Montreal over the winter: https://warflowers.ca The subjects of the exhibition are two members of my family: my great-grandfather Lt.Col. George Stephen Cantlie, original commander of the 42nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, and his daughter Celia, my great-aunt. He died before I was born, but I knew her a little when I was growing up; she died in 2007, aged 94. S! Maus

Hopefully Cuban will see this. Kind of wondering why "Jagdgeschwader 1" doesn't show up in the list at Stats>Squads in the server stats. I have a feeling ours isn't the only one. The only ones that show up are J2 and J5. At first it seemed like we hadn't taken the necessary steps to register as a squad, but I found our squad via other links; so we're signed up under Klaiber, we just don't show up in the list via the stats pull-down menu.

Salute gentlemen! Just a quick reminder that this Sunday's Vintage Mission will feature the great "Eagle of Lille / Der Adler von Lille" Tournament created and with permission of Jasta 99. There will be a weather report posted Saturday morning and we'll try and match real world conditions over Lille, France for Sunday's tournament. No death penalty for the event, but we do ask everyone to maintain a spirit of sportsmanship and remember some airframes are limited, so use them wisely Start time is the usual 1800GMT. Hope to see you all in the skies over France! S!

Over the years I have built scale working steam locomotives however this year I wanted to try something different. It was building this WNW kit that lead me to JG1. While far from being perfect I am content with the end result. Next is a late Roland CII. !S!

About an hour north of Chelsea, Quebec. My best bud bought a cottage, they have a good run for a seaplane and we just need to update the dock. S!

Just to keep things interesting out TS crapped out last night....here is the revised TS address for today's memorial (no password). wingwalkers.teamspeak3.com. Thank you for your patience ( and thank WWCraven for staying on top of it!). Tom was a 20 year member of our squad who passed away in March. He will be greatly missed. If members of JG1 would like to join us for our Memorial Missing Man formation next week, here are the particulars.

Two greenhorns - Pfeil and Baron - were trying DCS. Heh, it was really fun, especially ship attacks. By the way - Hornet is a honey Thanks for watching

S! All There is a small update for RoF. Something to do with privacy? Uhmmm Hello Komrad !! !Da!! After you update it will ask you for your email and PW. Then... You will have to reset your graphics settings and.... You will have to go to the tools area and under general, select Joy Stick. Mouse is the default. Boy does that screw things up. An update that fixes nothing at this late date...............why bother? Many thanks to J30 Von Hammer for finding this,

Kameraden, A little bit of tank fun ! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/266850565

Salute all! There's no easy way to go about this, really. I have been involved in Rise of Flight since 2012 and loved every minute of it. But there comes a time when all good things must come to an end. As of today, I am leaving Jagdgeschwader 1 and combat flight sims. I am not bitter or angry. I am not disillusioned. Please understand that no one drove me away. This is merely me entering a new stage in my life; a stage where I need to focus on other things. Although it is one of the hardest decisions I've ever made, it is the right one for where I'm at. For three years, I have been a part of this amazing organization. It has been my privilege and pleasure. …

Kameraden, I've put off my Win10 install, just didn't want to take the time as it's going to be painful. Lately though, my system has become unstable and I decided last night to proceed. Final backup images are being created, then I'll start the tear down and rebuild. Picking up new components today to get started. The thing is, I'm travelling a fair bit this month. Ottawa next week and then off to Austin soon after. Wish me luck and stay tight. S!

The new update 3.003 starts the Bodenplatte Early Access program - if you pre-purchased it, you can fly the first aircraft from its plane set right now. https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/12826-game-updates/?tab=comments#comment-620990

Saw this on youtube, and was fascinated by the attempt to give voice to soldiers from the First World War.

I'm a big fan of the Titanic: Honor and Glory project. They recently posted this video regarding the Memphis Belle, and I thought you all would be interested:

A Youtube show devoted to debunking ufo ,,bigfoot and other videos and photos going around the internet. Last night on Cuban's server Vonrd was talking and it clicked. I asked him if he did a podcast or youtube channel. He said no but was thinking of doing one. Sure sounds similar to our Vonrd. "In my opinion." Let me know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKge--uYns

In addition to the book by Marc Wortman, there is a 2014 documentary by the same name, now available on Amazon (free for Prime members). It's about the First Yale Unit: volunteers from Yale University who were among the first American pilots to fight in WWI, and who were instrumental in the formation and development of U.S Naval Aviation from then through the next 50 years. The previous sentence is totally inadequate, considering their character, achievements, and influence. We all know of the Lafayette Escadrille, but the First Yale Unit was, historically, of greater importance. If you forgive the odd, often hammy narration of weird old Bruce Dern*, you will enjoy this d…

Is it just me, or is the TS server not working?

I just watched this movie of a companys 6 day spell in the trenches, awaiting the German offensive, in the spring of 18. The movie shows the stress of being in the trenches and not for the faint hearted. Worth a look if you havent seen it yet.

https://www.duffelblog.com/2015/08/f-35-loses-dogfight-to-red-baron/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=DuffelBlog&utm_content=Lockheed UpbeatDespiteF-35LosingDogfightToRedBaron

S! All To celebrate the Soviet victory in the great Patriotic war, 777 has a special 40% of promo code. Info and directions here.

First off, photobucket is garbage. But that’s not what I’m posting about. I’ve taken a break from flight simming to pursue a personal goal of mine and that is coming along. I was hoping to get away from simming altogether but having a new wheel set up, a gaming rig, and some excess lumber I put some elbow grease into a dedicated racing rig. With a $40 Racing seat I pulled from a Toyota Celica at a local U-Pick it worked damn well. I had made some errors that I needed to correct to make it really work right but I never really got around to it until now. However, when I decided to modify the setup I decided that racing sims weren’t as exciting as other th…

Hi All, Eagle Dynamics is currently running a sale on all their WW2 stuff: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3476473&postcount=140 DCS: P-51D Mustang DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Kurfurst DCS: Fw 190 D-9 Dora DCS: Normandy 1944 Map DCS: WWII Assets Pack The sale starts today and goes to Monday, May 14th. I personally use the Normandy 1944 map and some of the WWII assets for an alternate MiG-15bis / F-86F training map. So those might be things to check out if you don't already have them.