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Anybody up for some WWII? DCS, COD or BOS. Tonight or this weekend?

One of my favorite bands, that I often post videos from. However, this one seemed more pertinent to our boards, due to the subject matter. While the video doesn't give anything away, the song is about the female aviators of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment. http://fastnbulbous.com/wolf-people-ruins/ Here are the lyrics: I'd fly every night if I could On wings of paper and wood Delivering death wherever I go As graceful and quiet as snow As snow so heavy ceaselessly falls I will bury you all I am Night Witch Night Witch Night Witch Night Witch There's one for the brother I loved And one for the war I'm part of Another to turn t…

Just wanted to wish all of my North American squadmates a Happy Thanksgiving! Also, regardless of whether you are North American or not, I would like to take this opportunity to say "thank-you" for making this squad a great place to be! I enjoy flying with each and every one of you! S! - Hotlead

Kameraden, It is that time of year again and I am reaching out to attempt the most killer playlist of all time. Appreciate any input and original is always good. Now, what is Music Poker? Rules: 1. There will be 8 rounds. (Descriptions of each round to follow) 2. We will be running the entire event through Youtube. 3. You will select a song/video for each round. You will find that song/video on Youtube and copy the URL (web address) for that video. You will then paste the address next to the number the matches the round description. Please follow the numbers as they are presented in this document. If you don’t, you will have the wrong video played i…

My new co pilot Nutmeg studying air currents in the leaves.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/slomo-video-reveals-how-ww1-fighters-didnt-shoot-their-1789229609 Thought the slow footage was cool. Though the two hosts annoyed me.

I picked up Condor, a gliding simulator with great reviews but only 2dof... Besides the fact that I feel like my neck is broken, it's quite fun. Tonight I managed to pick up my silver badge, which includes a flight on a straight course of at least 50 kilometers, a duration flight of at least 1 hour, and a gain of height of at least 1000 meters. Not bad for only gliding for 2 weeks, eh? I can't wait to do it for real on Saturday!

Good stuff! (and please don't kill me about the F-18 comment!)

Not sure I mentioned this to all but my son is a University QB with the Laurier Golden Hawks and we played in the 109th Yates Cup last Saturday in a crazy game.

So tonight I learned a few things. 1.) People think seeing a MiG-15 still flying is so cool they have to come take a look: 2.) I'm pretty good at flying formation with helicopters: 3.) I suck at strafing speed boats: I expended all my ammo and didn't take either of two out. Those hits knocked out my airspeed indicator, so the last few strafing runs were a fun mix of hoping I'd hit something, and praying I didn't lock up my control surfaces in the dive. My attack runs looked pretty neat in debrief, but I think I was coming in too steep. Should have tried more shallow runs!

Not that I can say I didn't expect it, but it's still a little disappointing: With them waiting on the Normandy map before merging the two releases, I wonder how much longer that'll make things?

Back in February I made a post about the Rodger Dodger floor unit for setting your controls on. Well, I finally built it! The boards aren't attached yet, I'm going to wait until the glue dries over night. Doesn't look as good as Brit's but it'll certainly do for a while! Maybe one day I'll paint it too. I got the instructions for the center stick setup, then just copied the throttle stand to the other side, so that I can switch between side stick or center stick if I so desire. And if I'm using the center stick setup, then the other surface can be used for my kneeboard (ipad) or a drink or something. All told, including the materials and the instruction…

S! Guys! I was practicing yesterday at Warground and at the end of a mission I found another DV with J4 marks. So we spent the last minutes of the mission in a nice formation. http://stats.newwingstraining.org/sortie/1208568/ http://stats.newwingstraining.org/sortie/1208564/ Black tail is me This I suppose is Kliegmann ANother DV from unknown unit join the formation.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/spitfire/ All I can hear in my head is the German CloD voices yelling "Spitfire!"

For those that want to practice level bombing here is a package of missions compiled by MackStones a/k/a JackStones back in 2012. Just unzip to your Rise of Flight game directory, and it should install to your Single Missions folder (or unzip in a temp folder and place in your "ROF/data/Missions/Level Bombing Practice 1.028" or use JSGME). https://www.dropbox.com/s/tuyp2zyuoon52pj/Level%20Bombing%20Practice%202014.zip?dl=0

I know this isn't aviation, but since it is my second passion I figured I would share: For those interested. Click "i" in right corner to see any comments https://1drv.ms/f/s!AniNxLtwbdRGb9SDOwfxRCPkI70

Title says it all. Time to stock up on those missing airplanes! S!

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I just found out that Scott Owens (BH_Osten) has died of a massive heart attack. He was a member or Black Haze from WAY back in the RB3D days, and if you'll check the historical stats for FiF, you'll see his name in there many, many times. Scott, along with Dutch, established Black Haze in Rise of Flight. Only because of both of their personal involvements, I joined Black Haze as my first squadron after flying as a free agent for a long time in Rise of Flight. Back when my old squadron, Lafayette Escadrille (LE) was disappearing in RB3D, these guys took me in as an ally and we flew with and battled against JG1 to the best of our abilities. It was always great to be a…

S! Very interesting and amazing video taken by Anthony Fokker at the end of WWI. It seams to be a presentation or something like that and the presenter explain each scene. Cool!

From this wonderful little article: https://hushkit.net/2013/07/25/aviation-forums-a-survivors-guide/ This satisfies all aviation simulation forum archetypes as well.

Did you just crash your multi-million dollar helicopter in a heavily populated city? It's okay, grab a Bud Light!

Here are some pictures I took at the Military Aviation Musuem’s Biplanes and Triplanes 2016 Airshow. Some were taken on Friday’s practice day and the rest at Saturday’s full event. We were lucky the weather cooperated on both days. S! Lee Fokker Dr.1 Flight line on Friday From left to right: Strutter, Fokker C.I, Halberstadt CL.IV, Fokker D.VII Albatros D.Va Nieuport 17 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter Fokker D.VIII From left to right: Strutter and Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VI Ford Model T chassis Ambulance Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. This is the replica used in the movie "Flyboys"…

I've always loved German and Russian war movies. I can't wait to get my hands on this one.