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Hello everyone! As you all know, WW1 aviation has long fascinated me. I believe the story of WW1 (and even more specifically, WW1 aviators) tends to be overshadowed by WW2 and doesn't get as much press as it deserves. I also enjoy reading/writing and now that I no longer have to write college papers (woo hoo! 😁), I occasionally get the itch to research something and write about it. That being the case, I present to you, "Climbing Higher" - my personal blog on all things WW1 aviation! Every so often, when I have the inclination and free time, I'll be posting articles about WW1 aviation to my personal blog (linked below): https://rookieace.wixsite.com/climbinghigher My first post is a book review of a rarer WW1 aviation memoir: "A German Airman Remembers" by Hans Schröder. To see my thoughts on this unique read, just click on the link below! https://rookieace.wixsite.com/climbinghigher/post/a-german-airman-remembers-book-review

S! All, The following JG I pilots are being recognized for their overall contributions to JG Nr. I "Richthofen". Congratulations! . . . JG Nr. I "Richthofen" Promotions Gfr. Thadeaus (Ted) Tripp (Jasta 11) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Gfr. Bruno (BernTeas) Stachel (Jasta 11) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Gfr. Beate (LadyBrit) Köstlin (Jasta 11) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Sgt. Heinrich (ScorchedBeans) Freund (Jasta 10) - promoted to Offizierstellvertreter (OffzSt.) Uffz. Oskar (Dutch) Verboten (Jasta 10) - promoted to Vizefeldwebel (Vzfw.) Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer (Jasta 10) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Vzfw. Max Focus (Jasta 6) - promoted to Offizierstellvertreter (OffzSt.) Gfr. Otto (AtariBaby) Fiedler (Jasta 6) - promoted to Sergeant (Sgt.) Uffz. Gustav (Boslandschap) Greif (Jasta 4) - promoted to Vizefeldwebel (Vzfw.) Honor Cross for Combatants with Swords 1914-1918 "For 4 years of active service to JG Nr. I "Richthofen." OffzSt. Lothar (GenMarkof) von Zudet (Jasta 11) - 4 years of active service (joined: 2 August 2016) OffzSt. Heinrich (ScorchedBeans) Freund (Jasta 10) - 4 years of active service (joined: 3 March 2016) OffzSt. Wilhelm Madvlk (Jasta 6) - 4 years of active service (joined: 1 December 2015) OffzSt. Max Focus (Jasta 6) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Hptm. Werner (danudet) Kliegmann (Jasta 4) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 October 2016) Lt. Matthäus Erhardt (Jasta 4) - 4 years of active service (joined: 22 June 2007 / active since: 2016)

While searching the ROF forum looking to find early FIF posts, I came across this which is where I first flew with JG1... https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/37743-open-jg1-dogfights-mondays-9pm-edt-all-welcome/

S! All, The following JG I pilots are being recognized for their overall contributions to JG-1 "Fritz Schmenkel." Congratulations! . . . JG-1 "Fritz Schmenkel" Promotions Offz.-S., 3 Martin Balge (II.JS) - promoted to Offiziersschüler 4. Studienjahr (Offz.-S., 4) Offz.-S., 3 Gustav (Gus) Hegel (II.JS) - promoted to Offiziersschüler 4. Studienjahr (Offz.-S., 4)

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https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/66231-halloween-sale-is-on-25-85-off-select-items/ Crazy low prices on some things: BOS – 85% Off BOM – 75% Off BOK – 75% Off BOBP – 50% Off FC1 – 50% Off Yak-9 – 30% Off Yak-9T – 30% Off Fw-190 D-9 – 50% Off P-38 J-15 – 50% Off U-2VS -75% Off Ju-52/3M – 75% Off Bf-109 G-6 – 75% Off Yak-1B – 75% Off Spitfire Mk. VB – 75 % Off LA-5FN – 75% Off HS-129 B-2 – 75% Off P-40E-1 – 85% Off Macchi MC.202 – 85% Off Fw-190 A-3 – 85% Off LA-5 Series 8 – 85% Off Blazing Steppe – 75% Off Fortress on the Volga – 75% Off Ten Days of Autumn – 75% Off Havoc Over the Kuban – 75% Off Achtung Spitfire! – 75% Off Hell Hawks Over the Bulge – 30% Off Ice Ring – 30% Off Desert Wings Tobruk – 25% Off Cliffs of Dover Blitz – 75% Off All ROF Content – 75% Off

This post is to the JG1 guys that flew American this past Sunday. I'd like to apologize for the lack of flak protection there. What happened was I moved that base from way North to Aachen to reduce flight time, and in my hurry, I placed flak there, but I did not test it out. The original mission had the American base.....off base with a scheduled attack on the German base, so I had standard flak protection for German base to make it realistic. I did not know who would fly American or OKL at that time...and I let Terref decide on that and he chose OKL. So, if it placed you guys in a bad situation I apologize, it was an oversight of trying to tweak these kinds of missions, based on the number of pilots that signup. As the numbers come in on the last day, it makes anything preplanned kind of difficult. Such as do we even fly PVP in the air, or just go with AI. We will switch the air combat side so you guys can fly Luftwaffe next time, I promise.... Neun

S! All, The following JG I pilots are being recognized for their overall contributions to JG 1 "Oesau." Congratulations! . . . JG 1 "Oesau" Promotions Ogfr. Otto (ataribaby) Fiedler (2./JG 1) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Uffz. Seow H.Q. Badger (5./JG 1) - promoted to Unterfeldwebel (Ufw.) Ogfr. Bruno (BernTeas) Stachel (5./JG 1) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Ogfr. Günter (Witt) Wittmann (5./JG 1) - promoted to Unteroffizier (Uffz.) Ufw. Nicholas Noël (5./JG 1) - promoted to Oberfeldwebel (Obfw.) Ogfr. Thadeaus (Ted) Tripp - promoted to Hauptgefreiter (Hptgefr.) Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichen): "For 4 years of active service to JG 1 "Oesau." Obfw. Georg Nechy (1./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 25 July 2015) Obfw. Wilhelm Madvlk (3./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 1 December 2015) Obfw. Heinrich (ScorchedBeans) Freund (5./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 3 March 2016) Oblt. Werner (danudet) Kliegmann (6./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 October 2016) Obfw. Lothar (GenMarkof) von Zudet (6./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 2 August 2016) Maj. Wilhelm (Willy) Lagermann (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Stabsfw. Richard (gunman) Lattak (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Stabsfw. Hans von (D3JAVU) Deutschbrod (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Obfw. Max Focus (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Maj. Fritz Hroznýš (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Hptm. Loch von Littau (7./JG 1) - 4 years of active service (joined: 6 March 2016) Flying Dagger with Swordknot (Fliegerdolch mit Portepee) "Awarded to all Unteroffiziere mit Portepee (senior non-commissioned officers)" Obfw. Nicholas Noël (5./JG 1)

Welcome to the Squadron "Rookie" - I also own the Viggen and alhough I can read Swedish pretty well (I am Norwegian), I have never been able to master it....I own most of the DCS modules except the Mil Mi8 and F-86 Sabre - never could wrap my head around the A-10C...I learned to start it up...but as far as Mavericks and LGBs are concerned - "I havent got a clue"... These days I mostly fly the F-16C (an old favourite of mine) and the FA-18C (which I never really liked, but it has grown on me...). Look forward to making circles in the virtual sky with you Sir!!!

S! All, The following JG I pilots are being recognized for their actions during Session A2 of Flanders In Flames 2020 "Fall Campaign" (flown on 17 October 2020). Congratulations! . . . German Army Report Oblt. Richard (Vonrd) Ausweichen Jasta 10 (session #A2, 17 October 2020), posthumously, for gallantry in battle, but also extraordinary fidelity and essential service. [great streak - 2 aerial victories, and 8 ground victories, over 4 sorties.] Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer, Jasta 10 (session #A2, 17 October 2020), prisoner-of-war, for gallantry in battle, but also extraordinary fidelity and essential service. [great streak - 7 ground victories, and 1 wounded-in-action, over 4 sorties.] OffzSt. Lothar Loopy, Jasta 4 (session #A2, 17 October 2020), for gallantry in battle, but also extraordinary fidelity and essential service. [esprit de corps]

Ah... actually I was getting much more hairy until my Flowbee arrived... getting more "Silver" though.

Just saw this thread. Thank you, all, for your kind wishes. It's a solace tanking with you all and hearing many of the voices that are so familiar. Mrs. Cor/Tater

Looking forward to this Cole! (since it's a scholarly effort, I thought it appropriate to address you by your given name). BTW... we used to do this in grad school... I had no idea that is was such an old tradition... Then when the victim bent his head back to receive the coin, all the conspirators poured the contents of beer and wine bottles into the funnel."

Hello everyone, long time no see. I would like to plan on participating next weekend, 10/31.

Short and sweet.

From a band called Witchcraft - Elegantly Expressed Depression.

Listened to this one the other day on the radio and it made me feelgood😄. It´s an italian cover version of a 80´s song of a german new wave band called "Trio" :

Thought I could attach our latest (and hopefully final) floor plan. This has to be approved by the county and the HOA. This takes up to 3 months 😬

A guy I work with and I were just talking about that song today. We talked about the Crossroads Festival 2010 version. Winwood got brought up due to the fact that Spencer Davis passed away yesterday. So here is a different song from the same concert.

👍 As far as being "moved", welI, we're down here, we have Florida driver's licenses, car license plate, and we're voting as Florida residents!! However, our "residence" is my sister's address, and we travel back-and-forth between there in Sarasota and Englewood to spend most of our time taking care of our 91/92 year-old parents (my in-laws). Teresa cooks and I do the dishes and try to keep things clean and organized 😄 Mom-in-law just got back from a month's worth of hospital/rehab facility stay. As far as our own permanent home, we have a lot in a great residential area already bought (Rotonda West) and we've contracted with a builder, but the market is so active down here they all take a year or more to get it done. It takes approximately 3 months just to get all the permits and approvals in Charlotte county, alone! Then of course you have the actual building. We have found out that things like appliances and furniture take 6 months or more to be delivered! My motorcycle, tools and stuff are in storage still in Michigan, for a monthly fee ($$) 🙃 In the mean time I am forgetting how to fly and using a laptop and phone. We are really liking this area, what with the beaches and the great places to eat and drink. I'm a big reviewer online 😄 who would have thunk it. We know all the good places! We are dodging virus' too, so far successfully. Also, as of today, Oct 21, it is still 88-90 degrees every day!!! 🤪 No end in sight! Crazy, man! I don't mind it a bit. Obviously I still look in on you guys now and then, and hope you are doing well and are staying healthy. S!!

I'm a sucker for a pretty lady with a powerful voice doing a cover of a song from my youth.

Today is a sad day in aviation - the classic "whomp, whomp, whomp" of two-bladed Cobras is no more, the Marine Corps retired the AH-1W today. https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/192399-united-states-marines-retire-bell-ah-1w-after-34-years-of-service

Oh, you meant that whisky.

S! All We have done our first two sessions. For our next two sessions we switch sides. Red team will be Central and Blue team will be Entente. That will be the end of Phase A. For Phase B we will advance the plane set and do four more sessions. A glitch was found in one of the Central Arty Spot Secondary. The vehicle unit at Bip was not spawning. Error found and corrected. Regarding flying outside of the area marked on the map: You can fly anywhere you want to go. There are no rules on this. It can be very dangerous. The map area shows the borders of where you will find targets. Inside this area flak AI is set to low. Outside this area flak AI is set to high and is very deadly.

One of the tightest Rhythm sections and most stacked woodwinds sections you're ever going to hear in a big band ever. Phil Collins big band is still around even these days but unfortunately a lot of the great old Cats like George Duke are dead or dying/can't play anymore.

Amazing the difference between areas. The thing is if you're in an area like Vonrd's, you can relocate to an area like ours and be WAY ahead. The reverse is impossible. So if wages allow in those expensive areas, eventually you're better off, just when you need to be. @Klaiber, you really do absolutely live in that lanai and pool area. The entire lanai and pool deck will be screen enclosed....they all are here. No insects or debris falling into the pool! 😄

@Klaiber now you gave mood to me 😄 Why not go a step further? With Aphex Twin: "Stone in Focus"

Our house (2 BD 2 bath, 1940s Craftsman with a very narrow garage and showing its age) ... $1,103,520 ... but we love the Bay area and no plans to sell at this time (though it's really tempting... my wife bought it for about $80 K in 2002).

Glorious!

At one time I was hoping for a separate office area (i.e. "man cave"?) but honestly the extra cost for a plan like that was just too much for us both in terms of money and in terms of space on our lot. So we're going with a standard 3 bedroom 2 bath, nothing extra, of somewhat over 1,700 sq ft. (living space) that also includes the important stuff (lanai and pool!) and forget the extra room. I'll use one of the guest bedrooms for that instead, and what we'll end up with is the "master suite" and one of the guest bedrooms will open onto the pool / lanai area, and hope we don't have need for more than that. I don't know what most of you guys are used to, but for that here is $350,000.00 if you don't go over budget, and honestly that's more than $100,000.00 more than we got for our old place which had a full finished basement besides. That's just the way it is, and you can't do much about it, and I get that it's far worse in other parts of the country. I'll be very happy if we can actually get through it all without any tremendous economic road blocks that could take place within the next year. A year is a long time to keep one's fingers crossed!! S!

Wow, that is definitely a trip down memory lane. We were so young and innocent then. More hair too.

Just some additional thoughts on the Pimax 8kX after some more VR sessions with it: I´m going to sell the P8KX immediately after received the Reverb G2. Didn´t expected the 8KX to have this bad optics after long time using the Pimax 5k+. Surely the wide FOV is great to have, but Pimax did a bad job developing this one piece. My conclusion is, that developing the 5K+ and the other ones of this series included the development of new wide FOV lenses. In this development they had a display with same dimensions but different resolutions for the series before 8KX and worked on the lenses for it to create this outstanding FOV. For the Pimax 8kX they simply replaced the displays from before with high resolution displays, but with different characteristics and kept the housing and lenses as before. This results in a much smaller sweetspot in the 8kX , what makes the flaws in design apparent all the time. These flaws a mainly a bad convergence between the line of sight through the lenses on to the displays. Whith the original design like in the Pimax 5k+ this flaw could have been covered by the bigger sweetspot, which allows different angles and IPD settings to get a sharp and converged image all the time, but the 8KX´ design doesn´t allow any more space to cover the issues. It´s very exhausting for the eyes to deal with the optics of the 8KX as a constant concentration and force to the eyeballs are needed to focus on a point with both eyes simultaneously. God knows I´ve tried to make this piece work convenient. I´m not so much taking care of comfort or headphones, as I could manage to make these things fit for me, but there´s not much anyone can do to balance the issues of the optics of the headset. The wide FOV and high resolution work fantastic on a first glance, but the lack in quality due to engineering the Pimax 8kX become very apparent and annoying after a time of using it.

As VR is getting more and more popular for flight sims, I just thought to write down some of my experience and impressions with the new Pimax 8kX headset if anyone considers to purchase or preorder one. VR is now technically on the edge of fullfilling its expectations for the user, in particular: the visual quality of high resolution headsets provides an image quality in VR very close to a regular monitor. Before I got the 8kX, I had the Pimax 5k+, Samsung Odyssey ( and the Odyssey+ ) and before a HTC Vive. In terms of resolution the 8kX surely is the next step up and it does provide a lot more details in DCS. The cockpits in DCS became very rich in details, just like used to get on a monitor. Readability of the panels is much better ( not perfect and depending on how the headset is setup ) and especially the landscapes and depth of the world in DCS now looks fantastic in VR. Spotting is now no longer a disadvantage in VR. The resolution definitely is convincing! So, the high display resolution of 3840 x 2160 per eye and the huge field of view are the selling points of the Pimax 8kX. First thing, what becomes an issue, is finding the sweetspot ( the sharpest area in the field of view ). The sweetspot of the Pimax 5k+ is huge and you don´t have to adjust the headset to instantly be in this sweetspot, when putting on the headset. In the 8kX the displays are much smaller, than in the 5k+, but both frames are the same. I think it was a bad decision to replace the bigger displays with smaller displays while keeping the same housing and lenses. In addition to this, the new face mask ( they call it comfort kit ) of the 8kX puts the headset a bit more away from the eyes, which results in an even smaller sweetspot on the lenses for the eye. Pimax reacted to this issue by replacing a thicker face foam with a thinner face foam to get the eyes closer to the lenses, but its not enough to reach a sweetspot like the 5k+ or other VR headsets, like Valves Index. I had to replace the face mask of the 8kX with the one of my old 5k+ to get closer to the lenses and not be forced to fiddle around every time I put on the headset, to find the sweetspot. At this point a positive effect falls into place: I need to wear glasses, because of being shortsighted. With the modified 8kX with 5k+ face-cover there is not really space for glasses, but due to the circumstance of modding the headset, now the visual focus of the eyes had come into the area, where I don´t need glasses. In VR the visual focus of the eyes is around 0,80 m to 1,50 m I would assume. But that´s not enough about the sweetspot. It also depends on IPD ( inter pupil distance ) settings. My IPD is 63,5 mm, but as the P8kX uses smaller displays, while keeping the lenses for bigger displays they used before, the physical IPD dialer, which moves the lenses, need to be pushed down to the physical limit of IPD 60 in the headset´s frame. Then by software IPD adjustment, the individual IPD setting ( -5 to +5 ) need to be found to get into the sweetspot. Everything outside the sweetspot is blurry! Now another issue appears: As the lenses are now dialed down by physical IPD setting, they got physically such close together, that the nose gap between the lenses is nearly gone and the plastic frame of the lenses now pushes hardly directly on to the nose, or let´s say: my big nose. So far I´ve handcrafted kind of soft pad out of a corona face mask and some soft material, to make the 8kX wearable on the nose. Now the sweetspot issue is solved and I always got instantly a sharp high resolution image, when putting on the P8kX. One word to the integrated headphones in the Pimax 8kX ( they call it modular audio strap 😞 crap. Totally crap! The cheapest headphones, I´ve ever heard. Needed to replace the head strap with the Vive Deluxe Audio strap. Another issue, which now goes viral in the Pimax forums is ´Mura´. This is like a thin dirty looking shadow over the entire view. Mostly visible in bright, white areas. This effect appears, when focussing the lenses instead of the image behind. Mostly it is not noticable while concentrating on the image and what happens there, but when looking into a bright sky in DCS or looking down on a shiny desert landscape, the effect becomes apparent. Other headsets got this too, more or less. It´s annoying, when you see it, but does not make the headset unusable. Regarding the demand for performance, the 8kX is pretty good usable for me in DCS, as I don´t measure the fun I got in the simulation with an FPS counter. What´s not so good is, that the native resolution of the P8kX is 3840 x 2160, but the rendered images @100% SteamVR SS setting is a lot more, because the wide FOV needs more pixels to compensate the distortion in the peripheral view. A regular headset with approx 110° not canted displays don´t need this extra rendered pixels, which is a waste in performance the system needs to provide. Going under 100% SS SteamVR the image looses quality and shimmering of far distant objects become visual. Anyway the headset needs a quite powerful PC, that´s for sure, but with that, the performance in DCS is ok, at least for me. A nice thing is the new Pimax Experience Software. This tool or overlay program really makes configuring the headset more easy. The software got some nice feature, which makes life with any Pimax headset more easy. Finally I have to say, that I do enjoy the high resolution and highly detailed images of the P8kX. Also the wide FOV is very enjoyable, especially in the flight sim. But this headset got issues, like the Mura effect or the focus/sweetspot, which other older headsets got as well. It also got some design downsides, as other headsets got as well. Also need to be mentioned, that it is quite expensive, but provides beside the high resolution image and wide FOV only poor quality. To be honest, I would not buy the Pimax 8kX headset again, because the overall quality appears too poor at this price tag and sooner or later other companies will bring up headsets with comparable specifications to the P8kX´s resolution and FOV.

If I remember correctly, BelSimTek (when they were still an independent company, and not attached to Eagle Dynamics) announced the Mi-24P and the AH-1G. The Mi-24P is supposed to come out later this year, so who knows about the status or future of the AH-1G. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4156456&postcount=86 My guess is that the Cobra is on the deep backburner.

Congrats on the launch of your new website! I'll definitely have to check out "A German Airman Remembers." Thanks for the tip!

Good post Gus, thanks. I'll be very interested in your comparison between the Pimax 8k and the Reverb G2.

The Valve Index must be the so far best overall engineered headset. Valve invented a new lens technology ( there are actually two lenses per eye in the Index ) which provide a sweetspot nearly over the whole visible image. The downside of the Index is its resolution of 1440 x 1600, which was at the time of the release of the Index already outdated by the HP Reverb and Pimax 5k+. Very unfortunate for Valve as the development in VR headsets is going on very fast. The Vive Pro got the same resolution as the Valve Index, but without any new lens technology. The HTC headsets always got a small sweetspot, even their newest one, the Vive Cosmos with a resolution of 1440 x 1700 still got this small sweetspot. The above report of the new Pimax 8kX is more an initial impression, than a review. I´ve received the P8kX only a few days ago. But it should get an impression, what to expect. Most people don´t like to fiddle around too much to make a VR headset work as intended, but the Pimax headsets do need a lot of adjustment to fit individually. The new Pimax Experience tool is great but at the moment a work in progress and still in beta state. There is already an option integrated for a virtual IPD setting test and setup, but the function is not available at the moment and will be implemented later. Also the Pimax software provide an option to adjust the image vertically, which is good and als needed. Especially when swithcing from the original headstrap to the HTC Delux Audio Strap the vertical image, respectively the point of view to the image on the vertical line, need to be adjusted. So, on the bottom line, the Pimax 8kX is not a out-of-the-box VR experience, but man, once adjusted, the image quality is so far the best I´ve ever seen in VR. So far means, until the HP Reverb G2 arrives in a few weeks :). I´ve preorderd the Reverb G2 to have some relaxing flight sessions and tp enjoy the beauty of places in our world in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and am quite excited about a comparison between the G2 and the P8kX. I would expect of the Reverb G2 a much better engineered headset and easy out-of-the-box experience, but with the downside of a small FOV about 114°. I would say, that we´re getting there in terms of development of a really good VR headset with properly engineered lens technology, high resolution displays and wide field of view. Currently there are trade offs with every headset, but there´s a massive increase in quality in every manner, but still not all together in one headset at a reasonable price tag. Coming back to the P8kX, I could imagine to like the headset more after some long time usage. The initial setup really is a pain in the ... with the P8kX and a result of bad engineering. Can´t emphasize less the visual quality of the 8kX: Yesterday reinstalled the Spitfire in DCS and took a flight over Normandy and it was inside and outside the cockpit a perfect view all the time... so much enjoyable after some years of using VR. Regarding the sometimes appearing Mura effect, I´ll try to reduce this effect next by adjusting brightness and contrast. The Mura effect could not totally eliminated by software adjustment as it is a result of display technology and appears, when there is too much heat on the displays, but maybe it could be reduced a bit.

S! All, The following JG I pilots are being recognized for their actions during Session A1 of Flanders In Flames 2020 "Fall Campaign" (flown on 10 October 2020). Congratulations! . . . Honor Goblet for the Victor in Air Combat Sgt. Heinrich (ScorchedBeans) Freund, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for the destruction of 1 enemy aircraft within one streak. Honor Goblet for Successful Attacks from the Air Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for the destruction of 1 enemy ground target within one streak. Iron Cross 2nd Class Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for the destruction of 2 enemy ground targets within one streak. Iron Cross 1st Class Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for the destruction of 5 enemy ground targets within one streak. Wound Badge 1918: Black Class Sgt. Heinrich (ScorchedBeans) Freund, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for being wounded in action 1 time within one streak. Gfr. Josef (Jaus) Ostländer, Jasta 10 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for being wounded in action 1 time within one streak. Bavarian Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph OffzSt. Lothar (GenMarkof) von Zudet, Jasta 11 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), for bravery and meritorious leadership in battle [for outstanding leadership and esprit de corps.] German Army Report Hptm. Fritz Butzzell Jasta 11 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), posthumously, for gallantry in battle, but also extraordinary fidelity and essential service. [great streak - 9 ground victories and 1 wounded-in-action, over 10 sorties.] Lt. Peter Pragr, Jasta 4 (session #A1, 10 October 2020), posthumously, for gallantry in battle, but also extraordinary fidelity and essential service. [esprit de corps]

Maybe it's already here? "Siri... waste that MiG" Siri... "OK... I'll baste that pig"

Glad you're liking it so far! She's a hairy beast, but once you tame her flying becomes an incredibly addictive experience. If I were to choose just one DCS module to use for the rest of my flight sim career then this would be it. p.s. Nice camo.

So far so good guys, a beast to fly but addictive as all hell.

Bridge City Sinners Perfect 2020 band.... S!

Sounds like a workable plan. As Brit said, a few of our EU pilots have the Viggen (not me though, I could join you in another airframe), so the evaluation shouldn't be too much of a problem. The MiG-21 has rather limited air to ground capability, but until we get a Cold War-era Soviet ground pounder (think Su-17 and MiG-27) it's one of the best assets we have. We've done both A-A and A-G in tournaments before (we even sank an imperialist CV once! ), so we're no strangers to mud moving. As for A-A training, we'd be happy to give you some guidance. As long as you know the basic flight manoeuvres and can navigate your way around the cockpit (which is a loose collection of switches, buttons, toggles and gauges scattered around a toothpaste-coloured bathtub) you should have no problems dogfighting in a MiG. Just remember that the 21 is a difficult machine to master, as it's actively trying to kill you at every opportunity. It's like training your own Russian attack bear - it may not always work as intended (and you may get eaten along the way), but when it all comes together it's great fun. In Soviet Russia aircraft fly you! Do you own any helicopters? We fly those too. Many of us are eagerly awaiting the Mi-24.

Been listening to The Who Sell Out today at work. One of my favorite albums of theirs. And one of my favorite tracks off that album:

I woke up to eerie orange skies and it just barely got light enough to read a newspaper outside around noon. This is the view by Lake Merrit close to my house. The word that kept popping in my mind... "Armageddon"... which in my usual twisted way of association made me think of this classic urban legend... which lifted my spirits.... "ARMAGEDDON!" 😈 tT

S! All, For those that didn't see this video... SCG_CorZero 'Missing Man' tribute by SCG_Limbo... A Great Tribute to a Great Commander! Cheers, GenMarkof