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Big news today! FC 2, complete with career mode is released. Moreover, they've confirmed FC 3! https://il2sturmovik.com/news/790/update-5101-fc-volii-spitfire-mkxive-free-typhoon-/ Other random takeaways I'm excited about: FC 3 will complete the Western Front map, bringing 5 seasons to it: Summer, early Autumn, late Autumn / early Spring, Winter and Spring FC 3 is scheduled to be released by the end of this year... pretty quick turnaround. An additional pack of aircraft will be released next year, bringing all land-based aircraft (except the S-16 and Ilya Muromets) from ROF to FC. With this update they included this nugget: Balloon operators launch flares when given a mission command MCU Command: Flare Also added with this update: Updated the sounds of air explosions of medium and large caliber AA rounds; Added separate sounds of air explosions for the British QF13-pounder 6 cwt (76.2 mm) and the German Flak 77 L/27 AA guns

Like many folks, SNL introduced me to that one with the "More Cowbell" skit. But I was hooked ever since. Absolutely love that song!

Panthercules is moving a lot of stuff over as he has time, but I don’t think he can possibly get it all. If you have any important posts, might not be a bad idea to either ask him to move them or just repost them in that section.

Mesmerizing work! Thanks for letting us vicariously share in the enjoyment with you!

Salute all! I’ll be online on Sunday in Flugpark today. My timeline will be a little looser today, as I have some things to take care of at home before I get on. I should be on somewhere around 2-3pm CST (1-2 hours after FiF start time). Also, I’ll be live-streaming my flights on Twitch. For comms, I’ll be on the Flugpark Discord, to better coordinate with the other German forces. As a backup, I will also have JG1 Teamspeak open for cross comms if needed.

If you can make it, we’d love to have you, Etzel! Regarding SRS, the North American WW1 pilots have stopped using it for a while now. It’s unfortunately just been too buggy for us. However, if you’re not a flight lead, you don’t have to be on TS as well as Discord, if that doesn’t work out for you. Really, the only ones who absolutely “have” to have both open are the flight leads.

Salute all! I’ll be online on Sunday in Flugpark at 2:00pm (one hour after FiF start time) Central US time if anyone wants to join! Also, I’ll be live-streaming my flights on Twitch. For comms, I’ll be on the Flugpark Discord, to better coordinate with the other German forces. As a backup, I will also have JG1 Teamspeak open for cross comms if needed.

Salute all! I’ll be online on Sunday in Flugpark at 1:00pm (FiF start time) Central US time if anyone wants to join! Also, I’ll be live-streaming my flights on Twitch. For comms, I’ll be on the Flugpark Discord, to better coordinate with the other German forces. As a backup, I will also have JG1 Teamspeak open for cross comms if needed.

Hey Vik! Thanks for checking in; you've been missed! Sorry to hear about the vision issues and I hope you find a prescription that works for you soon.

Welcome, Herr Dracul!

Salute all! I’ll be online on Sunday in Flugpark at 2:00pm (one hour after FiF start time) Central US time if anyone wants to join! Also, I’ll be live-streaming my flights on Twitch. For comms, I’ll be on the Flugpark Discord, to better coordinate with the other German forces. As a backup, I will also have JG1 Teamspeak open for cross comms if needed.

Stumbled upon Avantasia a couple months ago. Really love their version of “Maniac”!

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!

Welcome, @Monkee! Once football season here in the US is over (in a month or two), I’m usually available to fly Flying Circus around 1800ish UTC on Sundays. Looking forward to sharing the skies with you!

Hey! Great to see you here! Looking forward to flying with you, sir!

The message meant that Cappy was a lightly defended forward airbase, with less AA. I wager we ran into Camels from that base early into the mission. @Flyboy’s flight sustained some losses, but did kill them all. I also strafed their fuel truck, rendering it useless as a repair location. I wonder if it only had limited planes and then we killed them all off? And you guys arrived to destroy the airbase before it could replenish the planeset? That’s my best guess.

Hey guys, I won’t be able to fly today; things just got too busy for me. Sorry for the short notice!

Salute all! I’ll be online today in Flugpark at 1:30pm (30 mins after FiF start time) Central US time if anyone wants to join! I’ll be in JG1 Teamspeak this time. If we get enough pilots, we’ll try using Teamspeak for localized comms and JG1’s SRS for guard channel.

Those screenshots are super cool! And thank you for participating! Von’s flight did a freaking amazing job, attacking tanks, leading a synchronized attack on an enemy field that successfully took it out of action, and then engaging enemy fighters’ attention at the end. And all with minimal comms based on a thrown-together plan at the beginning. You guys just “got” it and I could trust you to fill in the gaps where I couldn’t be present to give new orders. Very well done!

Thanks, Lee! I've added you to Blue Team in the Flugpark Discord channel. I've also tagged you with your flight assignment in the "blue team private" sub channel there. Let me know if you have any questions!

Cool! I don’t see a vote in the poll, but I might be missing something. I’ll manually add you.

Salute guys! Black September is coming up this weekend! As commander for the German Forces, I am in the final stages of drafting a strategy, so if we have any JG1 pilots who think they can make it, please vote for the German side in this poll here. That will ensure you have the proper permissions to view the briefing I'll be posting in Flugpark Discord's Blue Team channel. Or, if you can't vote in the poll there, just let me know below what your Discord name on the Flugpark channel is, and I'll manually add you to the Blue Team role. We need all the numbers we can get (especially for bombers and interceptors), so all sign ups are appreciated!

Salute all! I’ll be online today in Flugpark at 2:00pm (one hour after FiF start time) Central US time if anyone wants to join! I’ll be in JG1 Teamspeak this time. If we get enough pilots, we’ll try using Teamspeak for localized comms and JG1’s SRS for guard channel.

Awesome! Just make sure to vote in the poll to lock in your spot. And yes, you are correct. Reflights are 5 minute timers, but repair/rearm is no penalty. Also worth noting is that if a gunner dies, he is also subject to the 15 minute timeout.

Excellent! We'll take you whenever you can arrive. Once you've voted in the poll, you should be registered. Jasta 5 admins should grant you Blue Team access in the Flugpark Discord channel in the next day or two.