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Great to see the JG1 circus over the front. Red and yellow all over the sky.

S! Klaiber! US103_Hunter 103rd Aero Squadron Entente EST Signing up the 103rd for FiF should I have everyone come sign up or just post the list below? US103_Hunter US103_Hall US103_Cannon US103_Frost US103_Filkins US103_Rockwell US103_Biddle

you just got a subscriber! I look forward to more of these. vK

I got this one, I have not done any multiplayer. We should give it a try. vK

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Gents, Beans approached me about joining last night and I directed him here. I told him we won't hold knowing hotlead against him. Welcome Beans!

voted yes on both

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I'm posting late on this one, but I went to windows 10 when it was released because it was a free upgrade and I have not had any real trouble with it running sims and such. One thing you might consider for a new PC is getting a Solid State Drive for way better load times. I have a regular hard drive that is big and a smallish SSD that I put games on. vK

There was one plane that did not have a compass.... I think it was a Nieuport. Some did not have altimeters, I guess it took a little while to see what was really needed and what wasn't.

This made me laugh out loud at work in my office....

Very Interesting discussion. I work with a German lady and we talk about history sometimes. I believe her father was drafted to the Luftwaffe when he was very young in 44 or 45 and after the war fled to the west when the wall went up. The other day I had a book about JG1 and was pointing out that the Baron is a legitimate national hero that the German people could be proud of. I think she agreed with me, but I don't think it is the case in Germany. One of the things she says is that if you try to be too patriotic or take a strong stand on some issue then you can and will be called a Nazi. Maybe there are a lot of folks who hold these pilots and veterans in esteem, but they do not come out and say so. My view of WW1 guilt and responsibility is that all parties are responsible for the mess. The entente, the Russians the Balkans, Austria, Germany were all off their rockers in 1914. When you read about the war starting it seems crazy to imagine one bad choice after another. I think the dirty secret is that a lot of people wanted the war to happen. I don't really blame German any more then any other country, about the worst you could say is that the Kaiser was fairly inept (childish?) in his decision making, but so were the other leaders/cousins. As to Patton and Rickenbacker, they are both pretty famous here in the states. Most folks will know who Patton was because of the movie they made about him in the 70's. I am from Ohio and this is where Rickenbacker was born and raised and is buried. He's fairly well known here, there is an air force base named for him and a restaurant/club called the 94th Aero Squadron near the airport. I'm not sure many school age kids would know who he is, but many adults would. I'm a fan for Captain Eddy for sure. Having said that, I bet more people in the states have heard of the Red Baron then Rickenbacker. S! VK

Frank Luke is one of my favorites!

Voted yes to all! Great work Fred. Any chance at D7 skins?

Proper JG1 music http://www.amazon.com/Gott-Kaiser-Vaterland-Patriotic-Recordings/dp/B000EON6GM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447880846&sr=8-1&keywords=gott%2C+kaiser