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After a long absence Viikate posted some news at M4T regarding work being done on the v4.16 patch. Wheels

I have been flying the IL-2 Box series and not much else lately. I fire up 1946 once in awhile but none of my squadron mates are interested in it any longer. I used to live in the FMB in 1946 but even that has fallen by the wayside. I tried to find a way to like it but I despise the FMB in the BoX series. Wheels

Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla https://youtu.be/0WUdlaLWSVM Uploaded to YouTube on March 23, 2008 It has been a few minutes since my last visit. Hopefully All, Y'all's, are doing reasonably well and I will see everyone next time I am in town. 😎 Wheels

I have seen the first couple of seasons of the Reacher series on Amazon Prime starring Alan Ritchson so now I am going to start giving the books a read. It's likely not in order of publish date but a friend loaned it to me so I started with In Too Deep. Wheels

Some interesting/exciting news posted by Snafu in the most recent Combat Pilot Developer diary. 😎 DD #24: https://forum.combatpilot.com/topic/2064-developer-diaries/#comment-20388 Wheels

I watched all 4 episodes of the 4 part docuseries Tyson (IMDb link) on Netflix a couple of days ago. If you have followed Mike's career over the years this documentary series doesn't really cover much new ground. I personally enjoyed watching the series just to see Mike but don't expect any hidden or up until now unknown revelations about his life or career. One final note, Love him or hate Mike after he went professional and ended up retiring boxing has never been as exciting as it was during his ascension to the title in his early career. He definitely did seem invincible during that rise. Imo, you had to witness his career as it happened because archival film and interviews just does not do the buzz a fight of his generated during that era justice. Wheels

World's Only Fokker D-21 Flies Again - The Van Eggmans' 40-Year Dream Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs Video Source: https://youtu.be/75crsxINQcs Three generations of one family working for several years to bring it back to flight. 👍 Wheels

I just finished binge watching Best Medicine (imdb link) on Netflix yesterday. I enjoyed the series and got hooked into the storylines of each character. For me the first season was a 7/10 stars. The series which originally aired on Fox TV in early January 2026 has been renewed for a second season and according to IMDb the first and second episode of season 2 will be airing on Fox on Tuesday September 22, 2026. Wheels

It has been several years since the heyday of Hyperlobby and Jiri announced recently that he will be closing the Hyberlobby forums. The game server has already been disabled. The last time Jiri updated the Hyperlobby program was four years ago, v4.3.7, and I never got the impression that the update was enough to get Players back into using it. --------------------- For those that still remember their login credentials and want to pass on their thanks or memories to Jiri using Hyperlobby before the final shut down of the site Phantom17 has started a thread at Hyperlobby that fits the bill. Thanks for 25 years: https://hyperfighter.sk/ftopict-10530.html If you still have the same email address or access to it as the one you used when you registered at the Hyperlobby forums and do not remember your password here is the link to the lost password page. Lost Password: https://hyperfighter.sk/account-pass_lost.html Wheels

I can tell from your screenshot that is the incorrect game. Those are the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles executable files. The DCG program is for IL-2 1946. Wheels

After flying WW2 birds those WW1 kites are so blamed slow. Most of them are quite fragile too if you dive too fast. Plus my gunnery is bad enough in the WW2 birds but in those WW1 kites I can't even hit the ground consistently. 🙃 Wheels

It's not a spam site, yet, but the AAS link takes you to an Indonesian gamer site now. Wheels

Glad to read that your foray into antique component repair was successful @Hans von Freden. Wheels

The Long Walk @IMDb This is a movie adaptation of a Stephen King novel written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Considering they talked Mark Hamill into playing the Major I will likely go see it in the theater even though I do not believe it will live up to the book itself. The Long Walk (novel) Code:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk_(novel) wikipedia wrote: Set in an alternative, dystopian version of the United States, the plot revolves around the Long Walk, an annual contest in which 100 young men walk continuously along a pre-arranged route. Walkers must keep a minimum pace of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h), and are issued verbal warnings by soldiers monitoring their progress if they fall below this speed for 30 seconds. A walker can lose one warning if he walks for an hour without earning another. If a walker takes three warnings and falls below the minimum speed for 30 seconds, he is shot and killed by the soldiers. The Walk continues until there is only one survivor, who can have whatever he wants for the rest of his life as his prize. I literally read the book decades ago but the instant I saw the premise of the movie it all came rushing back to me. Wheels

I was watching The Born Losers last night on Prime and I noticed a familiar face that I was not expecting. The tough cop in The Born Losers (1967) was the same actor, Jack Starrett, that played the tough cop 15 years later in the Stallone movie First Blood (1982). I suspect Stallone knew this when he was cast in his movie. Wheels

These are quite old and may or may not work with the current version of DCG? DCG Campaigns @ M4T: https://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&c=583 Wheels

FUBAR Season 2 dropped on Netflix on June 12. I am hoping that I enjoy it as much as I did FUBAR season 1. Wheels

Great Battles Track Playback glitch. I am in the Spitfire in the foreground with the skin marked HO W. Lol, I have no clue who is in the Spitfire the game is showing as 352nd_Wheels. Wheels

Lately I have been watching According to Jim. Jim Belushi is funny but Courtney Thorne-Smith and Kimberly Williams (Paisley) make the show eminently watchable. Wheels

The situation seems to have gotten worse for All Aircraft Simulations. It is not just timing out for me but the site is not able to be found at all now. Unfortunately I never did find out the contact information for who was going to keep the site online after Deutschmark passed. With the site not being found now it leads me to believe that since a little over a year has passed since Deutschmark left us that they have moved on too. Wheels

That actually is a cool idea. 😎 Wheels

After the 352nd VFG full group session Friday, April 04, 2025, Bender, Mars, Sighter, & myself moved over to Benders dogfight server and flew a few races. In the last race of the evening for the four of us Sighter had an epic crash right in front of me that I was able to capture in almost all of its glory. I uploaded a full speed version with sound and a second one in Slo-Mo, quarter speed, with the sound muted. (Gaming) Sighter's Crash (Gaming) Sighter's Crash https://youtu.be/HdUiWcjnojc (Gaming) Sighter's Crash (Slo-Mo) (Gaming) Sighter's Crash (Slo-Mo) https://youtu.be/Dqogju4O4is Wheels

Yes it was. Wheels

Doing some air racing on the 352ndVfG Great Battles server last night, March 28, 2025. https://forums.mudspike.com/t/il-2-great-battles-screenshots-2024/16042/11?u=wheelsup_cavu Image 1: https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/6/d/6dbed335c724c45fa04ea7ae798dd36a2c301f8d.jpeg Image 2: https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/1/9/1959934f565cb76d6a90104c6ec5273606819438.jpeg Wheels

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