If you ever get tired of being the Pilot in a 2-seater, take a turn as the gunner ( F8 )
The pilot will keep you in the air as long as possible. You are the one doing the protecting after all

That's the reason the 2-seaters fly so damn high, no scouts can fly that high

Or they fly Very, Very Low, so no scouts can attack them from below ( their Blindspot )

The Pilot of the Scout can be a sneaky SOB by flying directly behind you, at your altitude. So you can't shoot at him without shooting off your own tail

It becomes a game of cat and mouse. You put 2 controls on your joystick (F6) the Pilot. .and (F8) the gunner

When the SOB gets on your tail, switch to Pilot and Dive then level out, switch to gunner again, and that SOB will be exposed above you.
Then as the gunner you get to carve him up

The NEW OFF is slated to do that automatically - - what a gift

PS . . . That's the reason for the Hole in the Floor on the Twin Engine GOTHA Bomber, this allowed the rear gunner to shoot at you as you attempted to attack from below, the original "Belly Gun"

PS . PS . Many Folks are WOWed about the accomplishments of MVR, he was a great pilot and an efficent Killer. However many of his early victories were against British 2 seaters with a top speed of 85 mph, while he had an Albatros DIII, his victims flew in formation. He would Attack whoever was at the edge of the formation at roughly 10 O'clock meaning there was No Way the pilot had a shot, while the gunner couldn't traverse his gun far enough to allow a shot. One Burst from his Spandous was normally enough. And so the Legend Grew. Many is the time if the odds weren't in his favor, he ran. But he lived to fight another day. He finally cashed in his chips, when one Bloke got a lucky shot from the ground, exactly who is still in dispute.
Back in the Day, I considered myself an above average Deer Hunter with the Bow, and I'll never forget what the guy who taught me said . ."Never Shoot an arrow at anything that can eat you" SOUND ADVISE
If you go on Utube you'll see many videos of guys bagging the Top 5 from Africa with a Bow
They always omit to show the guy Off Camera with the 375 H&H whose there to settle disputes

Don't know exactly where to put this because it contains many different types of items. But they definatly deserve Sticky
Soo I'll lump them all together under

PILOT ITEMS OF INTEREST



RFC Pilot Training . . Aerodrome Story . http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/aviation-personnel/23225-rfc-pilot-training.html

The Red Fighter Pilot . . on line book . http://richthofen.com/

Rosebud's . . Many OLD Photos . . http://www.earlyaeroplanes.com/archive1.htm

The Vintage Aviator . Website . http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/node

Illustrated History of WW1 Aviation http://www.wwiaviation.com/ . Enter by clicking on area of Pilot's Heads

Fighting the Flying Circus . on line book . http://richthofen.com/rickenbacker/

The Great War in Color . .extensive Website . http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-color.html

Knock your Sox off Photos http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/642541-Photos-of-original-Dr1-D-VII-Morane-AI-in-flight

WW1 Battlefields as they look today http://www.coolcrack.com/2011/11/amazing-pictures-of-landscape-still.html

WW2 in photos http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/pages/ww2/

WW2 after the war in photos http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-after-the-war/100180

How to dive in an SE5a http://www.southsearepublic.org/article/1764/read/how-to_dive_an_se5

Low Flying http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/S...-Wagon-Rut.aspx

Many Pictures German WW2 http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=3918

60 squadron RAF .. E Book . http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6287542M/Sixty_squadron_R.A.F.

Thanks Uncleal. I think we should put this whole thread into the new FAQ sub forum but will think on it.

As far as I can tell the only reason to utilize some of the third party missions is the level of enemy contact

That is No-Longer a valid reason, with the manager as it exists in Phase III you can enlist a few pilots around May of 1918 and you will shortly wish your mother never met your father, as 6 on 10 is fairly commonplace.
I'd even venture to say it happens all to often. Many times you will encounter the 6 on 10 going on . . . and will join to even out the odds. Things have a way of escolating in 1918

The smart money enlists 6 Pilots in 1916, 6 in 1917, and 6 more in 1918.
That way you can fly as you choose

Uncleal.. good info here, thanks!