hrmm.. One Step Closer to an Iron Eagle III Plot.. haha

I love my Mustang!

A-10 and BS2 will have to take a break now.

...and I saw 2 Bf-109s parked by the runway in one DCS P-51 YouTube video recently.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFYRKKffkF8&feature=player_detailpage#t=95s

I have had it for several days now and I really enjoy it. I can't wiat for the release!. There are some bugs in the sim and you find yourself pitted against modern aircraft in the mission editor and that's kind of a drag. But I am having a lot of fun fighting the helicopters. They're even whoopin up on me because of their heat seekers, and guided AA missiles.
My version seems to want to boot me back to the desktop when I mess with the throttle controls after doing anything else for some reason. But I'm sure that will be fixed with the release along with the accurate WWII vehicles and aircraft. In the trailer, there is a 109 being shot down so I'm fairly certain that the aircraft will be WWII stuff.
It is a really nice simulator and you can set up missions any way you like with the mission editor. You can do all air to ground, air to air, or both.
People say it's hard to take off and land but I have yet to have any problems with either. But then again. I fly all WWII planes in other sims I have also. From my limited experience flying in the real world. DCS P51 Mustang is thus far the best simulator yet.
It's a lot of fun!

All I can add to this conversation is that I really like flying the P-51 in this sim. I am not really bothered by the modern ground forces as I can modify the missions to keep out sams and modern AA. And honestly....I don't really see the detail in the ground vehicles anyway. The enemy planes bum me out somewhat because there is no way for a P-51 to keep up with a modern fighter but if you look at the trailer.....they are shooting down me109's in there so I am confident that they will incorporate them into the release. But from the viewpoint of an average joe that likes to game....I'm ok with it.
I have played Balckshark, A10, and Flaming cliffs and I enjoy the P-51 more than any of those. I also have a fleet of WWII payware aircraft for Xplane so I'm just a fan of that era.
So from a casual users point of view...I'm perfectly happy.