Thanks for the cudos on Albert, but he got a little sloppy in his last mission and over zealous! He pushed his turns a little too hard a couple of times and fell out into a spin. That was a wake-up call! Must pay a little more attention to limitations or he won't continue to survive!

Pulled a dawn patrol guarding some recce craft today:

That was like 40 minutes into the flight. If someone had attacked while we were taking off, I never would have seen them! Oh, yeah, and since when is it still dark at 7:20 AM in the morning?!?! Didn't Europe ever hear of Daylight Savings Time?!?!!?


Phew... anyway, we dispatched a couple of Halberstadts attacking our recon-ees when on the way back, we encountered a couple of Roland C IIs and hilarity ensued...



That's right, that observer was still shooting me WHILE HE WAS ON G-D FIRE!!! How can we win against such determination?

*Please excuse the occasional head tracking wonkyness...

Rick,that was a nice descent without tearing the wings off that crate! Kudos mate. Very determined foe, but then, what did he have to lose?

Thanks, MFair, that's always my biggest fear in the Nupe...

You handle the Noop like a real pro Rick. Nice turns. Very steady, no wobbles. Line up your target easy enough and hold him there in your sights. Excellent flying sir.

'Reminds me of a poster I saw years ago (and still wish I'd bought) It's drawn from the POV of an owl dropping in to take a mouse. All you see of the owl is his talons on both margins, and in the center, down in the snow, is a mouse in a tattered winter jacket, an arm in a sling, on crutches with a bandaged foot, a bandaged head and an eye patch, looking up, and flipping the finger to the owl. The caption read: "The Last Defiant Gesture". Rather like your gunner; he's going down, but damned if he'll go quietly.

Thanks, Hellshade, every 15 or so missions I get one that looks like that! The rest are more like this...


Hauksbee, I think you pretty well summed it up!

On request of some forum friends here, I made a short video of a scrap I had leading B-flight
of Jasta 5, Boistrancourt. The video also shows the modded historical airfield (beta) made
by RAF_Louvert, with the 3D modelling help of Hauksbee.

I recorded the video with FRAPS and converted it "as recommended for this project" -
not sure if I could have gone higher in quality; what do others use?

EDIT: Very beautiful afterglow shot, Rick!

I use the paid version of Action to record. Saved files are not that large and the program is light and easy to configure.

Olham, very nice my hero! I always enjoy watching well flown air combat. I smiled when you recognized the opportunity at the 4 min mark when the Tripe presented you with a belly-side entry. Superbly flown! That adversary must have been an HA.

With all the engine troubles I have, I cannot afford the luxury of cruising home at 100 meters and flying final between the trees.

Thank you, busdriver!
The Albatros models rarely have any engine troubles.
What are you flying?

Currently the SE5, awaiting an upgrade to the SE5a. I take a great deal of battle damage and frequently suffer loss of fuel or engine coolant.

Unlike you, I frequently manage to trap enemy scouts at my six o'clock.

Great stuff Olham. What a wonderful dogfight encounter there. Thank you for sharing! Loved the music, too. Where did you get it?

Beautiful work, Olham. Great choice of music. I'll be watching this one several times over. Maybe just for the clouds alone.

Beware Huns in the Sun

Question on your technique Hellshade. Did you know how many EA your flight had engaged? I ask, because when you put the fight on your nose (looking right into the blinding sun), I couldn't quickly identify the bandit(s). I worry about mid-air collisions as the conga line forms behind my target.

Great job, Hellshade! I really like how you rolled through that left hand turn. I'm pretty sure I would have stalled it there!

That's what I'm talking about, Olham! That second Tripe was good but you stuck with him! Aerodrome looks great, Lou!

Thank you, Hauksbee and Hellshade!
Hauksbee, WOFF V.2 has these clouds "on board" - no further mod needed.

Used the music without allowance, to be honest.
It is from Mark Isham's score for the film "L.A. Crash" - very touching (both film and music).


EDIT: ...the lift of the Sopwith Triplane is a dream, Hellshade!

Great vids guys... always enjoyable!

Hellshade thanks for the entertainment. That DR1 sure has an amazing lift I enjoyed the dead stick flight, You also had some pretty slick opponents with some great manouvering for an AI in those SE5's

Great stuff!!