The Bristol Scout is great fun and yes the shooting can be tricky but you get used to it. If you can stay alive until mid 1916 the Roland two seaters show up and then you've got a real test.

3rd Wing RNAS in the Autumn of 1916 is flying the Sopwith Strutter in Alsace Lorraine. If you start off in late September early October you'll come up against mainly Eindeckers and a few Fokker biplanes as well as Aviatiks and Roland two seaters. The skies in Alsace are starting to get reasonably busy. Your airfield is a fair distance from the front, so depending on how much time you have available you can either take in the wonderful Alsace Lorraine countryside on your way to the lines or increase the time compression.

The Strutter is very agile for a two seater and you should be able to get the better of Eindeckers and Fokker biplanes but be careful throwing it about too much, especially in a dive. When you're ready, put in a transfer request over to another RNAS flight flying the Pup or Tripe.

"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."