TWK - A couple of outings in the bag for Mitteleuer. Frustration at the no show by the two seaters, they probably saw the weather and thought, 'stuff that'. The balloon jaunt was a success though, even though you didn't run into any opposition. I'm not sure I'd want to get caught low down well over the enemy's lines in a Pfalz though, anything you're likely to come up against is faster.

LtCasey - that's a shame but RL has to come first.


"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."