I finally broke down and got the German digital download version...
I have only played the training scenarios, but for any of you who are still apprehensive about the purchase, download and patch process, I can confidently tell you that its a simple and smooth process! I know Magnum covered a lot of the purchase and install details in another thread, so I won't repeat...
After submitting your credit card info, you are immediately taken to the download page...this page also has your 2 serial keys...don't worry, you get an email containing not only the serial keys, but also the download links in case you ever need to redownload...
Download was smooth...its 2 files...one is just over 1 gig and the other is about 1.6 gigs...it took me about 3 hours to download both...
Install was smooth and went along without a hitch...I ran it once to make sure everything worked...
Then, I applied the German 1.02 patch...this patch is about 108 mb and fixes a lot of issues with the AI and flight modelling...its a must have...
Patch installed perfectly...
Finally, I applied the latest english language patch by 6th Sense...I think its version 0.9...
I now have a fully patched german version that for all intents and purposes is an english copy of the game...
No hastle, no stress...