#4203077 - 12/06/15 12:37 AM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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Journal Entry: December 5, 1915 St. Pol-sur-Mer The last two days have been very productive in both helping me to hone my tactics and in destroying the hated Hun. I must say, that my wingmate Connor Milne has really taken my tactics to heart and is becoming quite the skilled scout pilot. In spite of the bloody bureaucrats at Wing, he has tallied 9 victories and looks to continue scoring. My last two sorties will serve as a perfect example of what I'm trying to accomplish with my flight. Yesterday's sortie was typical for us, we were ordered to fly a defensive patrol over a neighboring aerodrome. We were orbiting over the aerodrome watching the sunrise when here came two Aviatiks, I signaled Conner and we began our attack. I immediately noticed that Conner began his attack just as I had instructed him and in no time his opponent was spinning earthward. After I was certain he was okay, I began to attack my opponent and I quickly had him also spinning earthward.  You might notice from the photo how close I am to the enemy, well, I've discovered in my experiences that the closer you are to your opponent the better the opportunity for success. Our opponents both crashed within a mile of Coodekerque aerodrome so they were quickly confirmed. This morning's sortie was a line patrol up near Niewpoort with Roderic. We were flying along enjoying the sunrise, when off to our west here came two Aviatiks returning from some kind of mischief. We began our attack and just like clockwork we had two more Aviatiks spinning to earth. Roderic is well versed in my tactics since he and I developed them together so it makes us a very efficient team. It's always gruesome when you get a flamer, but I feel pretty certain that because of how I attack the Aviatiks that I killed the pilot before the aeroplane burst into flames, at least I hope so. 
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#4203358 - 12/06/15 08:39 PM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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That sucks, you've had a string of bad luck, maybe with your 'D' pilot things will turn around.
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#4203916 - 12/08/15 12:12 PM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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Gentlemen, I hereby produce before you: Offizierstellvertreter Albert Appelkorn from Nordhausen - Home of the famous "Nordhaueser Doppelkorn".  Storyline will follow soon...
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#4205319 - 12/12/15 03:20 PM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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 Okay, Albert Appelkorn has finished his Training and earned his first Point in a "Take some Pics of the Front Mission". I have one Question: A Point for the Mission is only then granted, when the Mission-Debrief explicitly describes it as a Success, or says "Well done" or something like that, right? When the Summary just says: "Took off, been there, flew back and landed." that's not enough. So, I counted only one Point for Landing @ Home. I'm not yet listed in the Surveillance-Link, so I'll enter my Data as soon as I'm in. ...found this funny Scene in J-Mode:  Domesticated Sheep can become very tame indeed ;-)
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#4205339 - 12/12/15 04:13 PM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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I'm with Banjoman, points mean nothing really. I find the hours flown more impressive than the points.
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
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#4205341 - 12/12/15 04:15 PM
Re: DiD Centenary Challenge
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Those sheep best be careful or they could wind up as ground meat. Has anyone ever had their plane make contact with an animal? Is it like running into a fence? Don't know about that, but I tried to use some horses as target practice. Didn't work out as I expected. No explosions, not even smoke.
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
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Hey hey
by Stormtrooper. 12/02/23 12:54 AM
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