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AVG complete package released by Talon!
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John Pirnie
Charter Member
Talon
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I now have all the textures from Uncle Tgt and all the missions done. A big Thank You goes to Uncle Tgt.
There are 120 missions now broken up into 3 camapaigns.
AVG - 43 missions
AVG China - 32 missions
CATF - 45 missions.
Everything is being tested now.
Uncle Tgt will upload the new textures when he can.
There are 120 missions now broken up into 3 camapaigns.
AVG - 43 missions
AVG China - 32 missions
CATF - 45 missions.
Everything is being tested now.
Uncle Tgt will upload the new textures when he can.
Talon
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The CBI is number 1 place I enjoy doing missions.I have always wanted to expand it but couldn't find the info I wanted until recently.Well it has been expaned from 71 missions to 120 with all being hand edited so you have a mix of planes in your flight.No other campaign has been as much fun to do.
Now that it is finished I will not be doing anything else for awhile for CFS2.I think maybe" I will start again when someone new builds a Campaign ".That should give a very long break if not permanent.
Now that it is finished I will not be doing anything else for awhile for CFS2.I think maybe" I will start again when someone new builds a Campaign ".That should give a very long break if not permanent.
Talon
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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Campaigns Add-Ons
Description: This is three campaigns in a single download.
#1 The AVG is in Burma from December 21st, 1941 until May 1942. Their job was to defend Rangoon and harass the enemy.
#2 The AVG is in China starting May 4th, 1942 until they are disbanded July 4th, 1942. Their missions is to help defend the Burma road, help the Chinese ground forces, harass the enemy and defend their own bases.
#3 CATF which the AVG became on July 4th, 1942. They bombed enemy airbases and harbors and defended their own bases. They had 149 air-to-air victories with 85 probables. They did 65 bombing missions. On March 10th, 1943, they became part of the 14th AF.
There are 120 missions for the 3 campaigns.
Make sure you read the readme for instructions on the planes and what to download.
To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit AVG complete package.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
Reply...
Al,
Many thanks for this, I'm sure they will keep our contingent of Pacific and CBI enthusiasts very happy!
One question, would you like me to delete this one?
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=44&id=5040
Al,
Many thanks for this, I'm sure they will keep our contingent of Pacific and CBI enthusiasts very happy!
One question, would you like me to delete this one?
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=44&id=5040
Talon
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Al,
Many thanks for this, I'm sure they will keep our contingent of Pacific and CBI enthusiasts very happy!
One question, would you like me to delete this one?
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=44&id=5040
Since the P-40 for it is no longer available might as well.
DvlHownd
Charter Member
Give it a rest. You earned it. But... Someday, when you get bored, somebody is going to ask you "Hey, what did Task Force 58 do off of Okinawa, how did they stop the kamikazes?", or "who was Lieutenant Robert Hampton “Hammy” Gray, VC, DSC?" Then maybe, just maybe...
Until then, Fair winds and following seas. I thank you for the history lessons.
DvlHownd
bearcat241
SOH-CM-2023
Alrighty then, thanks for everything...but you know we've heard you sing that farewell song many times before over the past decade...lol. Face it Talon, you enjoy mission building above everything else in cyberworld and there's no better MB-friendly combat sim platform on the planet than CFS2, besides CFS1 of course. CFS2 gives you total flexibility, a true global scope, plus all the bells and whistles found in all the other platforms. See you soon...
alpha_1
Charter Member
auf wiederseheh Talon;
'Auf wiedersehen' because it means 'until we meet again'. I suspect, old friend that Bearcat nailed it. We'll see you back again. Not that I would know much about it, but it must be kinda hard to walk away from such successes as you've given us. The sim is so much better because of your work, thank you.
I sincerely hope to see you here again soon.
Cheers, Talon;
'Auf wiedersehen' because it means 'until we meet again'. I suspect, old friend that Bearcat nailed it. We'll see you back again. Not that I would know much about it, but it must be kinda hard to walk away from such successes as you've given us. The sim is so much better because of your work, thank you.
I sincerely hope to see you here again soon.
Cheers, Talon;
gaucho_59
Charter Member
'Auf wiedersehen' because it means 'until we meet again'. I suspect, old friend that Bearcat nailed it. We'll see you back again. Not that I would know much about it, but it must be kinda hard to walk away from such successes as you've given us. The sim is so much better because of your work, thank you.
I sincerely hope to see you here again soon.
Cheers, Talon;
Aufwiedersehen... actually literally means "until seeing (each other) again"...
Aufwiederhoeren ... (o with umlaut.. those two little dots) .... "until we hear...etc"
Since the verb for physically meeting is treffen... Until we meet again would be more
like Auf treffen Sie einander... and that simply is not a German figure of speech at all...
Aufwiedersehen is often translated as "until we meet again"... nonetheless.... just a
point of clarity... Until we meet again... in the sense it is used in English... does not
exist in German... I speak 6 other languages... "Hasta la vista..." in Spanish... is
the translation for Aufwiedersehen... and it is probably closer... but not exactly....
Still... it has the concept of "viewing" ... not meeting...
Cheers,
gaucho_59
treffen Sie einander
alpha_1
Charter Member
Gaucho, you missed your calling. There's a 'wiki-........' somewhere looking for guys like you. Wikipedia says 'until we meet again' and that's the meaning I used in my post.....it works for me.
highpockets
SOH-CM-2025
Excited to add this to one of my many theatres of ops. Thanks Talon for the hard work
kelticheart
Charter Member
As far as history lessons go
I don't know whether everybody here is aware as to what extent Talon's history lessons go in his CFS2 campaigns. A whole lot more than one could normally expect.
I hope Talon will not be mad at me, for making public a little part of an e-mail which he sent me a few weeks ago, when he also generously sent me a preview of this new masterpiece AVG campaign.
Unfortunately, my misunderstanding of my Web provider e-mail instructions made me erroneously delete the text of the e-mail, instead of just separating the hefty campaign attachment, so that I could download it at the office wide-band connection and store Talon's e-mail on my home pc.
Talon's father was involved in WWII at a very high level. If I remember and understood correctly, he was a diplomat, or part of the US diplomatic body in China during the late 1930's. Serving in his position he had the chance to meet Claire Chennault, Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang. He also knew "Tex" Hill and other AVG pilots.
Therefore, do make treasure of Talon's campaigns, because his historical information is first-hand and not learnt on books as the vast majority of everybody else, including me, did!
Most of the CFS2 historical campaigns written by SOH members deserve to be linked to WWII history websites.
Talon's historical combat flight simulation campaigns deserve to stand in WWII aviation museums, alongside with the real aircrafts which fought it. A vivid memory of a tragic, yet epic, moment of mankind's history which severed the few remaining ties from Medieval age and propelled the world into the modern societies we all know and live in today.
Talon, as Bearcat and others wrote, I hope you'll keep in touch with CFS2 and SOH, in spite of the many commitments you made in your life. As to me, it will always be a pleasure reading your comments and news from you. Thank you for all the work you gifted us with.
Cheers!
KH
I don't know whether everybody here is aware as to what extent Talon's history lessons go in his CFS2 campaigns. A whole lot more than one could normally expect.
I hope Talon will not be mad at me, for making public a little part of an e-mail which he sent me a few weeks ago, when he also generously sent me a preview of this new masterpiece AVG campaign.
Unfortunately, my misunderstanding of my Web provider e-mail instructions made me erroneously delete the text of the e-mail, instead of just separating the hefty campaign attachment, so that I could download it at the office wide-band connection and store Talon's e-mail on my home pc.
Talon's father was involved in WWII at a very high level. If I remember and understood correctly, he was a diplomat, or part of the US diplomatic body in China during the late 1930's. Serving in his position he had the chance to meet Claire Chennault, Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang. He also knew "Tex" Hill and other AVG pilots.
Therefore, do make treasure of Talon's campaigns, because his historical information is first-hand and not learnt on books as the vast majority of everybody else, including me, did!
Most of the CFS2 historical campaigns written by SOH members deserve to be linked to WWII history websites.
Talon's historical combat flight simulation campaigns deserve to stand in WWII aviation museums, alongside with the real aircrafts which fought it. A vivid memory of a tragic, yet epic, moment of mankind's history which severed the few remaining ties from Medieval age and propelled the world into the modern societies we all know and live in today.
Talon, as Bearcat and others wrote, I hope you'll keep in touch with CFS2 and SOH, in spite of the many commitments you made in your life. As to me, it will always be a pleasure reading your comments and news from you. Thank you for all the work you gifted us with.
Cheers!
KH
Talon
Members +
Here's what I wrote to you Kelti.
" The CBI is important to me because my father served there in WW2. He met Tex Hill and Chennault.He was part of Merrill's Marauders and was badly wounded at Myitkyina. After he recovered from his wounds he was a liason between the Army and Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Kai-shek .He had lunch with Madame Chiang and said she had the brains of the 2 of them. When she moved to the USA he even went to see her and she remembered him. "
We just confirmed he was part of Merill's Marauders in the last 6 monhs.Now alot of stories he told me mske more sense.
He also talked about flying over the Himalaya mountains. it would be 110 degrees on the ground but they had to wear their winter uniforms while in the air.They all had patches to let the Chinese know they were Americans and they would take them to safety if the crashed.
On one flight lighting hit an engine and it went out,the plane started to go down but the pilot got it started again.When they landed at Kunming the Japanese had just bombed the airfield and the planes wheel got stuck in a bomb crater.
As most veterns he didn't talk much about combat but some of the good times.We foundout that in hand to hand combat he got a rifle butt in his face knocking out most of his teeth and bayoneted.The Japanese soldier was using a Mauser98 and my father was able to subdue him after his wounds and take the Rifle which I have today.
I also had an uncle who served on USS Hornet during the Doolittle Raid,Midway and Santa Cruz.He later served on the USS Ticonderoga.
" The CBI is important to me because my father served there in WW2. He met Tex Hill and Chennault.He was part of Merrill's Marauders and was badly wounded at Myitkyina. After he recovered from his wounds he was a liason between the Army and Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Kai-shek .He had lunch with Madame Chiang and said she had the brains of the 2 of them. When she moved to the USA he even went to see her and she remembered him. "
We just confirmed he was part of Merill's Marauders in the last 6 monhs.Now alot of stories he told me mske more sense.
He also talked about flying over the Himalaya mountains. it would be 110 degrees on the ground but they had to wear their winter uniforms while in the air.They all had patches to let the Chinese know they were Americans and they would take them to safety if the crashed.
On one flight lighting hit an engine and it went out,the plane started to go down but the pilot got it started again.When they landed at Kunming the Japanese had just bombed the airfield and the planes wheel got stuck in a bomb crater.
As most veterns he didn't talk much about combat but some of the good times.We foundout that in hand to hand combat he got a rifle butt in his face knocking out most of his teeth and bayoneted.The Japanese soldier was using a Mauser98 and my father was able to subdue him after his wounds and take the Rifle which I have today.
I also had an uncle who served on USS Hornet during the Doolittle Raid,Midway and Santa Cruz.He later served on the USS Ticonderoga.
kelticheart
Charter Member
Freewheeling neurons....
...as I said, another joke played my memory, which made me remember the term "liason" as a diplomat....
Nevertheless, thank you Talon for sharing it.
The message I wanted to deliver is that the majority of the works uploaded here, and generically defined as "hobby" products, conceal the highest degree of quality in them.
Quality reached through accurate historical research and painstaking verification of the sources. In Talon's case, even through personal testimony from his family members who were there.
Is there somebody who still thinks this CFS2 is just another computerized game?
Cheers!
KH
...as I said, another joke played my memory, which made me remember the term "liason" as a diplomat....
Nevertheless, thank you Talon for sharing it.
The message I wanted to deliver is that the majority of the works uploaded here, and generically defined as "hobby" products, conceal the highest degree of quality in them.
Quality reached through accurate historical research and painstaking verification of the sources. In Talon's case, even through personal testimony from his family members who were there.
Is there somebody who still thinks this CFS2 is just another computerized game?
Cheers!
KH
