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Now that was cool...

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Queeg

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I was flying in my trusty Camel against an Alb DII. After I put a few bursts into him, he tried to land at a British aerodrome, bounced once and rolled into the open door of a hangar, which promptly exploded in a nice fireball. At least he went out swinging!
 
That's better than the time in Aces over Europe I got sent to bomb a train. It was passing under a bridge so I bombed the bridge to see what happens. The bridge fell and destroyed most of the train.
 
rockmedic109 said:
That's better than the time in Aces over Europe I got sent to bomb a train. It was passing under a bridge so I bombed the bridge to see what happens. The bridge fell and destroyed most of the train.
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Ah, Aces over Europe and SWoTL. Happy days. :)
 
Hey, Queeg
A Camel vs an Albatros D II? They would have hardly ever met, I'd think.
The D II came 1916, followed by the D III (early 1917, I think).
The Camel - as far as I know - came late summer 1917 ?

Hey, Siggi - "Aces over Europe" kept me for hours away from my work, I should have done (self employed) - had to catch up with all late in the evenings. But couldn't resist (Lol!)
 
Olham54 said:
Hey, Queeg
A Camel vs an Albatros D II? They would have hardly ever met, I'd think.
The D II came 1916, followed by the D III (early 1917, I think).
The Camel - as far as I know - came late summer 1917 ?
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In QC - where anything is possible. FPS tweaking, while waiting on TrackIR to arrive.
 
Siggi said:
Ah, Aces over Europe and SWoTL. Happy days. :)
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Yes..BoB and SWoTL!..that brings back memories.

As does

Strike Commander
Wolf 3D
Wing Commander
The 'original Red Baron

And my favourite classic 'Pacific Air War'

great days:ernae:
 
"Pacific Air War" - yes, WIDOWMAKER, absolutely grand! Could even be flown in multiplayer mode. Made my first dogfight against my business partner on it, and still remember this well!
He flew a Lightning, and I had a "Frank". He didn't seem to stand a chance, as he wouldn't fly hit-and-run tactics. So, I hit him quite hard several times, and the right engine produced black smoke already.
But a Lightning isn't so easy to down, very flat from the rear, difficult to hit, and TWO engines.
He remembered this one trick though - he pulled up and pulled throttle full back. I flew into the thick black smoke - couldn't see anything for a sec. When I got a sight again, he wasn't there. Instead, I was shot to pieces by a cannon and three machine guns, center nicely in the nose of his plane.

He would never want to fly against me again - wanted to keep it like him being the victor.
 
Olham54 said:
"Pacific Air War" - yes, WIDOWMAKER, absolutely grand! Could even be flown in multiplayer mode. Made my first dogfight against my business partner on it, and still remember this well!
He flew a Lightning, and I had a "Frank". He didn't seem to stand a chance, as he wouldn't fly hit-and-run tactics. So, I hit him quite hard several times, and the right engine produced black smoke already.
But a Lightning isn't so easy to down, very flat from the rear, difficult to hit, and TWO engines.
He remembered this one trick though - he pulled up and pulled throttle full back. I flew into the thick black smoke - couldn't see anything for a sec. When I got a sight again, he wasn't there. Instead, I was shot to pieces by a cannon and three machine guns, center nicely in the nose of his plane.

He would never want to fly against me again - wanted to keep it like him being the victor.
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Haha..great stuff!...It was also the first Flightsim with dogfighting that had a Replay facility! (the only reason I ever play IL2)

If only M$ had coded a replay into the CFS franchise!..Imagine OFF with that feature!!
 
Wing Commander, now that was back when they tried to make more than a pretty game......I was never a big scifi guy , but those games drew me in. That would be cool to bring them back....
 
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