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Warbird Group, Anyone?

I agree. I think some intercept missions would be fun. A few B-17's and P-47's flying to a target, only to find a couple FW-190's and BF-109's waiting for them!
 
We had a Me-109 on there with us that day, but it just appeared as a Cessna 172 for me. Looked weird having contrails off of a Cessna 172 as it buzzed by the windshield. Was definately fun. Think next time I may have to pull out the P-47D and do some escorting. The bomber while easy to fly on it's own I thought was a little hard to fly in close formation. Definately worth doing again and hopefully we can get some more people involved.
 
How's that:
Team A takes off South Coast Britain choosing one of two or three pre-defined destinations in France, each being, say, 30 miles apart from each other.
Team B is to protect the "targets".
Team B does not know which of the three targets will be approached by team A, also the teams are not allowed to split up formation while cruising and searching.
Team A has won if it manages to cross the target without being jumped on by Team B.
Team B has won if it manages to locate Team A and to get on the tail of each Team B aircraft within 100 yards or so.
 
Guys,
First of all I understand the differences between FS9 & FSX and of course, for those whom FSX is their first or only sim, some of the compatibility issues do make a difference. Certainly a gathering being FSX only has it's advantages and may even get converts.
However, not every wheel needs to be reinvented.

Currently there is a long-standing group (primarily FS9) that has done this sort of flying for ages and are on the SOH server most nights. "Flight 19" always creates a theme, then flys as many ongoing legs as required to flesh out the story line. Compatibility is more a matter of having fun than rules and it's an ongoing history lesson as well ( besides, you might convert some to TeamSpeak :icon_lol: ). There will always be 'invisible aircraft' until everyone owns every plane but the fun is being together.

As for the warbird style 'event' take a look at the beginning of the 2010 RTWR -
http://www.fsrtwrace.com/rules.htm
to see how it fits into something larger. We had 8 'pairs' airborne in the 2 1/2 hour period. This had "rules" because it was to accomplish a goal for the race, but was also a companionship-builder. The post-race celebration had over 20 aircraft from 4 forums crossing the channel
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=32202&p=364915&viewfull=1#post364915
(and a few German stragglers popping up when they could muster gas and pilots:jump: )

While not intended as a mass, online group flight the recurring RTWR-style fun events hosted by SOH often turn into multiplayer travels (2008 Nobel Race around S. America, 2009 "Evita" Race to Argentina). Learning new planes, realistic flight ops (as opposed to balls-to-the-wall engine busting), navigation, geography, history all blend together in these. Even after the rebuild of the forums there are a lot of posts in the Around The World & Multiplayer forum from these and other gatherings. Some have 'rules' some are just an excuse to get together.
Think about taking part in the upcoming SOH-hosted "The Pacific Rim Nifty 50s Jet Challenge" http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=34599&p=391724&viewfull=1#post391724

Two things I'll suggest... slip out of the FSX forum and explore the rest of the Outhouse, even just for inspiration, or to find something to participate in; get a couple of like-minded evil geniuses to suggest a theme for a one-time event:

"Hmmm.. let's have a "Gathering of Mustangs" and ferry them from the factory to xxxx" -- or maybe the ATS Class 44A graduation flight from YYYY to ZZZZ in Texans ...

once started I think you'll find it just grows - as long as you keep the public informed. As time goes on it could be an ongoing flight/mission over several days or weeks with the ability to pop-in/drop-out.

Rob
 
While joining the FS9 events are a good idea, I'm afraid I'd only be up for FSX events. I presume to use both FS9/FSX you'd have to use FSHost, which creates some serious lag issues which ruin my enjoyment of multiplayer (nothing more annoying that seeing planes darting across the sky like pond skaters). That and the fact that being able to download/buy the correct aircraft that FS9 users are using would be a major drawback, as some wouldn't be fully compatible with FSX, and the ensuing performance issues would bring my sim to its knees.

That's not to say I'm stopping anyone else from joining in with the FS9 sessions - far from it! Just that I'm only really interested in such a group if it's a strictly FSX one.
 
Nice to see this thread come to life again!

Andy, how's the video coming?

I've still got some screenies on my desktop that I need to post...
 
Here are some of mine from that flight,unedited & straight from the sim as I was struggling to maintain formation,so not as good as Andy's. I must have taken 60+pics
 
falcon409 said:
Hey Kiwikat. . .are you any closer to a Warbird Group than you were on page 1?
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I've got some people interested but that is about it. School has really been hectic the last couple weeks. Next week is going to be awful too. :frown:

Did you have something in mind? I still want to get something going. :wavey:
 
Very very cool Andy! :applause:

I hope we can get some more flights scheduled after school is done for the summer.
 
I'm up for it come June. It took me a few hours, but I finally got FSHost straightened out.
 
I know we have a flight server now, but posting a quick reminder in here would be great as well when an MP flight is planned. I flew quite a bit there when it was first opened, but as normally is the case, once the newness wears off, the participation drops off considerably and most times when I'm on there at night, there's no one else there. You can look at the posts and tell there's very little going on, just by the dates of the posts.

So if something is planned, it would be great if a little note was posted here with the time and place. Thanks:salute:
 
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