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Hi All, Thanks for your responses in the chat window - as per FoolTrottel's advice I am starting a thread to introduce myself, tell you all a few things about myself and why I am here - and lets see what happens. Apologies straight off for the long post. I thought this may be the best room for it, if not apologies again Who am I and what is my history in sims and IL2? So, I am 45 years old, living in the UK since 2001, but originally from Zimbabwe. Married with 2 children - and I brought my own woman, I didn't steal one of yours so don't hate me for that 😉 Have been flying flight sims since 2000 (MSCFS) and was in an old European Air War squad before original IL2 came along. I joined the Tangmere Pilots in July 2002 and have been with them ever since. I have been heavily involved with TP and have built and run both their website and forum since 2010. http://www.tangmerepilots.co.uk/ and http://www.tangmerepilots.co.uk/NewForum/ for anyone interested. I am not looking to come here and take over anything related to your website or forum - it is fine as it is 👍 So - with 18 years of history with a group in which I am very heavily involved and invested, why am I here you may ask? Simple answer is I am considering a move to a new home. Hopefully on good terms, the focus and chemistry of the modern Tangmere Pilots is not what I loved and joined it for any more. I still have many good friends there, but do not look forward to the weekly campaign as I used to, and do not feel I fit as I used after several new recruits in the last year of so have drastically changed the chemistry. I have not made this public knowledge to them at the moment, and will not do so until I believe I have found a good fit. I am sure you can understand why. I am very fortunate in that I am fairly well kitted out for IL2 GBS including VR and am an adequate virtual pilot - not an ace by any means. I am not hugely into full real simply because I don't like full real navigating on these maps. I do enjoy both public servers and private server campaign co-op missions which is probably where I get most of my enjoyment. What am I looking for? In short a bunch of people who love the game, respect the history and the men and women who served and honour them through the campaigns and game they play, have fun together and get on well with each other and recognise real life is a real thing and has to come before the game. In a phrase a community who has fun and cares for each other and respects the memory of those we pretend to be when we jump into the virtual cockpits we fly in. Maybe delve into a few other games with like minded people too - fps, space flight, whatever goes. What am I hoping for from Danger Dogz? I am not sure how your recruitment process works. I am hoping you would be open to giving me a go, run me through any competency tests you usually give new recruits (unless that involves relations with a sheep that could be construed as unusual) and maybe let me fly with you a few times over the summer to see if we may be a good fit for each other? You need to feel I fit with your community obviously, and I am looking for a long term home so need to feel comfortable I have found it before I fully commit. I hope that all makes sense, please feel free to ask me any questions, otherwise, I will wait to hear from you

Welcome, no I am not from Wales, bit of a long story but as a group we had a practice known as "S.H.E.E.P" which stood for "Sufficient Height Emergency Exit Procedure" Before entering SHEEP you need to be inverted, travelling at the correct speed with the correct angle of attack, but as I say, we are more experienced now and dont often find the need to get into a SHEEP. I am the squad Chaplin (in name only). I come from the Priory of ST Oleg (if you are an old IL2 er, that name should ring bells, similar to Brother Andrew on a sunday morning.) The Sisters of the Priory are a friendly bunch and are often sent round on birthdays etc. Should you step out of line, we can call on Sister Johnathan for "re-alignment" training. We do not require you to pass any flight skills test to gain entry. We just ask that you have an open mind (some of the banter on TS can get a bit weird), you treat people with respect, have fun when we are flying and just turn up whenever you can. We all know real life gets in the way sometimes and it wont be held against you. Out of courtesy if you have put your name down for an event that you are then not able to attend, a quick note in the forum is welcomed. Above all, have fun, watch out for Painless and say good bye to your self esteem. Welcome.

Competency test??? Really? HERE? We are a very informal group. No C.O. No saluting. In general we make it up as we go along and are in it for FUN. We have pilots who mainly fly Axis or Allied. Some are more into bombing/ground attack and others who prefer taking on fighters. We use mods usually to make things slightly harder eg map showing only your aircraft or limited icons but non are compulsary. We use Teamspeak and sometimes separate the sides but not always Fens P38 campaign has no minimap or speedbar but your plane IS on the big map and is great fun. There have been issues with Pats generator not recording what happened. Attendance is whenever you want and you wont get kicked out if you miss nights. Try us , you may like us

No! Not another one!! Welcome Dave! Thanks for the introduction ... To me it sounds like you will fit in, you do check all the boxes, being over 18 years of age! Oh, yeah, and the tone of your post as well ...

Hi all, Firstly, thankyou for your continued support of Team Fusion Simulations. With last weeks name release of IL-2 Sturmovik, Desert Wings Tobruk, anticipation for it's release has never been higher! Many in the community have asked us about the single player content in the expansion. Whilst we are still finalising this area of the sim, you can expect to see the following. 6 Campaigns 13 Single player missions 2 Co-Op missions 24 Quick missions 4 of the single missions are for Blitz owners, the remainder Tobruk DLC As with Cliffs of Dover Blitz, we look forward to seeing our talented community members produce and share their new missions and campaigns in the future. Here are screenshots from some of the missions. Let us know which is your favourite. For all hi res screenshots: https://ibb.co/album/RvHwP8 We hope everyone has a great and most importantly safe weekend. Regards, TFS Team YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamFusionMod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamfusionmod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team.fusion.simulations Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamFusionSim

Nope ! This man is far too sensible, honest and likeable. 😉

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