DoubleTap

Thank you for a much appreciated laugh. The best part is how everyone else joins in.

YOU, sir, shall feel my wrath whence we meet again airborne!!!

Yeah, that looks about the size of it. That engine staring me in the face was astounding.

From your keyboard to God's ears, or at least Peter Jackson's...

Jeremy, That was my first response, but then it seems to have an internal payload. Or is that something else on the bottom? Hmmm. Or is that just an access panel for maintenance? DAVE!! We need you!! Report to the message boards! In any event, it was damn big. From what I could see it made the corsair look small. I should have gotten a comparison shot.

Montage

Yes, great weather. As much as I wanted to fly and work on some missions, I'm glad I went.

Here are some photos from Sudnay's air show. I have some short video clips I will post later... Queen of the Show. Not something you want to be looking at in an Axis fighter... Ditto... The gentlemen on the right used to repair B-17's in England. He was among the crews responsible for fixing the neavier damage to the birds like missing sections, not bullet holes... Couple of shots of the bomb bay... One of the bomb racks... Engines Starting... (I have video as well) Taxing B-17 Returns... (It's in the background) I don't care what the flight model says. P-40; its a sweet ride... And looks freaking cool! Mustang and F4U in formation. More Mustang... More F4U... TOYS! B-24, I Believe... Not sure what plane this was; could not get a look at the side. It was freakin' HUGE! Ready and Briefing Room Mock-Ups... 2 A-10s (One Taxiing in Background) A-10 Right After Take Off Soviet Jet L-39 (I have video)

OOH! OOH! OOH! ME WANNA SEE!!!

Hello? hello-Hello-HELLO-HELLO-Hello-hello-hello--- Echo! echo-Echo-ECHO!-ECHO!-Echo-echo-echo---- *crickets*

An Axe?? It looks like he opened up on the thing with twin Hispanos!! Either that or he had a REALLY bad case of gas...

M8's, I apologize for all the confusion regarding the FBD D-Day event. In trying to accomodate everyone I only ended up creating alot of confusion for everyone for no net benefit. As I wrote earlier, with such a large group of people, there will always be conflicts no matter what date you pick. I am going to set the date officially to June 9th, the original date proposed. Orientation Server will be up by 5pm EST, if not earlier. First mission, Operation Chattanooga Choo Choo, will commence at exactly 5:30pm EST. It will last 1 hour unless objectives are met earlier. It will be followed by D-Day, also 1 hour max, and finally Breakout. The last mission will finish up no later than 8:30 pm EST. Join when you can, although it would be great if you could make the whole thing. Sides will need to be even. Odd man out will be Allied. Further details regarding missions will be forthcoming. I will tally those who have given me side preference for now and post it later. Be aware some people might not get first choice depending on totals. I will fly for either side depending on what is needed. If you are willing to be a swing player (not what you think, Kelly) as well, let me know. Best two out of three map victories dictates the winner. This thread will contain all the update info. We will fly using 4.05m unless we discover some major bug in it from now until mission time. Doubletap

Hey Roger, I uploaded those files yesterday, but I do not see them in the mission download section. Did I perhaps err in uploading them?

Glenn has a knack for confusing the hell out of everyone including me. I think he is compensating for shortness in another critical area. Who told you my left pinkie was shorter than the other? Anyway, sorry for any confusion, but I am trying to make sure as many m8's as possible can fly. Except one. What night CAN'T you make it BG? We'll fly then... :wink:

Looks like Oleg did upgrade the server software to 4.05m, so we can fly it as well... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/ ... 1201008734

Took me long enough to get around to it... I uploaded to the K9 Server the following of my mission collections: North Africa Campaign (Tobruk) (5 different missions, 4 of which have multiple versions) Moonlight Mozzies (3 different nights on the same mission) Mozzie_Cologne (4 variations of same mission) Night Terror (2 variations of same mission) Most of them have multiple versions of the same mission, so that players won't always know exactly what to expect. I hope to add to these from time to time and will post updates. I added what I hope are representative photos.

The DF server software has not (to my knoweldge and from what I see on Ubi) been upgraded to 4.05m, so it will have to be 4.04m Gents.

And thus the reason I nominated Dave for Intelligence officer. Can I pick 'em or what? Thanks Dave!

Damn Unionist Swine!! (shakes fist) I hope you are spared that and can join us, and who knows, we might change the date depending. I am going to start a list of people who are in, and then put in on the board to keep track.

Well, it is a only proposed date, but I would like to keep it from intefering with normal fly days and would like to do it when the largest number of people can participate. Let's leave it for the 9th, and we'll see how many people have conflicts. We could also start it earlier, but that might not work for some people's schedules. The minimum we should have for this to make it worthwhile would be 12 people, six on a side. I would prefer getting 8-10 pilots on a side.

I am working on this now, but I am trying to make it (somewhat) historically accurate. I will send out a preview this weekend. I will have to fudge things for playability purposes. It will depend whether the FBD can run a 4.05 game. I have not tested this out, but will do so today. I will let everyone know the results today.

Crap. You are correct. I must have pulled up the wrong month. Okay, June 9th is the proposed date. Thanks Von Tonar!

K9 SQUADRON’S BATTLE OF D-DAY Announcing the first K9 Squadron Battle Night. Proposed Evening Friday, JUNE 6th - The 62nd Anniversary of D-Day 7:00pm EST – 10pm EST (Orientation map opens at 6pm EST for connection tests and shakeout). A 3 hour battle of skill, strategy and will. Every kill counts. Every loss hurts. Work together or die alone! 3 - 1 Hour Combat Sessions Depicting Battles of D-Day Operation Chattanooga Choo Choo- In preparation of the Great Invasion, Allied strike aircraft try to cripple the railway system in occupied France, while also forcing the Luftwaffe into aerial combat. Can the Germans instead inflict heavy losses on the Allies while keeping the railway supply lines open? The Longest Day Invasion day. Allied aircraft fly in support of troops of the free nations as they storm the beaches of Normandy. Can German planes inflict sufficient damage on Allied shipping while avoiding crippling losses to themselves? Breakout The Allied armies have grown immensely in strength and are readying for breakout, but the Axis are dug-in, in difficult terrain and desperate to keep the Allies hemmed in. Both sides attempt to destroy enemy ground forces while watching for enemy fighters. We need an equal number of pilots for the Allied and Axis teams. Pledge your allegiance now. (We may need to shift players based on responses and eventual attendance).

Destroyed?!? Seems to be flying okay to me, thanks to my skilled (spastic) maneuvers and shrewd (desperate) aerial tactics...

You need another poll choice: "I will after I know it does not suck!" I rarely buy brand new software, usually waiting a quite a while before picking it up, which makes it somewhat less expensive. Only part of it is thrift. Most of it is limited time. I REALLY have to know I will enjoy something for me to invest the time to play it, as well as the money. Hell, I only bought IL2 late last year, but its been almost the only thing I have spent time with since then. Anyway, the exceptions are software titles that A) I am really forward to, I have gotten/seem/read good reviews on. BoB is definitely one I am looking forward to, but I would need to know that it was worth the money first. Reports of too many bugs, or a really underwhelming experience compared to IL2 would kill it for me. In any event, looking forward, I would think that the K9's would not abandon IL2 completely. Quite frankly, it would take a pretty awesome piece of software to compete with it to that extent. If and when such a piece of software (maybe BoB is it) comes along, I would not mind alternating between the two. As good as BoB may be, it will NOT offer all the choices that the IL2 series currently does, so it will retain its sparkle.