BluBear

Very good! Totally agree.

Yes mate, both lovely examples. The Oscar i believe is one of the reproduction aircraft built in Texas and the Emil was restored over here by a chap called Craig Charleston, who is regarded internationally as the '109 experten'. In fact, his workshop was featured in one of the BofB documentaries on the Beeb a few months ago, the presenter could be seen walking round the latest resto-in-pogress. Paul Allen demands the highest possible restoration standards for his collection and as you can see, it has so far resulted in a (growing) collection of superb and rare WW2 aircraft.

Yep, sorry Tom, Jabo is correct it's already stateside. But at least it's flying! I mean a REAL BMW801 powered 190. This is a truly amazing achievement. Getting the powerplant working, let alone a flying aircraft to boot: This must have been a mountain of work: "One of the very first attempts to use such a unitized and automated "ECU" device to manage multiple engine control functions simultaneously was created by BMW in 1939, for their BMW 801 14-cylinder aviation engine, and known as the Kommandogerät, operated only by a single throttle lever."

Yesterday afternoon (Paul Allen's) Flying Heritage Collection´s Fw 190 A 5 made its maiden flight. The lucky pilot was Steve Hinton. Photo on FHC´s Facebook site: Clicky here! "The aircraft is 100% stock. The engine is a BMW801, rebuilt from a number of engines. The original one was fried prior to the crashlanding. Watch the FHC website for the whole story, which I am sure will come soon. This was perhaps the most complex rebuild of a WW2 fighter aircraft yet undertaken. As some know, much of the work was undertaken here in Norfolk by a now sadly dispersed team. Kudos also to Mike Nixon, who got the engine to work, and to Dave Goss and his team who made it all work together at the same time." - quoted from a Flypast forum member 'Bruce' who has inside knowledge of the project. This aircraft is not to be confused with the replica Flugwerk FW190 aircraft manufactured in Germany. This is a REAL FW190 and I believe it's the first time since the end of the war that one has flown. I can't wait to hear what that BMW801 sounds like!!!! Well done to everyone involved on the project!

I can't believe it has been 5 years since we lost the exceptional Ray Hanna. The one they called 'The Master' was instrumental in igniting my passion for historic aviation, all those years ago at West Malling, Biggin and Duxford at the helm of MH434 and other warbird delights. 'Hero' is an oft overused term in this day and age, but in my eyes especially as a youngster, at the time when other kids were worshiping footballers or g.i. joe, Ray Hanna was (and still is) my Hero and his steed was a Spitfire. Thank you Ray, and blue skies. those of you who didn't know about the man, read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Hanna www.ofmc.co.uk

Looking good so far chaps, keep it up! I should be able to photoshop any speedbar/message stuff out if necessary, though of course it's better if they are not there in first place.

I was likely going to spec it as A3 portrait wire-bound. Like i've said previously, I work in the industry in design and production and have all the facilities available to me first hand. I can also negotiate good rates.

Looking good guys, keep them coming! Same here mate , i'll do a custom design for the Dogz though... 'cos we're worth it'

Totally agree Friar, and of course it'll be 'branded' up, proud to be a Dog My original post will now be amended to show requirements and further details.

As some of the clarity was lost over at youtube, i've uploaded a better quality version here: http://www.dangerdogz.com/forums/files/file/459-lest-we-forget/ Thanks chaps.

S! guys, I was thinking of putting together a 2011 desktop background calendar for my own personal benefit, using 12 of my favourite screenshots i've taken from IL2, but I've since had an even better idea!... Here's the plan: - I design a kick-ass DangerDogz calendar for 2011 featuring the best screenshots submitted by all of you. - I'll design it to be available in the most common screen resolutions as voted by you guys. - It'll be available for download here of course. - I could even have them printed (I work in print, and will get good rates ) and you could buy one for your wall! (I could donate any profits to DD server/ts3 costs) Before sending me any screenies we'll see if there's general interest. So there you have it chaps, if you are keen please cast your vote! We could also see this as a bit of a competition to shoot your best screenshot! Remember there are only 12 places. ******************************************************************************************************************************* UPDATE 27.11.10 Ok guys, it looks like there's enough interest in the calendar to make it a go go! So I will outline the provisional requirements: 1. Screenshots must reflect the aeroplanes that DangerDogz fly (see Friar's post) 2. Minor Doctoring/Photoshopping allowed, but we still want it to look like the game we know and love. 3. Please supply JPG files with low compression taken and kept at the highest resolution you can run. (ie. 1600x1200) 4. Deadline for all entries is Christmas Eve (Fri 24th December). Details of a printed version will become available nearer the time. I hope this suits everyone! If you have any further suggestion, please let me know. ******************************************************************************************************************************* UPDATE 11.02.11 First background finally available! February is ready to download in a variety of display resolutions on the vault. Thumbnail and link on my latest post on p3 of this thread.

How about five pairs! What a beautiful sight, Fenrir I think you've infected me with fork-tail lovin'!

Thanks for the kind words guys, and glad you like it. As soon as I can get it down to a reasonable size at a decent resolution I'll upload it. Going to get to work on the next one soon...

Hi guys, Just thought i'd share a little video I put together today after some flying that Fenrir and I, along with my father (prospective dog) did on Remembereance Sunday last weekend (14/11). Unfortunately youtube has affected some of the clarity of the video so I will try and put it up here in the downloads section when I get a minute! In the meantime, you can view it if you Let me know what you think, Cheers BluBear

DROOL! :rock: The lighting looks fantastic. Did you see the sun glare on the rear glazing as he looked over his shoulder. And that landscape! ARGH, gonna need to rob a bank for my new rig!

Well done chaps, fantastic work. Some lovely screens there Fen, nicely composed helping to depict the 'heat' of the situations you two were in! It's only a shame I couldn't have joined you in another fork-tail, next time maybe!

hmm that's strange, just clicked it again and worked for me. i'll try just pasting the URL rather than use the bbcode: http://www.helmo.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=684 try that fruitbat

Not my work unfortunately, I don't think I could ever make something as beautiful as this! A very talented modeler indeed. Click here!

WOW! That was absolutely awesome. I've seen some of Ken's other videos but this one takes the biscuit! And that cute little Fiesta has been turned into a fire-breathing mad machine. Oh and defo kudos to the Segway man, balls of steel right there lol