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by Sparky
Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:37 am
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

Sparky wrote: Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:10 am
Reggie wrote: Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:32 am ...because Tom is a lawyer.
It also counts as public service.

I've never shot Tom down on a mission. I don't want the stock price of KFC to collapse.

I have shot him down on practice nights, AND he was in a Spit. :Peace Maneuver kills count.
by Sparky
Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:10 am
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

Reggie wrote: Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:32 am ...because Tom is a lawyer.
It also counts as public service.

I've never shot Tom down. I don't want the stock price of KFC to collapse.
by Sparky
Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:03 pm
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

Tom wrote: Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:00 pm ... the ability to excuse a truly embarrassing mistake otherwise it will follow you around for ever.
There. I fixed that for you. :Thumbup
by Sparky
Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:06 pm
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

Hi Barmy, (I wrote this as Silk was posting. He's a better authority than I. Take his as gospel. Take me with a pinch of salt, for example, OTU aircraft selection.) You won't need Bodenplatte for a while although you might want it if the rest of us are putzing around in P-47's or Spit IXs some pract...
by Sparky
Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Feldwebel Mantock leaves Kalach
Replies: 17
Views: 11533

Re: Feldwebel Mantock leaves Kalach

Welcome aboard Mantock! Your videos are great. T'was fun flying with you on "off days" but I'm in France now for a bit scouting for our advance base for resuming our fight with Tommy now that we've polished off the Reds. I'm sure the guys are drinking Stalin's private vodka stocks in the Kremlin by ...
by Sparky
Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:37 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Feldwebel Chris leaves Kalach
Replies: 14
Views: 7990

Re: Feldwebel Chris leaves Kalach

Eddie wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:38 pm At least we don´t collide mid-air with our wingmen ;)
Don't you bomb them or something?

Welcome aboard Chris. You'll get used to us. Sadly, that's the first major warning sign. :Devil

Merlin's great to work with, don't you think?
by Sparky
Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:43 am
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

T-Rex, if you get involved now you've picked a good time. Once you complete the OTU flights it'll be time for the I-16 and MiG 3 campaign and then all the shiny new Battle of Bodenplatte aircraft should be released and will occupy our campaigns for a while with Tempests, P-51, P-47, P-38, Bf-109K-4,...
by Sparky
Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Feldwebel Fritz leaves Kalach
Replies: 19
Views: 11472

Re: Feldwebel Fritz leaves Kalach

...that's the amusing part - my squadmates kept formation and didn't fly off to continue the mission. ...back in the Roger Wilco days.... You were the mission leader. They did exactly as they should and the emissions guidelines (no tawdry remarks, children) might prevent radio transmissions asking ...
by Sparky
Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:37 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Am I missing new pilots ?
Replies: 9
Views: 6405

Re: Am I missing new pilots ?

Tom wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:06 pm ...we all like a quiet life.
Yes, Tom's lazy inverted low high-speed pass and roll through the landing pattern full of crippled, smoking aircraft trying to land with bits falling off.

The quiet life. :Peace
by Sparky
Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Feldwebel Fritz leaves Kalach
Replies: 19
Views: 11472

Re: Feldwebel Fritz leaves Kalach

Thanks all! Looking forward to getting into the Ops on Sundays - and a big thanks to Merlin for the OTU flights. I'll make sure to get all the skins installed tonight. - If you do anything exceptional make it a good one or they will never let you forget it. Heh - yes. ... Like the time ...long flig...
by Sparky
Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

110s are great fun. Yeah, but I'm glad we don't have to learn a phone-book thick Dash-1 manual and balance fuel between tanks and have partial bus failures and have to know what's AC and what's DC because AC lies and DC dies and I'm glad we can slave controls to HOTAS rather than clickable cockpits ...
by Sparky
Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 100937

Re: Welcome Guests.

We learn the campaign aircraft well. Currently flying 1941 Operation Typhoon Jabo missions in Bf-109E7 with extra armor and even after dropping bombs those empty racks slow you down. MiGs are faster. We'll do some work in Bf-110s. Aside from manual radiators and coolers and throttle limits IL2 doesn...
by Sparky
Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:52 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Anyone need IL2 Battle of Moscow?
Replies: 0
Views: 8911

Anyone need IL2 Battle of Moscow?

If anyone still needs the Basic version of Battle of Moscow I have gift copies I can sell you and save you some money.
by Sparky
Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:37 am
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Starshina Tuffy leaves Kalach
Replies: 8
Views: 6620

Re: Starshina Tuffy leaves Kalach

:Thumbup Welcome comrade! Try not to outrun our P-39s!
by Sparky
Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:57 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Starshina Kipp arrives at Kalach
Replies: 19
Views: 11764

Re: Starshina Kipp arrives at Kalach

Jacko wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:30 pm Do you think he can find Concord in a huge hanger at Duxford
He'll go, "My clue is Concord. Concord is a type of grape. And it's purple." [Pulls out slide rule to perform calculus]