Dambusters Flying Torpedo

[Paddy_Payne]

Hello MichaelMichael (so nice they named him twice!)

Just to add a little to what Hawker said in his reply ...  buy "The Dambusters" from the company's website - www.justflight.com - as they knock off a few quid (that's Pounds Sterling to all you foreign types) for new customers, plus they give loyalty points with site purchases that you can redeem against your next buy.

Gryphon Mosquito package?  You'll find it on p.22 of the CFS2 download page on this site.  Downloaded it myself last night and it's excellent.  OK, it may be showing its age in places, and the shape of the lower engine nacelles isn't quite right - but it's still damn good and lots of fun.

Hawker - you know that Merlin sound package you mentioned: is it available for download from SimVi' or similar?  The one in the Gryphon package doesn't get my adrenalin flowing the way I'd hoped it would.

Speaking of Mossies .... if you can get hold of a copy I'd highly recommend a book called "Mosquito Intruder" by Dave McIntosh.  Dave was a Mosquito navigator with 418 Sqdn RCAF and his book is the best I've ever read about wartime flying.  He tells it like it was - warts and all.  Apart from anything else, he has the same daft sense of humour as me and admits on page-one that he was a born-again coward - so I could identify with him straight away!

Chocks away, Chums!

Andy  8)
(a.k.a. S/Ldr. Paddy Payne, VC, DFC, CDM-and-bar (several bars, actually)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK FROM CPT. FLASH-HEART, RFC:
"Treat your woman like you do your kite.  Get inside her twice a day and take her to Heaven and back."  

[HawkerTempest5]

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Hawker - you know that Merlin sound package you mentioned: is it available for download from SimVi' or similar?

[michaelmichael]

hi Hawker Tempest

thanks for the quick response .  the Mossie is great.

later

michaelmichael

[michaelmichael]

hello paddy payne

also to you thanks for the quick response. i'll have to hunt around Canada to find the dambuster addon.

michael

[michaelmichael]

Hello Paddy Payne

like all of your awards. particularily your VC and all the extra bars.  For me I received a lot of wound decoration and awards from most allies and belligerents

michaelmichael

happy flying

[Paddy_Payne]

Hiya Hawker

I'm pretty sure "Mosquito Intruder" is out of print at the moment - BUT - get yourself over to www.abebooks.co.uk.  In the Advanced Search screen type in the author (McIntosh) and title and select United Kingdom from the country box (guessing that you're in the UK like 'moi').  You'll find about 6 second-hand copies for sale, from the ultra cheap ex-library copy at

[Woodlouse2002]

Tempest, I have a great Griffon sound pack which came from somewhere. I think it came from Paul Rebuafeeteladedalela's site.


Anyway, Paddy. May I suggest that you pop over to Mauro's website and have a gander at his Hurricanes. They are easily the best avaliable and there are many varients. I would post the address but AOL is being crap and not letting me at my favorites list. Also opera too now has given up working leaving me with IE to browse the internet. :-/

[HawkerTempest5]

[quote]Hiya Hawker

I'm pretty sure "Mosquito Intruder" is out of print at the moment - BUT - get yourself over to www.abebooks.co.uk.

[Paddy_Payne]

"Hello Playmates!" - sorry, just had a touch of the Arthur Askeys there (mental image of hundreds of Yanks grunting a collective, "huh?").

Hi, Woody - Thanks for the tip about Mauro's Hurricanes.  I downloaded one and yes, it's very good.  Unfortunately, it's not 100% happy working with my graphics card (a bit jerky in places, etc), but I can live with that.  Also, I couldn't get the pilot figure to load properly.  I've tried posting it in various folders, including the recommended one, but CFS2 keeps telling me it can't find the 'pilot' file in the library whenever I select the Hurri' as Player Aircraft.  What file did you put 'your' 'pilots' in?

Hi, Hawker - since you're a big Spitfire buff, can you recommend a really good Mk.1a from the BoB era?  You earn extra bonus points if you know of one in the colours of Sgt. Andy McDowell of 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqd.  Our local 2nd hand games shop has a copy of "Battle of Britain".  Do you know if it's any good?

Chocks away, boys!

Paddy Payne  8)

JOKE OF THE WEEK:  A Polish fighter pilot is giving a talk (reluctantly) about his war experiences to the Walmington-on-Sea Womens' Guild.  It's going OK, but then he says, "Well, ladies, there I was at 10,000 feet.  I look in my mirror and see big Nazi fukka ... "  A gasp goes up from all the old dears in the audience.  The Wing Commander (who'd organised the talk) gets up - very embarrassed - and says, "Ah ... er ... Sergeant Sosobovski is of course referring to the German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter aircraft.  Isn't that correct, Sergeant?"  The Pole looks earnestly at his commanding officer.  "If you say so, sir," he replies, "but this big fukka was in a Messerschmit."  ;D

[HawkerTempest5]

[quote]"Hello Playmates!" - sorry, just had a touch of the Arthur Askeys there (mental image of hundreds of Yanks grunting a collective, "huh?").

Hi, Woody - Thanks for the tip about Mauro's Hurricanes.

[Woodlouse2002]

There is a MkI Spitfire at VB planes at SIM-Outhouse.com.

The airfile is not good but its the only MkI i've ever found and it can out turn almost anything anyone else has.

[Paddy_Payne]

Hello Woody and Hawker!

Thanks for all the tips and advice on Spitfires, fellas.  I downloaded a Mk.VII and a Mk.IX from Paul's site.  They're excellent, and for the first time I've been able to give those pesky sons of Nippon (in their Zeros) a run for their money in a turning fight.  Wizard prangs all round!

Have any of you noticed that the British-pilot voice in Paul's Spits' sounds spookily like 'the navigator' in  "Dambusters"?  Could this be a case of in-breeding?  Don't get me wrong - it's great to hear a British voice in a British aircraft, but one day the world will learn that not all wartime RAF crew came from Eton or 'Oxbridge'.

Having said that .... must dash, old boy(s).  Got to swat a few Gerries before 'mumsy' calls me down for tiffin.  Toodle-pip!

Paddy Payne  8)

[Woodlouse2002]

Paddy, the reason you spit pilot and lanc navagator sound the same is because its the same sound file. The Dambuster pack adds on a nice british sound pack to make the missions authentic and this has the side affect of giving all british aircraft british voices.

[Merlin66]

Reading the interesting dialog.......
I'm putting the finishing touches to a series of Merlin engined Spitfires ( YAS.. Yet Another Spitfire), starting with a MKVIII ( cos I'm in Oz) should post within the next week or so. Will include all the variations.

[HawkerTempest5]

Reading the interesting dialog.......
I'm putting the finishing touches to a series of Merlin engined Spitfires ( YAS.. Yet Another Spitfire), starting with a MKVIII ( cos I'm in Oz) should post within the next week or so. Will include all the variations.

Merlin pal, that's fantastic news. You can NEVER have enough Spitfires!
CFS2 has been sadly lacking in any really good early Spits and with "Spit Master" Paul Rebufatt's site having gone, the supply of good Spits had dried up somewhat.
I'm looking forward to seeing your work. Please let us know when they are done.