#2545190 - 07/04/08 11:14 PM
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Thanks FR, very nice VikS and Co. "It was looking out over the town from this hotel window that we first caught sight of the German war machine. Wish you were here. And that I was there". A postcard from Metz Wait I see now the difference between the latest render engines and those from a few years ago. Looking at the postcard the air is unnaturally clear, as if after a rainstorm. No atmospheric perspective at that moment with the air swept clear of scattering dust and water molecules. The distant hills are very beautiful if a little too-blue, too much atmospheric perspective. It's tricky getting it right and a huge hit on framerate to make the nearby air seem alive with sunbeams and motes Luckily no one's going to care at 60 knots "He flew through the arching buttress..." least of all me Rowan's version had white doves I wonder what will fill the air over Metz apart from our planes. Stand down the man who said flak. To sum up will there be bird strikes. Or can they outrun us Ming
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#2545191 - 07/04/08 11:17 PM
Re: KOTS SHOT (Building in progress)
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Building in progressThis site is under construction Ming
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#2545410 - 07/05/08 03:26 PM
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Wonder if observation balloons can have an attached camera so we can pan around for small preview movies that would reveal nothing but the beautiful French countryside. Or is it Belgium
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#2545479 - 07/05/08 06:26 PM
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Rowan's version had white doves I wonder what will fill the air over Metz apart from our planes. Stand down the man who said flak. To sum up will there be bird strikes.
That would be "archie" and it definitely wasn't very accurate. In Eddie Rickenbacker's 1919 WWI memoirs, Fighting Against the Flying Circus, he often referred to the archie as no more than a nuisance.
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#2545550 - 07/05/08 09:52 PM
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Archie is friendly anti-aircraft fire. The enemy's AA is called flak. That's the stuff I'm worried about. Until the Americans join in <runs away>
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#2546056 - 07/06/08 10:32 PM
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Just showing off that I know that flak is a German word give me my five minutes in the spotlight The Germans called our flak Brenda they were quite bonkers back then weren't they and just a tiny bit sexist Ming
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#2546114 - 07/07/08 12:58 AM
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Very nice! I hope this will be out this year.
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#2546392 - 07/07/08 02:08 PM
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Archie is friendly anti-aircraft fire. The enemy's AA is called flak. That's the stuff I'm worried about. Until the Americans join in <runs away>
Ming Don't worry Ming the AEF will not be around until 1918 to show your Limeys how to fly that Camel even with them bum Gnome Monosoupape engines you stuck in em!!! S! WWTaco
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#2546425 - 07/07/08 03:22 PM
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Hmm WW1 planes are very slow how are we going to stay out of predicting flak fields we must be easy targets chugging along, we're flying cardboard fuselages and no armour on the petrol tanks, no parachutes Take your time VikS Ming
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#2546532 - 07/07/08 06:44 PM
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Very nice! I hope this will be out this year. I hope this will be out when it's ready.
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#2546848 - 07/08/08 09:07 AM
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Hmm WW1 planes are very slow how are we going to stay out of predicting flak fields we must be easy targets chugging along, we're flying cardboard fuselages and no armour on the petrol tanks, no parachutes Take your time VikS Ming youll got your chute late 1918, but take care about expensive plane
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