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Offline ROX

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101 years ago today.....
« on: April 21, 2008, 03:13:17 PM »
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen was killed in action over Sally-le-Sec, France.  :salute

With 80 victories to his credit, he was the world's leading fighter pilot at the time.

He and Oswald Boelke came up with many of the ACM tactics we still use in the game today.


 :salute


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Offline Strip

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 03:14:49 PM »
 :salute

A breed a part....

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Offline Xargos

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 03:17:38 PM »
101 years ago today?   :huh
« Last Edit: April 21, 2008, 03:26:06 PM by Xargos »
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Offline Dowding

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 03:19:52 PM »
Yeah - they died buggering each other senseless in a big boche gang bang. Their wives then took to the skies 5 or 6 years later, but you couldn't tell because of the facial hair and faint odour of pork fat.
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Offline Larry

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 03:25:09 PM »
Lets try 90 years ago.
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Offline ROX

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Re: 90 years ago today.....
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 03:25:24 PM »
Quote from: Xargos on April 21, 2008, 03:17:38 PM
101 years ago today?   :huh


Crap...Xargos is right...it was 90 years ago today....


So much for my math skills.


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Offline Xargos

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 03:31:53 PM »
His younger brother probably would have surpassed him if the war had gone on longer.

   :salute
« Last Edit: April 21, 2008, 03:38:27 PM by Xargos »
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Offline 007Rusty

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 03:37:25 PM »
                                    :salute
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Offline Jackal1

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 04:12:33 PM »
So much trivial propaganda .
He wasn`t much of a stick.
Snoopy took him out with a dog house.
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Offline Halo46

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 05:30:20 PM »
 :salute to all fallen warriors. Snoopy out flew me out too, but I finally got him with a dog bisquit and a choke chain.
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Offline RTR

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 05:41:22 PM »
Well......the doghouse was overmodelled.

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 05:43:37 PM »
Quote from: RTR on April 21, 2008, 05:41:22 PM
Well......the doghouse was overmodelled.

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The real question is....should it have been perked?
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Offline Gh0stFT

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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2008, 05:54:52 PM »
for sure a good stick, airplanes where just discovered imagine that! :salute

beside that, the new WW1 movie "Der rote Baron" just started in theatre here!
After seeing Flyboys this is the movie i waited for, more info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365675/
A german production, no hollywood ;) i hope for more onboard camera perspective views, and not
that much 3rd person views like in Flyboys. It looks real but the feeling is like watching a PSX3 game.




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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2008, 07:40:37 PM »
<---------- :rock    :salute
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Re: 101 years ago today.....
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2008, 09:00:54 PM »
 :salute
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