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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2000, 02:36:00 PM »
It was my first special event - and I enjoyed every second of it!!!  

Thx to Udie for a great spectacle - can almost imagine what it was like in the war - pretty terrifying i'd think.

The b17 shot down by Nath was yours truly, and I'm shocked that you all find my demise so enjoyable!  

If i could only get the damn film viewer to work I'd be able to admire it myself (can anyone help there?).

Sorry Wilf, for taking your kill - great leadership of the flight!!!

Desperate now for another special event, MA doesn't seem the same.
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« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2000, 11:27:00 AM »
I can't get the film to work either.  

I helped shoot one offa your six (I got the assist you got the kill   .

Sorry that Nath got you, it is really hard to stop a determined 109, 190 or Hog pilot. It often ends up a suicide for the fighter pilot, he gets you by hanging on your six while you shred him with your 50s, and you both go down. Even with a wing gone, the fighters still hang in there on my six and shred my bomber. I now don't shop shooting a fighter on my six until he explodes.

Nath was shot down later, if that is any comfort.

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« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2000, 02:46:00 AM »
It was really good to be in a close formation so we could help each other, thx  . I find i do shoot down quite a few fighters in the b17, i've had 4 kill runs in it before - i think luck has something to do with it...

I can't get any films to work on the film viewer, no matter how hard i try, which is very frustrating  .

I was not manning the guns when Nath started his run - I was trying to keep formation with the rest of the flight - should have payed more attention to the fighters around!

Getting shot down didn't spoil the fun - I'd bombed the target and got a kill, so getting killed rounded off the experience  .
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« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2000, 09:03:00 AM »
Just saw the Nath kill film - it was a good clean, well set-up move - and I was so close to home as well!
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« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2000, 02:47:00 PM »
How'd you get the film to run?  
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« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2000, 03:03:00 PM »
AKFF - I was loading up the film and then pressing play. Doesn't work.

I played around with it and found that if u press play BEFORE loading the film, it works. Maybe this is idiosyncratic of my copy of AH, but if it isn't, its very counter-intuitive.

Good film though  .
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« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2000, 06:07:00 PM »
I agree, the film viewer is quite counter-intuitive. Well at least it works.

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