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Offline Chilli

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New Version Easter Egg
« on: July 15, 2012, 06:12:43 PM »
Here's a little suggestion for next version/ update:  WW2 graffiti scattered about in unlikely seen places (for example inside maproom bunker).  I always thought it was a fun indication of the "playful" side of the creators, hidden in plain sight inside of the game.

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*This C-47 bears a confirmed image of Kilroy Was Here as nose art dated during WWII. There is, however, a lot more to her story than just a Sighting!

This Great C-47 was at Normandy during D-Day and probably carried troops to Operation Market Garden. She dropped paratroops and pulled gliders and here she is in all her glory proudly displaying Kilroy is Here and her invasion stripes. She and all C-47s were then used as ambulances getting the wounded back for care. This is another documented Sighting of Kilroy during WWII. The C-47 and especially one named Kilroy is Here was not designed for war, but like her brethren of the Greatest Generation she answered the call and performed magnificently.

About all the C-47s
The DC-3/C-47/C-53, and, affectionately: Gooney Bird are all of the Greatest Generation. They were a little younger than most, conceived in the early 1930s but born in 1936. The C-47 named Kilroy is Here, was born in 1943 and went to war when she was delivered to 8th Air Force in January, 1944 (S/N 42-100521). She and her siblings were designed for civilian work and got into the war at a much younger age that her human counterparts -- in a time when the age of all warriors was very young. Like others of the Greatest Generation, she was never meant for war but a warrior she became! Her older brothers the DC-1 and DC-2 (which inspired the B-18 Bolo) didn't last as long.

Offline MK-84

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Re: New Version Easter Egg
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 05:33:23 PM »
Big +1 from me, I love the little hard to find easter eggs.  Like the Manual fuel pump placard in the P40.  If you didnt notice it btw, look harder you love muffin. :D

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Re: New Version Easter Egg
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 02:20:52 AM »
The bottle of Jim Beam tucked under the seat was a favorite of mine  ;)

Offline icepac

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Re: New Version Easter Egg
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2012, 08:25:05 AM »
I really liked the 465mph at 41,000 feet A6M3 easter egg as well as the 600mph at 68,000 feet AR234 easter egg.

Sadly, this last version did not have any which means HTC's game is pretty tight.
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