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Title: How is that bomber coming SUPERFLY?
Post by: Karnak on September 09, 2004, 04:20:29 PM: I'll bet it's looking good. I sure bet there are a lot of people who read this board who'd love to see just how good it is.;)

Screenie or one liner update please.

Thanks.
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on September 09, 2004, 04:27:00 PM: Superfly told me that the Bleinheim is coming along great...
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Post by: Krusty on September 09, 2004, 04:36:25 PM: No no, Grun, he told me the Blen is for 2.5. For the next update he's been working on the Ju86D-1, mostly because it has the long range that the bomber pilots have been begging for all along.
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Post by: VWE on September 09, 2004, 04:44:12 PM: Don't try and fool us into believing you, we all know its the B-29... just accept it.
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on September 09, 2004, 04:58:01 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Krusty
No no, Grun, he told me the Blen is for 2.5. For the next update he's been working on the Ju86D-1, mostly because it has the long range that the bomber pilots have been begging for all along.

Hmm diesel powahhh! I hope this is the skin we get!

(http://letadla.p.cz/img/gal/obrazek/ju86-4.jpg)
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Post by: Krusty on September 09, 2004, 04:59:20 PM: Bah, we'll never get that skin, Grun... No swasti's allowed!!
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Post by: mora on September 09, 2004, 05:03:23 PM: That ventral position will rule! :D
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Post by: rabbidrabbit on September 09, 2004, 06:03:17 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mora
That ventral position will rule! :D

just make sure you piss downwind... bet that sucks for the tailgunner though...
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Post by: Krusty on September 09, 2004, 10:38:19 PM: Nose, ventral, dorsal. No tail.
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Post by: rabbidrabbit on September 09, 2004, 10:47:03 PM: ahh those germans sure could plan!!
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Post by: KurtVW on September 09, 2004, 10:48:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Krusty
No swasti's allowed!!

Well, except that ONE 109 skin... But somehow HT turns a blind eye to that one, cuz its Swedish or somethin'...
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Post by: -tronski- on September 10, 2004, 03:31:08 AM: Quote
Originally posted by KurtVW
Well, except that ONE 109 skin... But somehow HT turns a blind eye to that one, cuz its Swedish or somethin'...

Finnish and it's not a swastika...and I'm sure our Finnish friends can explain the difference better than I

Tronsky
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Post by: mora on September 10, 2004, 04:34:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by -tronski-
Finnish and it's not a swastika...and I'm sure our Finnish friends can explain the difference better than I

Tronsky

It is a swastika, but it doesn't have anything to do with the nazis though.

http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/hakaristi.htm
http://www.swastika-info.com/en/index1.php?showtopic=finnland
http://www.winterwar.com/mainpage.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
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Post by: Panzzer on September 10, 2004, 08:14:56 AM: Yes, or if you're too lazy to click all of Mora's links, here's a short version for you (taken from Lentolaivue26.org (http://lentolaivue26.org/History/history.htm))
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The Story of the Finnish Blue "Swastika"

The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest independent air forces in the world, founded on the 6th of March 1918. At that time there was a civil war (aka the Freedom War) ongoing in Finland, the White Army fought against the Red Guards which aimed to creation of a socialist state of Finland - like the revolutional forces in Russia on the same time.

A Swedish count Erich von Rosen wanted to support the White Army and presented the first aeroplane - Thulin (Morane-Saulnier) Parasol - to it. The aircraft was flown from Sweden to Vaasa. Actually the first aircraft arrived to Pietarsaari from Sweden on the 26th of February, but it got engine failure and was delivered later to the White Army. The Chief Commanding Officer of the White Army, General C.G.E Mannerheim, named that Morane-Saulnier Parasol -fighter as the Finnish Air Forces aircraft number One.

Count Erich von Rosen was a notable expeditor who had used a swastika as a personal good luck symbol painted to his aircraft during his journeys in the Orient and he let the same symbol be painted to the given aifcraft. The blue, horizontal swastika became on the 18th of March 1918 the official insignia of the White Army aircrafts and when the Freedom War ended, the official national insignia of the Finnish Air Force. The same insignia was also used later on the Finnish Army armoured vehicles, for some misunderstandings at the beginning, some swastikas were painted mirrored, actually they should be painted clockwise.

The blue swastika was used in the Finnish Air Force until the Second World War ended and as You have now read, it has nothing to do with the Nazi symbol - tip pointed black swastika, which was actually a "party"-logo.

Along with the 109G2 skin which has the Finnish swastikas, also the Hurri-I skin by Kweassa has them.

Sorry for that offtopic-part, back to the new bomber. :) So how is it coming along?
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Post by: oboe on September 10, 2004, 08:53:31 AM: Maybe today is the day Superfly will show us. Would be an excellent way to focus the BB community's attention somewhere other than the ENY limiter stuff, for a while, at least.
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Post by: VWE on September 10, 2004, 10:09:53 AM: 2 weeks
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Post by: Tilt on September 10, 2004, 10:12:42 AM: Quote
Originally posted by VWE
2 weeks

Given the con will be on in 2 weeks and given that the con mission may very well be a bunch of "new bombers" escorted by a bunch of "new fighters"..........

you could be right............:)
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Post by: Edbert on September 10, 2004, 10:42:35 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Tilt
Given the con will be on in 2 weeks and given that the con mission may very well be a bunch of "new bombers" escorted by a bunch of "new fighters"..........

Not that a huge mission of B29s escorted by Ki84s (irony duly noted) would not cause a ruckus in the MA, it would fall considerably short in the ECM tradition of old. Maybe if they modelled the nuke or if the Ki84s had quad 75mm (with the recoil and fire rate of the .303s)...then we'd have an ECM to talk about :D

BTW: my bet is on the B24...

edit:
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/100904/B-29_3.jpg)
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Post by: Karnak on September 10, 2004, 03:10:13 PM: Well, it is another Friday. Any chance of a bone getting tossed our way?

Thanks.
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Post by: daddog on September 10, 2004, 05:56:33 PM: Karnak you going to the con this year? Was good to meet you in the CA mini con we had last year. :)
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Post by: Karnak on September 10, 2004, 06:09:16 PM: I enjoyed meeting you guys at the minicon too. The effort put out by Funked and Mieleta was really appriciated.

Unfortunatley my finances just can't handle making it to the Con in Texas. I have more than enough vacation time saved up, but living barely above paycheck to paycheck doesn't leave enough discretionary funds. Maybe next year. I made it in 2001 and I'd like to make it again.
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Post by: daddog on September 10, 2004, 06:12:00 PM: I can understand that. Took me 1 1/2 years to save up for this one. Sure hope the next one is in the summer. Being away from my students for 3 days during the school year is going to cost me.
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Post by: ramzey on September 10, 2004, 06:30:55 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Karnak
I enjoyed meeting you guys at the minicon too. The effort put out by Funked and Mieleta was really appriciated.

Unfortunatley my finances just can't handle making it to the Con in Texas. I have more than enough vacation time saved up, but living barely above paycheck to paycheck doesn't leave enough discretionary funds. Maybe next year. I made it in 2001 and I'd like to make it again.

heh same here :(

how about next year guys? if we can start savings now.......... heh
Title: How is that bomber coming SUPERFLY?
Post by: Karnak on September 10, 2004, 06:36:50 PM: ramzey,

Well, I have some stuff I'm working on and if it goes well next year should be much better for me.

Here's hoping.
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Post by: daddog on September 10, 2004, 06:41:00 PM: Start saving now Ramzey, but I doubt I can go two years in a row. Most likely for me it will be every other year. :)
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Post by: ramzey on September 10, 2004, 06:45:36 PM: at last we can meet on som of bayarea airshows next year.......
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Post by: daddog on September 10, 2004, 06:46:45 PM: Oh yes. :)
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Post by: Karnak on September 10, 2004, 06:53:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ramzey
at last we can meet on som of bayarea airshows next year.......

Yes, that should be doable.