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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Brooke on August 07, 2011, 01:54:50 AM
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Please join us to commemorate the Battle of Britain, specifically Adlertag or "Eagle Day", which took place on August 13, 1940 and which was the start of the Luftwaffe's attacks against the RAF over British soil.
We will run it in Special Events II arena at 3 pm Eastern time. All are welcome, and it is an unlimited-life event that will run for 2 hours, but you can play as much or as little of that as you wish.
(http://ahevents.org/images/stories/thisDayInWWII_files/battleOfBritain/banner1.png)
"What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'" -- Winston Churchill, June 18, 1940.
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German engineering will once again kick arse over the skies of England. :rock
Even The Few won't be able to stop the oncoming slaughter... :neener:
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German engineering will once again kick arse over the skies of England. :rock
Even The Few won't be able to stop the oncoming slaughter... :neener:
don't get shida started on German engineering frog boy.
I'm attending a douglas bader memorial today and when the 2 Spitfires beat up the sunny airfield at tangmere, I will shed a tear for The Few that saved our country and the rest of the world.
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German engineering will once again kick arse over the skies of England. :rock
Even The Few won't be able to stop the oncoming slaughter... :neener:
We won they lost 1 nil to us :)
I am the new CO of The Few by the way :old:
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So we can count on a sizeable British presence for this anniversary of the battle, right? :aok
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So we can count on a sizeable British presence for this anniversary of the battle, right? :aok
I'll do my best to represent Brooke.
Tangmere really is a mine of information and lots of interesting artefacts from the war/bofb. It was too windy for the spits to refuel and do their flypast but I did encourage the RAF cadets manning the spitfire simulation to download AH!!
I'll pollute the skies with a squeaker spitfire wing :old:
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:aok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLvz2c8SnQ
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blah blah blah...
I'll pollute the skies with a squeaker spitfire wing :old:
Hooray for more German cannon fodder. :banana:
:neener:
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German engineering will once again kick arse over the skies of England. :rock
Pffffft, German engineering :rofl
'Once again' implies it already happened when in fact it went like this for the sausage stewing blockheads: (http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9965/hitoverhead.gif)
:neener:
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I will try to fly in this :salute
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WOOOOHOOOO thx brooke and gang for making my wish come true!!!
http://youtu.be/KZ-2X609LRE (http://youtu.be/KZ-2X609LRE)
watch from 4 mins onwards!! :rock
ROGER TOPHAT!!
hurri's for me!!
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Folks, please work to recruit your pals to play as well (or even if they aren't your pals -- you can recruit them to fly on the other side).
We need to get the word out, and the best way for that is for players to tell other players.
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(http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/images3/23.jpg)
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(http://www.aviartnutkins.com/news/uploaded_images/SE3-Salute-to-the-Few-pilot-signed-752307.jpg)
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbiQRgavoZw/TGsuwNeymHI/AAAAAAAABT8/gHmP6tP7-bM/s1600/high_summer_anthony_saunders%5B1%5D.jpg)
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(http://www.anglican.ca/amo/files/2010/08/battle_of_britain_vc.jpg)
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what is the setup? Spit mk1 vs 109E4?
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The full setup is here:
http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/604.html?task=view
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(http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/200811_battleOfBritain2008/pics/frame2/015-attackOtherHurri-Image-0045.jpg)
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(http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/200811_battleOfBritain2008/pics/frame3/031-splitS-Image-0068.jpg)
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(http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/battle_britain_2006/pics/frame4/027_breakoff.jpg)
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(http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/battle_britain_2006/pics/frame4/008_kill.jpg)
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will the 88s have limited fuel to slow em down a bit? :pray
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Will there be formations, and will they look like these?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ImperialWarMuseum?blend=7&ob=5#p/u/79/s9mDy8jH0jo
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I'd do my best to be there, Sir, for the RAF! Make mine a Hurricane! :salute
(http://www.brooksart.com/Intothefray.jpg)
(http://www.brooksart.com/Undaunted.jpg)
(http://www.brooksart.com/Theguardians.jpg)
(http://www.brooksart.com/TallyhoAH.jpg)
(http://www.brooksart.com/Vitalforce.JPG)
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JOIN THE RAF!
(http://www.brooksart.com/Fourthmission.JPG)
Be cool and get, like, chicks and stuff. Or be one of those German guys, and be, like, you know.... like dead and stuff.
:aok
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Fly Luftwaffe
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff252/DropkickYankees/AirWarrior.jpg)
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(http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/200811_battleOfBritain2008/pics/frame1/002-downlow-Image-0007.jpg)
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Reaper -- awesome paintings posted! Thank you! <S>
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SEE HITECH, PYRO, SKUZZY... see how we really need the HE111 ???
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Tomorrow is the day.
I hope you can join us and that you bring friends!
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Reaper -- awesome paintings posted! Thank you! <S>
No problem, sir, thank YOU and the rest of you guys for putting together awesome events! :salute
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Tomorrow is the day.
I hope you can join us and that you bring friends!
dunno if any of them will be awake.... your 3pm saturday eastern time... is 3am monday morning for me( singapore)... but i'll try my best to stay awake for it!
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dunno if any of them will be awake.... your 3pm saturday eastern time... is 3am monday morning for me( singapore)... but i'll try my best to stay awake for it!
Singapore -- cool. What is Singapore like compared to the US to live there? What are some of the biggest differences? (Off topic, I know.)
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Singapore -- cool. What is Singapore like compared to the US to live there? What are some of the biggest differences? (Off topic, I know.)
its def a place to make money ($1 USD gets you at least 1.2 SGD)... easier to get jobs if ya Caucasian it seems...low inflation gets you a meal for $3.50 and $1.10 for a can of drink with a cup of ice.. of cos we have eating places that costs well over a hundred... fine dining and all...its almost like dubai, its also the becoming the financial hub for south east asian markets.. our media is govt. controlled and we are not a democracy...we are a republic... we have no freedom of speech... our govt keeps Singapore safe and secure.. very very very low crime rate.
its a very strict place... drug consumption if caught lands you in jail for 1 year. death penalty and canning applies here... its a small city, beautiful EDUCATED(degree holders) Asian girls who would love to marry an Caucasian guy..the red light district min price is $50... singapore is friggin clean and you would get a fine if you litter... and if you are a habitual litterer... you have to sweep the streets...houses are ridiculously high due to land scarcity.... cars are friggin exp which you can only own it for 10 years.....
public transportation is super cheap and every where you go has air conditioning if not you'll melt.. did i mention its 32deg Celsius today? living here is exp if you do not have a job.. we do not have the dole.we used to be part of the british colony East india company and the brits left us to fend for ourselves against the japanese onslaught during ww2 even tho the brits outnumbered them...... i think that kinda sums up singapore :rofl
this is really off topic :rofl :rofl
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It is off topic, but interesting.
I'm especially interested in Singapore as it is an excellent example of what a free-market economy can do for a country.
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Next up is Black Thursday (Schweinfurt raid), to run next Saturday, August 20th, at 3 pm Eastern in Special Events II.
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Bruv! You stood me up! No worries, Deustchland came through once again. :banana:
The Battles over the channel and at Hells Corner were intense! Our battle cry was delivered as promised..."Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of the women...."
Better luck next year. :neener:
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I wanted to make this one very badly, but I had a pile of work and projects hold me back :bhead
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I wanted to make this one very badly, but I had a pile of work and projects hold me back :bhead
Arg. Sorry about that. I hope that you can join us for this one, though, Saturday, Aug. 20th:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,318469.0.html
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Was fun!
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It is off topic, but interesting.
I'm especially interested in Singapore as it is an excellent example of what a free-market economy can do for a country.
Nope, on second thoughts, I ain't a-gonna.
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man... we were seriously outnumbered... .... kudous to subwaych as allies CO! <S> :salute we were certainly the FEW. Even tho we never stood a chance, we still fought like mad! every turn you made to escape you had another 2 guys on ya..."never fly st8 and level for more then 30 secs in a combat area" we fought our way in and we fought our way home without bullets even! :rofl :rofl :rofl
Ozzrocker almost made allied ace in 1st sortie! WTFG DUDE! <S> :salute
awesome fun brooke!! it was really worth staying up for! <S> :salute had to log... the sleep monster was about to eat me! :rofl
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It was a lot of fun. Final result was nearly a draw:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,318048.msg4144270.html#msg4144270
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Was a blast! Wish I could have stayed longer. Was some intense fighting with 109's :rock
My Hurri bullets seemed more like pebbles being thrown,lol
No wonder there's 2664 of them. :D
Kudos to Brooke and Team!
:cheers: Oz
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wow event logs made me look awesome!! :rofl :rofl :rofl