Simviation Forum - DONT U HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS???

Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 9:07pm

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i was out testing my nieuport for last minute bugs and a hun caught me from behing, i had no chance Sad

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Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 9:55pm

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check your six next time. We are in a budget crisis these days!

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Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 10:05pm

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check your six next time. We are in a budget crisis these days!

lol ya, i was told the same thing when i got back to my aerodrome Wink

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Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 10:56pm

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Look at the pilot looking at the aircraft while it goes down............crying its loss........next thing you know the plane comes back and shoots you! OK maybe not, but i felt like saying that.

The smoke is weird though, is the picture bad quality? it looks like.......it just looks weird. Good shot though.

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Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 11:34pm

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The smoke is weird though, is the picture bad quality?

not really, i was getting nice graphix actually, the pic is cropped and enlarged (when u bail out and the wide screen appears...)

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Reply #5 - Aug 4^th, 2003 at 12:47am

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Lucky you were wearing that 'chute, most pilots didn't then.

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Reply #6 - Aug 4^th, 2003 at 6:51am

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Look at him waving goodbye

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Reply #7 - Aug 5^th, 2003 at 8:38pm

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Lucky you were wearing that 'chute, most pilots didn't then.

indeed, lufberry (eddie rckenbacker's squad mate) got shot down, his plane caught fire in a horrible manner, and he jumped instead of dying burnd alive, he tried to jump on a little creek he was flying over, he miscalculated and landed on a frenc backyard, among the flowrs and crops, only yards from the creek....... Sad

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Look at him waving goodbye

i was actually waving the finger to the german pilot..... Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Aug 6^th, 2003 at 12:13am

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indeed, lufberry (eddie rckenbacker's squad mate) got shot down, his plane caught fire in a horrible manner, and he jumped instead of dying burnd alive, he tried to jump on a little creek he was flying over, he miscalculated and landed on a frenc backyard, among the flowrs and crops, only yards from the creek....... Sad

Yup, in WWI parachutes wern't normal equipment for pilots, only for those who flew in the observation ballons. I'll bet that Lufberry was one of many who were forced to make that very dame decision. Cry

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Reply #9 - Aug 7^th, 2003 at 1:26am

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Yup, in WWI parachutes wern't normal equipment for pilots, only for those who flew in the observation ballons. I'll bet that Lufberry was one of many who were forced to make that very dame decision. Cry

ya, but he planned on landing on the creek, the water would make it easir and he'd prolly make it back to the base..... he miscalculated... Sad

if u read "Fighting the Flying Circus" by Cpt Eddie Rckenbaker... u will find plenty of stories like that....

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