I recieved WOP from my wife a month ago for my birthday and I am just posting a brief review.

Overall its a very excellent add-on.  The animation is 100% and the panel and system detail is outstanding.  Basically you get collection of quality planes on one CD for a price that would normally be paid for just one high quality aircraft type. Also included is an almost extinct species in the add-on world.  A very extensive and thick manuel. It is very important while flying a few of those planes to pay close attention to the published speed references.  Particularly with the B-29 and the B-24.  The B-24 handles much like a truck.  That much is history, they actually did from what I've read about them.  The B-29 at full load will require very close attention to V-speed and power setting.  Trust me on this.  You WILL stall this plane first time out.  If you make it to FL50 without stalling it you will be fine but you must climb out at the published speed to get there.

The German wonder jets all mimic the teething problems that the early jet were notorious for.  I can't speak for how accuratly the flight modeling is because by Shockwave's own admission they had rather scant reference material for dialing in those German wonder jets. Included are the HE162, AR234, and the TA183.  Of these the AR234 is the best flying.  Just make sure you have loads of runway for landing, the brakes are marginal.

The Lancaster flys very well.  Nothing un-expected or unusual about it.  If I had to make a comparison I would say that the Lancaster handles most like a cross between a B-17 and a B-24. Speaking of the B-17, that is the gem of the whole package.  Handles exactly as the heros interviewed for the project described it.  Its a pilots airplane, very forgiving, and trimmed out right it doesn't even require an auto-pilot.

Speaking of auto-pilots several of the bombers have some very early Sperrys.  The one on the Superfort is highly advanced for that era but do read the manuel.  They operate distinctly differently than what we are all used to.

And now a word of caution to those with under-powered rigs.  The textures on these planes and the system detail is very resource draining.  Even with my new 6600GT overclocked to basic 6800 speeds and FSAutostart shutting down all the un-necessaries it still costs me about 10 FPS flying any of these birds.  I don't know how they coded them but I am compelled to make a comparison with an older great bomber add-on.  The B-25 "Briefing Time" from Mid-Atlantic Aviation Museum in Reading, PA.  This particular bird matches any of the WOP planes in every way but it seems much more optiimized.  In addition to the different levels (virtual interior, virtual cockpit, no virtual interior, and 2d all the way) it just basically is less resource draining even with the full virtual interior model loaded.  

In summary though I have to say if you like warbirds and have a "hoss" of a system you can't go wrong with Wings of Power.  It truly is history in a box.

Borrowing Avsim's 5 point scale I will rate Wings of Power a 4 out of 5.  I deducted that one point due to the system resource drain caused by the planes.  If in future releases Shockwave chooses dxt textures or other types of effective frame friendly optimization then I would have to say they are indeed in a premier league of developers.  BZ to Shockwave and keep em flying.