Two recent Birds of Prey previews

[Nike-it]

Bit-tech.net and Official XBOX Magazine published previews of upcoming Birds of Prey.
You can find the articles here: Bit-tech.net (http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/xbox-360/2009/08/01/il-2-sturmovik-birds-of-prey-preview/1) and OXM (http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=12395)

[trk29]

It’s also worth mentioning how lives are handled in Birds of Prey – as it isn’t as simple as dying and reloading. Instead, when you get shot down in IL-2 Sturmovik you simply jump into the cockpit of a nearby ally – so the game is only really over when your entire squadron is destroyed. Likewise, if you run out of ammo then you simply jump into the next plane over while your previous plane goes back to refuel.

Is this in arcade mode? If it is simulation do you have the option of going back to base and reloading instead of jumping into another plane?

[JCofDI]

To be honest I'm not sure what the bit-tech review is talking about most of the time.

At least in what we got for the demo, it will show who you are on the map screen. No amount of slamming into the ground changes who you are.

Perhaps they're referring to the Single Mission aspect, which is a totally different beast. Though really if that is in I hope it can be turned off, just so the aspect of avoiding death becomes that much more real.