With the statement that work on BoB started in 2007, I guess it will be fair to assume that these videoes from 2006 has very little to do with what we will be seeing in the end.
But nevertheless, it seems to me like they had stuff like flightmodels, cockpits, dynamic weathersystems, squadron-size takeoff etc up and going allready in 2006. That's not bad for not even having really started working yet.
In 2007, SaQSoN or Luthier (don't remember wich, and can not find the post) said that 1C could not afford NOT to release the game in 2008. Such a statement would normally indicate that the product in 2007 was in it final stage. If they had only started working in 2007, that's a little short funding for such a complex product.
The thing that Oleg said in December that he hoped to have the SoW:BOB site up and running around the end of December is another weird mismatch between what he says and what we see.
Most of all this wondering going on stems from Olegs own statements. And I really don't think he is trying to confuse us on purpose! No other game-developer has treated his customers as nicely as Oleg has done with the IL-2 series! So all these confuseing signals are making me really puzzled.
Skarphol