How do I fly online?

[Petromax]

I have the il2 Sturmovik 1946 for PC, and I would like to fly online, the problem I have is : I have no idea what IP address I need to fly online, patches, etc..
Last time I flew the game was at home sometime in 2008 or 9?...anyway, I suck, finally after weeks of frustration crashing at every take off, I managed to get airborne, and scored a couple of kills before crashing and making hundreds of nice greasy spots all over Russia, after that, it went downhill, even the rookies can kill me at 500 miles with a sling shot, I would like to get online to have "flying lessons" from someone with enough patience not to fall from his/her chair laughing and learn the fine points of flying and shooting, heck even my 9 year old daughter flies better than me....help

PS, I have a Saitek X52, and a M$ sidewinder 2 force feedback joystick....they work nice.