OMG what have I gotten myself into:

[archer11]

Pffft! Takeoff, landing, piece of cake. But keep the engine running after takeoff can be hard on some special days.
I bet, most of you have these very special days too.
Five starts and ruined engines, till I realized that I forgot to open the rad...

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by archer11

I bet, most of you have these very special days too.

Everyday is a special day. I'm very special.

[bolox]

Hi Don,

there's some good advice given (but may not be entirely suitable to your circumstances- i'd say the desastersoft demo may be a bit much at first, it's rather good and i recommend it highly- but maybe when you feel happy with the basics )

I've made a little collection of some very basic missions, mainly using the Hurri tho there is a 109 flight as well.

briefings are sparse as they were for private use but should be fairly self explanatory. :-
Hurri1 for takeoff, landings, general flying around.
Hurri2 to learn staying in formation
Nav2(airstart) is flying a triangular nav course (get you used to the RAF compass)
then there are 3 'combat' missions
12v12(airstart) pits you against 12 very nasty 109's
501 is a convoy patrol
32 is 'pretty full on'- ~100 a/c. this is a wip of something i'm working on.

I'd suggest you get to be able to fly the first 3 before diving into a campaign, but how you choose to progress is entirely your choice

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?do6r6vwewyc811u

hope these are of some use to you

[d.burnette]

Originally Posted by bolox

Hi Don,

I've made a little collection of some very basic missions, mainly using the Hurri tho there is a 109 flight as well.

I'd suggest you get to be able to fly the first 3 before diving into a campaign, but how you choose to progress is entirely your choice

hope these are of some use to you

Hey bolox,

Thank you so much for taking the time to package these together for me - I have now downloaded and have them! I look forward to giving them a try.
That is exactly what I need - and am already planning on starting with the Hurri so this will be perfect.

I was hoping to get some of my controls mapped by creating at least the beginning of a joystick file for my Cougar last night, am home recovering from surgery and the pain level at that time pretty much put me down for the night. Hopefully I can get this done and at least get started with some flying sometime this weekend. Oh and I have a new GTX 560 Ti card I want to get put in beforehand as well.

Now I feel I have a good starting point to begin with - thanks again! Not quite feeling as overwhelmed as I was a couple days ago!

[bolox]

no probs m8,

any questions/issues with those missions feel free to private message me

hope your pain subsides soon

[d.burnette]

Originally Posted by bolox

no probs m8,

any questions/issues with those missions feel free to private message me

hope your pain subsides soon

Sounds good, and thank you!

[Screamadelica]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

Everyday is a special day. I'm very special.

And now I've got that Radiohead song going around and around in my head!