Campaigns or Training mission for beginner - CloD

[pedalracer]

Dear friends of the sky,

First of all, I must apologise for answering so late to your very and detailed explanation to the end. Normally I would try to answer in time of course but this time we had some family issues (illness).
Then, I want deeply thank you for the time you took to answer my questions. I understood now fully how the compass worked in WW 2 and how it is meant to work in IL2.
Additionally to your explanation, I did some research on the Internet and on the immediacy mentioned then some PDF files about different versions of compasses the pilot of that era worked with. For example:
The P4 Compass.pdf
Technik fuer Flugzeugfuehrer.pdf (I'm German as you might have noticed already and therefore I have no problems skimming through these German handbooks but on the other hand I got more problems to write correct English. And that's the reason why my writings are more of the brief form. So I apologise for that.)
And I get some handbooks of missions 4 today and the essential inpursuit and Nugget's guide.

Very helpful for me was your tip to go to the quick missions builder and to choose the cross-country mission. Moreover, I didn't know that I can now choose a plane for each of these missions. It is great to start flying on a Tiger Moth. At least for me and now that many pilots didn't get the chance of a training flight in Tiger Moth and were thrown directly into a bomber plane.

I also liked your detailed explanation of getting around in the plane and getting the engine running, the plane taking off and then finding your way in the sky by basic navigational skills. Following your instructions I will be able to get the feeling of flying in IL2 and eventually I might dig into complex engine management.

Best of all was the following statement of yours that I would like to cite:
remember to take it slow and do equal parts of things to keep you interested. Don't go reading 200 pages about aircraft engines nor go flying straight away… Just do the cross-country mission for a few times, until you get comfortable navigating from your starting view to another one that is 30 to 60 min away and landing there.

[ATAG_Doc]

If you want my 2 cents skip all that. Just get in a plane and trial and error. You will burn up / blow up many planes before you get it. Watch start up videos on youtube tons of them out there. When you have got it down just do what the read guys did. Your baptismal into battle should be like the men that came before you. Right away. You will be shot up and down. But once you get that first one under your belt you're off to the races and addicted. Just do it!

[skouras]

here you can buy some excellent campaigns
it also have training mssions for spitfire and Hurri

http://www.desastersoft.com/en/news.html


just download the demo first

[Marmusman]

I didn't see anybody mention this site, so here it is:

Airwarfare.com has missions and campaigns. Check out their downloads section. Most typically start out with just take-off, do a loop, then land...then move on to more complex objectives.

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php

The site is a little underutilized, in my opinion. Their sister site, Mission4Today, is the golden standard for all things IL-2:1946. It is a great place to upload and download files for Cliffs of Dover.