Have you rescued Johnson?

[H Lecter]

Originally Posted by strawberryfuel

I managed to land there in sim mode, but after i picked him up i couldnt get my engine started again to take off.
Anybody knows what I`m doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Greetz,

The Straw

Seems you killed your engine while landing - did you hit the ground with your propeller?

I'm afraid there is no way to restart your engine.

[TexRoadkill]

I haven't tried that mission but I don't seem to have the flip problem that others report. I just cut the throttle and pull back on the Aviator stick.

[TEL79]

Originally Posted by TexRoadkill

I haven't tried that mission but I don't seem to have the flip problem that others report. I just cut the throttle and pull back on the Aviator stick.

The flip problem only occurs in simulation and with Spitfire. Ironically, the most of the missions requiring landing, are flown wit Spitfire.

[Wissam24]

How would he fit the guy in there anyway? Wouldn't he then not be able to use the control column or pedals?

[towman]

Similar stuff really happened with Hungarian pilots over Russia, here is the story:

..."On 1st February, 1944 his swarm had a fierce dogfight against 5 GvIAP’s La-5’s, led by Witalii Popkov over the Korssun kettle. One La-5 hit his plane, and the Messer’s engine failed. Debrődy had to make his second belly-landing behind the enemy lines! His best friend, 2nd Lt. Miklós Kenyeres with 19 air victories, downed Debrődy’s attacker, and landed near the dead Messer on the snowy and icy unknown field. Some Soviet soldiers were running towards the Messers, but Kenyeres managed to take off with some PPS machine-pistol hits in his plane. Unfortunately, two days later the Soviet AA fire downed Kenyeres’ plane behind the enemy lines and this brave pilot had to bail out over a forest. Debrődy was desperately circling around his parachute, but he was not able to help his friend, Kenyeres taken POW."...

I actually read a book written by Tibor Tobak (Hungarian "Puma" pilot) an the story is fleshed out with more detail, the downed pilot sat on the other pilot's lap, they had to leave the canopy open (in the icy russian winter) to be able to fit in the small 109 cockpit. The landing was difficult due to the actual pilot did not see forward so the pilot sitting on his lap "talked him down", this is especially tricky due to the hard ground handling characteristic of the 109. Great story...

[Swagger7]

I actually saved him completely by accident. Somehow I totally missed the radio message that he needed help, but I must have crashed into the ground near there during one of my poorly timed manuevers, 'cause it got counted. I didn't notice anything 'til I got the end of mission narration and the narrator described landing and picking up the pilot. I was like, "Wait, I didn't do that!"

They actually show two pilots getting into the same fighter in the movie Battle of Britain. I think it was a Hurricane though and not a spit. (can't remember & I'm not at home, so I can't check.) It was during the RAF's evacuation of France. One of the pilots didn't have a working plane, so another pilot waved him over and they piled into the cockpit.

Also, if two pilots could wedge into a 109, they could definitely fit in a Spit, since I'm pretty sure the Spit had a bigger cockpit. I once saw a video of a German ace (can't remember which one, but it was one of the big names) sitting in the cockpit of a Spitfire. His first comment was, "Roomy!" In that same show a British ace got to check out the cockpit of the 109, and he didn't like it at all, mainly because of that rediculously fat frame around the canopy. Does anyone know why the 109 had that and why it wasn't replaced with a bubble canopy or something later in the war?

[beaker126]

It was replaced later by a canopy design called the Galland Hood, based on suggestions by Gen. Adolf Galland. It had a lot less framing and the top was bulged out slightly to help vision.