Non Friday 2010-04-15 Development Update :)

[He111]

Oleg should just state, SOW is 64 bit, end of story, you want da best then upgrade! i know I would, I actually plan to buy 64 bit computer soon. I suspect many here would upgrade too! Oleg could then get ahuge kick-back from DELL computers or Microsoft! (joking)


Another disturbing point on chutes, I just watched a doco on the Luthwaffe's desparate act of ramming enemy bombers late in the war ... apparently American fighters would gun down german pilots in their chutes, who were lucky enough to survive the collision!! .. made my blood run cold.

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[BadAim]

To the best of my knowledge, "kill the pilot" was standing orders for US escorts for a time (I don't believe the method was specified), which kind of makes sense in the horrible math of war. It's a testament to the Moral fortitude of these guys that it wasn't a more common practice. (I think it's safe to say that the average warrior won't do to his enemy what he doesn't want done to him, if he's thinking that far ahead)

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by He111

Another disturbing point on chutes, I just watched a doco on the Luthwaffe's desparate act of ramming enemy bombers late in the war ... apparently American fighters would gun down german pilots in their chutes, who were lucky enough to survive the collision!! .. made my blood run cold.

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I believe there were chute-shooters on both sides in that war. No one can say which side started that practice first. Enough blame to go around, I suspect. If you want to think about making your blood run cold, think about the airmen who parachuted safely to the ground from burning fighters or spinning bombers only to be captured and killed by hostile civilian mobs. War is Hell. It should make your blood run cold. A chance to kill an enemy was just that, and both sides took advantage of it. That's the reality of it.
Flyby out