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[Osprey]

Originally Posted by drewpee

Had a blast tonight. I managed to down 3 ac (2 spitts and a hurry)and damage another in my first sorty. All down hill after that. Dog fights once began lasting up to 5min against Spitfire 11a's. But a lost cause in the end. after loosing alt and e there's no way to get above out turn or run. two fights ending with me in the drink and two with me sneaking off with my tail between my legs. Good for my evasion skills. Bad for my ego. Dam those Spitfire 11a's

How do you know they were Spit IIa's when you got away? Come fly red, you'll soon see some 5 min dogfights where if the 109 gets flown 'unstupidly' then it's a lost cause.

[IvanK]

There is another UFO in the channel at around 4500m about 10km south of Dover. Two of us ran intercepts on it last night. On first sighting it appears as a standard contact....i.e. the initial dot. As you close it grows a vertical white line that extends downwards from the dot. At about 5km away the dot disappears (a la ghost style) but the line remains. As you get inside about 1km a single thick vertical line can be seen with 2 thinner lines as well ... Weird or what ?



This is the first time I have seen this on line.

[Osprey]

Foo Fighters!!!

[Hellbender]

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

[IvanK]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

They are not for 2 reasons.

1. We were well below the COD Contrail level.
2. We flew right up to them and the trail is vertical and stationary.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

Yes, I've left contrails in CoD above around 23,000 feet

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

[Bokononist]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

Nice one Bliss, did you keep a record of how many unique users logged on to ATAG? While I was searching for my stats towrds the end of last month I had to go through a lot of users. Guestimate 500- 1000?
Also in the last two days someone called alambash has made 12 starts, 101 air kills and 16 ground kills. What in the heck is he flying!

[drewpee]

Originally Posted by Osprey

How do you know they were Spit IIa's when you got away? Come fly red, you'll soon see some 5 min dogfights where if the 109 gets flown 'unstupidly' then it's a lost cause.

Hi. Yes Spit 11a's from info window and you know when you hit an AC with a heap of E and they just turn and folow your climb that it a 11a(time to run). I do fly red aswell. Never flown the 11a though because only 4 avalable at a time.

PS I try to fly 109 unstupidly most of the time.