When did this all start?

[Feathered_IV]

Ubi once made a grand statement on their Il-2 forum in about 2004-5, where thay gave official announcement of BoB with a completion date of 2006. I used to have a text file of it saved somewhere for laughs.

[Trumper]

Oleg announced it at the flight sim show in Birmingham.It was the year the National Motorcycle museum had a fire so the venue was moved to the hotel nearby..

[Chivas]

BOB was first announced by Oleg in 2004 for a tentative release of end of 2005. BUT Luthier was expanding his Pacific Fighters addon and need help finishing, so Oleg's crew dropped most work on BOB to help. Ubi announced BOB in 2006, but that came off the rails when they decided to continue doing addons for IL-2. Work was delayed until IL-2 1946 was finished in what 2008? Although they did have maybe a guy or two working on SOW thru that long period.

[baronWastelan]

That's funny I distinctly remember 2003
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6076412.html

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Ubi once made a grand statement on their Il-2 forum in about 2004-5, where thay gave official announcement of BoB with a completion date of 2006. I used to have a text file of it saved somewhere for laughs.

You don't have to search your drive - Ubisoft hasn't

http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=3950