Haha Great post! Very fun, Woody Allen would be soooo proud!!Originally posted by Low_Flyer_MkIX:
I'm not looking to start a flame war, Mr RedRag, but the picture is based on very trustworthy evidence.
From "I Lost With The Lufties" by Nubert 'Noobs' Nooberman (Cherrypicker Press, 1972. ISBN X 366 3984556 008 00)
A rattling good read that dispels many of the partisan myths pertaining to the most advancednessed aeroplane and bestest pilots of WWII. It's hard to find, but well worth tracking a copy down.
The 'dessicant capsule' was, in fact, a tax disc, displayed to prove that the Luftwaffe pilot had paid local airport tax. Many pilots stuck beer bottle labels up hoping to fool local airport staff (a bugger to model in 1/72nd scale or smaller - but I digress). Many pilots were granted the honour of not having to bother with the disc, as a symbol of gratitude from local residents who appreciated the Lufties protecting them from those awful British and their tea-drinking ways.
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Lufty uberness confirmed, from the same book:-
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Title of the book: I lost with the Lufties![]()
Indeed, Mr Metatron. The well-known regimentation that was rife in wartime German society seems to have continued to the memoir writing abilities of Lufty pilots. Coupled with the difficulties of translating German grammar it's no wonder that some book titles - even entire passages of some books - are translated into exactly the same words by English publishing houses. You can see the same lines again and again and again in certain allegedly unrelated accounts.Originally posted by Metatron_123:
Low Flyer can you confirm that the 109 canopy affected the psychology of the Luftwaffe in such uniformity that they even chose the same titles for their post war publications? Both Nubert 'Noobs' Nooberman and Heinz Soop went for 'I lost with the Lufties'?!
It's not ununsual to find the mundane made seemingly exciting by such practices. For example, the title of a rather boring account of how life on the Russian front affected the immune system of Lufty personnel has been mangled to the point where the new title elevated the author to cult status amongst Lufty fanboys in search of their jollies. I doubt whether the original and correct 'I Caught Flu For The Fuhrer' would have had the same effect.
I nominate this thread for Troll of the Weak.
I like the parting shot about the perfect airplane, start with BS -- end with BS and there is no middle!
It's almost 100% pure trolling, shame there had to be any factual content at all, judging points will no
doubt be tricky over the exact use. I wonder if we're seeing a one-day Troll Olympics Medalist?
Are you on drugs, or just terrible at reading comprehension? I never fly LW planes. In fact I hate them, but I can tell when you're spouting pure balls.Originally posted by yuuppers:
Grunch and one of his buddies.
Maybe you should have read the bit where I said that I don't think that ANYONE believes the 109 had better visibility from the cockpit.
All I'm saying is that the way you're trying to argue it is so ******ed that it's harrowing.
God damn I love that word. Harrowing.
Anyway, can I have some of your ketamine now, I hear that the K-hole is good this time of thread?
All this huff and puff over cockpit visibility when the tail is on the ground?
HEL-LO?
IL2 without 6DoF has got to be worse than real where you can tilt your head, have two eyes, etc. Yes?
IL2 landing on grass field graphics harder than real to judge height. Yes?
It works well enough for me! That includes weaving along taxiways, I do about 40kph zigzag on the straights and
make the hard turns at about 20. I have more trouble with propwash than I do with view.
It's the daggone seat-back cutting rear-view.. almost makes me think of using mods.
lol@ the clowns ( pic not you guys)
I just max out my FOV (view) and I'm fine NY taxiing for 109.
And yes I do weave on the taxiway (I can't help it, I'm still learning![]()
Oh now would be a good time to switch to how 0.50 calibers can cause the 109F thru K wings to explode due to the ammo inside of them