The most dangerous phases of flight are takeoff and landing. Too low to bail out, and when you auger in a high performance airplane, you will most likely be moving along at a pretty good clip. Best you can hope for is an extended stay at the base hospital.

I knew I had seen something on the origins of "Gyrene", but couldn't remember where. I found an entry in one of my old TBS books: "a term of uncertain origins applied to the Royal Marines as early as 1894, and to US Marines by about 1911."

Its been a few years since I heard that, Thanks!

<t> In Friedman's US Aircraft carriers appendix D there are several magazine loadouts. below is the Enterprise in Oct 43<br/>
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100lb GP 504<br/>
500lb GP 288<br/>
500lb SAP 288<br/>
1000lb GP 378<br/>
1000lb SAP 378<br/>
1000lb AP 378<br/>
1600lb AP 18<br/>
2000lb GP 18<br/>
325lb DC ...

Ground loop
Spatial Disorientation

<t> I am really glad to see the range issue being tackled as it is inconsistant at best in stock and CHS. I just wanted to through in my two cents from the real world. Without exception every source I have lists aircraft range in a measure of only distance. In addition, if you look in several ...

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I was never in the Navy either, but might it not have been possible that flight operations would have been curtailed by 40-knot winds, low cloud and rain, back in the winter of '41? Asking because I don't know...
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<t> The following rate of climb data is provided for the P-38. Source is the "Pilots Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model P-38.<br/>
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P-38H Standard Day 54"Hg/3000rpm to 20,000'<br/>
16100lbs 155 KIAS 3500 fpm Sea Level to 5000'<br/>
16100lbs 152 KIAS 3400 fpm 5000' to 10000'<br ...

<t> I agree with what you are trying to do here on principle, but us not knowing exactly what durability means in the code may have you proceeding on some faulty assumptions. I don't think you can assume that size alone should be the determining factor in durability. In an extreme example the WWI ...

You do beautiful work!

<t> I'm at work, so at the moment I don't have access to any references, but there are two ways in which an aircraft's sustained climb performance are generally measured; best rate of climb and best angle of climb. There is a given speed you fly for each to get the desire performance. Most aircraft ...

<t> I agree range should be limited on wing mounted aircraft MGs to whatever distance these weapons are rigged to converge. As for ground based AAMG, the venerable M2 .50 cal has a tracer burnout of around 1800m, and as a result would have some effectiveness out to that distance. I would suggest ...

I was curious so I started digging through what references I have and found in Whitley's that Lamotte-Piquett spent a period in dock in Osaka Japan in September 1941. It seems unlikely that it would participate on the allied side.

Playing the Japanese late war I never have enough destroyers/escorts. After US torpedoes become effective in 43 there is a high price to pay.

I have had fairly good luck targeting manpower at night at 6000' untill I get bases close enough to provide escort for day raids. Fairly low B-29 losses and big fires.

Worked like a champ. Thanks for the hard work!

I'll be giving it a try this weekend.

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Hi guys,<br/>
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I never got crashes prior to 1.4. I have either used the escape key or the exit button. I don't ever use the back button.<br/>
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Starting with 1.4, I'd get save game crashes about 20% of the time. both when using ...

I'm afraid I only have a save for the current turn. I will try to run some more turns and if it appears again somwhere else I will get one.

I am playing scenario 12, v1.4 as the allies, and have had the F1/252nd Daitai show up on the ramp at Kwajalien parked next to my Corsairs! I have a save, how and where do I send it?