DD today?

[Calos_01]

3 hours ago, Jade_Monkey said:

My 609 sqn campaign is making slow progress. I am working on my 12th historical mission (which coincides with D-Day). I think there will be ~16 or so in total, ending in the late summer '44.

I´m really looking forward to his campaign. I hope that maybe someday we get an early car door typhoon (and an early Normandy map) and campaign around the events of 1942/43 will be possible.

[ITAF_Rani]

Why so mutch intersest for

B 24...??..uhm ......speculation time..lol

 

 

Edited June 13, 2023 by ITAF_Rani

[percydanvers]

6 hours ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Why so mutch intersest for

B 24...??..uhm ......speculation time..lol

 

 

 

Would give the IAR it's most famous engagement. 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

6 hours ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Why so mutch intersest for

B 24...??..uhm ......speculation time..lol

 

 

I've been wondering the same thing, only about Romania. It's a pity the thread you linked is locked so we cannot ask for clarification there.

Is it the beginning of a "This week in WWII aviation history" "series" where LukeFF posts some interesting tidbits every week? (Sounds nice!)

Is it a subtle hint towards some collector plane or a new map coming in the near or distant future? (Something to do with the IAR perhaps?)

Is it a subtle hint towards the Dev team's new "project"?
Is it simply a random fact that LukeFF thought interesting? (Then why pin and lock it?)

 

@LukeFF, care to clarify?

[LukeFF]

20 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

@LukeFF, care to clarify?

 

Sure! ? It's something new that I was asked to do when I was hired as the new community manager - posting a brief entry about something interesting that happened in military aviation history during the week in question. I have one more entry planned for later this week. 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

2 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Sure! ? It's something new that I was asked to do when I was hired as the new community manager - posting a brief entry about something interesting that happened in military aviation history during the week in question. I have one more entry planned for later this week. 

Sounds great! Looking forward to your next entries!

 

(And slightly disappointed that we now cannot spend a multitude of pages speculating about what it means )

[Livai]

On 6/13/2023 at 9:43 PM, LukeFF said:

Sure! ? It's something new that I was asked to do when I was hired as the new community manager - posting a brief entry about something interesting that happened in military aviation history during the week in question. I have one more entry planned for later this week. 

 

Do you plan as coronation to add in-game screenshots from the B-24, B-17 or the Ju 88 packed with explosives in the nose section and a Bf 109 or Fw 190 mounted to the top of the fuselage fly raids against the Normandy invasion fleet......???

[LukeFF]

39 minutes ago, Livai said:

Do you plan as coronation to add in-game screenshots from the B-24, B-17 or the Ju 88 packed with explosives in the nose section and a Bf 109 or Fw 190 mounted to the top of the fuselage fly raids against the Normandy invasion fleet......???

 

[BlitzPig_EL]

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Can I expect for the next update, in two weeks, the early access for flying circus 3 ? ?

[LukeFF]

Hey guys, no DD entry today. The big event of this week is the Virpil WarBRD Race Tournament Finals tomorrow.

 

4 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Can I expect for the next update, in two weeks, the early access for flying circus 3 ? ?

 

Maybe ? Sorry, can't say anything more than that.

[tattywelshie]

Thanks for keeping us updated @LukeFF - you know what we get like on DD day ?

[Rjel]

18 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

Which to Alexa sounds like Varicose wrappers….

 

 

[FlyingNutcase]

I'm starting to get a dopamine hit from these non-DD days, just knowing that each week of waiting is one more week of developing the beast that will one day imerge.

 

They mentioned working on the tech side of things and I really hope we get a generational graphics upgrade (mainly the environment/map) in addition to whatever other goodness may be in the works. Given the wait, we can assume it'll be something with a bit of a Wow factor. Fingers crossed. Week by week we get closer.

 

It helps not having a gaming PC for another year or so though, haha. 

 

Go Team!

[-DED-Rapidus]

https://m.twitch.tv/videos/1848749109

[Talisman]

16 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

https://m.twitch.tv/videos/1848749109

 

I see that the word on the shirt says KOREA 

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

Edited June 18, 2023 by 56RAF_Talisman

[Noisemaker]

1 hour ago, 56RAF_Talisman said:

 

I see that the word on the shirt says KOREA 

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

I see a large map of the United States...

 

 

[DD_Arthur]

The most exciting thing in that 5+ hours of Twitch streaming was at exactly 1 minute in when our host took his hat off.

 

We then had one and a half hours of ”it’s air racing Jim…but not as we know it”.

 

Followed by three and a half hours of War Thunder.

 

Very strange.

 

[Trooper117]

51 minutes ago, Noisemaker said:

I see a large map of the United States..

 

I'd go for Korea... can't see me flying over California involved in a large air battle.

[Avimimus]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

 

I'd go for Korea... can't see me flying over California involved in a large air battle.

 

Well, if they do that, it should really be two modules: Korea and Germany (circa 1948-1955). After the first few months Korea largely turns into close support operations. Pairing it was a European theatre module would give us a more numerically balanced scenario with more types of aircraft on each side (e.g. Vampire fighter bombers and Venoms, Il-28 and Canberra, La-15 and Mig-17A, more F-86 derivatives, more use of the Il-10M). If they are putting in the effort for Korea it really makes the most sense to do both (~4-5 years of development).

[AEthelraedUnraed]

34 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

 

Well, if they do that, it should really be two modules: Korea and Germany (circa 1948-1955). After the first few months Korea largely turns into close support operations. Pairing it was a European theatre module would give us a more numerically balanced scenario with more types of aircraft on each side (e.g. Vampire fighter bombers and Venoms, Il-28 and Canberra, La-15 and Mig-17A, more F-86 derivatives, more use of the Il-10M). If they are putting in the effort for Korea it really makes the most sense to do both (~4-5 years of development).

Not sure how commercially viable a purely what-if-scenario is. I'd really like Korea, but 1950s Germany, no thanks.

[Trooper117]

30 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Not sure how commercially viable a purely what-if-scenario is. I'd really like Korea, but 1950s Germany, no thanks.

 

This...

[Livai]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

If they are putting in the effort for Korea

 

It needs just two words for Korea to fail -> 1. Drop Tanks and 2. Carrier

 

 

[LukeFF]

46 minutes ago, Livai said:

 

It needs just two words for Korea to fail -> 1. Drop Tanks and 2. Carrier

 

 

 

Korea was a lot more than carriers. It's not a pass/fail situation. 

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Not sure how commercially viable a purely what-if-scenario is. I'd really like Korea, but 1950s Germany, no thanks.

 

Well, the thing is - you are basically creating a situation where the market consists of "people who like flying American planes while doing ground attack". (If it isn't focussed on the first couple of months).

 

As for a what-if scenario, we know the unit distributions, the aircraft involved (and even quite a bit about doctrine)... and I met a pilot who experienced several sorties in which he was effectively told the war had begun - and they relied on radio to abort the sortie every time (although this might have been during the Cuban Missile crisis - it shows how little speculation is required about such a scenario).

[LuftManu]

I would love to fly a Corsair someday! 

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Manchuria.  WW2.  Japanese and Russian planes..  Propeller aircraft. Simple map.

[Livai]

20 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Korea was a lot more than carriers. It's not a pass/fail situation. 

 

In all original videos from this era you see how the F-80, F-86 Sabre or the Mig-15 start, fly and attack with drop tanks.  Carriers are just one part from the puzzle next are the drop tanks. If drop tanks are not a pass/fail situtation then they ignore the historical relevance....................

[Talisman]

On 6/18/2023 at 2:46 PM, Noisemaker said:

I see a large map of the United States...

 

 

Nice one Noisemaker.    Put a smile on my face for sure.

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

17 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Manchuria.  WW2.  Japanese and Russian planes..  Propeller aircraft. Simple map.

But that is not on the shirt.  

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

So Vietnam it is....?

[Trooper117]

Vietchuria... be sure 

[JG4_Moltke1871]

I remember no big city‘s was announced…. Il2 Spacewar?

[Guest deleted@83466]

I’m holding out for The Races at Toko-Ri. ?

[Trooper117]

4 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

I’m holding out for The Races at Toko-Ri. ?

 

That's probably not far from the truth.

[Gambit21]

On 6/12/2023 at 8:52 AM, Jade_Monkey said:

It hits different 

 

38

 

 

[Livai]

20 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

38

 

38th Parallel

[LukeFF]

21 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

That's probably not far from the truth.

 

It's already pretty close to reality: ? https://www.fai.org/news/2023-fai-korea-drone-racing-world-cup-incheon

 

Look at all those poor souls having so much fun! It's arcade and a sign of the decline of the drone industry!

 

[tattywelshie]

There are two things certain in this world...death...and someone asking if there's going to be a DD on a Friday!

 

So...is there? 

[Trooper117]

21 minutes ago, tattywelshie said:

So...is there? 

 

[JG4_Moltke1871]

 

Lonely plane needs attention, please talk about me, don’t leave me alone this Weekend ?