DFLion_'The Blue Max'_Mission_01

[DFLion]

Fly the first mission from the Classic WWI flying film ‘The Blue Max’ – as Lt. Stachel!

The mission is ‘Balloon Busting’.

DFLion

DF_'The_Blue_Max'_01.zip

[TAIPAN_]

Is that the movie where they crash into the bridge? I think I watched it quite a while ago

[jollyjack]

Nice, tried it, killed the balloon and 2 SE planes, got back to base, landed  ... Mission Failed  LoL!

 

Edited May 8, 2022 by jollyjack

[Guest deleted@219798]

Nice mission to fly, also got mission failed. one of my favourite movies, watched it lots of times on DVD. First saw in a long time ago at the movies. Lots of thanks for making this mission.

[Guest deleted@219798]

Shot of DIIIa in the Blue Max skin.

 

[DFLion]

Thanks 'kestrel444x500'. It is a great movie for its time and I have good DVD copy which I watch quite often. I am working on the Lt. Stachel's second mission which is going to be a bit hard to simulate. I would be interested in knowing where to get a copy of that Pfalz skin you have shown, it looks very good. I am also trying to stop the 'Mission failed!' wording at the end. Message for 'Taipan' you are right - 'Willy' - Stachel's rival in the film, sadly killed himself, showing of his flying skills to Stachel, flying between bridge pylons in a Fokker Triplane - that will be a further Mission down the track.

DFLion  

[Guest deleted@219798]

The skin was on the FC forum not sure if it still is. I think it may on Haluter's Skin Downloader now.

[jollyjack]

DF thanks for the tip, Just ordered the DVD. Now i wonder if George has that irritating A-team attitude there too LoL.

[Cynic_Al]

On 5/25/2022 at 7:32 AM, DFLion said:

'Willy' - Stachel's rival in the film, sadly killed himself, showing of his flying skills to Stachel, flying between bridge pylons in a Fokker Triplane

 

To be clear, his flying under the bridge is completely successful; he dies immediately following the stunt by colliding with a watchtower situated adjacent to the bridge, which in reality would not be possible without first making a 180 degree turn.  Aerial view of Fermoy Viaduct.

 

It appears someone has made a RoF video depicting a realistic flight path needed to cause the collision.

[ST_Catchov]

Well ok, but Willy was never that good a pilot and festered in a fetid pool of enormous dislike for Bruno aligned with intense jealousy. I think his mistake was overexcitement mixed with incompetence compounded by his obvious compromised mental state. 

[Cynic_Al]

5 hours ago, ST_Catchov said:

I think his mistake was overexcitement mixed with incompetence compounded by his obvious compromised mental state. 

 

Or just not looking where he was going.

[Guest deleted@219798]

There is a Fokker Dr1 skin for Willi's plane. There might be one without the shield. From the skin downloader. I've tried that flying under bridges a few times, not too hard in a Dr1, wouldn't want to try it anything much bigger.

 

[jollyjack]

On 5/27/2022 at 9:25 AM, ST_Catchov said:

Well ok, but Willy was never that good a pilot and festered in a fetid pool of enormous dislike for Bruno aligned with intense jealousy. I think his mistake was overexcitement mixed with incompetence compounded by his obvious compromised mental state. 

 

Sounds like the A-team alright ..

[Barkhorn1x]

On 5/27/2022 at 3:25 AM, ST_Catchov said:

Well ok, but Willy was never that good a pilot and festered in a fetid pool of enormous dislike for Bruno aligned with intense jealousy. I think his mistake was overexcitement mixed with incompetence compounded by his obvious compromised mental state. 

Well, he did have 22 victories - 20 confirmed - at the start of the movie - and he scores two more right before his crash - so he must have been doing something right. 

[ST_Catchov]

6 hours ago, Barkhorn1x said:

Well, he did have 22 victories - 20 confirmed - at the start of the movie - and he scores two more right before his crash - so he must have been doing something right. 

 

Well of course he was a well adjusted, stable and likeable killer with admirable flying skills. But that was before he met Bruno, a brash American with no aptitude to affect a passible pseudo English-German accent like himself. After that event, his mental disintegration became increasingly evident as he slid into despair, depression and frustration. There is no doubt in my mind that this manifestation impaired his ability to make good decisions, in general and in flying, leading ultimately to his untimely demise. Had he lived, I feel, he would have become a bloated, alcoholic drug addict with megalomaniac tendencies reliving Bruno's death over and over again with undisguised relish. But alas, it was never to be.

[Dornil]

On 5/25/2022 at 10:02 AM, kestrel444x500 said:

The skin was on the FC forum not sure if it still is. I think it may on Haluter's Skin Downloader now.

Could you please share the Pfalz skin? I found the Dr.I one in Skin downloader, but the Pfalz is nowhere to be seen...

[Guest deleted@219798]

On 6/22/2022 at 12:02 PM, ST_Catchov said:

 

Well of course he was a well adjusted, stable and likeable killer with admirable flying skills. But that was before he met Bruno, a brash American with no aptitude to affect a passible pseudo English-German accent like himself. After that event, his mental disintegration became increasingly evident as he slid into despair, depression and frustration. There is no doubt in my mind that this manifestation impaired his ability to make good decisions, in general and in flying, leading ultimately to his untimely demise. Had he lived, I feel, he would have become a bloated, alcoholic drug addict with megalomaniac tendencies reliving Bruno's death over and over again with undisguised relish. But alas, it was never to be.

Maybe he would have become Goering? Sounds just like that bloated fella!

On 7/6/2022 at 4:32 AM, Dornil said:

Could you please share the Pfalz skin? I found the Dr.I one in Skin downloader, but the Pfalz is nowhere to be seen...

Sorry as it's not my skin to share. I'll check to see if it's still on the forum

[Guest deleted@219798]

Here's where you can find the Blue Max Pfalz skin. FC/ Skins and Templates/Pfalz III skins. Blue Max is included in the 1st DL link.http://www.mediafire.com/file/htdv3wwgw44lmtl/PfalzD3a.rar/file

[jollyjack]

Well finally i got hold of Blue Max, it's a great movie. But using that Morane Saulnier MS230 acting as a Fokker D8 was a bit too much.

 

 

 

Pity they did not rebuild the D8, but the other replicas in the film were great.

 

 

 

 

[DFLion]

Well said Jollyjack,

The only problem is, during the film they had used the planes that were flyable at the time - I think the Directors/Producers did a great job. The dramatic last scene with the 'Morane Saulnier' really brings out the progression of aviation - here was a 'single wing' WW1 fighter that obviously wasn't strong enough for the aerobatics - Lt. Stachel sadly didn't make it! I totally disagree with 'ST_Catchov's' comments - I think the actor 'George Peppard' did a great job in the film - he might have had a distant German heritage?

DFLion

[jollyjack]

Yep, but it could not help me to get rid of his A-Team image, that character was just as arrogant.

But James Mason of course was great, and Ursula Undress lived up to her name ...

[jollyjack]

DF, for your further mission movie aspirations, just uploaded to Halu:

 

[Guest deleted@219798]

In the book it was Heidemann that died flying the monoplane. Stachel survived the war.

[jollyjack]

So a Bollywood film after all ....

[ST_Catchov]

Nope. Bruno had to go. Messing around with Klugermann's wife Kaeti was bad form. And being a commoner, he didn't understand that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. His swollen head was his demise. An oft told tale in the rich history of Hollywood film making. They just need to lay off so many fcuking super hero movies.

[jollyjack]

And as such finally Bond got the gal ...

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Hi there.

Nice Idea this mission ?

But when Willy Klugermann and me arrive at the Baloon it was on the ground and shot down by its own AAA?

I saw no car for the cable, maybe the mission isn’t up to date?

 

[J5_Adam]

On 5/28/2022 at 1:23 AM, kestrel444x500 said:

There is a Fokker Dr1 skin for Willi's plane. There might be one without the shield. From the skin downloader. I've tried that flying under bridges a few times, not too hard in a Dr1, wouldn't want to try it anything much bigger.

 

Nah, I made that skin for J5_Klugermann. This is his personal skin Jasta 5 skin. I was working on the entire plane-set from The Blue Max at the time, so I made him this one.

[DFLion]

Hi everybody,

I was just keeping an eye on the website and saw this member exchange come up - obviously I have got to get 'Stachel' back in the air again. Thanks for all your interest in my obsession with the "Blue Max" - very sad about Ursula Andress, what a beautiful woman and great actress. I'm very busy doing my volunteer work at the moment and haven't been doing much 'flight simming' although I have some uncompleted missions in the wings. I will watch the movie again soon and start working on something.

DFLion

[Nigel_60]

This is  great to have Blue Max Missions ,its a fantastic  movie. Im trying to find Lt Bruno Satchel's  Fokker D1 Triplane skin for use in custom battles ,I've looked everywhere ,does anyone know if its available? I have the  Willy Klugermann skin. 

[Atlantia39]

Hello!

Any more missions planned?

 

"It's a cruel world Stachel."

[64s-Yori]

thank you for your missions, i love this movie "the blue max" nice work