DD 342 has been released.

[MiGCap]

I will buy all!  

 

But the Ta 152 is my favourite! ?

[=FEW=Hauggy]

Thanks!

Glad to finally be able to look forward to the I-153 ?

[MiGCap]

Seems that really everyone is pleased with this announcement!  ?

[Trooper117]

Right, lots of news, lots of people happy...  that's good.

But what would have been even better, along with the stuff from the 'present' iteration of GB, would have been a smidging of progress of the 'new' IL2 game that they told us about months ago... you know, the one that had the team was 'already' working on and had already been decided on... that one!

[sevenless]

6 minutes ago, 102nd-YU-devill said:

Very nice news and I am excited about all of the new planes (especially the Chaika!).

However, please, make a new allied twin engine bomber (if you can't a 4-engine). 

A flyable B25, or B26 or at least a B Mosquito is very badly needed.

 

 

A-20G would be the most obvious choice, I guess. Hope we will see it or one of the others eventually. Never understood why the current VVS A-20 hasn´t been made flyable for UK or US.

 

[Blitzen]

All GOOD!

[JG_deserteagle540]

Excellent news for this year. So many new planes and a Ta152!!

?

[Ribbon]

9 minutes ago, Trooper117 said:

Right, lots of news, lots of people happy...  that's good.

But what would have been even better, along with the stuff from the 'present' iteration of GB, would have been a smidging of progress of the 'new' IL2 game that they told us about months ago... you know, the one that had the team was 'already' working on and had already been decided on... that one!

Seems new il2 project is beyond 2024 given that they still plan collector planes for GB in 2024....

 

 

[RoteDreizehn]

Dear Devs and Wardog5711,

I am very pleased that we get the TA152. Fantastic News....
Which Version will we get the C3 oder H0? Hope for both....

 

 

 

 

[ROCKET_KNUT]

So am I. It will make the game so much more... realistic in mp. Cheers.

Edited May 30, 2023 by ROCKET_KNUT
"for various reasons"

[Gambit21]

On 5/5/2023 at 12:03 PM, sevenless said:

 

A-20G would be the most obvious choice,

 

 

Yeah but it was the obvious choice back when Kuban was announced too.

Although look at it this way, aircraft that you've always wanted but are not here yet, or have just now been announced will be that much nicer because we waited for them...because the standard continues to improve somewhat. There's a noticeable difference between a 2014 aircraft and 2018 aircraft and so on. 

So the longer you wait for something, the nicer it will be

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2023 by Gambit21

[LukeFF]

35 minutes ago, sevenless said:

Never understood why the current VVS A-20 hasn´t been made flyable for UK or US.

 

It had been entirely superseded by later models by the spring of 1944.

[easterling77]

Yeah!!! Great News

 

First - Happy to see there's a new DD

 

Then reading the DD - WOW

 

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by easterling77

[sevenless]

4 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

It had been entirely superseded by later models by the spring of 1944.

 

Thats the reason why they didn´t make it flyable for UK and US? Seriously?

[Lusekofte]

That glider will be fun

[LukeFF]

6 minutes ago, sevenless said:

Thats the reason why they didn´t make it flyable for UK and US? Seriously?

 

Show me where it was flown over Normandy in the spring/summer of 1944 and I'll gladly retract my statement. ?

[CUJO_1970]

I-153 has been needed as bread and water for a very very long time. Glad to see it finally make it in. 

[Noisemaker]

10 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

That glider will be fun

At least once...

[Wardog5711]

I should do well in it. I don't have to actually land, just skid to a halt without hitting something solid..

[LuftManu]

Oh boy! So many new toys!

The idea of having a Chaika is awesome. That little devil will be really fun to fly. 

 

Early Spit IX is also great. We can have it for Channel scenarios. I hope it features both Merlin 61 and Merlin 63.

And how we can forget about the TA 152 ?

[Noisemaker]

1 minute ago, Wardog5711 said:

I should do well in it. I don't have to actually land, just skid to a halt without hitting something solid..

Therein lies the trick...  It's not just your life at sake either.

[Jade_Monkey]

What a beefy DD! I'm shocked at the number of planes at different stages of the pipeline.

 

Excited to see some new ones like the glider, the chaika and also good to see the lineup gaps being filled up (Ta152, La5 and SpitIXc).

 

Still curious about the enhancements mentioned on that video and whether that will be a separate game or not, or if the planes on this game will be carried over to the other one.

[Noisemaker]

2 minutes ago, LuftManu said:

Oh boy! So many new toys!

The idea of having a Chaika is awesome. That little devil will be really fun to fly. 

 

Early Spit IX is also great. We can have it for Channel scenarios. I hope it features both Merlin 61 and Merlin 63.

And how we can forget about the TA 152 ?

I forgot about it already.  Did someone mention a new Spit?!?

[Gambit21]

Just now, Jade_Monkey said:

What a beefy DD! I'm shocked at the number of planes at different stages of the pipeline.

 

Excited to see some new ones like the glider, the chaika and also good to see the lineup gaps being filled up (Ta152, La5 and SpitIXc).

 

Still curious about the enhancements mentioned on that video and whether that will be a separate game or not, or if the planes on this game will be carried over to the other one.

 

As Daniel mentioned in the video Q & A, the term "new engine" has to be taken into the context of continued development, with this continuing development eventually leading to improvements that over time accumulate to such a degree that the engine can then be termed a "new engine" so to speak. So same engine new engine.

[Zanzibar]

Even though it's a long ways off, I'm very excited about the Spit Xc! A long overdue addition considering its importance in the lineage of the spitfire as well its prevalence in the scenarios we have. I'll echo others and say I hope we get both the merlin 61 and 63!

Edited May 5, 2023 by Zanzibar

[Freycinet]

the Mother of all Updates

[JG5_Schuck]

Nice update......
The Ta152 is an odd choice considering the numbers build (but i won't moan about any new aircraft!) and if you're making exotic, maybe a Do335!!
I would have preferred some more early war stuff for the channel map.... Spit MkI, 109E1/3 etc or early Russia DB3 etc for Barbarossa..
The I-153 will be great though..... maybe with skis?
And lets have a Norway/Murmansk map for some convoy action and torpedoes!! 
Keep them coming guys!!

[itsbillyfrazier]

Best DD in months...

 

Lots of good news for both FC and GB although slim enough pickings for TC fans.

 

Thanks for news team.

[BigMotor]

Super hyped for Flying Circus Vol. 3 (Hoping the two-seaters will be capable of artillery spotting and photo recon). Also giddy over the CG-4, having RL glider and towing experience, can't wait to try this.  Wonder if flying on the tow rope behind the C-47 will be included, that would be epic.

[=KG76=flyus747]

sad to see no flyable B26 or B25 is in the works ?

 

I guess the Li2 will be the next best thing to look forward to

[DeadMeat0383]

What's the point of the ta152 if we still don't get any allied bombers?

[JG7_X-Man]

Great additions!

The Ta 152 is a great counterpart to the Spit XIVe

[vadupleix7]

I heard TA152H is a good turn fighter, I love turn fighters

[LukeFF]

44 minutes ago, DeadMeat0383 said:

What's the point of the ta152 if we still don't get any allied bombers?

 

Well, ironically, the Ta 152 hardly flew at all against Allied bombers. It's most significant combat was against RAF fighter-bombers in northern Germany and against Soviet fighters in and around Berlin.

[DeadMeat0383]

7 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Well, ironically, the Ta 152 hardly flew at all against Allied bombers. It's most significant combat was against RAF fighter-bombers in northern Germany and against Soviet fighters in and around Berlin.

152c or 152h?

 

Either way, I've stopped buying till I get a bomber. And not a dc3 with bombs strapped to it

[Caudron431]

Fantastic news! Thanks so much!

 

ooooooooooooooohhhh Chaïka! I know i will get every single plane but this is the best...

 

It appears that we have the 1CGS team switching to full steam again, they never stop!!! 

Way to go guys, you reignite the flame everytime❤️‍?

[LukeFF]

11 minutes ago, DeadMeat0383 said:

152c or 152h?

 

Either way, I've stopped buying till I get a bomber. And not a dc3 with bombs strapped to it

 

H model. Last time I read anything on the 152, no Cs ever saw combat.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Outstanding news. Something for almost everyone.

 

Been waiting since the start for the I-153.  Love that little thing.

[Mtnbiker1998]

Good news all around, all the ww1 stuff is awesome, the early spit and 153 are very welcome additions to their theaters, although I'm not likely to fly them, and the glider seems neat! Although after playing with msfs gliders I wonder how they'll feel in IL-2 without proper weather/wind modelling. the Li-2 and IAR-80 are still neat I guess, and the la-5 is whatever.

 

The Ta-152 is certainly not the collector plane I would have chosen, but I'm sure the Luftwaffe fans will enjoy it, it'll sell like hotcakes, and fill multiplayer servers. 

 

Can't help but feel a bit suspicious though, its like they've combed through the forums to find all the collectors people wanted so they could give us this big ole DD to make us all feel like we're finally "Getting what we want" to distract us while ignoring the elephant in the room, this big new "secret project." Are we heading to the pacific? getting 4 engine bombers? an upgraded engine that can handle more aircraft? its been several months since that big cryptic stream and we've still heard nothing. 

[S10JlAbraxis]

Great news!  Will buy all of the announced aircraft and FC3.