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    Default Official Unofficial Stats V.3 Beta available

    Version 3.0 changes some of the performance on a few aircraft in v2.2, in the light of new research and first-person accounts.

    Adds
    Hanriot HD.2
    Hamble Baby
    Sopwith Baby
    Sopwith Schneider

    BugFixes
    Corrects some 2-seaters - FE2bs did vertical stall-turns in combat - a form of Immelman - for example. So did the W.29.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    FE2bs did vertical stall-turns in combat - a form of Immelman - for example. So did the W.29.
    Must have been 'exciting' for the observer!

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    The Brisfit could use the Hammerhead house rule then: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=368

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    The Brisfit could use the Hammerhead house rule then: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=368
    No need to - the S deck has an Immelman in. That covers it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baldrick62 View Post
    Must have been 'exciting' for the observer!
    They didn't always stay with the aircraft, true. But there was more criticism by observers telling pilots not to do "aerodrome turns" but to fight the machine with all they had. Less dangerous, and it was up to the PBO to stay aboard regardless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    They didn't always stay with the aircraft, true. But there was more criticism by observers telling pilots not to do "aerodrome turns" but to fight the machine with all they had. Less dangerous, and it was up to the PBO to stay aboard regardless.
    What is "PBO" ?

    Ken

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    Poor Bloody Observer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RJB View Post
    Poor Bloody Observer?
    Correct. Sorry, I've been reading so much in my research I forgot to add subtitles.

    When you get in your old machine,
    To start on a damned O.P.
    You cover yourself with tons of clothes,
    But they're all of them N.B.G.;
    The pilot sits in the engine’s fug,
    His body with heat aglow,
    But you must stand in the back and cuss
    Till the ice on your whiskers stalls the 'bus;
    You're only a P.B.O.
    A miserable P.B.O.

    Chorus:*

    At seventeen he’s firing rather badly
    At a Hun of a tender blue
    At fifteen thou' you see him point out sadly
    Some Huns of a different hue
    At ten or twelve you find him fighting madly
    With six or eight or more;
    When he fancies he is past hope,
    Fires a long burst as a last hope,
    And the Huns go down in ashes on the floor.

    We all of us know the case
    When the pilot came home alone;
    No doubt it was only a slight mistake,
    But his attitude's clearly shown;
    He shoved his joystick suddenly down
    As far as it would go;
    “Hullo, you seem to have gone," he said,
    "I fear you must be somewhat dead;
    But youre merely a P.B.O.
    A miserable P.B.O.

    At seventeen he’s firing rather badly etc.

    When you're doing an escort stunt,
    And the Huns get on your tai1,
    You start the fight with a careful sight,
    And the beggars go down like hail;
    Alas, the pilot's jealous scorn is a thing we learn to know;
    You may get umpteen Huns in flames,
    Don't think they'll believe your claims;
    You're only a P.B.O. A miserab1e P.B.O.

    At seventeen he's firing rather badly, etc.

    I managed to get my leave,
    And was trying to drown the past,
    When I chanced on a maiden passing fair,
    And thought I had clicked at last;
    To my joy she said; “The R.F.C.
    Are the nicest boys I know";
    I said:”And I'm an Observer, dear,”
    She said: “There's nothing doing here;
    You're merely a P.B.O.,
    A miserable P.B.O.

    At seventeen he's firing rather badly, etc.



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