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    Preamble.

    "Bloody rookies."

    The C.O. of 52 Squadron "The Bulldogs" watched a the trio of FE 2bs attempted to land. The first on made a fair job of it, but ran on towards the wood shore. Then the damned fool shut off the engine several hundred yards from the hanger. Second of the trio came in seemed to blip his engine and then did the absolute No No of trying a turn with insufficient air speed. Somehow he made it into a perfect landing which is more than could be said for the third clown who simply piled into the field and wrote off his under-cart.




    Kyte turned on his heel and stalked away towards Uncle's Office on the perimeter of the Bentangles airfield. As he entered the outer Office he scented a whiff of Uncle's pipe smoke emanating from the inner room. Kyte felt for his own pipe in his jacket pocket, only to remember that ir was still on his desk, put down hurriedly when he rushed out to watch the new arrivals. Cursing under his breath he cursorily knocked at the Door and breezed in without waiting for an answer .
    "Morning Sir". Uncle made to get up.

    No time for all that "David" answered Kyte, by now thoroughly vexed about the lack of his pipe. " Three more Rookies" just in and not much better than yesterdays bunch by the looks of em.
    At least they managed to get two of the planes down without pranging them. At this rate we are going to be flying all sorts of odds and sods that are the remnants of each Flight.
    We will have to sort them out with a Flight Leader asap.

    I can't split up B Flight because we still have Sykes and Brownlow WIA. Then there are the Two seaters with Captain Bouncer-Smythe on leave in Blighty, and Dawkins lost over the Lines yesterday. So no one with any experience to inflict them onto there Then D Flight Better give them to Drummond poor sod. Get him to give them the once over and then report to you for the usual. When the two Moranes arrive that will complete his Flight.

    Now about the E Flight. How are Lieutenant Taker and Flight Sergeant Roe making out?
    "Taker is OK sir. Just a flesh wound, but Roe is out for a week or so the MO tells me."
    "Lt Isore and Peter Lewis?"

    "Isore much the same as Roe, but Lewis seems a bit worse according to the Doc." replied Uncle.
    That only leaves A Flight then. At least Folders got his lads back in one piece."

    Tomorrow Lt Wellard will take C Flight up and have a bash at the Sausages that are still up, and I understand from HQ, that the French are having a go at the ones in their sector so tell Wellard not to encroach on their preserve. Very touchy the frogs are about protocol as you know. Talking of HQ, get onto them and order up some more Moranes and replacement Pilots, before we have to close down for lack of resources.

    Think that's all for now. Thanks Uncle."

    "Sounds as if your new little flock are on the way over by the noise. I'll be off now and see them all in the Briefing on the morrow"

    With that the CO left Uncle to his musings, and dashed back to his Office to fill his pipe.

    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    AAR OTT Daring Young Men Mission 1 Luftwachdienst – Sperrflug - 5th January 1916.

    It was a fine morning with a few scattered cumulus clouds overhead as Lt James Wellard took off from Bentangles Airfield in his Brussels Sprout. Accompanying him were a brace of Gunbusses driven by Lt. Nicholas Oliver Tyne, and 2nd Lt. Burrington Combe, accompanied by their respective Observers, AM1 Benjamin Nevis, and AM2 Ian Norbet Solent.
    At least he had no Rookies to worry about on this mission to inconvenience the efficiency of the Germans Observation Balloons. The Flights of yesterday seemed to have been rather profligate in their expenditure of the Rookie commodity, as The CO Major Kyte had quite forcefully expounded in the morning briefing, between puffing on his pipe and exhorting us to keep out of the Frogs way at all costs. Sounded as if HQ had been on the blower again.

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    He was the more surprised, therefore, as they neared the German side of No mans' land to see their target balloon being attacked by a French Moraine Machine in flames being closely pursued by a Fokker Eindecker.

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    Time to do something about that situation then lads he said as the Frenchman went into a terminal dive and the German disappeared into the cloud base.
    Signaling with his hands James directed the two Gunbusses to separate and approach the objectives stealthily using the cloud cover themselves as he had suggested at the briefing.
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    The ruse of using cloud cover seemed to have failed for as the aircraft emerged an Archie round from the German defences burst immediately in front of the Leading Gunbus of Tyne and Nevis.
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    Wellard just had a moment to speculate that the ruse de Garre had failed before the shock wave of another Archi blast flung him and his plane sideways out of control plummeting like a stone into the edge of No mans' land.
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    At the opposite end of the lines Burrington Combe and Ian Solent were experiencing the same barrage although not so accurately directed.
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    Just as the British pilot were gathering themselves together in the realization that they were now leaderless, two Fokker Eindeckers emerged from the clouds above them.
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    The German pair immediately headed straight for the nearest Gunbus.
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    Still under intense Archi fire both Gunbuses headed for the sausage at the right of the line.
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    Meanwhile, Wellard's kite was burning out a mile behind them.
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    Shrugging off this fact Burrington Combe aimed his Bus straight at the Balloon and gave it a sustained burst of fire.
    "That's for Jim Wellard" he swore to himself.
    He was most gratified to see a small red dot appear right in the spot where most of his rounds had been aimed.
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    As the Gunbus sped past, the Blimp blossomed into a ball of flaming gas.
    "And this is from me potato heads, " Ian Solent added as his machine gun opened up.
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    With a roaring sound in his ears, and a sense of the aircraft being tossed sideways, Solent realized that he had just popped his first ever German balloon. The Observers had stood no chance of extricating themselves from the inferno of the envelope enveloping their wicker basket as it plummeted to earth.
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    Dodging the Eindeckers with ease as they were experiencing the attentions of their own Anti aircraft fire, the Gunbuses headed towards the second Balloon.
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    One particular Flack gunner seemed to have it in for Burrington, as he had reserved his fire especially for his aircraft. Fortunately at that moment Burrington dived to level with the Drachen which was now being winched down as the ground crew had at last realized its danger due to the blossoming parachutes of the two Observers, who seemed reluctant to end up immolated in a similar fashion to their colleagues.
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    A second Anti Aircraft gun now got interested in Nicholas as he neared the object of his attention.
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    Nevertheless, Burrington once again got the first hit, although nowhere near as spectacular as his original attempt.
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    Continuing his dive he now got a better shot +1 for same target.
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    The first Focker finally managed to dive down to the same level as the Gunbusses they both opened up a serious fire on the balloon and once again it was Burrington who succeeded in setting it alight.
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    Enveloped by smoke and flames both Gunbuses made off.
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    Both Eindeckers were now on the case, and the balloon continued to burn fitfully in the wind.
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    At last an Eindecker caught up with Burrington but his shot went wide and only resulted in his gun jamming.
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    Intent on giving the Drachen a further hosing burrington was eventually caught with a fusilade from ahead.
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    Meanwhile the lowering Balloon blazed merrily on its way.
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    It was now time for the attacking Eindecker to take some flack damage the three aircraft turned away from the Balloon to reposition for another run and the gunners ranged in with a clear shot at the wrong plane at last.
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    At the samer moment Burrington's gunner Ian was busy sorting out the other Fokkers engine problem by slowing it down with a few well placed rounds.
    The next concerted attack added a few more holes in the now somewhat deflated looking gas bag.
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    Both Gunbuses now entertained the leaders Eindecker with a selection of goodies.
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    Ian then took his chance to pepper the Balloon once more.
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    The nearest Fokker took the chance to land a few on the otherwise occupied Gunbus.
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    With the Balloon still burning steadily, and both Gunbuses having taken quite a bit of damage Lt, Tyne decided it was high time to hi tail it for the lines.
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    As they passed the Drachen for the last time the fire finally got the better of it.
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    Almost with an audible sigh it folded over the winch and subsided onto the ground.
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    Now the chase was on and Lt.Tyne received fire almost immediately from the pursuing leading Fokker jaming his left rudder.
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    More Flack added to their misery.
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    Fortunately the Eindecker's fire was not so good.
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    Taking advantage of cloud cover Nick flew his bus off to the left.
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    Nevertheless, one fateful disaster was still to be played out on both sides. The last scene in the last act of the play falling to the German Anti aircraft batteries.
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    The Eindecker pursuing Nick received a direct hit intended for him, and spiraled down OC.
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    At almost the same time Burrington took a near miss which reduced his already stressed airframe to destruction, and the Gunbus also went down in No man's land.
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    Guessing wrong in the clouds, the remaining Fokker turned the wrong way, and Nick headed for the Drome at Bentangles.
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    Whilst the disconsolate fokker pilot headed home.
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    Kyte.
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    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Butcher's Tally.


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    British.

    Lt. Wellard: SD-EXP-NML 0 kills
    Rolled 7 -3EXP -1NML = 3 Injured - Skip 1D6 Scenarios. Rolled 4 = Skip 4
    E&E: Rolled 11 -1EXP -1WIC +1NML = 10 They didn't even see me !

    Lt Nicholas Tyne: RTB 0 kills
    AM1 Benjamin Nevis: RTB 0 kills

    2Lt. Burrington Combe: SD NML 0 kills
    Rolled 11 -1SD -1NML = 9 All well when you land well !
    E&E: Rolled 8 +1NML = 9 They didn't even see me !

    AM2 Nicholas Solent: SD-NML 2 kills: Immolated two Balloons.
    Rolled 9 -1SD -1NML = 7 - Injured - Skip 1D2 Scenario: Rolled 4 = Skip 2
    E&E: Rolled 8 -1WIC +1NML = 8 Landed almost home! - Skip 1 Scenario.


    German Losses.

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    Two Balloons SD, and one German machine SD by themselves.
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    After word.

    There were mixed feelings in the Mess that night.
    The Flight had shown its abilities to "Get the job done." by frying not one but two sausages that day.
    On the down side it looked as if ever popular Flight leader Jim Wellard was going to be hospitalized for several weeks with a broken collar bone and several bits of flack to be removed.Burrington Combe was back in one piece and starting to get a bit of a rep for dodging the Grim Reaper, although no one would actually voice this opinion. Well you could never tell which one of the Fates was eavesdropping, but several chaps were envious of the lucky Teddy bear that he carried into action, as the luck seemed to have rubbed off on his Observer Ian Norbert Solent, who had not only bagged both Drachens but survived the prang and been carried in by the PBI from No mans' Land as Uncle had reported to the gathering "A little banged up" as the Infantry Captain had told him on the Phone.

    Towards the end of the evening thing were lightened even more when Major Kyte returned from his visit to HQ via the hospital. He was able to inform the Squadron that not only were Jim Ian and other Squadron members out of danger, but more Rookie replacements were on the way along with the replacement Moranes for those lost in the latest action. Even sufficient to equip Wellard's flight who were to be temporarily placed under the command of Acting Lt."Buzz" Bumble pending Wellaed's return.
    Having delivered his good news the CO slipped a fresh bottle of G&T under his greatcoat to replace the on he had distributed at the Hospital and wandered across to Uncle's Office to share a snifter and a pipe with him in peace and quiet.
    It had been a hectic couple of days and more could be expected.

    Kyte.
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    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    My word that was an action packed outing Rob, lovely look & gripping story-telling to boot.

    Uncle says:


    Well done chaps, another two 'bangers' barbecued.
    Mr Wellard initially seemed a bit hard done by - A card special damage causes a C card draw for damage but no C card used.. then I see you got it covered in the tally.
    The Gunbus is XC deck now, not XB, so they're a little more spritely than they should be.


    Mr Wellard will be absent for the next four outings, jolly bad luck but he'll be back.
    Mr Combe, however, would appear to have the luck of the Devil, crash landing in NML with barely a scratch and slipping across the lines unnoticed.
    Young Solent wasn't quite so lucky and was a little banged up but Mr Combe got the PBI to fetch him back in when it was safe, he'll be out for a while. He's credited with pricking the sausages and earns a mention in dispatches.
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    "He is wise who watches"

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    Well Rob, that turned out to be an expensive sortie, but well flown the Bulldogs. Mission completed for the loss of two aircraft and three crew. Lets hope the latter make it back safely, one way or another. Nice to see the gunbuses out there. The poor old Brussel Sprout didn't have much of a chance to show what it could do though Am I to believe you have destroyed two balloon models to obtain those markers or are they made of some other material? REP inbound, if I can after the Walrus build - yep
    Thanks for a good yarn and I do like the way you have involved the rest of us - I gather I have to remember, from here on, that my lads are in "E" flight
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    Hi Mike, and firstly thanks for the rep.

    Only one Balloon was hurt during the making of the mission. It is two halves of the same structure.
    In the days when balloons were growing on trees I set out to copy Keith's smoke and Flame markers for my balloons. As you see they are convoluted around the circumference of the envelope. To do this I used my good lady's hot air textiles gun. Like Icarus I flew too close whilst bending the hot flames plastic around and melted the seam of the balloon. It came to pass that this error was turned to the good when I heated a bit more and got the two deflated models you see on the AAR. I purchased a replacement Balloon and thus gained an extra Rocket armed Nieuport into the bargain, which is why I also have a British painted Rocket armed Nieuport.

    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Excellent stuff, jolly good read don't you know.

    I'm a bit worried about your casualty rate especially amongst the balloon core, balloons used to grow on trees eh - not any more.
    The jolly old Brussel sprouts didn't last long either, shame about that.

    I started to read your preamble yesterday and though oh bugger, I've pinched his storyline I'm going to end up with a blindfold on, with my back to a wall, then I got a bit further into it and I started to laugh, excellent , loved what you did, very clever.
    I've just realised I totally forgot about the +1 for the second shot at the same target.

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    Great job, Rob, albeit a tough one for your boys.


    I was also going to ask about the deflated gasbags, thinking maybe you had made a mold of one to use as the post-casualty version.
    Expensive error, but quite effective for AAR photos like these.

    Question about your repeated attacks on the gasbags after they were set alight:
    I thought balloons were doomed once a fire starts - is that not the case?

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    Good Lord, Rob! Casualties aplenty! I can see why the lifespans of new aircrew was measured in days (hours?!?). Great atmospherics as is your usual, and a cracking good story, to boot.

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    Thumbs up

    Well you certainly "Burnt the Sausages" Rob in that BBQ. Lots of flames as usual in your AAR's but at least not on your planes for once.
    I guess the Bristol is now a "Peppered Sprout"

    Great action & storytelling & I loved the Prologue.

    Rep inbound as deserved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Question about your repeated attacks on the gasbags after they were set alight:
    I thought balloons were doomed once a fire starts - is that not the case?
    I'm just bloody minded I guess Pete.
    I read somewhere that if they could be winched down before they were consumed they were not counted as dead, but I could be wrong.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Well you certainly "Burnt the Sausages" Rob in that BBQ. Lots of flames as usual in your AAR's but at least not on your planes for once.
    I guess the Bristol is now a "Peppered Sprout"

    Great action & storytelling & I loved the Prologue.

    Rep inbound as deserved.
    Certainly got a bit of a Cauliflower ear Baz.
    Thanks very much for the Rep.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Uncle has reviewed Rob - you need to finish the Tally before I can record the results - see comments above

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Thanks Uncle. It was in fact an A card but hiding in the C deck so I changed it for the Butcher's Bill picture.
    He went down!

    Ian Solent was the last to fire on both Balloons so he got the credit, although the fire actually did for the second.
    German AA fire took out all three aircraft.
    As usual I leave the roll in your competent hands, then there can be no question about chaps being extra lucky!

    As for the Gunbuses I will stop the chaps using that high octane stuff they are getting from my Gin stores.

    Thanks for your kind consideration.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Devastating engagement Rob, no doubt now that the air war is hotting up over the Somme!

    REP worthy effort sir.

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    Only one Balloon was hurt during the making of the mission. It is two halves of the same structure.
    With a hot air textiles gun huh? Do you think I should mount one of those in a BE2c for the next balloon busting mission?

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    From sad experience I would suggest that you don't let anything hot within a mile of your aircraft unless you want to end up as toast Mike.
    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    It would seem that my scenario is taking an early toll on aircrew o both sides.

    Great mission Rob. Well flown and reported as usual. Story telling by the master.

    Neil
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    It would seem that my scenario is taking an early toll on aircrew o both sides.
    Not for nothing balloon attacks were seen as ‘suicide’ missions!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    Thanks Uncle. It was in fact an A card but hiding in the C deck so I changed it for the Butcher's Bill picture.
    He went down!

    Ian Solent was the last to fire on both Balloons so he got the credit, although the fire actually did for the second.
    German AA fire took out all three aircraft.
    As usual I leave the roll in your competent hands, then there can be no question about chaps being extra lucky!

    As for the Gunbuses I will stop the chaps using that high octane stuff they are getting from my Gin stores.

    Thanks for your kind consideration.
    Rob.
    Thanks Rob - I will get to this later today & indent for a new lock on your Gin stores !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Very kind of you Uncle. Do you think we will get the requisition passed O.K.?

    Kyte.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    When they have the range (those balloons do make for a good range reference), the FlAK can indeed be deadly.Ugly, nasty start with the own goals by the gunners, though. OKL will have to print and distribute more aircraft recognition posters.

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    All done Rob. See Uncle's report above & the Butcher's Tally

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Job well done Rob. A little expensive on the hardware but you bagged the Hun gas bags nicely.

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    Mission accomplished! A bit costly but still a resounding success! German AA needs to learn who their friends are but we'll not complain about that.

    With more planes and pilots on the way the war in the air will still go forward. Hopefully the rookies will quickly gain expertise before they expire.

    Love your balloon in distress!

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    Ouch ouch and thrice ouch Rob. Started the campaign with a bang and the usual HD AAR.
    Good to have youback in the cockpit again.


    I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
    Coming down is the hardest thing

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    Thanks Paul.
    It is good to be back again.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."



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