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    Last Saturday of the Month at the Museum

    A rare day, indeed! This won't happen too often. According to the Interweb, every 28 years? Not as rare as I thought it might be.

    Anyway, I was at the Museum with some Wings of Glory enthusiasts, and we decided on WWII, this time around.

    First Game Set-up:
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    Buddy Mike and Shane [Skyguy001] at the conference table

    Two Bf-109s (Perfect Aim and Aerobatic Pilot), flown by Mike, and a Ju-87 Stuka, flown by me, against three Hawker Hurricanes, flown by Shane, and later assisted by Nikolas:
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    The Stuka is relentlessly pounded by Shane and Nikolas, and goes down well short of the target:
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    The mission continued for a bit longer as we traded piloting planes. Nikolas and Mike each had a damaged plane at the end, and the damage draws went against Mike for a successful defence of England by No.1 RCAF Squadron.

    Second Game (No photos, sorry):
    We followed up with a dogfight game using a Beaufighter (Nikolas) and two Hurricanes (Shane, with Perfect Aim), and Mike again flying two Bf-109s escorting my Bf-110.

    The Beaufighter went down first with combined fire from all the German planes, My Bf-110 went down next, and then we skirmished with the fighters until we were reduced to one Bf-109 flown by Mike.

    Two good games, and a few discussions with passers-by about historical aviation issues, if not the game, made for lots of fun.

    Next Month, we might be flying a Zeppelin-Staken, supplied by Nikolas!
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

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    Nice teaser for our upcoming Battle of Britain campaign.

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    Considering that I threw the planes together for the two scenarios on the spur of the moment, from my available planes, the balance needed only a bit of tweaking with an Ace Skill, or two.

    Thanks to the WGS Points System (that needs a sticky, cause I can never find it easily).
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    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
    "Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59

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    It looks like you had a good time.

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    I bet you had a great time, Mike.
    Voilą le soleil d'Austerlitz!



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