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31 December 2004   HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hutch

Sandbags us...

These two mods add a great deal of realism.

Make sure you look at the readme files for each.


Mission building opportunities here!

Thanks, Hutch

On behalf of the entire Staff and the membership:
        Thanks to each of the modders and mission builders who spent countless hours
        creating the great mods and missions we have enjoyed this year.


2005 promises to be a great year. Fantastic things are coming.
        RAISE YOUR GLASS: To each of you, may you enjoy good health and prosperity in the coming year.

18 December 2004    A Hurricane and a couple of P-38s

michele-palermo

with credit to Jhat and MEGA
Long overdue and a welcome addition.

Substitutes for the P-51 so it can be flown with the Spits.
Skycat and MEGA

give us "Beautiful Lass" and a reworked skin from
CFS3 with damage skin.


Good project readme files with each.

NEW MISSIONS:
        Rockhead sends us a new one - on the Axis Missions side.

Outstanding, all!
        Lots of interesting things in the pipeline.


7 December 2004   Trees, Trees, Trees!

Hutch
offers Trees, Trees, Trees. This mod comes with
rows or groupings for mission builders.
Two tree variations included, different seasons also.

These two mods replace the following:
   SILO = TREE LINE
   WINDMILL = TREE GROUP

Trees destructible by HVARS or bombs.
Not aircraft friendly!   Makes runways more interesting.
Great for mission building.

MISSION BUILDERS:
        Great opportunities here, with this mod. Ya can't fly through these trees!
        Now you can hide those tanks anywhere!   Comes with a sample mission.


Great job Hutch, keep 'em comin'.
        And thanks MEGA for sharing your basis work with others!


25 November 2004   Another great mod and a new look!

Hutch
gives us his second offering -
Horsa I Assault Glider, circa 1944.

This mod comes with lots of goodies; modified
sound package, excellent readme and a demo mission.
Expect a lot more to come from Hutch.
 
NEW MISSIONS:
        Sorry: nothing new from the front!

Thanks Hutch!
        Comments on the new look are welcome, provided...  they are positive!


08-11-04   Lots of Goodies this time...

Hutch submits his first mod - a C-47A of 46 Group, RAF, September 1944.

MEGA gives us five (count 'em - 5) new hangars for different seasons and terrains.

max offers a new P-51 escort mission on the Allied Missions page.

Keep 'em comin'


22-10-04 MEGA gives us new City Blocks for Bucc's Spring Rain terrain

Bucc's Spring Rain terrain must be installed first.

Rockhead never sleeps! The cinemas are worth it.
Three new missions on the Allied Missions page.
Two new missions on the Axis Missions page.


Great work, gentlemen!


27-09-04 "HAIL COLUMBIA" by TheFlyingDutchman

"Hail Columbia" was flown by Colonel John Riley "Killer" Kane.
Colonel Kane won the Medal of Honor for his leadership over the oil fields of Ploesti.
Interesting readme file. Great B24, TFD.


Rockhead submits another dazzler mission, "No One".
A P-47 mission - cinema. The cinema, like the last one, is worth it.
Available on the Allied Missions page.


LockNLoad offers an escort mission, "The Loner". You must find the aircraft
to escort. Ya gotta fly this one! Available on the Allied Missions page.

Outstanding work, one and all!
Gonna need some on-line missions for the winter... any volunteers?


12-09-04 NEW CLOUD MOD AND MORE MISSIONS

rabu offers his first mod. A cloud mod for each
weather condition. Very impressive, rabu. Thanks.


Rockhead submits another great mission "The Screwup".
A P-47 mission - cinema. The cinema is worth it.
Very inventive, Rockhead. Available on the Allied Missions page.


LockNLoad puts forth two short trigger demo missions for
mission builders. Available on the Miscellaneous Missions page.

Great effort guys!


20-08-04 MISSIONS, MISSIONS and more MISSIONS

Rockhead has submitted his first missions.
Two Allied P-47 missions and a P-51 mission; all with
an interesting twist. Great start Rockhead.  


max offers his first attempt, also. This is a P-47 strike mission.
Good start from one of our newest members.

Thanks guys. Keep 'em coming. It's going to be a long winter.
All are now available on the Allied Missions page.


Scuttlebutt: Have some... but I can't tell ya.


05-08-04 E2-S by Rammjager

Rammjager offers E2-S of the famous YellowJackets,
375th FSq / 361st FGp based at Bottisham, England.
Flown in combat by Abe Rosenberger. Great Readme htm.
      Thanks, Ramm, sorry for the delay.


Scuttlebutt: Zzzzzzzzzzzz.


19-06-04 Swiper does it again!

Swiper creates a very useful tool for all modders.
This utility can be used by skinners, modders and mission builders.
That last irritating job is finally simplified.
      Thanks, Swiper.


Happy Father's Day to those who are.


12-06-04 A new skin from MEGA.

MEGA's latest.
"Big Dick" was flown by Major Richard "Dick" Hewitt, 78th Fighter Group, 82nd Fighter Squadron.
"Big Dick" is the call for double fives in craps. Great Readme on Major Hewitt.
      Great job, MEGA!


Scuttlebutt: Swiper has another surprise up his sleeve. On its way soon.

Fact: The R&R was great, Thank you for asking!


28-05-04 New skins from Ranwers and Zoso and a lilduckfoot mission

Ranwers has created a skin for The Flying Dutchman's P-51B for 
desert terrains; Sicily and Malta.  Just in time for the new terrain.


lilduckfoot offers a teaser... the first mission of a campaign, "The Rookie".
Contains a standard mission / cinema and a "you gotta fly it" version.  Good start!


Zoso presents a P-38J with D-Day markings.  Very good start from one
of our younger members.  Looking forward to great things from this modder.


Rumors: More from MEGA and there may be a Hurricane in your future!
                                          On vacation till mid June.  Enjoy and keep those mods coming.



14-05-04 Tuskegee Airmen from Skycat and MEGA offers Snow Tops

Skycat has created four skins for Rammjager's P-51D (v.1) "Six Gun Whore".
Great information on the pilots of these aircraft in his readme files.
In addition, he offers a natural metal skin as a starting point and resource for skinners, which can be found here.

MEGA submits snow tops for use with Buccaneer's "Early Fall" terrain.
Good opportunity here for mission builders!


Very impressive, both of you!


8-05-04 MEGA's Wirbelwind Flak Panzer mod and a new Asphalt runway from Fly.

This mod replaces the stock Wirbelwind (Whirlwind) Flak Panzer with a much upgraded 3D model and high resolution skin.

Fly submits a new asphalt runway which he says is his favorite.

LockNLoad has created a PDF file to help Mission Builders with the available trigger "Checks" and "Actions"
with explanations and mission names where they can be found for reference on the Creating Missions Page page.

Fantastic work, all of you!


29-04-04 MEGA's revised Apartment Mod and Zoso offers a Four Tracer mod.

This is an update of MEGA'S Apartments mod released in 2003 and is modified to reduce the "shimmer effect". 
Each building now has a distinctive front, side and rear. Great work, MEGA!

Four Tracer Mod. This is Zoso's first attempt at a mod. While he said he does not guarantee anything, this is a good first attempt. Future Modder!

Zoso's Four Tracer Mod

Outstanding, both of you! More Mods Soon. Stay tuned. Lots of great things coming.


17-04-04 New Malta Sicily Terrain from Michele Palermo. 

Mike has submitted his Malta Sicily Terrain.

This is a very large file.

If you are not on DSL or Cable, you may wish to notify the Webmaster and the smaller 
files can be emailed to you individually. We will attempt to upload the individual files for you later.

Michele Palermo's Malta Sicily Terrain

Thanks for the hard work, Mike!


21-02-04 Flight Model Pack 5.2 and a Winter Quad skin from MEGA. 

MEGA offers a Winter skin for his new Quad 20 mm AA gun, with six installation options. Click image.

Target, the WW2 Fighters community's resident flight model expert, presents his latest Flight Model Pack, version 5.2:

Version 5.2 introduces a number of changes to roll performance. The roll 
rates of the Me 262, the Me 109s (G-10 and K-4) and the Spitfires (LF.IX 
and F.XIV) have been revised. The roll acceleration of the P-38J-10 and
the nonflyable aircraft has been decreased, and the effect of G-load on 
roll rates has been increased.

Drag coefficients for the P-51B/D and the Fw 190D-9 have been revised to
better reflect the typical condition of aircraft in service. The drag
coefficients for the P-47D-25 and D-30 have been revised to account for
the addition of wing racks.

The P-51B's engine now represents a Packard Merlin V-1650-3 cleared for
67" War Emergency boost, rather than only 61" Military.

The P-38J's stability as a gunnery platform has been improved.

Target's latest effort can be downloaded here:

Target's FM Pack 5.2

Thanks for the new goodies, guys!


22-01-04 MEGA's new Quad 20 mm AA gun.

MEGA's latest mod boasts several innovative new features. First, the gunner's head moves in tandem with the guns. This is the first mod to implement a soldier animation. Second, the mod can be installed in three different sizes. It can be installed at scale (1.0x), but may be installed at either 1.5x or 2x as well. The gun is based on MIKH's SDKFZ 7-10 from the Rommel mods, and the gunner is wearing an authentic camoflage pattern Luftwaffe Field Division uniform adapted from textures developed by Rangefer for Combat Mission. Click on image.

Beautiful job, MEGA!


11-01-04 New Runways from Fly and a Training Mission by Timebandit

Fly offers three new concrete runway textures based on Alexandre Cadel's textures for FS2002, with varied levels of dirt and detail. Fly has also updated several of the textures for his No Guts, No Glory P-47 skin, which can be found here.

Also, Timebandit has created a Split-S training mission featuring the P51 Mustang, which is now available on the Miscellaneous Missions page.

Good stuff, guys!