Maybe because IL2 lacks proper west front battles? ;)

what about the Heinke lerche...it NEVER saw action :stare:

I would trade all the fictional planes for that B17

Wait for the BoB:SoW, it'll have the B17 too.

My little Independence Day jaunt...
 

To properly celebrate Independence Day, I decided to take a B-17 back to its makers for a service, after all, it was only 64 years overdue...

En route to Boeing Field, Seattle at 30,000 feet, good job the heater still works...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...t30000feet.jpg

Passing over Boeing Field...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...oeingfield.jpg

Turning over Mount St Helens to head back for a very long final descent into Boeing Field...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...MtStHelens.jpg

Landing lights on a bit early, but what the hell...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...htsblazing.jpg

Mmmmm... Nice sunset...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...nthesunset.jpg

Messing about with the engines on the descent...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...sunsetshot.jpg

Boeing Field just coming in sight, between the two other airports...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...verSeattle.jpg

Lined up nicely, none of that ILS bollox on this thing, right on the money at 110mphhttp://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...elylinedup.jpg

Looking good...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...shortfinal.jpg

Touchdown, 64 years after it last did it at the same airstrip...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...oeingfield.jpg

Nicely done Chock - is that FSX?

Chock: stop making me drool on the floor!;)

Truly impressive Chock :rock: :up:

Yup Robbo, it is FSX

:D Chock

He took the long way around the mountain.:rotfl:

I would just have gone with "We do not appease evil. We crush it!"

CF3 Battle of Britain 1940 and we are in a very, very bad situation here. Germany has invaded England, London is lost and the front line is in the Midlands. Looks like my wingmen and I may be heading toward the Irish and sit it out. :damn:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/1-3.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/2-2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/3-1.jpg

Just for HunterIXC my two B-17's

B-17F
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17F1.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17F2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17F3.jpg

B-17G
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17G4.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17G1.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17G2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h254/RS42/B17G3.jpg

http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/.../shot_482a.jpg
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http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/...s/shot_439.jpg

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http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/...s/shot_284.jpg

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http://www.shockwaveproductions.com/...s/shot_507.jpg

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The above are all Bader's pics.

Nice BoB piccies there SeaVee..

Now it's time for more B-17s to dehydrate Hunter some more :rotfl:

Here we are, off to teach the nasty Hun a thing or two..
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...y/Bombing2.jpg

Close up fellas...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...y/Bombing1.jpg

Naturally, we took some little friends along...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...y/Bombing3.jpg

And where were we bombing? Yup, watch out submariners, it's Brest!
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...y/Bombing4.jpg

:D Chock

Hello Choke,

Love those B-17 Mighty 8th pics. Brings back some very good memories indeed :yep:

for the past 2 days, I figured out how to get Over Flanders Field working and it looks great. Though for some reason I seem to be missing some Non-Critical skins, even after downloading and installing that huge Skin patch.

:damn: stop stop stop those B17's!!!!!

I hate them now as I cant fly them myself.

So I will shoot them down from now on!
prepare the J8A we are going to 10,000 meters!:88)

Great B17 II pics, Chock!! :rock: I love the B17 II and also the oooold B17 I. Great games! :up:

Just in case you were wondering what happened to Brest ...
 

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...loseescort.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1.../BombsAway.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...mbhitBrest.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...appywithus.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...rgunnerhit.jpg

Muhaha - we laugh at your puny Earthling attempts to destroy us!

Btw, Chock. That aint the Brest Uboat base, right? But the Brest harbor. Isnt the two separate in B17 II? As I remember having the uboat base as secondary target. ;)

Yup, it aint the U-Boat Pens, and even if it had been the U-Boat Pens, those bombs probably wouldn't have damamged the subs in real life.

:D Chock

Cool shots!

But I stick with my PMDG 747-400

Johan (old PSS member)