28/01/2010
Cliquez dans le texte dans le coin en bas à droite, et pour la version pleine écran :
le lien Télérama
25/01/2010
Belly turret added on the main plane with special fire dot, small left card modified and 360° compas centered.
23/01/2010
Contribution to Aerodrome Forum : Consolidated B24-J Liberator.
With characteristics proposed by Col.Hajj : http://www.wingsofwar.org
new version :
B-24 J Liberator
Maneuver Deck: BB (same as B-17)
Damage: 39
Crew: 9
Nose Turret
75 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Tail Turret
75 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Top Turret
360 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Belly Turret
360 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Waist Guns
Same coverage as B-17 waist guns
Short: A
Thanks for your comments !
22/01/2010
Each Balloon Buster Expansion Set includes one beautiful Drachen model, a rocket equipped Nieuport 16, plus an assortment of decals to customize your models. The twenty page rules booklet explains how to add balloons and Le Prieur rockets to your Wings of War battles, plus offers a number of exciting new missions so you can jump right in!
20/01/2010
"Balloon Busters
Turn your eyes skyward during World War I, and you’ll discover that planes weren’t alone in the skies. Drachens, the enormous floating leviathans of the air, were used as observation platforms and even for barrages. In response, the Le Prieur rockets introduced in April 1916 were designed to bring them down. The balloons were so difficult to destroy, even using Le Prieur rockets, that it required the pilot to head directly into the target while they fired. The electric switch had to be triggered very close to the Drachen, and if they happened to ignite the gases holding the balloon aloft, the plane could be caught in the blast. These ace pilots came to be known as “Balloon Busters.”
Each Balloon Buster expansion set adds one spectacular Drachen model, and an additional plane model for use with Wings of War. The Balloon Buster expansion sets are not a complete game.A copy of at least Famous Aces, Watch your Back!, Burning Drachens, or WWI Deluxe is required to play.
Wings of War WWI: Balloon Buster (De Guibert) $59.95
Wings of War WWI: Balloon Buster (Johnson/Prince) $59.95"
04/01/2010
Eugene Bullard (9/10/1894 – 12/10/1961) was the first and the only black pilot in World war I.
Bullard flew as a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps in the French army, assigned to 93 Spad Squadron on 17 August 1917 where he flew some twenty missions and is thought to have shot down two enemy aircraft.
Bullard est le premier pilote de chasse noir de l'histoire et le seul de la WW1, il est initié au pilotage sur Caudron G-3 et Caudron G-4; aux écoles de Châteauroux, de Croton et d’Avord.
Plus tard, il s’engage sur le front avec l’Escadrille Spad 93, puis avec la Spad 85, dans l'armée de l'air française au poste de mitrailleur-observateur. Sa formation lui permet de devenir pilote assigné à l'unité SPA 93 le 27 août1917 qui utilise des Spad V11s et Nieuports. Il effectue une vingtaine de missions aériennes et devient ainsi le premier pilote de chasse noir de l'histoire. Il vole avec sa mascotte, son singe "Jimmie".
Il a 2 victoires à son actif..
La devise inscrite sur le fuselage de son avion était all blood runs red (« tout sang coule rouge »).
Surnommé l’« hirondelle noire de la mort », il est cité à l’ordre du régiment le 3 juillet 1917, avec croix de guerre 1914-1918
