Thanks Warbert, just goes to show there’s always something new to learn even with these old birds.

F-W is for test flying – alot of the Airbus aircraft have F-W before delivery)
F-P is homebuilt (post certification/testing)

Thanks for the clarification Arm Waver.
Is it usual practice to display both registrations at the same time though?

As an IL-2 fan since day one and an avid follower of the development of SoW i simply cannot wait for this to be released! However, I will have to. Not only because its earliest likely release date is Q1 2011 (Which I doubt will happen!), but I will need to seriously save up for a better rig.

This game will demand the power of at least a quad-core processor, probably min 4gb RAM and unthinkabley large graphics memory just to make it look nearly as pretty as envisaged by Oleg.
It is still difficult to run IL-2 perfectly smooth and ‘maxed-out’ even with the best machine money can buy today.

I wouldn’t worry too much about the tracers AdlerTag, from what i’ve read, we still haven’t seen the finished textures let alone everything else (effects etc).

Lovely photos Anna, what a splendid day it was!
You must have been standing near me judging by the angle of the BBMF hurri landing shot, I thought at the time ‘I hope he can see the Buchon’!

I have to say, I also thought their display yesterday was somewhat lacklustre. It probably wasn’t helped by the fact they were one hawk short, but all the same in my honest opinion they were outshone by the Frenchies yesterday! The second half of the PdF display was quite action packed and some of the crossovers and synchros were breathtaking. Also love their twinkle rolls and the Blades-esque pass with two Alphas in knife edge.

The last time I saw the Reds was at Biggin last year, and I can’t recall coming away thinking ‘could have done better’ then. Perhaps some tweaking is required for next years routine?

On a side note, In my opinion I also think the Belgian F-16 display outclassed the Typhoon yesterday! It was thrilling, loud, dynamic and fast! I can’t remember ever seeing the Tiffie doing a good old fashioned fast pass.

Before I get in trouble for RAF-bashing, I would like to add that I thought the missing man formation by the Valley Hawks was particularly moving and a very nice touch with the minutes silence.
Don’t think i’ve ever hear DX so quiet!

video

Well, for what it’s worth, here is a link to my (smartphone) video footage of the Seafire takeoff. Apologies for the quality, but for those who weren’t there at least you get the idea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUHyYOOFtA