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Very high resolution version (~4000x2800) png lossless images. These should print out better. Unlimited downloads

http://rapidshare.com/files/250674959/B ... de_png.zip
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Very nice :)
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I made it with blokes rather more fresh to BoB 2 in mind :mrgreen: But I'm glad you like it.
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Great site for your kids ;)

http://www.fritzthefox.com/ww2guide_toc.html

Few samples from this site...

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Field Guide to WW2 Aircraft Camouflage
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It's not all Kraut stuff of course.
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and all British pilots in combat with the 109 could be recognized by the permanent "tobacco stain" on their bottom trousers.. :twisted:

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A comprehensive, simply written and well illustrated general aviation book

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http://www.mediafire.com/file/0nn9j8cij ... e_Legal.7z ~50MB (use 7-zip to unpack)

Original link http://www.faa.gov/Library/manuals/avia ... _handbook/
stalkervision wrote:and all British pilots in combat with the 109 could be recognized by the permanent "tobacco stain" on their bottom trousers.. :twisted:
I wouldn't know that :P
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I apologize for this suggestion not being a "document" because of three additional letters "ary"
It might have been circulated before on the board here (and yes, I am too lazy now to check I admit) but I recently found and watched the four part series Spitfire Ace.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0725368338#

Interesting concept where four current day guys get a chance to win a 9 hour battle of britain trainings program in an original 1944 dual seater spit (ML407) from Duxford (yes, the dual seat was post-war, '47 iirc)
This plotline was intertwined with interviews with veteran pilots the likes of Bob Doe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Doe

Some good archive footage, historic overview, young (VERY LUCKY) fellow flying a spit for 9 hours training, this channel 4 production was having me fire up BOB2 even more than usual.
Worth a look for atmosphere alone (and could one ever get bored by the roaring sound of a merlin flyby?)

In the last episode one of the veterans shared one of his survival tricks with the young Dave Mellon;
"I always flew with a bit of rudder trim on. The experienced 109 pilots would try their deflection shooting, but through the trim my aircraft was in a different spot in space when the bullets arrived. I saw a lot of tracer zipping by my cockpit".

I did not know this trick and thought it very cunning. Watch the scene (end part 4), his expression sharing this is definately worth a look.

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Hi ejecto!
This is a great documentary indeed. I even thought about creating Polish subtitles for it to allow more of my fellow men to watch it.
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The Spitfire Site:
http://www.spitfiresite.com/

Lots of interesting source material, articles, picture galleries etc.
Well worth exploring, the Article section is particularly good and has a lot more related to the wider history of the BoB than specifically Spitfires.
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http://www.howcast.com/videos/22886-Slow-Flight

I recommend checking out the other videos of the series.
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Hi Buddye:

That link to your page in the second post above seems to be dead.

Time to update the link address?

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Some good stuff here. Well done.
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http://ww2airfronts.org/ had been spammed is there a replacement? i hope.....

and any chance of getting Bucic's excellent recog chart?
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Alas, ww2airfronts disappeared around the end of summer 2009, after being online for at least
five years, and I'm afraid Snip aka von Schnitter dropped from sight on the fora a while earlier
than that. He was a collector, and the site had scans of some of his personal acquisitions.
Had we had prior notice, I'm sure there would have been a lot of downloading and saving of
the material from his extensive site.

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thank you. i am sorry to hear that.

Can anyone at least share a copy of the chart in higher rez? it would be nice to have...but not essential.....just wondering. And if it is a bother, don't bother:)

thanks for that info.
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