Wot I Think: Wings Over Flanders Fields
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:02 am
Ever since reading about Ernst Udet’s brush with Georges Guynemer high above the Marne (the French ace waved and flew off after seeing his opponent struggling with hopelessly jammed MGs) I’ve attempted to behave chivalrously whenever possible while WWI flight simming. Wings Over Flanders Fields, the latest Combat Flight Simulator 3 metamorphoser from Great War scholars Old Brown Dog Software, has allowed me to take this sportsmanship to undreamt-of levels. In WOFF not only do I frequently allow talented/spirited adversaries to escape, I often let them – if they’re so inclined – riddle my frail flying machine and frailer body with hot Pb.
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