Right! That was you…
I voted and yes, of course it helped. 
I think they also felt that they had to balance the Ju-52 in game.
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Same, couldn’t resist. Flew Manfred Jahns’ C-47 for hours and hours… it’ll be fun to operate the aircraft in a more realistic “combat” environment with actual missions.
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And now get this:
(DC-3 & C-47 in MSFS 
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(sorry for the thread derailment…)
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That might be my favorite WW2 fighter pilot book among many. There is not only a Clostermann skin for the Tempest, but a default mission that pretty much matches one from the book included with Bodenplatte. The Tempest MK V has lately become my “guilty pleasure”. What a beast.
Boughtened. Love the goony bird.
However, AH modules system depth and flight models really leave to be desired. That’s just my opinion though.
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Yes…YES!!!
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Nice coincidence. I just spent a bit of my day exploring this one:
Yes that is a balding head of a napping body in the bottom pic. It was 100F in the cabin so not sure how he managed to sleep.
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Fair enough. Their only product I own is the Stearman for P3D which is not exactly system-deep aircraft by design so I can’t really tell 
In any case, I will most likely get their DC-3 / C-47 as soon as it hits the market just because it will be the only one available for MSFS.
I won’t get it (unless it happens to already be included in my Normandy purchase). I already have a DC-3 in X-Plane (VSKYLABS) with every switch and lever just a VR grab away. I will blow stuff up with the HOTAS because I am left with no choice. But I refuse to tool around for fun with one.
The Dakota is not included in any map.
But you will get it… We will convince you, don’t you worry. 
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If you want to fly the P-38, it’s the only choice of course. It does suffer from compressibility and with all aids disabled, you need to manage mixture, prop, and radiators. Same with the Jug. Not DCS, but you will also need to navigate with the map, compass, and pilotage or dead reckoning.
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Dear Great War Pilots!
We are hard at work trying to finalize update 4.602 and the Fokker D.VIII is in final testing and implementation. So, this DD is dedicated to that deadly monoplane the Germans sent to the Western Front late in the war. The ‘Flying Switchblade’ makes it’s debut in Flying Circus next week if testing goes well. Enjoy these beautiful images of it in action!
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend to our American community members!
The Sturmovik Team
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There is a new patch live about 1Gb
Sorry I can’t post details I am in the bathtub 
Edit, some jiggery pokery and voilà
Dear friends,
Today we’re releasing another update, 4.602, that brings to you two new aircraft at once. British Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib is the first and it is available in Battle of Normandy Early Access now - this powerful, fast and heavily armed machine could handle a variety of combat missions. New tactical numbers and dynamic impact marks technologies already work for it and it has a wide array of modifications - another engine, propeller, gunsight, additional armor and dust filter.
The second star of the day is the late Great War German monoplane Fokker D.VIII, which also supports the new tactical numbers and hit marks technologies. Having the same engine as Fokker Dr.I triplane, but a much better aerodynamical profile, resulted in a significant boost in combat characteristics. The only wing of this airplane had an unusual design for its time - it had load-carrying skin made of plywood instead of fabric. Being a late war plane, Fokker D.VIII could be equipped with Oigee collimator gunsight and was armed with two 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 Spandau. It is now available to all owners of Flying Circus Vol.II.
Moreover, there are 20 new AI-controlled objects added in this update - they were developed for the Battle of Normandy. They are British in origin mostly, but there are additions for the US and Germany as well. Some of them are new types in our project - radars and reinforced concrete bunkers.
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Attention Pilots!
The weather in Moscow and Las Vegas is hotter than a fire in the cockpit, but that means it’s time for the Annual Summer Sale!!!
The Summer Sale runs from 10:00am PST June 24th to 10:00am PST July 8th in the IL-2 Official Webstore and on STEAM.
IL-2 GREAT BATTLES IN IL-2 OFFICIAL WEBSTORE
Tank Crew - 50% Off
BOS – 85% Off
BOM – 75% Off
BOK – 75% Off
BOBP – 66% Off
FC1 – 66% Off
GAZ-MM 72-K - 25% Off
Reveal hidden contents
Hurricane Mk.II - 50% Off
Yak-9 – 50% Off
Yak-9T – 50% Off
Fw-190 D-9 – 66% Off
P-38 J-15 – 66% Off
U-2VS -75% Off
Ju-52/3M – 75% Off
Bf-109 G-6 – 75% Off
Yak-1B – 75% Off
Spitfire Mk. VB – 75 % Off
LA-5FN – 75% Off
HS-129 B-2 – 85% Off
P-40E-1 – 85% Off
Macchi MC.202 – 85% Off
Fw-190 A-3 – 85% Off
LA-5 Series 8 – 85% Off
Ice Ring – 50% Off
Blazing Steppe – 75% Off
Fortress on the Volga – 75% Off
Hell Hawks Over the Bulge – 50% Off (Webstore Only)
Ten Days of Autumn – 75% Off (Webstore Only)
Havoc Over the Kuban – 75% Off (Webstore Only)
Achtung Spitfire! – 75% Off (Webstore Only)
CLIFFS OF DOVER IN IL-2 OFFICIAL WEBSTORE
Cliffs of Dover: Blitz - 35%
Desert Wings: Tobruk - 20%
RISE OF FLIGHT IN ROF OFFICIAL WEBSTORE
All ROF Content – 75% Off
Enjoy!
See you in the skies and on the battlefield!
The Sturmovik Team
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Yup…great sale…but I already have everything I’m going to get, so it doesn’t really impact me. 
At least not until the next title after Normandy and FC2 and/or more collector planes come out…
Pretty much the same here @JediMaster. Except for the Tobruk expansion pack for Cliffs of Dover I am fairly certain I own everything.
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Dear Pilots,
Today’s Developer Diary has two cool items to announce.
First, you can’t stage a Normandy invasion without some dashing British gents jumping out of airplanes. So, we built some.
Next, we are excited to announce that our next payware historical Scripted Campaign is coming soon and it’s called – Steel Birds!
Pre-orders will begin next week!
Created by our master mission-specialist Alex “Blacksix” Timoshkov, Steel Birds focuses on Fw-190 A-5 operations in the Kuban theater in late spring 1943. You’ll take on the role of the newly appointed flight commander in 5. Staffel of the II./Sch.G 1. Under the command of Hauptmann Frank Neubert this Gruppe has just completed a retraining program and has relocated to Anapa airfield to support the operations of the German 17th Army.
The campaign is set from April 14th to May 16th, 1943 and is centered around the struggle for a bridgehead at Novorossiysk (Operation Neptune), and two major Soviet offensives in the area of Krymskaya, which ended with the withdrawal of German troops to a new line of defense in early May.
The sharp increase of the Soviet air strength in the Kuban led to one of the largest and fiercest air battles ever on the Eastern Front. In this difficult situation, you have to strike artillery batteries, transport and armored columns, airfields and battle formations of enemy advancing troops.
We’ll have more about Steel Birds next week when we formally launch pre-orders for this historically bases campaign. Release is scheduled for August.
Some images from Steel Birds are below.
And finally, we have some images from the new Advanced Quick Mission interface that is coming later this summer. We saved our old “campaign” system technology and have laid it over the existing QMB to give you added depth for missions that can be created quickly. We think this will be an entertaining new feature that will allow you to fly missions with more structure, but not be as big a commitment as the Pilot Career or as simplistic as the QMB battles. This new AQM, alongside our other mission-making tools such as the existing QMB, Pilot Career and Mission Builder, plus all the great third-party apps like PWCG by Pat Wilson and EMG by SYN_Vander gives the Great Battle series an amazing number of options for creating entertaining mission content.
Enjoy!
The Sturmovik Team
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Good stuff! Looking forward to this all.
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Dear Friends,
Today we have a very straightforward Dev. Diary for you. We’d like to show you 4 aircraft that we have under development. Two from the Great War and two from WW2.
First, we have the Spad VII.C1 which is under development by our partners at Ugra Media for Flying Circus Vol. II. She’s coming along nicely.
Second, we have the powerful Airco DH.4 that gives Flying Circus some more two-seat bomber options. Such a great looking airplane.
Next, we have the B-26 Marauder that will be flown by the AI in Battle of Normandy. This is one of Jason’s favorite aircraft because his Grandfather John served in a B-26 unit in England and France during the war.
Finally, we have some pics of the Ar-234. Looks amazing!
We continue to build other planes including the Mosquito, Me-410 and the P-51B/C and we continue to test Air Marshal. Also, our new more complex Fuel System modeling is finally entering the Beta stage. It will first be installed and tested on our Bf-109s.
So, work continues on all fronts even as team members take hard earned summer vacations.
Enjoy!
The Sturmovik Team
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