Bremspropeller

So long, Don. Blue skies and see you on the other side!

Didn't now that Elvis flew B-17s.

Bohdan Arct, who was a polish WW2 fighter-pilot wrote a very good novel about Kamikaze pilots. There might not be an english version, though.

'Doomed at the Start' has a couple of instances where a P-40E just firewalls the throttle and flies away from IJN or IJAAF fighters. Do that in GB and say sayonara to your engine in 3...2...1

This. Plus a couple of 38s. Early ones preferably.

+1 Very good read.

Boost and Manifold Pressure are the same thing - it's just a differently labelled gauge. One islabelled in psi (Boost) and one is labelled in inches of mercury (Manifold Pressure). It's basicly two countries (Britain + Empire and the USA) divided by a common language. RPM should normally behandelled by the RPM governour, but before constant speed props (= they'll hold the RPM automatically which you're telling them to maintain constant, e.g. 2700RPM) you only had variable pitch propellers, where overspeeding could become a normal issue to look out for. You'd just control the pitch of the propeller with a switch or lever, but there was no governor to maintain a set RPM. The same is true for fixed pitch propellers, even though those were very heavily on the way out, when the war began. For setting a specific power (e.g. economic cruise, fast cruise, combat, climb) you'd set a certain Manifold Pressure (Boost) and a certain RPM and possibly even a mixture setting (like Auto Rich or Auto Lean) and blower (supercharger) gear. It sounds all terribly complex - and to a certain degree it is - but after all, it's just setting a value on a gauge and it becomes second nature over time.

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "bucket list".

Coconut-palmtrees, crushed coral airstrips and and a couple of P-38s 😍

TBH I've never read that many technical particularities (ATA or RPM) in most german accounts whatsoever. Might be a cultural thing (anglosaxons love their numbers) or just bourne out of the fact that the "one lever does it all" is much less critical in engine parameters, so they didn't drum the specific numbers all too much into their pilots' heads. Also, this might be an indication for the different flight-training systems (standardisation, focus on checklists, etc.) in different countries.

It's funny how different people can have completely opposite approaches. 😁 I'd say no to scaled maps, but I'd put in an emphatical YES for waypoint warps. You can still fly 3hrs+ to your initial point or time-compress. But I think there should be a way to just skip time and not merely compress it. Maybe use a "probability of engagement > 50%" bubbe (I just made that one up on the go) that is 50'ish miles around the target or IP for fast cruisers/fighters/tac recce aircraft and smaller (say 35 miles) for slow cruisers/ bombers/ attackers. For me, there's just too many actual life obligations to warrant sitting in front of the screen, watching a virtual pilot getting lost. I'm not saying it ain't fun for a slow day every once in a while, but most people have actual 8hr plus jobs and commutes, and other real life (TM) obligations, so they can't spend that time seeking the japanese fleet or dodging thunderstorms on the way to Rabaul or Lae.

S! to allyou people whom I've never heard of before 😁 Lots of good points have been brought up already. For SP and career missions, I'd like the option to skip ahead or spawn near the action or at the IP. It can be fun to fly the entire mission, time permitting. But sometimes I just don't have enough time to spare for a 3hr roundtrip, so this option would help tremendously. Also, more lively looking airfields would be a charm.