Weather conditions on land based airstrips in the Pacific? Video (links) shows some horrendous conditions

[Mysticpuma]

I have seen various clips of footage of land battles fought in the Pacific, many show horrendous conditions due to the rainfall, leading to waterlogged/mud plagued quagmires but most of the images/video I see of airfields/airstrips in the Pacific, don't appear to show much in the way of terrible weather conditions?

I know this footage isn't the Pacific area, but it does show some horrendous ground conditions in which Fighter aircraft can be seen taking off, leading to huge plumes of water jetting up over the wings.

Horrendous airfield conditions in the Aleutians (I have set the following link, so it starts at the point the waterlogged airfields are shown, the sequence is about 4 mins long)

This following footage is from Europe as Luftwaffe aircraft try and take-off in waterlogged conditions (low resolution only, sorry)

 

Just putting the suggestion out there, that if conditions like this existed on the Pacific airstrips, it would be a whole new test of take-off and landing skills, let's say, if the weather had changed after you took off and had to come back and land on an airfield like this?

Anyway, dynamic weather would be very impressive and being able to change weather conditions on airstrips, even if only in Single Missions or Campaigns, would be a game changer.

 

Cheers, Mysticpuma

 

 

 

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

11 hours ago, Mysticpuma said:

dynamic weather

Would be a HUGE game changer, as long as the AI were affected too.

 

Wheels

[Boom]

Sadly I don't have any vids of poor weather in the Pacific, but here are a few photo's of the airstrip at Milne Bay in 1942. With almost constant rain the strip quickly turns into a muddy mess. The only way aircraft could move between the strip and revetments was by using marsten matting. Make a boo boo and you were stuck in the mud.

[Mysticpuma]

8 hours ago, Boom said:

Sadly I don't have any vids of poor weather in the Pacific, but here are a few photo's of the airstrip at Milne Bay in 1942. With almost constant rain the strip quickly turns into a muddy mess. The only way aircraft could move between the strip and revetments was by using marsten matting. Make a boo boo and you were stuck in the mud.

Some great pictures there, I especially like the last one showing the undulation of the PSP over the ground.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Can you imagine running off he matting?  Instant tire puncture.

So many exotic locales that I hope we get to experience.

[wheelsup_cavu]

10 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

Can you imagine running off he matting?  Instant tire puncture.

Marston matting blew the tire on one of the original 18 aircraft slated to go on the Yamamto mission. Fairly certain it was one of the original shooter group pilots. Drop tank failure to feed took out the other plane which left them with 16 to go the whole way.

 

Wheels

[JFM]

I hope the clouds will be a step up from IL2, especially the cumulus, towering cumulus, and cumulonimbus. I’m not dissing IL2, love it, but I’m not as impressed with the clouds as many other were. 
 

Dynamic weather would be outstanding. Not just wind and moving clouds, but changing weather patterns. I.e., takeoff in CAVU and return to land with the field overcast or in rain, or dodging convective storms that brew up during the mission, etc.  Oleg promised it—be sure—with CloD, but still haven’t seen it in a combat sim.