Are you guys playing ARMA 2 at all. Do you have a server for it? If you do that would be awesome, I am a big ARMA fan. I have 8 years of Army Infantry background, so I'm not as bad at that as I am IL2.

Actually the cooks are pretty good. We are on a Chouest Jack-up right now doing P&A's for Chevron. The company men are pretty cool but the platform was built in the 60's and is falling apart.

I am actually very good at all three skills you listed and I perform some pretty amazing tricks:

Takeoff Trick - "The survivor"
Crashing Trick - "Changing your pants mid-flight"
Landing Trick - "360 Face-Plant"

Speaking of TrackIR 5 is there a big benefit to 5 over 4. I checked out the comparison on the website but that meant nothing to me. Is it worth the extra cash?

Ok, sounds good, thanks. Ok edit: I was looking at Il2 compare and I was looking at the stats for The Hurricane Mk 1 and the Spit VB (the closest comparable fight) to the Bf-109E4 and while the Spit had some advantages over the 109, the Hurricane is "beat" in most aspects. Now please corre...

I see that you are all flying the Battle of Britain Campaign but what aircraft should I practice on my off time? Spits, Hurricanes, 109's, etc? Seeing how I pretty much suck at all of them, I need the practice.

Well, I work offshore 2 weeks then home for a week so I will be back next thursday, I will definately try to be on for both late week sessions!

Hello guys, my name is Ben Lewis, I live in Lafayette Louisiana. I am currently working a horrible job on offshore oil rigs. Prior to that I spent 8 years in the US Army Infantry. Even though I spent my earlier years pounding dirt, I have always had an obsession with aviation. Some of the most fun t...