Hello to all - complete rookie

[eatit]

Hi all.

Brief introduction...
Name is Tom (32), I live just outside London with my wife and 2 daughters and have in the last week found the delights of IL2!!
I located your forum through Ubi.com (=FI=Falcon) and hope that I can utilise your knowledge and experience to get into the online flights.

My current experience is very limited (see HERE) but I feel I am progressing nicely enough to join a server and at least try to avoid getting blown to bits
What is the best way to find you guys online and would a newbie like myself be welcome on servers (or is it frowned upon?).

Thanks for your time

Tom
PS: I should mention that I am currently involved in a gaming Clan (namely MYT) but this is solely for COD4.

[:FI:Gadje]

Hi Tom

Welcome to the FI forums.

Going online is pretty daunting for the first time and I would recommend joining a coop with folk on comms to help you through.

The FI coops run early evening Sunday and Wednesday and late Sat the wee hours when those FI across the pond fly.

Your welcome to join, just ask and some high heid yin will give you Teamspeak details. In the meantime keep practicing offline. QMB is good for shooting /flying practice and there are single missions for practicing take-off and landing.

Good luck and good flying!

ps The squad fly cockpit on, no externals and usually no icons either which although hard are worth learning in my view. Its hard at first anyway whatever settings you choose and once you master cockpit on you won't look back.

[:FI:Falcon]

Tom,

Welcome to the =FI= forums. Have you filled out an application yet? Just go to the front page and click on the SQUADRON button on the left side. An ap is not needed to join in on the fun though. We are in the dead middle of switching from 4.09b1m and 4.08m with and without mods to 4.09m so hang in there, ask any questions you need, get in on any dogfight or co-op session and join in on the yappin' in TeamSpeak(TS). If no one has sent you the TS info by E-mail or PM yet, let us know.

Yeah, heed Gadje's wise words. He's not a very good pilot, but he tries.

>runs<

Lookin' forward to seeing you in the air,


Falcon

[:FI:Wolfhound]

Welcome to the forums mate

[:FI:Rambo]

Hi Tom,

Welcome to the FI forums!

[:FI:Nellip]

Hi Tom

Welcome. Might be good if you introduced yourself over in the "Off Topic" forum as more of the guys hang around there than in the flight school

Having said that we are a broad church here in terms of level of commitment and skill with flying sims. We have some real hot shot aces, and then some more casual pilots (I fall into the second category), and we also fly missions with both fighter and ground attack roles, so we really try and provide something for everyone. Hang around in the forums and try and join us online and see if you think you would fit in.

[:FI:Airway]

Hey, ho, welcome aboard of the FI forums !