User manual GAMES PC FLYING CORPS-GOLD

[. . . ] FLYING CORPS GOLD CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE - GAME OVERVIEW 1. 0 Introduction 1. 1 The Mission Editor 1. 2 The Game 1. 3 Scramble 1. 4 Preferences 1. 5 Multiplayer 1. 6 The Campaigns 1. 7 The Aircraft Cockpit 3 3 3 4 5 8 11 17 19 20 21 23 23 23 24 24 Tactics Mannock's Rules Formations The Approach. Attack The Dogfight Offensive Manoeuvres Defensive Manoeuvres Attacking Two- seaters Shooting Attacking Balloons Ground Attack Archie Flying Circus German Markings Jasta 11 CHAPTER THREE - TACTICS 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 35 36 37 42 42 CHAPTER TWO - FLYING 2. 1 The Aircraft 2. 2 First Flight 2. 3 Combat Manoeuvers Training 2. 4 Advanced Combat Manoeuvers The Half roll Loop Immelmann Turn Dive and zoom CHAPTER FOUR - CAMPAIGN HISTORIES 1 FLYING CORPS GOLD CONTENTS Tank Battle-Cambrai 1917 The Jastas Jagdgeschwader 1 German Fighter Aircraft at the Front Nov 1917 British Units Cambrai in the Game Spring Offensive 54 Squadron German Fighter Aircraft at the Front Feb 1918 Hat in the Ring Rickenbacker and the `Hat in the Ring' Squadron The Jastas 43 45 45 46 46 46 47 51 52 53 57 58 Fokker Triplane Albatros DIII Sopwith Camel SE5a Fokker DVIII 5. 2 Other Aircraft Nieuport 17 & Sopwith Pup 1 & 1/2 Strutter & Bristol F2a BE2c & RE8 FE2b & DH9 Pfalz DIII & Aviatik Rumpler & Halberstadt CLII 61 62 63 64 65 61 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 78 CHAPTER FIVE - THE AIRCRAFT IN FLYING CORPS GOLD 5. 1 Flyable Aircraft Nieuport 28 Spad XIII 59 59 60 BIBLIOGRAPHY CREDITS APPENDIX QUICK START 2 CHAPTER 1 - GAME OVERVIEW CHAPTER ONE GAME OVERVIEW 1. 0 INTRODUCTION Flying Corps Gold is a simulation of World War 1 aerial combat over France. You can choose to take part in single "scramble" missions or to immerse yourself in one of four major campaigns. Extensive configurable options allow you to customise Flying Corps Gold to give you the style and type of game you require. [. . . ] Whilst this would later pay dividends, it B The Battle of Arras gets underway, and the stakes become high. THE FLYING CIRCUS hen the First World War started in August 1914, military aviation was new and no one knew quite what to make of it. As the Western Front became deadlocked, the generals came to rely more and more on reconnaissance aircraft for information on what was going on `the other side of the hill. ' Very soon it became apparent that, not only was it essential for your aircraft to gather information behind the enemy front line, but it was also necessary to stop him from doing the same behind yours. Consequently, experiments in fitting weapons to aircraft commenced, and fighting in the air started. fter various false starts it became obvious that the most effective weapon for an aircraft was a machine gun, ideally mounted to fire directly forward. By mid 1915 the Germans had developed a synchronisation gear, allowing the pilot to simply aim his aircraft at the enemy and pull the trigger, his gun only firing when there wasn't a propeller blade in the way. With this weapon the Fokker Eindecker gained a measure of air superiority for the Germans and the first aces, such as Boelcke and Immelmann, were created. The general tone of the air war was also set with the Germans, usually having less aircraft than the Allies, W A O 37 THE FLYING CIRCUS 1917 CHAPTER 4 - CAMPAIGN HISTORIES meant that, for the moment, the vast majority of British aircrew had insufficient training, little experience and were flying machines of inferior quality. As losses mounted, this became a vicious circle with more and more pilots committed to action with both less training and a growing shortage of experienced leaders to look after them. In addition, the British Staff, unlike the French and German Staff, distrusted the policy of grouping the better pilots into elite units. The average life of a RFC fighter pilot at this time was less than 2 weeks. The French lost approximately 55 aircraft in April. The German pilots claimed 298 Allied aircraft destroyed including 34 balloons, whilst the Allies claimed 196 German aircraft destroyed with a further 206 out of control but German records, which are incomplete, indicate losses of only 76. oelcke (with 40 victories) was killed in a collision on 28th October 1916 but his place was swiftly filled by Manfred von Richthofen, who shot down Britain's leading pilot Lanoe Hawker on 23rd November 1916. By the spring of 1917, there were 37 Jastas, led by hand-picked pilots who had already proved themselves in combat. On 14th January 1917, von Richthofen took command of Jasta 11, arranging for his brother, Lothar, who had just finished pilot training, to be posted to the unit. The war in the air was about to enter a new phase. or Spring 1917, the Allies planned a huge joint offensive between Arras, the British, and the Aisne, (the French). To support the British offensive, the RFC deployed 25 squadrons with around 365 serviceable machines, of which perhaps a third were fighters. There were further British squadrons to the north, including many naval units, from the Royal Navy Air Service or RNAS, which were based in France to support the ground fighting. When the Arras battle commenced on 9th April 1917 there were five German Jastas in the region. This number rose to 8 as the battle continued. The month of April 1917 was almost catastrophic for the RFC, and has since been known as `Bloody April'. A total of 245 aircraft were lost due to enemy action during the month, with 211 aircrew killed or missing and 108 taken prisoner. [. . . ] Push the joystick forward and the nose will drop and the aircraft will begin to dive. Moving the stick to the left or right will cause the aircraft to roll in that direction. To turn gently, roll the aircraft into a bank and then ease the stick towards you. Extreme or sudden movement of the stick can cause the aircraft to stall. [. . . ]