If it were to be simply put, Wings of Honor is about W.W.I
aviation. However, it cannot be simply put.
WWI was a time of amazing change practically throughout
the world, but perhaps the greatest change the world
witnessed was the dawn of aviation, and within a few
short years, the dawn of combat aviation.
Aircraft in WW1 started out as a seemingly random
collection of fabric, wood and wires that was barely able
to lift the pilot off the ground. Within a
few years, aircraft were achieving terrifying speeds,
strafing infantry with deadly effectiveness, and bombing
key targets. Air to air combat was being carried out with
nimble, strong, and deadly machines.
The pilots of these early
aircraft were daring, strong men that viewed their fellow
pilots as brothers. The ties were close, and indeed, the
respect for one another extended across enemy lines.
These men were the "knights" of the air, and particularly
at the beginning of the war, carried a chivalrous code of
honor with them for which they would sooner die than
break.
Wings of Honor is dedicated to this time in our world
history, and in particular, these men and their machines.
We honor and strive to understand this turbulent time and
these men though historical features about the men, their
aircraft and the war, as well as simulations, modeling,
and discussion. You will find all of it here at Wings of
Honor.
Our primary goal is to work with you to help us all gain
a better understanding of our past while having fun at
the same time.
We sincerely hope you enjoy your visit, and we welcome
your input and feedback as to how we can continue to
serve you better each and every day.
I was pointed to a great video on YouTube depicting the last stand of Werner Voss in his Fokker Dr.I versus 7 S.E.5a from 56th Squadron. This video was made by using Rise Of Flight and a great amount of time and dedication must have gone into producing this. It is well worth watching.
I have closed the forums temporarily as I am upgrading to a new forum software. As the old forum was a heavily modded Invision Power Board 1.3.1 and the data base was an old one the upgrade will take quite some time including the time to test the new forum. I have already upgraded the data base without loss of user data or posts and it's running with the new forum software. As I am also introducing new features there is a lot of setting up and testing work to do in the background. Stay tuned.
Currently there seem to be connectivity problems to my webhoster which also do not help me either. I think I will need about two weeks until all is sorted out.
Thank you for your understanding
Rüdiger 'Gremlin' Gemmrig Wings Of Honor Webmaster
Third Wire Productions have released the June 2010 Update for their W.W.I flight simulation title First Eagles 2. You can download it from their website.
The following fixes and improvements have been implemented: * Mission timing after Alt-N has been further tweaked. * The game always over-writing the aircraft .INI files is fixed.
Recently there had been inofficial news about the acquisition of Rise Of Flight assets by 777 Studios, the North American publisher of RoF. Now the official anouncement has been made in the Rise Of Flight Developer's Blog. It is stated there that the corporate headquarters will be located in the US while the development team will stay in Russia. The development plans are still in place and work on multi-seat aerocraft and a revamped career mode is going on. As Pat Wilson has been silent for about 6 weeks and had not issued any updates my bet is that his RoFCampaign Add On will get somehow integrated into RoF. But do not count on me as I am just spreading a rumour ;o)
There is word about the 'Rise Of Flight: Iron Cross Edition' (RoF:ICE). It will be released this week in the North American market and can be bought online and in select stores.
There is no information available now about a release in Europe and also nothing known about the digital distribution of RoF:ICE. RoF:ICE is not an upgraded version of RoF. It is just a repackagd version of the original release updated to the latest patch and coming with an expanded planeset which holds some of the additional planes already available in the online store.
Speaking of the online store: (SARCASM ON) As the ownership has changed the online store got rid of the worthless Euro and Rubles currencies. Now customers can buy planes in the true and only real currency - that is US-Dollars. Wonder what comes next to drive customers into buying RoF.(SARCASM OFF)
A limited time offer from June 29th to July 2nd with a discount on some but not all planes will allow current RoF users to expand their plane set. Planes will be sold for 2.99 US-$ instead of 7.62 US-$.
Finally a new plane in the making has been revealed. The Fokker E.III will be coming to you in the near future. It will have wing warping modeled instead of ailerons just like the original.
This plane will enhance further the early planes experience of Rise Of Flight.
