[VFS-214_Hawk]

Yes, do calm down fellas.

Right now, we still have some work to do on these maps, and it may not be ready for the 31st. Actually, where ever you guys heard this thing would be out on the 31st is a mystery to me, because no one on Team Pacific ever gave a set date. We did however say that it would probably be out in March.

We are in the final stages on this map, so it will be ready very soon. As March is coming to an end, and scoping the work that remains to be done the Slot map may not be ready by monday. That is not to say that it wont be out in the next few weeks. I do not want to get into giving a fixed date, because we are NOT developpers, merely hobbyists doing this for pure enjoyment.

In other words, it will be ready when its ready.

Thanks for the kind words all. As for donations, no funds required by the Pacific Team...when it comes to The Slot, "this Bud's for you". Please give any donations to AAA.

OK, here are just a couple of statistics for ya':

- Original Concept debut by Skunkmeister - 24 Nov 2007
- Planned completion date - 31 Mar 2008
- Square miles modeled - over 144, 000
- Number of map versions to be released - 5 (42E, 42, 43E, 43L, 44)
- Number of place names in the average texts.txt - 600+
- Airfields and Sea Plane Bases (SPB) modeled - 34+
Henderson Field (several versions)
Fighter 1
Fighter 2
Fighter 3
Lunga Point Crash Field
Carney Field - Bomber 2
Maramasike USS Mackinac (AVP-13) SPB
Tulagi SPB
Halavo SPB
Sunlight
Renard (2 versions)
Kahili
Kara
Torikina
Piva North
Piva South
Tenekau
Kieta
Bonis (several versions)
Bonis SPB
Kieta SPB
Chabai - under construction/abandoned
Buka (several versions)
Rekata Bay SPB
Segi Point
Ondonga (2 versions)
Munda (2 Japanese Versions, 2 US versions)
Gizo SPB
Barakoma
Vila
Ballale
Stirling
- Number of reference sites/historical documents consulted - hundreds
- Number of views for The Slot thread on AAA forum - 47, 433+
- Cost to the consumer for this effort - $0.00
- Flying your first F4U-1 mission to Munda - priceless 8)