[azzmunky]

I know that most (if not all) bomber crews, if they had wounded aboard, would shoot a flare out of a waist window to signal the ambulances, and to signal the tower so they could give the bomber priority to land first. Is there any way to implement this as a mod somehow.

[pursuivant]

I know that most (if not all) bomber crews, if they had wounded aboard, would shoot a flare out of a waist window to signal the ambulances, and to signal the tower so they could give the bomber priority to land first. Is there any way to implement this as a mod somehow.

The ability for all aircraft to drop flares of different colors would be welcome. Flares were used for all sorts of purposes, not just signaling priority landing. It would be a more historical, and more frame-rate friendly alternative to wing smoke in online games.

[nzwilliam]

If players could man AAA guns, flares would be very handy for indicating you're friendly when coming in to land.

Don't know if it's possible but maybe even get AI AAA at airfields to shoot anything in the sky after dark that doesn't either radio for clearance to land or fire flares in a specific combination. That could make things interesting.

[Blumax]

+1 on all counts

[Guest]

The Ar 234 has a flare gun in the cockpit that would shoot out the window to signal for landings I believe.

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

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[Cuccos19]

I think a mod would be nice that the damaged aircraft land first. I lost to many mates in dgen campaigns, because the "healthy" aircraft don't let to land the wounded ones. In many case their engine just get wrong when they at the final stage of landing. They maybe could land in one piece, if the others let them.

[FIGHTS-ON]

Great thread. To add to the debate, surely landing a damaged a/c first is a bad idea - what if he then makes the runway"BLACK" (i.e. unfit for the remaining a/c to land?). At sea it's the damaged a/c that are last to land.

Now a barrier that could be activated by request via radio command (both on ship & end of runway).........there's a thought.


Liked the suggestion of friendly AAA firing on All returning a/c UNLESS landing permission was obtained.....oh, and a damaged radio mod and..............


(I'm just genuinly grateful to ALL you skilled MOD'ers out there that bring so much additional fun to the game.

[F4U-1_Corsair]

Great thread. To add to the debate, surely landing a damaged a/c first is a bad idea - what if he then makes the runway"BLACK" (i.e. unfit for the remaining a/c to land?). At sea it's the damaged a/c that are last to land.

Well, they were generally allowed to land first, but on an emergency, generally dirt strip off to the side of the main runway. That said, It would be great to be able to see flare tubes being actually used, as almost all aircraft, including fighters, had them. There were even instances of the AVG dropping pipe bombs out of the flare tubes of their Hawk 81's. Even without that though, it would be a great addition for multiplayer, for everything stated, as well as target marking and a few other things.