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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The 24th video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I cover B-17 Engine Management analysing the only official source of information on this feature as well as presenting a workaround to a major bug. There is no silver bullet to effective engine management. You must spend time...
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The 23rd video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I show you how to manually start the B-17s engines when starting a mission. Two different procedures are presented depending upon if you have the game's General Difficulty setting set to Low/Medium or if you have it set to High.
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The 22nd video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I cover propeller pitch and other B-17 control modelling errors and issues that you need to be aware of when playing this game.
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The 21st video in this series is now live on YouTube. The last of six Fighter Schools aimed at teaching you the basics of each fighter aircraft in the game. In this video I cover the P-38 Lightning, the oldest of the allied fighters in the game. Now all of the fighter schools are complete, I...
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The 20th video in this series is now live on YouTube. This video is the fifth of six Fighter Schools aimed at teaching you the basics of each fighter aircraft in the game. In this video I cover the Me 262, nicknamed the Schwalbe or Swallow, the first ever operational jet fighter of WWII.
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    B-17: The Mighty 8th - The Missing Music - VIDEO EXCLUSIVE!!!

    I have just published on YouTube an exclusive video that contains playback of ALL of the original CD music and audio tracks that are missing from the online digital versions of the game. Enjoy!!!!
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The nineteenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. This video is the fourth of six Fighter Schools aimed at teaching you the basics of each fighter aircraft in the game. In this video I cover the P-51 Mustang, arguably the best fighter of WWII.
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    One of my videos covers taxiing and taking off, so if you need to refresh your memory check it out :) I'll also be covering manual startup in a future video. I find the turrets too hard - lol. My preferred gunning location is in the tail - much easier for me. As an older guy myself, what...
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    It's still a great game and hasn't aged too badly. It's also still the best all-round B-17 bombing campaign game available. Unfortunately a sequel/update has never been developed. While there are mods for the game to re-skin the planes, to modify some aspects of the game behaviour, and some...
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The eighteenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Quickstart Mission #6: Defense of the Reich. This mission places you in one of four Fw 190s defending against a squadron of P-51 Mustangs.
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The seventeenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. This video is the third of six Fighter Schools aimed at teaching you the basics of each fighter aircraft in the game. In this video I cover the renowned Focke-Wulf Fw 190 German fighter.
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    B-17 The Mighty Eighth - Easter Eggs Exclusive

    I have just published on YouTube what I believe is a video exclusive revealing the location and full details of BOTH of the Easter eggs in the game B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty Eighth. Enjoy!!!
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The sixteenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Quickstart Mission #5: Fighter Sweep Over France. This mission places you in a P-47 Thunderbolt attacking a squadron of Bf109s and then a squadron of Me262s. Can you succeed - I know I can't?
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    At long last I'm back!!!! Sorry for the long delay, it's been over a month since I published my last video. The fifteenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. This video is the second of six Fighter Schools, aimed at teaching you the basics of each fighter aircraft in the game. In...
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    B-17 The Mighty 8th - Getting Started Tutorial Video Series - Now Available!!!

    The fourteenth video in this series is now live on YouTube. In this video I focus on Quickstart Mission #4: Opportunity for the Axis?. This mission places you in a Bf109 attacking a squadron of B-17s with no "Little Friends" helping them out. Can you succeed - I know I can't? I need some...
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