It didn't seem like much of a shot at the time. Even Ethan didn't think much of it when his Fokker Dr I pilot took at 200-foot tail shot on Rick Lacy's Camel. One of Ethan's guns was already jammed. The shot scored only two hit factors of damage.
But it was enough.
That single bullet turned out to be the margin between victory and defeat in one of the most bizarre Red Baron Fights in the game's 23-year history. Dice were rolled and the sides stacked up like this:
Dory, Sopwith Camel 130
Rick, Sopwith Camel 130 (CPT Gordon Firth-Hewitt, 4/0)
Ethan, Fokker Dr I (Citrudes Mercedes, 1/0)
Stephen Dale, Albatros DVa [rev] (Alex Godfrey, 2/0)
Stephen, Albatros DVa [rev] (OF ST Sabine Schorst, 7/1)
For the first time in more than two decades, Dawn Patrol fans can read Volume I of the Indy Squadron Dispatch in its entirety.
As far as Dawn Patrol goes, this is actually pretty special. The first volume of the Dispatch is a time capsule that embodies everything and everyone who helped make the Indy Squadron a reality nearly a quarter century ago.
Issue No. 1, dated July 28, 1989, was little more than an announcement of the next gaming day. Issues 2 and 3 still referred to the organization by its full name, the "Indianapolis Squadron," although that name is never used today. Issue No. 4 is the first to ever be identified as the "official newsletter," and the first time the publication used its longstanding name, the "Dispatch."
Be sure to join us this weekend for our next official Indy Squadron gaming day. The dice roll at:
11:00 am @ Skinner's house
If possible, bring a 2-liter of your favorite soft drink and an assortment of chips. This is an official gaming day and participation makes one eligible for the Indy Squadron championship this November.
Society Spring Mini Con Dates Announced April 13-15, Milwaukee
The Fits Society has released the dates for this year's Spring Mini Con, to be held from April 13-15 in Milwaukee.
The Masters Tournament, the Society Open, and most of the major society tournaments are now held at the Mini Con, which is the biggest event on the Fits calendar.
If you haven't attended this event yet, do yourself a favor and go!
Incredible Discovery Unseen Aerial Footage from WWI
The footage shown below was recently discovered in a vault in Paris, where it had been lost for more than 90 years. This amazing footage was taken by a French pilot just months after the Armistice ending the First World War. His purpose was to show the devastation left behind by the conflict.
The story of the pilot's daughter, who had never seen her father's face until viewing this footage, is equally fascinating.
After nearly ten years on the old Web.com platform, the Indy Squadron Dispatch now has a new home on the web.
Some of the changes that readers will notice include fewer total pages on the new site. This is because the new site has a wider presentation than the old site, allowing more content to be placed on each page.
The new "Downloads" page is a better way to archive old issues of ISD and make data available to readers (such as Indy's house rules). The archiving of all known issues of ISD in digital form is a massive project that will hopefully come to fruition on this new site so that everyone can download the entire history of the Indy Squadron quickly and conveniently. It also better preserves the squadron's heritage by committing it to a digital format. The entire first decade of ISD exists only on paper at this point, but we are working on transferring all of the early paper issues into PDF format for preservation.
The menu links to the forum and Indy Squadron TV are direct and now require only one click. Also note the return of our original Indy Squadron logo created by Brian Halberstadt more than a decade ago.
Future issues of the Dispatch will appear in blog format to make more data available to the reader with less scrolling and searching.
NOTE: To view the entire issue, always click the "READ MORE" link to the lower right of this sentence! There's much more in this issue.
February 18 March 2-4 Who's Yer Con March 10 April 21 Red Baron Fight XXIII May 12 June 9 July 7 August 16-19 Gen Con September 15 October 13 November 10 Armistice Day Tourney December 15 December 31
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