Pilots!

NA
From November 1 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET to December 1 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET, the Premium Shop will offer bundles with gold, days of Premium Account, credits, and Premium aircraft.

EU
From November 1 11:20 UTC to December 1 11:20 UTC, the Premium Shop will offer bundles with gold, days of Premium Account, credits, and Premium aircraft.

The Blériot-SPAD S.510 is a French Tier II biplane fighter that features four machine guns located under the wings, unusual for a biplane, capable of providing high-density fire in a dogfight. Like all other Premium aircraft, this fighter earns an increased amount of credits per battle.

The TsKB I-7 is a rare Soviet Tier II fighter that was designed in Germany, but saw mass production in the U.S.S.R.

The Soviet Tier III Polikarpov I-15bis DM-2 fighter combines a biplane configuration and jet-powered engines, high maneuverability and powerful boost, rapid-firing armament and an increased credit income.

The American Tier IV Curtiss Model 81A-1 fighter is an early version of the American P-40. It is superior to most aircraft in its tier in speed. With its good horizontal maneuverability, machine gun armament that’s effective in close combat, and an increased credit income, you can join any battle and bring order to the skies.

The Kawasaki Ki-88 is a Japanese high-altitude interceptor with a formidable armament. Hurry to strap into the Ki-88 and dominate the higher altitudes!

Specials offer an excellent opportunity to expand your collection of aircraft and restock your supplies!

How to buy items in Premium Shop?

Pilots!

NA
From October 30 04:20 PT / 07.20 ET till November 1 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET go ahead and hunt these sweet treats!

EU
From 30 October at 06:00 to 1 November at 06:00 CET (UTC +1) go ahead and hunt these sweet treats!

Triple XP for the first victory of the day.


50% discount on:

☆ Fairey Fantome

50% discount on:

☆ Regular warplanes, Tier II–IV

30% discount on:

☆ Spitfire I
☆ F4U-1 Corsair

15% discount on:

☆ XF5U Pancake
☆ F2H Banshee

Target

☆ Win a battle

Conditions

☆ One time per account

Reward

☆ x9 Sparklers

Target

☆ Destroy 10 air and 15 ground targets per any number of battles

Conditions

☆ One time per account

Reward

☆ x2 Imroved Fragmentation (II period, Tier V–VII)
☆ x2 Incendiary Ammunition (II period, Tier V–VII)

Target

☆ Earn 6000 personal points in a battle

Conditions

☆ Repeatable

Reward

☆ +100% Crew XP

The corrupted Pancake gathers the Army of Darkness to conquer the world on the Halloween Eve! Take your chance to win the wicked Vickers Venom by killing enemies.

Join the dark side we have... the Pancake!

Choose your favourite "wicked" aircraft and slay the enemy from

NA
30 October at 09:20 PT/12:20 ET to 1 November at 09:20 PT/12:20 ET

EU
30 October at 12:20 to 1 November at 12:20 CET (UTC +1)

☆ Period I (Tiers I-IV) - Hawker Demon II, Fairey Fantome IV
☆ Period II (Tiers V-VII) - Supermarine Spitfire I, Chance-Vought F4U-4 Corsair VII
☆ Period III (Tiers VIII - X) - Chance-Vought XF5U Pancake VIII, McDonnell F2H Banshee IX

Destroy as many enemy aircraft as you possibly can within the two day timeframe.

Please note that assists, major contributions, bomber flights, and air defence aircraft do not count towards your numbers. Destroying the competition will not work either - allied aircraft don't count.

You must play at least 30 battles in your chosen aircraft within one period (see above). You may be in the winners list for each period simultaneously if you have the required number of battles on one of the period's corresponding planes.

Prove yourself and take home the Vickers Venom for your hard work!

Please stay tuned for more information regarding the awarding of prizes.

Pilots!

NA
From October 26 04:20 PT / 07.20 ET till October 29 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET keep an eye out for:

EU
From 26 October at 07:00 CEST to 29 October at 07:00 CEST (UTC +2) keep an eye out for:

Triple XP for the first victory of the day.


50% discount on:

☆ P-26
☆ P-35
☆ P-43
☆ XP-44

30% discount on:

☆ P-47B
☆ P-47N

15% discount on:

☆ XP-72
☆ F-84B
☆ F-84F

30% discount on premium planes:

☆ XP-50
☆ XP-75 Eagle

Target

☆ Destroy 5 aerial targets in one battle
☆ Destroy 2 anti-air guns in one battle

Conditions

☆ Multirole fighters only
☆ Repeatable

Reward

☆ +30% XP

Target

☆ Deal 3,000 damage in one battle

Conditions

☆ Five times per account

Reward

☆ 1 Secondary Control System, period 2 (valid for tiers V-VII)

Target

☆ Earn 75,000 personal points per any amount of battles

Conditions

☆ Once per account

Reward

☆ 1 Hangar Slot

Pilots!

Please note: In order to deploy the latest update, the servers will undergo maintenance on

NA
October 25 from 01:00 PT / 04.00 ET till 05:00 PT / 08:00 ET

EU
October 25 from 08:00 UTC till 12:00 UTC
Update size (SD-version): 13,6 MB.

Pilots!

NA
From October 22 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET to November 5 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET, the Premium Shop will be visited by the heroes of the Dunkirk Operation—Charles Donovan and Hans Weber, each with special skills that help them skillfully control their aircraft:

EU
From 22 October at 07:00 CEST (UTC +2) to 5 November at 06:00 CET (UTC +1) the Premium Shop will be visited by the heroes of the Dunkirk Operation—Charles Donovan and Hans Weber, each with special skills that help them skillfully control their aircraft:

Spitfire Mk Ia was the only Allied aircraft capable of fighting on par with the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E in May 1940. In the game, this aircraft features excellent maneuverability in turns. Its multiple rapid-firing machine guns prove very effective at close range.

This British fighter is controlled by the pilot
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 proved to be the best German fighter in the French Campaign of 1940 and surpassed any fighter of the Allies. Only the Supermarine Spitfire Mk I could match the Bf 109 E-3 in battle. In the game, the Bf 109 E-3 displays its strengths most effectively in vertical and high-altitude combat where it can also apply its excellent diving abilities and high firepower.

This German aircraft is controlled by the pilot

Pilots!

NA
From October 19 04:20 PT / 07.20 ET till October 22 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET keep an eye out for:

EU
From 19 October at 07:00 CEST to 22 October at 07:00 CEST (UTC +2) keep an eye out for:

Triple XP for the first victory of the day.

Discount on free XP conversion: 35 points per 1.

50% discount on:

☆ He 51
☆ Fw 159
☆ He 112
☆ Fw 190 A-1

30% discount on:

☆ Fw 190 A-5
☆ Fw 190 D

15% discount on:

☆ BV P.210
☆ BV P.212.03
☆ BV P.215.02

15% discount on:

☆ Fw 190 A-8/R2

Target

☆ Win and earn 500 capture points in 1 battle

Conditions

☆ Only for fighters, multirole and heavy fighters
☆ Repeatable

Reward

☆ +30% XP

Target

☆ Destroy 40 enemy warplanes per any number of battles

Conditions

☆ Once per account

Reward

☆ x3 Incendiary Ammunition (II period, Tier V–VII)

Target

☆ Earn 10 000 personal points in one battle

Conditions

☆ 10 times per account

Reward

☆ x1 Emergency Medical Kit (II period, Tier V–VII)

Pilots!

Meet Update 2.0.7.5 for World of Warplanes.

Please note: In order to deploy the latest update, the servers will undergo maintenance on

NA
October 18 from 01:00 PT / 04.00 ET till 05:00 PT / 08:00 ET

EU
October 18 from 08:00 UTC till 12:00 UTC.

Total size of this update from previous version:

SD-version: 90,1 MB.

• Increased the minimum waiting time for players queued for battle until the matchmaker launches a battle with the opposing team fully comprised of bots.
  
• Increased the time that the matchmaker takes to find a suitable flight to balance teams if there is an uneven number of flights in the queue for battle.

• Changed the number of bombers in waves (variable for different map layouts).
  
• Changed the number of respawns for players (variable for different map layouts).
  
• Increased the number of Capture points necessary to capture enemy Strongholds by 30.
  
• Changed the requirements for aircraft type-specific missions in the Escort game mode.

• Map layouts on the Cold Peak map are now available for battles at Tiers VI-IX (up from Tiers V-VIII).

• Fixed an issue that caused the rear gunner of the Ju 86E to stand in his turret while in flight.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that caused bomber flights in the Conquest mode to target allied sectors.

Jet power started to be considered as a potentially revolutionary step in aviation in the 1940s when aircraft designers of major world countries began experimenting with full-scale engines. Great Britain was one of the first to implement the technology, as undeveloped as it was, into real combat aircraft. The first jet aircraft to enter service in the RAF during World War II was the Gloster Meteor. It was followed by another fighter — the de Havilland Vampire.

The single-engine fighter-interceptor, codenamed DH.99, was conceived back in 1941 as de Havilland’s own initiative. The company already had an early version of a working jet engine, developed in-house, the Halford H.1. At the time, the main obstacle to building a successful aircraft — obtaining a powerplant — was therefore removed.



Somewhat later, de Havilland received an official specification E.6/41 for a jet-powered fighter. The H.99 fit that specification well. It was renamed the DH.100 and finalized by 1943. The most unorthodox decision made by the design team was using a twin-boom configuration. Early jet engines lost a lot of power if their exhaust plume was forced through a long pipe. Therefore, the engine was fitted inside a short fuselage, while tail planes were moved to the sides on two parallel booms. The horizontal stabilizer was elevated relative to the fuselage axis to avoid it being affected by the jet stream. Two rudders were located directly on the boom ends. The fuselage was partially metal and partially composed of wooden parts manufactured using a special process mastered by de Havilland while building the legendary Mosquito.



The aircraft received a codename: Spider Crab. The first prototype performed its maiden flight on 20 September 1943, soon joined by two more aircraft. Pilots noted the excellent responsiveness to controls, the excellent maneuverability, and that the future Vampire was easy to master. Considering that jet engines were completely unfamiliar to most pilots, this was a major achievement. The machine required several improvements, but as soon as in April 1944, the first batch of 120 Vampire F.1 aircraft was ordered. Initially they were fitted with Goblin engines — the production variant of the Halford H.1. Armament included four nose-mounted 20 mm Hispano autocannons. The fighter was progressively improved and modified in the following years, receiving new powerplants, equipment, a pressurized and heated cockpit, additional hardpoints for outboard armament, and fuel tanks.



The naval version, called Sea Vampire, affected the carrier fleet outlook a lot, being used for research in carrier-based jet-powered aircraft extensively. Some sources even say that it was the Sea Vampire tests that formulated the need for the aircraft carriers’ designs to have the flight deck angled from the longitudinal axis of the vessel. This design is still the most common for carriers to this day. But the main role played by the Vampire in all its years of service was training pilots to fly jet-powered aircraft and prepare them for more powerful and fast machines.

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1 in World of Warplanes is a Premium Tier VIII British fighter. Its main features are maneuverability and firepower. Four 20-millimeter cannons provide good damage and accuracy at medium and short range, while great handling allows the Vampire to follow its target and keep it in the gunsights quite easily. As with the historical Goblin engine, the in-game one is not very powerful, but the speed and altitude characteristics are quite sufficient for comfortable dogfighting at medium altitude. All this makes the Vampire a great fighter for dogfighting fans that deals a lot of damage and outturns most of its rivals in the air.

© Eugene Pugach, "Developers Blog"

Pilots!

NA
From October 12 04:20 PT / 07.20 ET till October 15 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET keep an eye out for:

EU
From 12 October at 07:00 CEST to 15 October at 07:00 CEST (UTC +2) keep an eye out for:

Triple XP for the first victory of the day.


Target

☆ Earn 8,000 personal points in one battle

Conditions

☆ Aircraft from tiers IV+ only
☆ Repeatable

Reward

☆ +100% XP

Target

☆ Score top 1 of your team on Personal Score
☆ Win a battle

Conditions

☆ Twice per account

Reward

☆ x2 credits

Target

☆ Deal 50,000 damage to air targets in any amount of battles

Conditions

☆ Once per account

Reward

☆ х1 Stock Long Gun Barrels, period III

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