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[jonny]

Chris,

Nothing heard yet, mate. I think we are all waiting with bated breath!

Jonny

[Jagan]

If and when it happens.. would it make sense that forum members 'coordinate' the downloads to alieviate the stress on the NA Servers?

I mean we dont want 200 members trying to download the same 40,000 documents again and again...It slows up the server and makes it frustrating for everyone...

To give you an idea

The AIR27 DB on the site has :

Summary of Events (Form 540) : 21,751
Record of Events (Form 541) : 19,838
Appendices: 1,644

Total Files : 43,233 downloadable files in just AIR27


PS: I maybe counting my chickens before they are hatched... :)

[Franek Grabowski]

Brilliant idea. Perhaps we should make a list, and then follow it? With a few people this should not be a big problem, I believe. Storage could be, this might take a few bytes.

[CZ_RAF]

I think Jagan has a good idea. We should compile a list of volunteers here in this thread - optimally like moderators from different timezones and split the AIR27 range - which I suppose is the most interesting for most of the members and also guests - between them?
On the other hand I think that some volunteers should have a problem with the storage so we should also to solve this.

Pavel

[PeteT]

Just an alternative slant:

I personally think it would have made more sense for TNA to remove the watermark from its preview facility as this would have helped with the majority of "one off" queries and possibly prevented the imminent mass "panic downloading" of the ORBs.

[JDCAVE]

Just an alternative slant:

I personally think it would have made more sense for TNA to remove the watermark...

I agree. Sufficient for most research.

Jim

[PeteT]

Just signed in to Discovery and noted that the records I was looking for are now free, with a caveat that you can order up to 10 items per basket, and up to 50 in a 30 day period.

Sadly, the watermark is still present on the online "Preview Image" button

[wwrsimon]

I've just downloaded the December 1942 ORB Form 541 for 179 Sqn free of charge, and the downloaded file is not watermarked.

Simon

[PeteS]

As Jagan suggests - do we need to coordinate an effort ?

[jonny]

Just downloaded the 44 Sqn ORB for Jan - May 44 for free, without any issues. All good stuff and a £35 saving made. Well done TNA!