Who are you?

[eskimo]

Often, whenever someone blows me out of the sky I wonder;
"Who was that guy?, How old is he?, How long has he been flying in sims?"

So I thought that it would be really cool if we could all find out about each other on one post.  Please respond to as many of the following questions as you wish.  Be as brief or thorough as you like;

Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?
Your Aces High squad?
Your name?
Your age?
Your Email?
Where do you live?
Where else have you lived?
What do you do for a living?
What is your marital/family status?
What schools have you attended?
What degrees do you have?
What are your hobbies?
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Other interesting things about yourself.


I might as well be the first to respond:


Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?
eskimo
I was born and raised in Alaska and admire Alaskan Natives.

Your Aces High squad?
The Buccaneers.

Your name?
David D. Hall

Your age?
34

Your Email?
dnjhall@earthlink.net

Where do you live?
Woodland Park CO.  I am moving back to Colorado Springs soon, the 32 mile commute to work is killing me!

Where else have you lived?
Colorado Springs CO, Honolulu HI,  Anchorage AK, Wasilla AK, Houston AK, Fairbanks AK, Homer/Anchor Point AK, Juneau AK, Cordova AK (Birthplace)

What do you do for a living?
I am a first grade teacher in Colorado Springs at a high-risk school (Mark Twain Elemenary).  I have 26 wonderful students that are learning to read, write, add, subtract, etc.  Many of my students come from less than ideal surroundings, some have already experienced more grief and trama at age 6 than I have at 34.

What is your marital/family status?
Blissfully married for 4 years.  My wife and I have a perfect 5 month old baby girl.  Her name is Svea (pronounced Svay-Ah, long a - short u sounds).  Being a dad is absolutly the coolest thing ever!
 
What schools have you attended?  What degrees do you have?
Bachelor of Arts/Photography from the University of Anchorage AK, 1990.  Associate of Science/Fire Science from the University of Hawaii (HCC) 1995.  I am now about 90% finished with my Masters in Education from Regis University in Denver CO.

What are your hobbies?
AH junkie...Dang...I used to have a bunch of hobbies, but I have forgotten all about them ever since I started flying on-line!

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?  
Warbirds, I started in spring of 97... I think?  eskimo of the Buccaneers.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?  My father-in-law flew stateside in WWII.  He trained gunners for the Army Air Corps.  He has time in the; AT-6, P-39, P-63, RP-63, AT-11, B-25, and B-17.  The RP-63 was a stripped, armor plated P-63 that was used as a manned flying target.  His job was to mock attack B-17's and receive friendly-fire!  The bullets were 30 cal. powdered lead/bakelite plastic, and would disintegrate on contact with the hardened aluminum armor plating on the RP-63.

I am involved with a pretty amazing living history group in Colorado Springs called "Fantasy Flight".  The two leaders of this group own a C-45/AT-11 and two AT-6's.  The members of Fantasy Flight maintain these old Warbirds and fly them to airshows throughout Colorado and other parts of the USA.  Each of the 30+ members own at least one authentic WWII Army Air Force uniform that is worn to these airshows.    

Other interesting things about yourself.
I own a Batmobile.

[janneh]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
janneh
Warbirds allowed only 6 letters and I suggested janneha, so it came janneh

Your Aces High squad?
Jagdgeschwader-3 'Udet'

Your name?
Janne Hakala

Your age?
32

Your Email?
janneh@warbirds.org

Where do you live?
Ulvila City, Finland  

Where else have you lived?
Turku, Finland

What do you do for a living?
I'm a cooling unit technician, more specifically I'm on transport refrigeration at Niinivirta Transport, Harjavalta Finland

What is your marital/family status?
1 lovely wife  

What are your hobbies?
BEER, Computers, gym, Donald Duck

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Warbirds about year or so. janneh / Jagdgeschwader-3 'Udet'

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Neg  

Other interesting things about yourself.
If things go right, I'll go to Lebanon for UN peacekeeping forces.

[Packrat]

Callsign, Packrat my wife and kids call me one because I can't throw anything away

Squad, Phoenix Squadron

Name, Edward McDonough

Age, 35

Email,Packrat517@aol.com

Address, Elkhart In. USA

Where else, Dubuque Ia.(<-home town) Midland Tx. Lewiston Me. Cleavland Oh. Peachtree City Ga. Wichita Ks.(birth place)

Job, CNC programmer

Marriage statis, Married 3 kids

School, Some collage no degrees 98.6  

Hobbies, WWII aircraft I could read a long time ago, but forgot how to enjoy a book with introduction of children.

Other F.S. Aces is my first online sim.

Connection to WWII avation, None

Other Intrests, My family, even if they say I'm not listening to them.   What Hon I'm flying. Just a sec. Don't hit your sister OK don't hit your brother. Well got to go    



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Packrat
1. Any small North American rodent that collects a great variety of small objects
Phoenix Squadron
Feel the heat
 

[JENG]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
BEE: My girlfriends name is Maya (Goddess of fertility) but it's also a Cartoon serie featuring a bee called Maya    

Your Aces High squad?
Fighting Meese

Your name?
Wannes Engelen

Your age?
23

Your Email?
JENG@pandora.be

Where do you live?
Belgium, Turnhout

Where else have you lived?
Born in Belgium, moved to Mexico-City DF at 12... stayed there for 3 years.

What do you do for a living?
Living of my parents wallet...   seriously... majoring in History at college

What is your marital/family status?
Not married, lovely girlfriend     (she watching me type this.... OOw)

What schools have you attended?
Business-Economics highschool, College Turnhout, University Ghent

What degrees do you have?
None yet, not the same system in Belgium, you don't have bachelor, etc but 3 and 5 year courses...

What are your hobbies?
Reading, History, AH, Scubadiving, Rugby

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Warbirds offline... about 3 months online (addicted like everybody else... sadly my wallet didn't like the addiction... talk about Cold Turkey... anyway flat rate rules!)

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Other then a lifelong passion... no.

Other interesting things about yourself.
Normaly I'm the guy that comes at you at an incredible rate of closure... overshoots... and rips his wings off with the high G zoom  

Bee
'Just buzzin around trying to hit someone, ANYONE'


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[Maniac]

Your Aces High call sign?

Maniac

Your name?

Robert Sandberg

Your age?

23 yrs old.

Your Email?

Robert.sandberg@maldata.se

Where do you live?

Stockholm, Sweden

What do you do for a living?

Network administrator, Consultant

What schools have you attended?

Different computer courses. . .

What are your hobbies?

Computers, alcohole, women (not neciseraly in  that order hehe)

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

Been flyin Warbirds for 4 years with the handle -nr-1-, been an member of varius squads, first 900th bloody jaguars then RSAF (Royal Swedish Air Force) then my latest 249th Tangmere Wing.

// -nr-1-

[LLv34_Camouflage]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?

Camo. Short for Camouflage.  When I started playing flight sims on my Commodore 64 in the mid 80's, I chose it as my callsign.  Can't remember where it came, though.

Your Aces High squad?

LLv34 = Lentolaivue 34

When Finland received the first 109 G-2's during winter-spring 1943, an elite squadron was formed, consisting of the best pilots of the Finnish Air Force.  The squad was named Hävittäjälentolaivue 34 (Fighter Squadron 34). The real abbreviation should be HLeLv34, but we chose LLv34 because it is shorter and easier for all of you foreigners  

Your name?

Ville Pitkänen

Your age?

23

Your Email?

ville.pitkanen@hut.fi

Where do you live?

Helsinki, Finland

Where else have you lived?

Studied for a year at Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

What do you do for a living?

I'm a student at Helsinki University of Technology, materials engineering.  Studying a minor in medical school.  I want to make biomedical implants when I grow up  

What is your marital/family status?

I've been living with my girlfriend for the past 2 years.  No kids  

What schools have you attended?

-Presently at HUT, 3rd year
-Reserve Officers' School, course 210, Coastal Artillery Fire Observer

What degrees do you have?

Body temperature a tad under 37 degrees Celcius.

What are your hobbies?

-sims
-floorball twice a week (kinda like hockey but inside)
-golf (hcp 10)
-go-karting
-lots of winter sports during the winter
-in the summer I fish and ride my boat


Throughout the year my girlfriend takes a lot of my time  


What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

I've played sims since the mid 80's. I started playing online in -92 with AW dos.  Ever since that I've kept close eye on the development of WB and other online sims. Occasionally I play WB online.

Presently I play mainly AH, EAW and SDOE.

LLv34 is actually our EAW squad, the oldest in Europe.  I'm the XO of our squad.


Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

My godmother's dad was a fighter pilot during WW2, never met him though  

I try to suck every bit of information about the air war during WW2, especially the finnish stuff.

Other interesting things about yourself.

Visit our website, you won't regret it!  

Camo


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Camouflage
XO, Lentolaivue 34
 www.muodos.fi/LLv34

"The really good pilots use their superior judgement to keep them out of situations
where they might be required to demonstrate their superior skill."

[Ripsnort]

Packrat, don't forget those Retract and Approach macros, you don't want to piss any machinists off! Hehe, did that for a living for 10 years, now I support those who do it for a living.

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?

Ripsnort
Significance: , long story with a sharp barb-wire fence and an ornery horse.

Your Aces High squad?

VMF-323 Death Rattlers (See siggy at bottom)

Your name?

Brian Nelson

Your age?

40

Your Email?

ripsnort@earthlink.net

Where do you live?

Sumner, Washington

Where else have you lived?

Florida,New Jersy,Minnesota, Montana

What do you do for a living?

Engineering Applications Analyst for the Boeing Company, Design/Load/Test Cad Cam software used to design military and commercial A/C.  I get to see new fighter designs about 3 years before anyone else gets to see them!


What is your marital/family status?

Married (11 years), 2 beautiful boys age 2 and age 4 (4 yr.old plays Warbirds)

What schools have you attended?

Tacoma Community College
Highline C.C.
Green River C.C.

What degrees do you have?

2 year AAS in Airline Transportation and the equivelent of a 4 year degree in experience in engineering software.  

What are your hobbies?

Fishing, hunting, weight lifting, computers, used to sky dive, raising my sons!

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

Every flight sime made between 1987 to date, flew in DOS-AW, Warbirds (beta .82 thru Jan. 2000) and Aces High since Oct.1999.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

Father was a pilot, we owned a piper cub.  Many relatives that died at the hands of the Japanese in WW2.

Other interesting things about yourself.

Hmmm, none that I can think of...


 
~Death Rattlers~
Member of 'MAG-33' (Click here)
Click here for VMF-323 Death Rattlers info
Click here for interviews with other Aces High Squadrons
If you cannot do something well,
learn to enjoy doing it poorly!


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[dolomite]

Originally posted by eskimo:

Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?

Dolomite. Saw a funny skit on MadTV about a funkadelic pimp with a magic pimp cane. Just funny to me... "He bad, he black, HE DOLOMITE!"

Your Aces High squad?

None

Your name?

William Deckard

Your age?

38

Your Email?

kieren@hpcisp.com

Where do you live?

Bedford, Indiana, USA

What do you do for a living?

Elementary Teacher

What is your marital/family status?

Married

What schools have you attended?

University of Evansville, Indiana University, Indiana Weslyn

What degrees do you have?

BA in Education

What are your hobbies?

Running, lifting weights, biking, computers, flight sims

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

Warbirds and DoA online; Kieren, 332nd Fighter Group

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

I am an Ultralight pilot (haven't flown for a while)

Other interesting things about yourself.

Too subjective!

[combat23]

AH CALL SIGN: La5fn, was reading about russian planes and aces when I logged on the first time.

AH SQUAD: none

NAME: Chris Schroeder
AGE: 43
E-MAIL: steven.schroeder@worldnet.net
Live: Jacksonville, Florida
OTHER PLACES: Columbas,Ohio Housten Texas San Diago Calif. Chicago Ill
LIVING: Manager for a Chemical Tank Cleaning company
MARITAL STATUS: Married 10 years (This time)
SCHOOL: Miami U in Oxford Ohio
BA in education
OTHER FLIGHT SIMS: Never flown on line before
CONNECTION TO WWII: Have an uncle that flew P47's in Europe, 3 air kills. A Cousin that flew 18 missions as a top turret gunner in B17's Shot down and pow.
OTHER THINGS : Enjoy scuba diving and Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. Was in the 82nd when I did my time playing army.

[newt]

Call Sign PnusHO the HO refers to my Wb squadron the 487th FS and well the Pnus that's just me
Your Aces High squad? 352nd FG
Your name? Chris Van Brunt
Your age? 35
Your Email? -pnus-@warbirds.org
Where do you live? New Jersey USA
What do you do for a living? Police Officer assigned to SWAT
What is your marital/family status? 1 wife 1 daughter 1 OTW
What schools have you attended? a lot of goverment sponsored schools  
What degrees do you have?
What are your hobbies? WW II reenactor and Armored Vehicle restorations. Flying on the net, and shooting.
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim? Warbirds known as pnus
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? restoring WW II armored vehicles like an M-5, M-18 and M-36 tank destroyers, halftracks and armored cars. Got some stick time in a B-17 and was checked out in a SNJ-5 a few years back.
Other interesting things about yourself.
I make aluminum cockpits from plans for WW II aircraft. I use salvaged and NOS parts in the construction and use them for flight sims I fly.
Trying to figure out how to hook up the beer ball to the O2 regulator for the next Con.

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Newt 487th FG
Project No. U.S.
From CK beta to Warbirds have prop will travel...

[Ripsnort]

Newt:
Remember when you first came into CK(WB's) and you were trashing someone on open channel, and I spouted up with "What's wrong, Pnus, you having a bad day at the orifice?"....
Just thought of it when I read your name, my wife still laughs about that one (She was 'observing' me that afternoon in my den)

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Brian "Ripsnort" Nelson
"There is no reason anyone would
want a computer in their home."
   Ken Olson, president, chairman and
founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,1977

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[indian]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
indian  Im part Cherokee

Your Aces High squad? The Blacksheep nd sometimes the Birds Of Prey

Your name? Most know already Tommy Toon

Your age? 39

Your Email? tltoon@gte.net

Where do you live? Grapevine Texas

Where else have you lived? Tulsa Ok, Fort Drum NewYork, Langley Airforce Base Virginia, Witchita Ks, Fortdevens Mass, Augusta,Ks.

What do you do for a living? Crew Chief AA maintenance.

What is your marital/family status? Married

What schools have you attended? Spartan Scholl of Aeronautics

What degrees do you have? Associates

What are your hobbies? Scuba, Hunting, Archery, Fishing ,Boating.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Warbirds (indn) Airwarrior III (tlt19, snupe, indn)

Your call sign and squad in that sim? Wb indn no real squad, Airwarrior 19th Airwing tlt19, then Birds of Prey snupe and indn.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? Work on large airliners everyday.


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Tommy (INDIAN) Toon
  Cherokee Indian
My Homepage
Where you can find the Key Commands in  files for Word6 Wordpad and text mode.

indians Homepage

Aces High Word6 and Wordpad Doc's available on my web site.

[-sudz-]

My mommy told me never to give personal information to adults over the internet, but you guys seem ok  

Your Aces High call sign? sudz

It's significance? i sometimes brew my own beer

Your Aces High squad? -=HELLFIRE=-

Your name? Stewart St.John

Your age? 38

Your Email? tao777@email.msn.com

Where do you live? Grapevine, TX - the flight sim Mecca

Where else have you lived? Germany, Oklahoma, Texas

What do you do for a living? Programmer

What is your marital/family status? Blissfully divorced

What schools have you attended? Univ of Okla.

What degrees do you have? BS in CS, 98.6

What are your hobbies? beer brewing, motorcyle riding, sometimes model building

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim? WB, DoA (SUDZ, sometimes patmos, zorak-, or -brak-)

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? I breath the same air planes fly in

Other interesting things about yourself.
Ha! You'll have to watch Jerry Springer for that info.

-sudz-

PS Jenneh.  Refrigeration engineer in Finland?  I thought you just had to open a door to the outside for that    Just kidding

[rosco-]

Call sign

 Rosco. Its a long story but think Dukes of Hazzard    

Aces High Squad

Flying Aces. Started in this squad in Dawn of Aces and after meeting a few old squadies here decided to start it up again.

Your name David Lawford

Age 27

Email farmhand@netscape.net

Where do you live

Ontario Canada, Near Ottawa, all my life

Marital status

Single and still chaseing    

What do you do for a living

Farmer, raise and sell replacement heifers, do relief milking for other people and other such odd jobs

Hobbies Big archery nut, 3D and hunting and  flight sims of course

Other flight sims

 Bought a computer just so I could play a decent flight sim, and started online flying in DOA, ended up flying with the Flying Aces and eventually as CO. Spent a bit of time flying WB with the RAF 242 Duxford Wing

Other interesting facts about yourself...

 IF this worked I learned how to use bold italics ubb code, if not thanks anyway dolomite  

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[Superfly]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
SUPERFLY - The pimpdaddy of all pimps.  Rent the movie "Superfly"  The soundtrack it great!    

Your Aces High squad?
-=HELLFIRE=-

Your name?
John Guytan

Your age?
25

Your Email?
johng@hitechcreations.com

Where do you live?
Euless, TX  USA

Where else have you lived?
Plano, Dallas, Lewisville, Austin, TX

What do you do for a living?
Art Director at HTC

What is your marital/family status?
cat on the prowl

What schools have you attended?
Art Institute of Dallas

What degrees do you have?
Associate Degree in Computer Animation/Multimedia

What are your hobbies?
BEER, art, video games, music, guitar/bass

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
I was an artist for Warbirds/DOA for about 2 years before the IMOL exodus.  Callsign:  MONKEY

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
One of my uncles was one of the design engineers for the SR71 Blackbird.

Other interesting things about yourself.
I'm really good at making fart sounds.  

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John "SUPERFLY" Guytan - Art Director
HiTech Creations
"Ain't I clean bad machine/ Supercool, supermean/ Feelin good for the man/ Superfly-here I stand" - Curtis Mayfield
-=HELLFIRE=- SQUAD




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