Who are you?

[Ripsnort]

Alotta new players on AH since this was posted, time to add your Bio's !

PUNT!

[Karnak]

Your Aces High call sign?
Karnak

It's significance?
Strider was already taken in WBs and I was researching Egypt at the time (Temple of Abu Simbel at Karnak).  Wanted to play, it jumped to mind and was accepted.  Been stuck with it ever since.

Your Aces High squad?
None

Your name?
Arizsun Ahola

Your age?
27

Your Email?
aahola@pacbell.net

Where do you live?
San Rafael, CA.  Its about 20 miles north of San Francisco.

Where else have you lived?
Grew up in Medocino, CA.  Small town.  Pretty coast.

What do you do for a living?
Quality Assurance Engineer.  I QA enterprise software.

What is your marital/family status?
Single, but looking for someone who is interested in the "long" commitment.

What schools have you attended?
Went through grade school in Mendocino.  The antended College of Marin for 2 years.

What degrees do you have?
Was working on a History degree, but things happened that got in the way.  No degree.

What are your hobbies?
Building computers, gaming and work (apparently).

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Warbirds and European Air War.  Karnak in both.  No squads.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
My Grandma helped build Liberty Ships in Sausolito.

Other interesting things about yourself.
My ancestry is Finnish, which is why I sign off all of my posts with "Sisu".  It basically translates as "what must be done, will be done regardless of the cost".  Wish I actually knew how to speak Finnish, but it is not a language that is easy to find classes in.

Sisu
-Karnak

[Gremlin]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?

Gremlin, my surname is Grennan, nickname evolved from that

Your Aces High squad?

80th Virtual Combat Fighter Squadron
(80th) was an RAF squad, used to fly from Dublin, Ireland where I live

Your name?

David Grennan

Your age?
29

Your Email?

gremlin@webtreatz.com

Where do you live?

Dublin, Ireland.

What do you do for a living?

IT stuff!

What is your marital/family status?

Married to Carol (1 year, newbie)

What are your hobbies?

AH addict, Astronomy, Golf

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

Flying Circus, Falcon 4, Janes FA/18, Flanker.

Other interesting things about yourself.

Flying in AH about 5 months love it to bits.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Frenchy - I'm French (that was a tought one)

Your Aces High squad?
SFRT (Special Forces Recon Team)
I play AH for 2.5 months

Your name?
Olivier Raunier

Your age?
27

Your Email?
oraunier@CFL.rr.com

Where do you live?
Florida, Melbourne

Where else have you lived?
All over France (NE, SW, E, SE, W)

What do you do for a living?
I'm a Flight Instructor
Reserve French Air Force Lieutnant

What is your marital/family status?
I'm married with my car but sometimes I'm cheating with my PC. I'm as instable as a SU35 without his fly by wire computer.

What schools have you attended?
      - French Officer school
      - Intelligence and Electronic Warfare School in FAF
      - French college
      - Florida institute of technology
      - School of Aero FIT

What degrees do you have?
      - College degree in Organization and management of the Production
      - BS in Aeronical Science Florida Tech
      - private/commercial/multi/CFI at FIT


What are your hobbies?
Computeur sim, flying, shooting, history, car racing, killing people.

What other flight sims have you been involved in?
everything since Falcon in CGA.

Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Frenchy for SFRT, play AH for 2 months

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
WW2 killed alf of my familly and wreacked my homeland.   familly heavily implicated in the resistance at the time.

Other interesting things about yourself.
Never ever rev ur engine when standing side by side with me at a red light, I'm not clever enought to refuse a smoke party. Except that, I'm a real true French gentleman.


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Olivier "Frenchy" Raunier
     

 http://home.cfl.rr.com/rauns/menu.htm

[This message has been edited by SFRT - Frenchy (edited 07-20-2000).]

[Replicant]

Your Aces High call sign?

Nexx  (Replicant on BBS)  Kinda like the film 'Bladerunner'

Your Aces High squad?

The 13th Tactical Aero Squadron (TAS)

Your name?

Jason Clarke

Your age?

27

Your Email?

Jason@TheBatcave.co.uk

Where do you live?

Oakham, Rutland, England Great Britain

What do you do for a living?

Civil Servant - Ministry Of Defence

What is your marital/family status?

Single...  girlfriend-ish taking backseat to AH!    

What schools have you attended?

Nothing special, originally trained as a Motor Mechanic, now penpushing and IT stuff.

What are your hobbies?

Anything and everything!  WW2, Peninsula War (Napoleonic), Astronomy, Guitars, music, blah... local history (loads of former airbases round here...)

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

Commodore 64 - F15 Stike Eagle    
Falcon 4, F22, Flanker 2, Nations, MS Combat Sim etc....

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

My grandfather, all my uncles are served in the Army during WWII apart from one uncle who was a Merchant Seaman.  One uncle was once the 'stick man' for Winston Churchill just after the war!

Other interesting things about yourself.

Erm, nothing real interesting!

'Nexx'



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[Nath-BDP]

Your Aces High call sign?

Nath11

Your Aces High squad?

Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"

Your name?

John Sanderson

Your age?

16

Your Email?

Nathownsj00@hotmail.com

Where do you live?

New York

Where have you lived previously?

a cardboard box


What are your hobbies?

computer games, ww2 history

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

Airwarrior 2--Kep

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

unfortunatly no

Other interesting things about yourself.

hi

[This message has been edited by Nath-BDP (edited 01-02-2001).]

[Sn1p3r]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
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Sn1p3r - fascinated with the trade and the weapons


Your Aces High squad?
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Musketeer Escadrille (aka. MSKTs, muskets, muketeers)

Your name?
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Brian Pettingell

Your age?
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26

Your Email?
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snipe@indigi.net

Where do you live?
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Scottsdale, Arizona

Where else have you lived?
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Phoenix, Denver, Greenville Tx, Commerce Tx, Atlanta

What do you do for a living?
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I design fiber optic networks for the internet.  Former employers such as Qwest, GTE, MCI

What is your marital/family status?
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Single, cause I am always home flying  
Times a wasting ..

What schools have you attended?
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East Texas State University (now Texas A&M Commerce)

Arizona State University

What degrees do you have?
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School of hard knocks .. thrown out of the house at 16.

What are your hobbies?
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sniping, weight lifting, beer, flying AH.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
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No others on-line .. played a lot of Falcon 3 & 4

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
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Oh Yeah .. My grandfather on my Dad's side flew B-25's in the CBI theater.  Whole site dedicated to his bomber wing and squad here:
 http://www.geocities.com:0080/Pentagon/9669/home.htm

He flew in the 491'st bomb squad (Robert C. Pettingell)

My grandmother was also in the American Red Cross and she met my grandfather in China.  She has a site dedicated to her work as well:
 http://www.geocities.com:0080/Pentagon/9669/resort/home.htm

Here name at that time was Barbara "boots" Vatter.

-Sn1p3r



[This message has been edited by Sn1p3r (edited 07-20-2000).]

[texace]

I've not been in the MA for a while, but here goes.

Your Aces High callsign, it's significance:
semperfi. My grandpa flew F-4U's in WWII and Korea in the U.S. Marines.

Your Aces High squad:
none

Your name:
Aaron Giles

Your age:
15

Your e-mail:
sabreflight@hotmail.com

Where do you live:
Lake Worth, Texas, just outside Loop 820 and Carswell

What do you do for a living:
Nothing yet, but a 10th grader at LWHS.

What is your marital/family status:
I 'm not married now(I hope), but I'm the youngest in a family of 4.

What schools have you attended:
Lake Worth High School.

What degrees do you have:
I could have a few...but no.

What are your hobbies:
I build plastic models, usually of WWII aircraft and ships.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your callsign and squad in sim:
I've flown WB for about 2 years under "txace-" in the 457th BG(H) "Fait Accompli"

Do you have any connection to aviation or WWII:
My grandpa flew F-4U's in WWII and korea, and he was a private pilot till 1996. My other grandpa was a Flight Surgon in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam and is now a private pilot. My dad is an avid history buff in all wars including WWII. I love any type of flying machine, so I'm into WWII history.

Other interesting things about yourself:
Nothing really. I like cars and I'll be driving soon. That's all I want to relate.  


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Lt. Col. Aaron "txace-" Giles of the 457th BG
    "Fait Accompli"

[Swoop]

Your Aces High call sign?

     SwoopUK

It's significance?

     Swoop cos I'm Flt Lt Swoop No401 RAF EAW squadron. UK cos some bugger had already taken Swoop in Aces High.....and I'm British.

Your Aces High squad?

     The Screamin Meanies

Your name?

     Steve

Your age?

     24b (next year it's 24c, d, e, you get the idea)

Your Email?

     raf1swoop@yahoo.co.uk

Where do you live?

     Amstelveen, Netherlands

Where else have you lived?

     Born in Oxford, GB.  Lived in Cheltenham, Bristol, Plymouth, London and spent some time in New Zealand.

What do you do for a living?

     Computer nerd.  Contractor for AT&T, thats why I'm in Holland amoungst all these Cloggies.

What is your marital/family status?

     g/f who lives in London

What schools have you attended?

     Several GB secondary schools, then the C&GCHE.  If you dont know what that stands for then dont worry, you're not missing much

What degrees do you have?

     Bsc in IT.

What are your hobbies?

     My R6.  My PC.  Ju-Jitsu.  BBQ ribs from the local Cloggie delivery place.

What other flight sims have you been involved in?

     European Air War

Your call sign and squad in that sim?

     Flt Lt Swoop No401 RAF
 
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

     Part from loadsa relatives who fought (nope in the RAF), no.

Other interesting things about yourself.

     Um.......

[Wanker]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
banana. I first heard the word while watching "This is Spinal Tap". I didn't know what "banana" meant, but it sounded funny enough to want to be one.

Your Aces High squad?
308(Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" RAF

Your name?
John Dahlen

Your age?
34

Your Email?
dahlen@home.com

Where do you live?
Rochester, MN (Home of the Mayo Clinic)

Where else have you lived?
Born, raised and will die a Minnesotan.

What do you do for a living?
LAN/WAN Administrator, IBM Corp.

What is your marital/family status?
Married six years to the most beautiful woman in the world. One child, a 17 month old son.

What schools have you attended?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

What degrees do you have?
BS Music Education

What are your hobbies?
Auto Racing, Opera & Classical Music, films, military history.

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

Warbirds, 1996-2000
Callsign: -baxl-
Squad: CO of the Pale Riders Squadron

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

My grandfather was a Waist and chin gunner of a B-17G in 1944-45.

Other interesting things about yourself.

I used to be a high school band director for five years, before I caught the computer bug.  I still play my trumpet on a regular basis, playing gigs around the area.

[RAM]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
RAM

I started playing Falcon4 online last January when I got my Inet connection. I did quite well offline in A/G work and RAM seemed a good handle for me  

Later it turned that I was beating my F4 CO in a H2H by a score of 5-0   so seems that the A/G role was stopped then for me

Your Aces High squad?
FUBARS

Your name?
Javier Bringas

Your age?
22

Your Email?
Ebringas@airtel.net

Where do you live?
Bilbao, Nothern Spain

Where else have you lived?
Toledo, Spain, for 3 wonderful years

What do you do for a living?
Physics sciences student...hoping to be able to be astrophysic  

What is your marital/family status?
just praying my really loved Ex-gf coming back with me (other than that, single   )

What schools have you attended?
Currently studying in Leioa University, near Bilbao.

What degrees do you have?
none still  

What are your hobbies?
Aircraft, Aircraft sims, wargames, roleplaying games, strategic games   ...alcohol, girls, soccer (VISCA EL BARÇA!   ), girls, movies, girls, music, girls, and discoteque dancing (not for a long time,tho   got a broken leg some months ago and it hurts a lot)  

What other flight sms have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Online? falcon4. RAM. Escuadron2000.

offline...virtually HUNDREDS

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

Hehehe last week some crazy friend of me has called me Josef Priller   ...other than that, none  

Other interesting things about yourself.

Spanish hot blooded guy  
Fw190 nut    


And I still love my ex-GF   (and no, she wont read this!!!       )

[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 07-20-2000).]

[humble]

humble

hehe, just comes naturally when you get killed as much as I do  

Nomads in AH, 327th Steel Talons in AW

David Rima
42
drima@csijobs.com,hmble@327th.com
Gilbert, AZ (Phoenix)
LA, Philadelphia, PA
Headhunter (partner in search firm)
married 2 kids
Temple
None
Golf,golf and golf...
AW, hmble
My dad was gunny in corps, was one of 1st radar officers (warrent) in US (1942) then all kinds of semi spook radar stuff..lots of GIB time in various planes..was "over north pole" when I was born in 58. bout 4000 hrs all told

[This message has been edited by humble (edited 07-20-2000).]

[dbcooper]

dbcooper,airwarriors,Charles Koeller,weaslesan@msn.com Daytona Beach,Florida,Born Dayton,Ohio. retired USN 1991 after 30 yrs. Age 57. Married, no kids but I have two adults from a previous marriage who act like kids.High school and to many military courses to remember. Hobbies AH and beer,hey i earned it. Connection to WWII, hell i was born in the middle of it.Father was in Europe in the infantry ,the big red one.

[Sox]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Sox. Not realy any significance. But people like to joke at me about the it being the name of the prisadents cat...I am in denial.  

Your Aces High squad? VMF 212 Lancers.

Your name? William Bowyer

Your age? 21

Your Email? reaper@eastland.net
Where do you live? Cisco Texas

Where else have you lived? Was born in Gunnison Co. Lived in Fort Collins. Denver, Eagle Alaska, Valdez Ak, And Deleon Tx.
What do you do for a living? Well right now im a Bum, Looking to buy a Pool Hall and arcade.

What is your marital/family status? Single

What schools have you attended? What schools have I atended, and would i still be a bum?

What degrees do you have? N/A

What are your hobbies? Flight Sims, Billards.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Online just only AW3 Your call sign and squad in that sim? Callsing was Reaper wish i could of got it for AH.  AW3 sqaud names where Cyclones and Duckwing.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? Had some uncles that fought in the Battle of the bulge under Patton Thay where ground troops and thay both made it home.
Other interesting things about yourself. Nothing much realy, Realy happy that the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl. Its about time. Its sad its hard to find a date when living in a cardbourd box        " BUM " and playing video games. But one day i will be Sain, it will be.



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VMF-212  Lancers

[Mathman]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
   Mathman.  As for its significance, it has to do with my job and the fact that I couldn't think of anything else.

Your Aces High squad?
   VMFA-212 Lancers

Your name?
   William Barritt

Your age?
   26

Your Email?
   alemanymathman@mediaone.net

Where do you live?
   Los Angeles, CA

Where else have you lived?
   San Diego, CA (born and raised there)

What do you do for a living?
   High School Math Teacher (Algebra 1 and 2)

What is your marital/family status?
   Haven't walked that plank yet

What schools have you attended?
   USC (Fight On!!!)

What degrees do you have?
   B.S. (or am I full of that?) in Biology

What are your hobbies?
   Well, I have never outgrown comic books and have an extensive collection (mainly Batman), fly RC planes, build plastic models, read, baseball, BEER

What other flight sims have you been involved in?
    AH is my first online sim, though been flying them since MS Flght Sim 2.0 and Spitfire Ace (from Microprose a looooong time ago)

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
   No connection to aviation, other than loving airplanes.  As for WWII, my great-uncle was an artist correspondent for Life during the war.

Other interesting things about yourself.
   I pick out my own clothes to wear in the morning, and it shows!!!!


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"Why did I paint Mickey Mouse on my plane?  I liked Mickey Mouse."
-Adolph Galland