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Offline MrBill

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« Reply #150 on: August 30, 2000, 01:13:00 AM »
For Goat10

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« Reply #151 on: August 30, 2000, 03:43:00 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by eskimo:
Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?
Sparks - coz I work with electric string

Your Aces High squad?
13th TAS

Your name?
Bryce Malton

Your age?
39 (oh god 40's coming  (Image removed from quote.) )

your Email?
bryce.malton@concept-prototype.co.uk

Where do you live?
Peterborough UK (80 miles N of London)

Where else have you lived?
Elizabeth City NC USA and Yorkshire (various)

What do you do for a living?
Self Employed - make wiring looms for race cars and anything else interesting that I can get my hands on - if you need a wiring loom just call (plug plug)

What is your marital/family status?
Married - 1 daughter of 12 going on 22

What schools have you attended?
Standard UK education - yawn

What degrees do you have?
nada

What are your hobbies?
AH, keeping the bailiff away, refereeing wife and daughter.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
AW3 breifly - same callsign in Kraits

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
I'm an avionics installer / airframe wireman by trade. Learned to glide flying off a clifftop field in Yorkshire and did my PPL in the States. Uncle was killed in a tank in Italy at Monte Casino after going all through N Africa and Sicily.

Other interesting things about yourself.
Used to work on airships - coolest job I've ever had. Brother was captain who flew last Concorde into Heathrow after grounding.

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« Reply #152 on: August 30, 2000, 06:55:00 AM »
Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?

Naso = nose

Your Aces High squad?

4° Stormo Caccia Terrestri

Your name?

Francesco S. Cantella

Your age?

35

Where do you live?

Pozzuoli, (near Naples), Italy

Where else have you lived?

Rome, Italy

What do you do for a living?

Analyst programmer (better in the first than in the second)

What is your marital/family status?

Single, generally    
Living with a beautiful dog (Rott/german sheppard mix)

What schools have you attended?

Not enough to be a Doc in Paleontology (you know? Dinosaurs!).

What degrees do you have?

See above

What are your hobbies?

Make bored womans happy again    , drink, eat, read sci-fi, archeology, WW2 history, hystory, sociology (little), martial arts (suspended at the moment), sail, drive cars, motorbikes, take fines    

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

First this

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

PPL, no money now to fly (very expensive here), oncle's father was a scottish grunt in N.Africa and Italy, Grandfather was Fascist officer survived hiding for more than one year (after war there was a search for the fascists to kill them), father was witness of the fights freeing Naples from Germans (he was 9), BEFORE the Allies enter (he refuse to talk about, bad memories), a good friend was grunt in Wermacht (dead now  ).

Other interesting things about yourself.

I will explain only to a woman, in private.    


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« Reply #153 on: January 02, 2001, 09:52:00 AM »
Time to punt this to the top for the new comers!

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Offline Dos Equis

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« Reply #154 on: January 02, 2001, 11:30:00 AM »
I keep meaning to head down to the Springs and visit Eskimo and the Bucs. When is the next meeting?

X2

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« Reply #155 on: January 02, 2001, 04:21:00 PM »
Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Makarov9. I own a Makarov 9x18mm Russian pistol. Good lil' pistol and I liked the name.

Your Aces High squad?
129 IAP RKKA

Your name?
Mark Lagarde

Your age?
32

Your Email?
makarov@usa.com

Where do you live?
San Jose, CA (recently moved there)

Where else have you lived?
Raceland, LA; Baton Rouge, LA

What do you do for a living?
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Analyst and web/network manager.

What is your marital/family status?
Married. No kids...they don't let me claim my fat cats as dependents.

What schools have you attended?
Nicholls State University

What degrees do you have?
BS in Marine Biology. What the hell was I thinking? Good thing I'm good with computers  

What are your hobbies?
Now?
Been computer gaming since days of the Commodore 64. Building/upgrading computers. Reading. Mountain biking (love living in CA for that).

What other flight sims have you been involved in?
Your call sign and squad in that sim? Played Warbirds off and on for a couple of years. Was Makarov also in that sim.

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




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« Reply #156 on: January 02, 2001, 04:40:00 PM »

Your Aces High call sign?
Gunslayer
It's significance?
I used to be Gunslnger in the beta test of AH, In other games there was always somone called Gunslinger so i came up with a name that was close but noone else would have. I may go back to Gunslinger some day.

Your Aces High squad?

VMF-323 Death Rattlers

Your name?
John Gibson

Your age?
26

Your Email?
dirgemail@home.com

Where do you live?
Missouri

Where else have you lived?

On the road when my band was big  

What do you do for a living?

Part time musician, Full time i make circuit boards like the ones in your computer.
 
What is your marital/family status?
One Beautiful wife and within the next couple weeks a baby.

What schools have you attended?
Devry institute of Technology

What degrees do you have?
Working towards computer science

What are your hobbies?
Music, Computers, Classic cars

What other flight sims have you been involved in?
Flying Corps, EF2000

Your call sign and squad in that sim?
N/A

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
One of my grandfathers was infantry in the Phillipines. The other was in the navy in the pacific.

Other interesting things about yourself.
I play in a christian hardcore band called dirge.
  http://members.home.net/dirgeweb/


My pic
 http://members.home.net/dirgemail/johnx.JPG

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« Reply #157 on: January 02, 2001, 05:01:00 PM »
callsign: JCy19
significance: my initials (does not stand for juicy)
squad: CO of the AirWolves
name: John C Yates
age: 33
married
email: jcy19usa@netscape.net
i live in Schertz TX (suburb of SA)
intrest: hunting fishing shooting and this game
other sims:AW3  was also in the RCAF with Rob53




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« Reply #158 on: January 02, 2001, 05:08:00 PM »
Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Moose11 - Moose was my nickname in high school from playing hockey. Right defenseman  

Your Aces High squad?
Assassins

Your name?
Adam Muse

Your age?
18

Your Email?
adam@waitwait.net

Where do you live?
Falmouth, Cape Cod MA

Where else have you lived?
Nowhere

What do you do for a living?
Webmaster/Technical Support @ mdStrategy Inc.

What is your marital/family status?
Wonderful girlfriend

What schools have you attended?
Falmouth HS

What degrees do you have?
BS in BS  

What are your hobbies?
Building models, paintball, hockey

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
714th Ladders - F15, EAW, WWIIF, F18. Moose FS-257 in all of them.


Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Father was civ. pilot

Other interesting things about yourself.
Not much. Hate whiners.



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« Reply #159 on: January 02, 2001, 05:16:00 PM »
Somehow missed this one the first few times arround

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?

AKDejaVu, AKDjV (after renewing account)

Significance: DejaVu contains all of the letters from my first name (Dave)

Your Aces High squad?

Arabian Knights

Your name?

Dave Staines

Your age?

33

Your Email?

dstaines@teleport.com

Where do you live?

Portland, OR

Where else have you lived?

Biloxi, Mississippi
Mt. Home, Idaho
Denver, Colorado

What do you do for a living?

Senior research technician for a large monopolistic chip manufacturer.


What is your marital/family status?

Married (9 years), no kids

What schools have you attended?

Clackamas Community College
Portland State University
Tons o technical courses with USAF

What degrees do you have?

Made too much money prior to completing my EE.. never finished

What are your hobbies?

Computers, Computer Games, NT, Sports of any kind (more observer these days), housework, my vintage blazers

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

Warbirds: Thun (Various squads including Black Sheep
Flying Circus: AKDejaVu (many ids at start.. stopped when I found this one)

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

Both of my Grandfathers survived it.  One was infantry in Japan.. the other was artillery in Europe.

One was killed by alcohol 10 years ago.. other is doing well at 78.

Other interesting things about yourself.

Used to maintain "Dave's Games Under NT 4.0" web site.  Actually got a writeup in PC Gamer back in 97.

AKDejaVu

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« Reply #160 on: January 02, 2001, 05:26:00 PM »
Your Aces High call sign?
  BigBen
It's significance?
  None.  
Your Aces High squad?
  The MOL
Your name?
  Steve Wisniewski
Your age?
  25
Your Email?
  I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you  
Where do you live?
  Rochester, NY
Where else have you lived?
  Stamford CT, Gulfport MS, Yorktown Heights NY, Stonybrook NY, Cornwall NY, Ithaca NY, Philadelphia PA.
What do you do for a living?
  Marketing (Product Manager, Telecom industry)... to pay for flying lessons  
What is your marital/family status?
  Single but ALMOST engaged to a wonderful woman named Judy
What schools have you attended?
  Cornell University
What degrees do you have?
  B.S. (the name says it all)
What are your hobbies?
  Flying! (real life PP, working on instrument & commercial right now)
What other flight sims have you been involved in?
  Mostly GA sims
Your call sign and squad in that sim?
  N/A



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« Reply #161 on: January 02, 2001, 05:33:00 PM »
Your Aces High call sign?  It's significance?
SwampRat = Evolved From my invovment in AW as a member of the =GroveRats=.  Someone already had my long time AW id as Tumor
Your Aces High squad?
Non yet but looking.
Your name?
Michael Brotherton
Your age?
34
Your Email?
mikkall@home.com
Where do you live?
Bellevue NE
Where else have you lived?
KS,AR,OK,MO,MT,AZ, England, Korea
What do you do for a living?
USAF Weaponeer
What is your marital/family status?
Only 1 wife, 3 boys 7,10,16
What schools have you attended?
NEOA&M,NACC, Many in the DoD
What degrees do you have?
Workin on it
What are your hobbies?
This of course, and workin on puters
What other flight sims have you been involved in?
AW(Tumor)/WB(Havvok)/FlyingCircus(?)/all them others too
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Well, Cruise Missiles in the USAF if that counts haha.  Non with WWII, Due to circumstances our family had a gap between WWI and Korea.
Other interesting things about yourself.ME? lol  


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« Reply #162 on: January 02, 2001, 05:41:00 PM »
Dos Equis,
Our next sqaud night is this Thursday,
but I don't think we are meeting.
Will try to let you know when we meet next.

(Here is our web site):
 http://home.att.net/~the_buccaneers/

Gunslayer,
WTG on the baby.
You are in for the best ride of your life!

eskimo

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« Reply #163 on: January 02, 2001, 05:43:00 PM »
 Callsigh: Wobble (no signigance at all)
SQUAD: no squad
Name: Jason
Age: 20
E-Mail: jinx_311@hotmail.com
Live: Victoria Texas
Occupation: Own Computer Systems Services
Maratal status: single with GF for 3 years (married   )
Education:Attended local HS and then got Degree (s) localy as well at Cisco
Degrees: Cisco Certified Networking Degre, A+ dgeree, Applied communications technologies
Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting, Rock climbing
other games: I like RogueSpear nothing else is better between AH and RS
Avaition background: I Own a 2/3 replica p-51
other bizzare toejam: I own a ferrit that has more control over my life than my GF  

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« Reply #164 on: January 02, 2001, 05:44:00 PM »
Your Aces High call sign?
Dux.
It's significance?
Started as Killer Ducks in the early 80's, shortened to DUX when arcade videogames of the time only took 3 letters for the high scores list. Friends of mine still use the name in other non-flightsim games online, so you may see it around if you play other games (but who would want to?)
Your Aces High squad?
Rogue Squadron.
Your name?
Chester Beals.
Your age?
35.
Your Email?
cwbeals@sprynet.com
Where do you live?
Hudson, MA, USA.
Where else have you lived?
Various central-Massachusetts towns.
What do you do for a living?
Computer Illustrator/Artist/Animator for a DoD Laboratory affiliated with MIT.
What is your marital/family status?
Single, no children (but honorary uncle to many), 2 cats.
What are your hobbies?
Aviation, computer gaming, art (traditional and computer), music (play keyboards), movies
What other flight sims have you been involved in?
Many, many out-of-box sims, but AH is first online experience, and that only since last fall. I really enjoy helicopter sims because...
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
I hold private pilot ratings in Rotorcraft and Single-Engine Land airplanes.
Other interesting things about yourself.
I did skydiving briefly just before getting rated as pilot, put my money into that intead... intend to get back into jumping someday.
About 10 years ago I flew wingman/Best Man in a formation helicopter wedding that my uncle had... he and his bride and the JP were in the middle ship, with 2 helis winging him. Lotsa fun, it was on CNN at the time.  

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