Guess it’s time I do this too.
Your Aces High call sign?
Ozark
It's significance?
Grew up in the Ozarks in Southern Missouri
"Hillbilly at Heart"
Your Aces High squad?
332nd Flying Mongrels
Your name?
Don Elliott
Your age?
43
Your Email?
don@kccreek.com Where do you live?
Ashland, Missouri
(dead-end road in the sticks)
Where else have you lived?
Florida (College)
What do you do for a living?
Airport Public Safety Officer (20 years)
(Airport Fire Rescue/Police/Medic and Operations…small airport..we do it all)
(Part-time) ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) Instructor at the University of Missouri (16 years)
Small aviation safety consulting company (help small airport in the mid-west with FAA safety standards)
what is your marital/family status?
Had the same girlfriend for roughly 13 years
(we might make wedding plans in the next 7 years)
What schools have you attended?
Florida Institute of Technology
University of Missouri
What degrees do you have?
Aviation Technology
What are your hobbies?
Cooking BBQ over a Hickory Pit
Ham Radio – kb0ofo
Homebrew Beer
http://www.arff.infoFlying (soloed on my 16th birthday and flunked the state drivers test that afternoon)
Volunteer work - Salvation Army, Red Cross, United Way and Meals on Wheels (when roads are snow covered)
Volunteer Fire Department
Reserve Police Officer
What other flight sims have you been involved in?
Air Warrior - offline years ago
Fighter Ace - for a few months when I bought a joystick.
Warbirds - for 2 years
Aces High - first day of Beta
Your call sign and squad in that sim?
“Mo-arff” for a few months in Fighter Ace and Warbirds
Only squad I was ever a part of is the 332nd Flying Mongrels
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Member of the Salute to Veterans Airshow planning staff at Columbia, MO for 14 years.
Other interesting things about yourself
I enjoy bird watching and building birdhouses