Any old Air Warriors out there?????

[MIShill]

Many of the AW SHillalagh squad CZ "Shills", the ORIGINAL "Keepers of the Sheep" are here. -GF-, -IG-, -DK-, -MO-,-CL-, -DO-,-MI-,-MZ-,-NM-,-SK-,etc. Most started AW before or just after the move to AOL. I have 'winged" on & off with this crew for more than 10 years. Amazing to have friends with a shared interest, few of whom you may have met, for such a long time. Sadly, some have died during that time, and are missed.

MI (-MI- Shillalagh)

[Brooke]

Originally posted by Buff1
All I have to say to you Strider is 'Longbow' and 'Operation Cartwheel I and II'. I mean need anyone say more... ?

Buff1, if you are interested, I have pictorials done for all of Longbow from my (Luftwaffe) persepective here:

http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/longbow/longbow.html

[Mayhem]

Originally posted by Paintbrush

BTW, while looking through my AW stuff I ran across this pic. I don't remember where or how I got it but some of probably remember these guys. I remember LPN. She was tough but a lot of fun.

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That was Awcon98 in San Fran.


Doug

[FBRaptor]

This is pretty cool.

My online flight sim addiction started around 1996-97 in Air Warrior.

callsign - 2256$
handle - Raptor$

I joined the Freebird$ a few months after finding the game while I was out of work following surgery for 6 weeks. We used to love classic squad P-51 Mustang raids!!!!

I remember when AWMV came out it was like the coolest thing of the time.

My bomber co-pilot never would talk to me though. I think maybe he wasn't a real person

The Freebirds wondered through several different sims after AWMV death and finaly came to rest after a few month stint in Warbirds here in Aces High.

>S< all old AW guys.

[Fencer51]

Well, is it possible that I have lost my edge?  Could it be?  The answer is YES.  I am a flying deadman.

Flew yesterday afternoon a little bit as a bishop.  Tried to change but could not do it.  Didnt see anyone I knew up so figured would try it out.  Was not impressed with the group I was flying with so I logged to read more.  Could not figure out how to change countrys.  Strange that a program that is so mouse intensive has that as a typed command.  

Anyway, I finally read enough to find it.  So I join the Rooks on Shaky's advice.  Flew a bit more after some WoW time.  They seemed like a good group.  Got a ton of "Fencer check 6" "Fencer Yak on you"  "Fencer got a few friends there?"

You get the idea.  This is NOT AW CIRCA 1991-1994.  Boy Howdy!

Now, I can fly.  I still have that down.  Heck I even got so I can take off without crashing.  (Don't have rudder pedals anymore so I had to learn how to use a button on the Throttle)  My gunnery seems as good as it ever was.  I mean I can lead a target and get hits.  Now getting BEHIND A TARGET.  Now that is a problem!

I flew mainly to the NW of A22.  What ever set of bad guys that is I don't remember.  They were purple.  My guys were Red (Hey after so many years it seemed a good idea to make the friendlies the same color as Bz of old!  Still have those reactions built in)

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate HiTech and his team on a wonderful sim.  The advertisements on the Mil Channel don't do it justice.

Anyway, here I am in my.. yes my Mustang.  BTW, why don't we have any 4th FG Mustang Skins?  WTH?  People still hate us that much?  I mean really!! I would even take a nice 357th or 352nd P-51D!  The P-51Bs are almost as bad but at least CE Anderson's B is in there.  Alas a few less than there were before I got on.

So.. anyway.. Here I am fat dumb and happy, cruising around, figuring out how to save views with F10.  Just enjoying myself.  Climbed up to 18 to 20k. (Old Habits die hard)  And cruising around admiring the commuication on the voice channel.  Somebody somewhere was with a bunch of friends in tanks.

Cruised over to "bandit territory" and saw a lone "Rook"(B) with a couple baddies on his 6.  Decided to assist.  I mean, serve as bait so he can run.  Well either he died horribly or he did run because it got real sporty.  (BTW, why dont you see when people die?  Is it because there are so many people on?)  Here I am in my Stang, doing the "Look at the dweeb" routine.  And I gots it all under control.  I am Using the Vertical and making a few runs.  Heck I even got close enough to shoot once!  Next thing I know I get a message to check six and lo and behold there are TWO LAVs 600 yds back.  Didn't even know they were in range, hadnt seem them.  Now on AW I always divided the range in the rear view in half due to lag.  (Is that true here?)  Anyway these two proceed to enlighten me to the airworthiness of a Mustang without one wing.

Repeat about 6 times...  I did actually hit a FW and a Spit once!  I had that FW bastage to rights and blew by him at 400knots. (sigh)

Did get 1 asssist on a Typhoon that was running from another B (er Rook) on the deck from a Furball.  I had about 5k and was able to overtake and knock him down.  Then I got pilot damage and while trying to land passed out and augered in.  One other time I had to dead stick in while wounded.  Lost all my oil.  Put that puppy in purfectly to land and PASSED OUT. Sigh... I did manage to pile it in on the runway, but that bird is going to need some sheetmetal work and a new set of main gear!

See you all up sometime.

Cheers!

Fencer

[Grits]

I'll keep an eye out for you Fencer, what is your handle in-game?

[Flossy]

Originally posted by Fencer51
Strange that a program that is so mouse intensive has that as a typed command.

Like many commands, the typed dot command is just one way.  There is also a mouse-click method.  Click on the Officers Club on the clipboard and you will find the option to change country there.  

[Grits]

He's in B-land (er Rooks) he wont need the country change command again.

[Fencer51]

My handle is Fencer51.  Seems Fencer was already taken...

[Don]

>>heh. musta ben on drugs if you think CZ ruled anything.<<

LOL! Nope I wuz Bz, and agree with you about the "true threat"; it sure was fun keelin' Az

[Don]

>>AW handle: Brook
GEnie AW player id: 5965

Excellent! Even though this topic isn't all that new, I just found it.<<

Brooke:
Greetings! I recall flying with you/for you in one of the last AW scenarios, I had a blast. We were racetracking back and forth in our FW's looking for the inevitable intercept of Allied Buffs. Knowing we were also the hunted by their 38's. It was a blast, including the frustration of having to land, re-up once or twice before ever seeing any action. Hehe, when we did though, it was fast, furious and extremely intense. I think the scenario was BOB although I am not sure. I think Kid was with us also.
I didn't know you were back and flying in AH; I am glad that you are.  

[HB555]

I was Bz always, and the handle was HdBgl for the longest time, until the 555th F/BS went to 2 letters follewed by 555. Upon being promoted to Squad XO, I was bribed and threatened into changing my handle to HB555.
Sometime after the demise of Air Warrior, and after an unhappy TOD in wwiionline, I got an email from and old squadmate who invited me to Aces High. He said he kept his AW handle, so after figuring out how to get into the game I signed in with my old AW handle as well, and joined the -=1st=- N.A.S.T.Y.
Currently flying in my squad is the former AW SX555 (now SOLARMAX), MX555, TS555 (now Smoke555), ZJ555 (now Jazbo), TX555, and the AW handle I don't recall, but the now known as is Lowdn.
Snoopy Bell
HB555
-=1st=- N.A.S.T.Y. CO, Knights

[RTR]

WOW.
Blast from the past.

Started in AW in 99 and rode it out to the end. To this day I never have anything to do with EA. Them bastages broke alot of hearts.

Flew as AZ with 1CAC in RR and 441 in FR. (ASW was CO of both, and is still related to me, but only by birth hehe)

CPID was rtrhd untill I finally just shortening it to RTR in the last 6 months of AW.

Man, I was such a target then (still am now lol). eh? , /IT\ , and just about every other CPID I recognize here used to hand me my butt regularly.

I remember everytime I saw a dora, I would go tearing off after it hoping it was SOD.  LOL That guy used to give me nightmares. To this day I still have a complex about dora's. .

I sure miss BigPac.

AW was the most fun you could have with yer clothes on!

Cheers, and thanks for the memories.

RTR

[Brooke]

Originally posted by Don
>>AW handle: Brook
GEnie AW player id: 5965

Excellent! Even though this topic isn't all that new, I just found it.<<

Brooke:
Greetings! I recall flying with you/for you in one of the last AW scenarios, I had a blast. We were racetracking back and forth in our FW's looking for the inevitable intercept of Allied Buffs. Knowing we were also the hunted by their 38's. It was a blast, including the frustration of having to land, re-up once or twice before ever seeing any action. Hehe, when we did though, it was fast, furious and extremely intense. I think the scenario was BOB although I am not sure. I think Kid was with us also.
I didn't know you were back and flying in AH; I am glad that you are.  

Strider!  Hello!  Yes, indeed -- we flew for the Luftwaffe in Longbow, an awesome and enormous scenario that ran starting in March, 1999.  You were the Group Leader of II/JG3, and I was GL of I/JG3.  Man, that was a blast.  I've got my writeups and pictorials on it, and here is one frame that I know you were in because you show up in one of my screen shots (landing at the end of mission 1):

http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/longbow/part1frame4_pictorial.html

Strider, great to see you in Aces High!

[Shaky]

Originally posted by Fencer51
Well, is it possible that I have lost my edge?  Could it be?  The answer is YES.  I am a flying deadman.

Fencer

Take heart Fence.

I got a couple of assist's my forst day or so, wasn't until my 3rd day I got my first fighter kill here. I'm working on multi kill sorties now, and with my gunnnery, that aint easy .
 Thing is, I can  deny shots to the bad guy just fine, I just have major problems taking advantage of it just yet.

I noticed the same thing you did about rooks, thats how I ended up on em...they seem the most like the Bz of old. As far as I'm concerned, since the rest are green, they're Cz!:lol

Give me a shout if ya see me up, we'll give em 2 "deadmen flying" to keep em occupied.