Any old Air Warriors out there?????

[Cuber]

I reconize some of you but I guess the old fartness has set in.
Hi gang ..nice to see some people in AH2 with some cooth.
(Ken Jr Not Here is He???)

I guess I'm gonna try AH2 in a little while....As soon as I get all the
CH stuff all set up.
Maybe just for old times sake I'll let you kill my dead As***.

Cuber

As usual I screwed the post up......anyway.
KdF replied. Was nice to see he's still around.


Cuber

[Brooke]

Welcome, recently arrived AW vets.  I think you'll fine Aces High to be a great fit.  Also, as you can see, there are lots and lots of old AW folks here.

[Lye-El]

Originally posted by GunRunner
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For those who remember, lift a glass to "Scavenger" (Terry Naughton) who probably set the standard of character by which others are measured.

Dan'l

Salute Scav.

Gone but remembered by many.

[awrabbit]

Started on AOL Mac Air Warrior i think in 97

Was * R * Questionable Squadron Mac Air Warrior.
Was  in the Smoking Wrecks ---- War Birds
Was In the Damned When I Came To AH DmdRabbit
Was In THe 412th In AH------ cant remember my handle in this one
left AH in 2001 Real Life got in the way hadda to go on extended leave.

Flew Mac AW
Air Warrior PC
Flew Warbirds
And Flew AH

Heard  That AH needed some old vets to come help with day to day battles
 there i was relaxing in my den and i noticed my  old AW thong hangin on the wall (well still sticking  to the wall )  so, i decided scrape it off the wall and try it on .  it still kinda fit  !! and the weird smell of beer unwashed BZ Sheep and cordite made me flash back to the days of my virtual youth.

i dusted off my old flight gear and downloaded AH once again .  the stuff was worn from the years of combat.  the computer was a little slower and the frame rates were down to a slide show.  but, i manage to get up and  fly a few sorties here and there. (mostly trying to relearn to fly and land )

Whadoyaknow hooked again !!!! just orderd new computer and flight gear.
should be here in the next few days.  i have been mostly off line praticing the all important things like take offs, landings, basic gunnery, and the all important octoflugoron manuvers.

I should be back up to speed shortly  by  getting clubbed like a baby sheep many times.  after i take my beatings  and augering many 51's i will be back in form and ready to club back a little.  so enjoy killing  me at will for the time being after i get my 1000 deaths in  ya better look out

i look forward to flying once again with all of you.

Great to see Mags Back as well my first trainer /0 sir !

and.... /0 Scav will always be remembered !!!
 as well as my friend Dammed Buzzard /0

Regards

Rabbit

[detch01]

Been watching this thread for awhile and amazed to see the number of recognizable names I find in it .
Start AWII in June of 97 using Compuserve. Canned that after my second $400+ bill and went to gamestorm as soon as I found it (Dart recommended it to me IIRC). Got rescued by Dart and Cold of the Black Roses on my first day in the game and taught the basics. Formed 1CAC in the fall of 97 and ran with that in one form or another in ETOII, BigPacRR, BigPacFR, and the AvA RR. Flew with the Damned for a few months getting my feet wet in FR (got the invite from TIG - CO of the unit was Biker if memory serves - it was a blast and I was totally outclassed ). Flew with Kaisr's squad for awhile. I stayed in AW to the bitter end at EA and migrated to AH when the curtain went down. I've been playing this kind of game 9 years now and I've got to say I've met and befriended some great people from all walks of life and almost all corners of the earth. I am still amazed by that and I am still meeting great people.



Cheers,
asw

[Brooke]

Originally posted by awrabbit

Whadoyaknow hooked again !!!! just orderd new computer and flight gear.
should be here in the next few days.  i have been mostly off line praticing the all important things like take offs, landings, basic gunnery, and the all important octoflugoron manuvers.  

Rabbit, great to hear that!

Also, when you master the octoflugoron maneuvers, you should keep them to yourself for a while.  The new generation of Aces High pilots don't know those yet.  We can let them in on it after a while, once all the old Air Warriors have their fun.

[Magellan]

Originally posted by awrabbit
...Great to see Mags Back as well my first trainer /0 sir !...

Rabbit

Right back at ya, Rabbit. Look forward to flying with you again.

Magellan
awmags

[Kya]

cc Mags. I'm looking for your name whenever I'm up.  Been jumping around, flying for the different countries lately, though most of the old crowd fly Knights.

Hopefully see you guys soon, either off my wing or in my gunsites.

[awrabbit]

hey mags any of the old 's been around ?

How are you finding the Flight model ? i really like  most every thing i have tried.

I still love the 51 but, i have moved to the 51B i would like to find a place in my heart for one of those tater(cannon) spitting rides  but i just cant get away from the pony


I heard colombo has been flying warbirds.
have not heard much from Bull or Foggy.
i would love to see that old gang back together again  kicking my butt

I will be flying as a Knight till i get sorted then who knows . i have entertained  the thought of putting the back together if my old XO Quick would not mind Or even the Foreign Legion that would be cool to be back in that kind of loose fun type squadron.

It is very cool just flying alone but having a bunch of wingies up at any given time would Rock

[wlvrn]

wlvrn of the 33rd and the AW Message Boards checking in!

[Dos Equis]

I remember Grey Eagle, the patron saint of Air Warrior and his P51.

John 'killer' McQueen and gary 'not the dead one' cooper aka Moggy. Is that right?

I flew with Hardcase (I think he was the CO, boy thats a long time ago) and Tombstone in the Angels of Destruction (AoD). That was GEnie days, although I did try CompuServe for awhile.

I remember being taunted by Pyro online. I remember Capn' Trips and his weird tricks. Those went on past AW as Trips was a flying pig for awhile, and he and eagl would do weird things. I think they landed a one winged Zeke and put the remaining wing into the smokestack of the ship in Warbirds, in the ICI days.

For awhile, Tombstone and Twist flew together.

GEnie and the scene became financial luxury, and I came back in 95 with Confirmed Kill. Yay telnet ASCII position updates! Sockets, we don't need no stinkin sockets. AW continued on through AW3 and AOL.

CK had a different cast of characters. Off topic.

I remember that it was DeadDuck who was the A26 driver of note. The quack on open channel and the crazy hunts that would occur to catch him.

When WB was orphaned/bought, I switched over to Vossman's Tactical Aero Squadron. You got a real P-51D with your account there. And those graphics.... wow.

And then there was comp.sys.ibm.games.flight-sims. Oh boy.

[Magellan]

Originally posted by awrabbit
hey mags any of the old 's been around ?

I've heard Fogy was flying here, but don't see him on the roster. May have been a trial and he's moved on.

I believe Col is stil Mac only and so he's stuck flyin WB till he wakes up and buys a PC.

As far as the rest of my squad goes, they've moved on to other things. I'm going to see if I can't cajole a few to start flying again.

[/QUOTE][/B]How are you finding the Flight model ? i really like  most every thing i have tried. [/B][/QUOTE]

All in all, ok. A nice balance of realism and adjuncts to assist game play.

Magellan
awmags

[ACShill]

Ahh, yes the old days of hundred dollar bills for playing AW. Still, my favorite game ever played.

I was 2702 from Delphi, 6955 (i think.. 69xx for pretty sure) on CRIS. Handle was "Agile Cat" which was given to me after duelling with i THINK DeadDuck. I flew an F6F, hence the Cat, and was apparently slippery, thus Agile.  Since then I've just shortened it to AC.

Was in The Rat Patrol, a casual Az squad, for a long time. Then switched to Cz and fooled around starting this little group with Wanderin Celt. We called it Irish Club Shillelagh. I soon left to join a squad with Bodhi and then left AW altogether.

Several years later I picked up AW3 in Electronics Boutique and gave it a try. Ran into Hornet who told me that little group I was in in AWDos was still alive and very much kickin'. Though not as active in flight sims anymore, Shillelagh celebrates its 9th or 10th year of shearing sheep and drinking beer this year.

[JAG 18]

Flew with the Jags and  RattlesDen  bomber group,  I see that Filth and rpm are still around.   guys its been awhile

[kesh9500]

Hello All,

I recognize a few names  (probably because they shot me down while I was in a bad mood and looking to take it out on someone!)

I started AW in late 94 and remember getting $400 bills every month until they started that 10 month plan.  I played it non-stop for 2 years and then on and off for about another 2.  I still think its the best game I have ever played.  After I quit I kept myself busy with other MM games thats didnt require me to keep up my skills.

I play AH once in a while (once every year or two) but I never had much time to get back into it because of night school.  

I flew C land for the entire time in AW.  I started out in the Sky Knights and was in a few other squads over the years.  I flew a lot of RR for the first 2 years and then one day it seemed everyone was in FR so that took a little adjustment but it made the game even that much better.  Since I am finally done with school I hope to get back into some flying.  Still have the same Old sidewinder joy thats been collecting dust for 8 years or so!



Kesh