Free HOTAS to give away

[Mister Fork]

I know this should be in the hw/sw forum, but I'd like to give this away to someone who needs it.  I have a CH HOTAS (gameport) setup to give away. All you have to do is pay for the shipping.

It's a:
CH ForceFX
CH Pedals
CH Pro Throttle

All for the fantastic price of $0. Email me at mister_fork@flyaceshigh.com and it's all yours.  BTW - I'm in Calgary, Alberta.

To get it, you must answer the following question
- Where was the pilot from that was involved in the downing of the Red Baron?

[AWkrull]

um ....Canada I thought everone knew that


gimme

[Eagler]

Originally posted by Mister Fork
To get it, you must answer the following question
- Where was the pilot from that was involved in the downing of the Red Baron?

CB's backyard of course!!

[Krusty]

I thought an Aussie shot down the Baron??

[Bingo]

actually it is unknown.....may have been a Canadian Pilot(A. Roy Brown  Captain),,,,or  two Austrailians (Robert Buie Gunner//CB Popkin Gunner Sgt)  or may have been a unknown  firing an Enfield rifle with a "lucky " shot.

Bingo

[TheManx]

Was two Canadian pilots. May and Brown. Brown was the shooter on the grassy knoll.

Plus, I'm a Calgarian too

[SKJohn]

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To get it, you must answer the following question
- Where was the pilot from that was involved in the downing of the Red Baron? [/B]

Answer : No pilot was actually involved in the downing of the Red Baron - one was used as bait to lure him down into the range of Australian ground gunners.  A certain myth that I saw on the History Channel says something about some Canadian pilot MAY have fired a few shots in his directions. . .

[Mister Fork]

SKJohn - you're right, but I was looking for the pilot involved, not who shot down.

TheManx got it dead on actually - two canuck pilots.

From PBS's NOVA special on the German Ace:

Hermann von Richthofen, grand-nephew of the Baron and former German ambassador to NATO, reminisces about his great uncle's rise from mounted cavalry officer to master of a completely new style of warfare that pitted fast, maneuverable flying machines against each other in deadly duels in the sky. Denny May, son of novice Canadian pilot Lt. Wilfrid "Wop" May, describes his father's close brush with death when on his first combat patrol he found himself hunted by the Red Baron—a contest the lieutenant should have ignominiously lost.

Instead, it was the Baron's day to lose. As May fled at low altitude over the battlefield of northern France, with the Baron and his guns closing in, May's squadron leader Capt. Roy Brown made a quick pass at the German fighter from above and behind. A minute or two later, the Baron's aircraft pulled up and then plunged to the ground. Though he managed a rough landing, Richthofen was soon dead.

"My dad was convinced to his dying day that Roy Brown was the person that shot down the Red Baron," contends the younger May. Also convinced were British authorities, who awarded Brown official credit for the downing. But was he really the Baron's victor?

Seeing how TheManx lives in my city, and can pick it up, I'll give it to him. Email me MANX. mister_fork@hitechcreations.com.

Thanks to everyone else who asked.  I'll probably find more gear around later on to give away.

[SkyChimp]

What about me? was i dead wrong?  Anyways i sent an email.


But i do understand since he lives so close and less problems.

I was a little off topic because nobody really knows who got him.

"*Captain Roy Brown* Nobody can really tell because of the attack so.. Everybody got a piece ;p
 
He's from Canada. Another Canadian helped his name was Wilford May. He was also young!
One of the gunners also helped his name was Robert Buie. Robert was from Brooklyn."

Grats

[Ack-Ack]

If you quit, why do you need a HOTAS setup?  

Whoever forgot to change the locks after you quit should be fired.



ack-ack

[SkyChimp]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
If you quit, why do you need a HOTAS setup?  

Whoever forgot to change the locks after you quit should be fired.



ack-ack

Really i play other games with joysticks you know..

[kevykev56]

I Shot him down, and I have proof!!!!

[eilif]

ah a good game that was.

[AWkrull]

Originally posted by Mister Fork
SKJohn - you're right, but I was looking for the pilot involved, not who shot down.

TheManx got it dead on actually - two canuck pilots.

From PBS's NOVA special on the German Ace:Seeing how TheManx lives in my city, and can pick it up, I'll give it to him. Email me MANX. mister_fork@hitechcreations.com.

Thanks to everyone else who asked.  I'll probably find more gear around later on to give away.

Uh I thought the question that you asked was where was the pilot from that shot down the red baron?

[AWkrull]

Originally posted by TheManx
Was two Canadian pilots. May and Brown. Brown was the shooter on the grassy knoll.

Plus, I'm a Calgarian too

Oh I guess the local gets the prize. You should have said that to begin with. I wouldnt have posted had I known:huh