Started as 'Deader' as part of the Aggressor squadron Oct 89 AWDOS on my killer Amiga 500.
.. I was one of the few in the squadron who actually knew how an airplane worked.
We were such dweebs -LOL- .. Mullah used to get mad at us because we did such silly stuff .. ruint the reputation of C-land for sure! DoK immortalized us on the GEnie bbs ..out of the 90 some odd people in the squadron very few actually stayed in the game.. the heat was on if you said anything about being an Aggressor
Vossman was one. (Jay Thompson, great guy, drank a lot when he flew, fun to shoot down, one of the few who stood the test of time, not that lyin sack who called himself 'Voss')
G-man talked me into the skies of AW, initially Damned,
..then invited to the Warthogs .. ever fly for a Colonel wannabe?
Ya ..Fencedweeb can police *this* up.
I remember HT and Heater takin high cons, me takin low, the 3 of us in stangs, over N:11 ..yea tho we flew into the Valley of Death ..we feared no evil .. because we *were* the owners of that valley.. we all ran low on ammo and fuel and landed a buncha kills.. there were 11 or so cons there when we arrived, and none when we left, altho A-land and C-land tried to drive us out.
I got booted out of the Warthogs by Fencedweeb, then grabbed by the FUBAR out of C-land.
Changed my handle to Grayeagle, I hunted b-land, specifically Warthogs, and a fencedweeb kill was golden.. screwing up one of their squad nights was a close 2nd. I would dive through a cloud of A-landers to gun down the lone B in a furball. It was my mission in AW.
There was *nothin* like followin Volstag in pure craziness air-to-air
'Frog Auger on 4!! .. 3.. 2.. 1 ..GO!'
Listenin to the Hoppy and Pho show
(they actually owned a P-38 ..Hoppy was disgusted with it, every time he flew it he managed to have to make a one engine landing.. AW didnt cost you anything if you bent the bird up!)
Or hookin up with Mullah on the deck, both of us in 190's, and just owning an A-land base till we were both outta ammo, fuel, and airplane.
I miss Krazy Kat, The Lady Jenna, the Fubar newsletter, Snail in the early days before he went completely off the deep end.. and JJ, the class act of FUBAR, winner of the 'Golden Sheep' award on many occasions.
The FUBAR were a blast to fly with.
Rapier, Stiletto, Hard Rock, ..so many tough fights, pegged my fun meter many times.
Then .. Blue Baron called me .. told me Kesmai wanted me as Lead Artist and 'when can you come out' .. LOL .. 'well, tomorrow wont work, howbout Friday (the day after tomorrow)' .. I think its the only time he was ever taken aback if just for a moment
I was 2 weeks away from my final exam for a CAD Engineering degree
I could go on for a long time .. suffice to say I think I qualify as an 'old timer' .. I will probably have to start up my 3rd acct here soon.
Had to cancel out a coupla times due to RL .. but now, as a Nurse, I dont see any layoffs, job market is thru the roof, ..and I just turned down workin doubles on Sunday for 44/hr because frankly .. I'd rather have the days off.
-Frank P. 'Grayeagle' Williamson
1326 AWDos
668 AWDos KesCo acct
AH from the demise of AW
(Herr Goebbels could learn from EA's propaganda machine)
