How many here are "long-timers".

[Hack9]

Started FS'ing around 1991-92 when I got into DOS Aces of Pacific, AOEurope, Red Baron...(256 Colors! Woohoo!). Anybody remember the very gamey Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe??  Played that too and had just about every expansion pack for that.

Got into Air Warrior 2 in the mid-90's and as my first attempt at online multiplayer flight sim/game. Stayed on a couple years maybe but was never really hardcore.
 
Joined up with AH in July 2003 and quietly been here ever since.  The first month I played with keyboard and touchpad on my laptop before I finally sprung for a joystick. My old thrustmaster had long since been dead.  Never any doubt in my mind that I'd continue after the 2 week free trial though...I was hooked the first day in.  I come and go now, so I'm not online a lot, but I do fly offline quite a bit still.  Love it, game or sim, whatever.

Hack9

[HomeBoy]

Originally posted by Hack9
...Anybody remember the very gamey Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe?? ...

Ah yes, SWOTL.   I loved that game!  That one stayed on my computer longer than any of the boxed games.  I remember trying to reproduce the bombing mission from the movie "Memphis Belle" in SWOTL.  I agree, gamey, but I absolutely loved that game.  What was that, 1993 or something like that?

[Elitesrule]

Thanks BaldEagle!

[Angus]

Started my first flight sim in 1982, - psion flight simulater on a Sinclair ZX81.
I later modded it to be a blind-flying bombing simulator.
First time H2H was in 1984, 2xSinclair Spectrums and a programme called Delta Wing. Hacked into it to work with a microdrive to load, so you could start the game on both computers in just 13 seconds. Modem was calld RS232.
First time online properly was MS-CFS Warbirds, then Airwarrior, then Dawn of Aces, then AH. That was in 2000.
Tried some other stuff later, noteably Il-2, but got stuck with AH. The best

[tatertot]

I HAVE NO IDEA THE EXACT DATE THINK 01 SOMETIME

[The Fugitive]

Originally posted by tatertot
I HAVE NO IDEA THE EXACT DATE THINK 01 SOMETIME

less drinking might clear up that haze    

[Brooke]

Ok, I just realized there were 13 pages of posts...so I went back and checked out all the posters. These are the ones I remember. Brooke (loved your chats! we actually chatted on the phone for an hour once about ACM's and the best books & I still have Robert Shaws book)

Howdy!  I haven't kept up with this topic for a while, so I don't know if you are still reading this, but I hope you are around and tried out the game.  Aces High is great fun, and there are lots and lots of former AW folks here as you found.  I think you'd love it.  It does take a while to get your gunnery skills back up and going from the AW days.  You'll get your ACM back pretty quick -- it's just the aiming that takes longer.

[SD67]

ZOMG ZOMBIE!!!!!

[Horn]

Started around March 1988 in Air Warrior til it died. Here ever since though inactive at the moment. Here are some old scores:

Teams as of 13:07EST  03/03/88
  Score   Team    Name
 1063520  5940 The Bastard Squad
  876908  6437 Flying Circus
  319891  5592 SPIT'n'FIRE!
   66915   765 Squadron 765
   51970  1774 The MOD SQUAD
   42822  5327 Squadron 5327
   27622  4220 Cutters 4220
   23917  4433 Spanky's Raiders
    9546   373 Black Sheep
    8938  1188 Squad 1!
    4458   933 Birds of Prey
    2503  4586 Squadron 4586
    1408  3750 Flak Bait
     850  3276 Squadron 3276
     846  5738 Top Gunners
      43  4823 Squadron 4823
       6  4726 Squadron 4726
       5  4624 Squadron 4624
       5   683 Squadron 683
Aces as of 13:04EST  03/03/88
Rank   Kills  Country  Ship    Handle
   1       20    A      523 RamBone
   2       18    A     4064 Airmigan
   3       18    C     3741 Cap'n Trips
   4       18    C     1176 NICK BIGROD
   5       17    B     6437 Group Captain Biggles FC
   6       16    A     4803 Pan
   7       15    B     5717 ShoeString FC
   8       15    A      715 715
   9       12    B     3584 Wolf
  10       11    C     4967 Nester
  11       10    B     6918 Baron Von
  12       10    B     6443 -Pax-
  13       10    C     6000 The Major
  14       10    C     4692 =MAX=
  15       10    A     4495 LongHorn
  16       10    C     4278 TEBear
  17       10    A     2111 BUDMAN
  18       10    B     1442 Lt. Zeque FC
  19        9    B     3881 Spahzz
  20        9    B     3799 TANGO CIRCUS
  21        9    C     2515 Y-Death
  22        8    C     6730 Reginald
  23        8    C     5940 Doktor Gonzo
  24        8    A     5568 spook
  25        8    C     5184 Veg-O-Matic
  26        8    B     4068 Lt. ROOKIE
  27        8    C     2169 SSR
  28        8    A       70 JWJr
  29        7    A     5875 Falcon
  30        7    C     5186 Flush Garden
  31        7    A     4855 PLASMA
  32        7    B     3619 Uno
  33        7    A     3400 Quagmire
  34        7    C     1817 Flying "V"
  35        6    B     6737 Maj. Rookie FC
  36        6    B     6335 Skipper
  37        6    A     4686 Boomslang
  38        6    A     3914 RENEGADE
  39        6    B      292 Ridge Runner FC
  40        6    C        4 Glideslope
  41        5    A     5904 Texas
  42        5    A     5327 Tex
  43        5    B     5151 skymaster FC
  44        5    B     3046 Lord Kalvan
  45        5    B     2820 Random
  46        5    A     2133 Eddie
  47        5    A      765 DB
  48        4    A     6986 Laz
  49        4    A     6667 Last Dance
  50        4    B     5742 CRUSHER
  51        4    A     5592 Squad Leader Timo
  52        4    A     5466 intruder
  53        4    B     4248 Trinity
  54        4    C     4121 BONES
  55        4    A     3382 dah
  56        4    A     2351 Ajax
  57        4    C     1774 Spaceman Spiff FC
  58        4    C     1735 Panama Jon
  59        4    B     1682 Pvt Hugmuk
  60        4    A      262 Hoser
  61        4    C      254 Death
  62        3    B     6854 MG.BLADE
  63        3    B     6783 mutton
  64        3    B     6756 BARNEY
  65        3    B     6434 Sakai
  66        3    C     6431 Lord Baltimore
  67        3    B     6185 Purple Worm
  68        3    B     6119 Capt. Kirk
  69        3    A     5748 GS
  70        3    B     5716 butch
  71        3    A     4531 THOTH
  72        3    B     4458 OLD SMOKEY FC
  73        3    B     4194 Sidewinder
  74        3    A     4082 BULLIT
  75        3    A     3966 Auger
  76        3    A     3668 Clark Kent
  77        3    B     3237 Petie II FC
  78        3    B     2842 Sky Diver
  79        3    A     2654 Split-S
  80        3    A     2371 gdp
  81        3    B     2362 LT-5
  82        3    A     2094 Lambda
  83        3    C     1755 Glutton
  84        3    B     1301 Baron Von Richthofen
  85        3    B      840 GRIMM REAPER  FC
  86        3    C      689 Ice Man
  87        3    C      599 Lord Bill
  88        3    C      487 Dr.Smith
  89        3    B       19 Techrat
  90        2    B     6743 ROD
  91        2    C     6282 Riddler
  92        2    A     6192 lazer
  93        2    C     6096 Voyger
  94        2    C     5760 Flash2
  95        2    A     5682 Gunner
  96        2    A     5542 G.P. SUYA
  97        2    C     5480 RAF
  98        2    A     5361 Runnin Scared
  99        2    A     5007 Illwind
 100        2    C     4959 Dr. Rocket

Some old handles right thar.

LongHorn #4495

Where the hell did Bigweek go?

[NoBaddy]

Horn....

Hehe, I recognize too many of those names. That was back in the days when Kelton still played. Heck, I just saw Airmigan 2 weeks ago. BTW, he is planning to come to the convention.

You should ramp it up. It's gettin' lonely round here.

[jtking]

air warrior form 1998 till end ah from 2000 till present


DogFart

[Sgtlead]

I started AH in Feb of 2005.  First and only game I play online that I pay for.  Took me a while to give into paying for a game, but its worth it.  Its fun, relaxing and Ive made a lot of new friends.

[Horn]

Horn....

Hehe, I recognize too many of those names. That was back in the days when Kelton still played. Heck, I just saw Airmigan 2 weeks ago. BTW, he is planning to come to the convention.

You should ramp it up. It's gettin' lonely round here.

Hiya NB...like GE, I'm new to a new career. I'ma goin to be a park stranger at Death Valley in scenic CA. Dunno 'bout DSL out there. Perhaps overqualification is a good thing Maybe SCSI (spell it right, dammit) will consider adoption?

1213 miles one way to the Con....shouldn't have bought a friggin diesel. Hope you, Coach and all the other Damned fellas are well! Dok is still a dweeb.

'Gunfighters' are flaming homosexuals.

<S>

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[NoBaddy]

'Gunfighters' are flaming homosexuals.

<S>

I keep tellin' LoneWolf and HiTech that....perhaps now they will believe me.

[Majors]

Hi Mates

Started flight sims with Flight Simulator in the 80's.  Found War Birds in 1996 and flew there even after coming to AH Beta.  Finally went 100% in AH in 2001.  Tried WWIIOL as well, but could never find a niche in there.  Too many people.

Only squad mates left from WB and here are Ramjet occasionally, Sparow all the time, and a few others.

AH has totally changed from the Beta days.  Anyone remember taking off from fields with 10k altitude.  End over end in the B26 down the mountainside.  Hmmmm.  Those were the days.

Believe AH has something for everyone.  Basically a flight simulation, but has ground and Navy activities that others just don't have.

Has been a fun trip for me.

Cheers to everyone.


Majors
249RAF
Oldest Yank in the RAF