Stories behind the names.

[SPKmes]

the kitchen is closed.

The kitchen is never closed.

Started out as SPKmes because my nickname from naval time was spic due to my last name. Spic/k was taken so SPK the three initials used when top scores could only take three letters and mes start of my surname. Got offered a position in the kitchen and change tag accordingly. Wanted to choose something sharp and lethal but at the time my ability was very Blunt to say the least.

[SlapShot]

Hockey pucks moving at a very fast pace hurting people.

[UdieNow]

Started out with the same name as here on the BBS.  Kinda ironic as i was never shooting anyone down.

Changed to "Timber43" after i joined The Few.   Thought that since I was part of a squad that respects those "few" who flew during the BoB, that I should have a name that did the same.researched some Canadian pilots and found this chap who fit the bill for me....http://www.acesofww2.com/Canada/aces/woods.htm.   Timber from his call sign, and the 43 in rememberance of the year he went MIA.

[TonyJoey]

I'm with steve:no creativity here, move along. 

[Pannono]

Well, my last name is Pannone, and my PE teacher in 6th grade called me Pannono and it stuck.

[rkanjl]

I'll give you 3 guesses...

1.  You're an Australian bell ringer.

2.  You're a big fan of Maj. Richard I. Bong

3.
 

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

The BBS nickname is obvious. It's been a standard since before Air Warrior.

The "SaVaGe" thing came about because I'm about 1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 German. Through several games, from Dungeons and Dragons in the seventies, through Air Warrior in the nineties, I always had some sort of variation or part of "Renegade Savage" (as in wild Indian) for a nickname of sorts. However, several people in AW and AH have often assumed the "SaVaGe" comes from the character "General Frank Savage", played by Gregory Peck, in the movie "Twelve O'Clock High". But it does not.

[Oldman731]

When I started flying Airwarrior, I figured I'd be the oldest guy there.  Hey, who else would want to fly WWII airplanes except kids?  It turned out that I was right in the middle of the age group.

That was then.  Now I believe that I probably fit my name.

- oldman

[uptown]

I spent my teens in a small farming town and us kids would go "uptown" all the time because that was where the action was, if you consider a flashing red traffic light action, I don't know, had alot of fun and had alot of fights up there .

[rvflyer]

RV6flyer, because that is what I fly in real life




 

[rkanjl]

RV6flyer, because that is what I fly in real life


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Sweet, .50 cal or 20mm?  Seriously, nice ride.

rkanjl

[Shifty]

Shifty= Callsign for the pilot I was Crew Chief for and also the name of our A-10 Ser Number 77-0284.

[StokesAk]

Well my real name is Stokes. My in game name is Strokes. A bunch of teachers called me Strokes accedentally so i stuck with it. I have alot more nicnames that i don't feel like sharing.

[Bark0]

it was a long Drive home from my dad's work, Being 30 Miles from home and 2 hours stuck in traffic. My Brother, 8 at the time was pretty quiet, Unlike on the way there. Suddenly he burst out in a gruff, Southern Accent: "This Guy Named Barko!......Drove through a wall...." He kept making up stories that had my Dad in tears Laughing. It was nothing Unusual for my little brother to make up something funny but not funny enough to have my dad in tears. I asked him why he was laughing in tears. "He sounds like your uncle rob!" he said still laughing.


My Uncle rob, Who worked in the Navy for 28 Years, Soon Knew about the Barko Joke. Every time he Sends a Card or Email to me or my Dad he states "Barko Says Hi"


So No, My name is Not based on a Logging Company at Lake Superior, It's based on a Joke that had the Whole family Laughing their A** off.


Here I am...Barko 

[Motherland]

Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, Ace of Aces.