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Offline Rino

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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2010, 03:41:16 PM »
     A little Scav is good for the soul  :aok
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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2010, 03:48:15 PM »
absolutely brilliant

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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2010, 03:59:08 PM »
     A little Scav is good for the soul


"Our aircraft were parked side by side on the field. We both climbed aboard. Merl started his engine as did I. We both pulled on our helmets and goggles. A quick control check stick back and forth, right and left, full rudder right and left, engine advance and then back to idle. Merl pulled his goggles down and into place and then looked over to me. He reached out with a gloved hand and then extended his right hand thumb extended indicating his readiness to taxi. I extended my hand and returned a thumbs up to indicate that my dream was, after 50 years, about to become reality. We brought up the throttles and taxied side by side out onto the grass field. As one we advanced our throttles and side by side we moved down the field rapidly picking up speed. Our planes became light, with a slight bounce of wheels we were airborne. We cleared the edge of the field rising toward the setting sun. I looked down to the fields richly bathed in the early evening light. For just a fleeting moment I was sure I could see the coolies waving from the rice fields as we climbed wing to wing for one last battle with the Empire of the Sun."

I think that one has always been my favorite.

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Offline TequilaChaser

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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2010, 04:01:35 PM »
    A little Scav is good for the soul  :aok

2nd'ed

( btw is that N. BBQolina or S.BBQolina???  hash just don't cut it ya know  :D )
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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2010, 10:33:33 PM »
     North TC, but Charlotte is REAL close to the border  :D
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Offline maddafinga

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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2010, 01:06:46 AM »
Not trying to necro a thread, but I just happened across this post with ghastly's link and read a bunch of it, and was very moved by it.  Lately I've been frustrated with my lack of improvement in AH (in fact, I feel like I'm much worse now than a few weeks ago), but reading this has given me a new perspective.   Thanks for posting that link, Ghastly!   :salute

Man, I know that feeling all too well.  In my experience however, those slump phases like that, even when they last a month or two, usually result in some improvement once it's all said and done.  You're sort of on a plateau right now.  When you hit that lifting weights, you try some different lifts of lift in different ways.  Shake your system up and off that plateau, and you start getting stronger again.  Growing.  What you might try to do is try a different plane for a while, just a couple of nights even maybe, you'll find that it will point some things out to you about how you fly your normal ride.  It almost always does me.  Try flying in duels with some people better than you, you'll find something to change in just a few fights.  All those little things can really add up to a big time slump breaker, and will translate to better fights and more kills.  Don't ignore the slump man, delve into it. 

Once again, also, I love to read that Scav stuff.  He was before my time but when I first read that stuff years ago, he inspired me.  To this day, he still does, and that's remarkable in my book. 
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2010, 09:39:54 AM »
I was Scav's first AW Academy trainer. He was unable to complete the class at that time due to personal reasons. We got him into another a bit later so that he could finish. I was asked to help his instructors give the final exam.

Scav (from start to finish) was (by far) the most clueless player I have ever dealt with. At the same time, he was, doubtless, the most inspirational. He really wasn't worried about being one of the elite players. The joy he received from simply playing the game was inspiring. AH could do with a whole lot of that:old:



Amen.  :salute
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Re: "I go diving down" - SCAV
« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2010, 09:41:58 AM »
     A little Scav is good for the soul  :aok

Ain't it though? Those were the days.  :salute
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