Special Events Schedule Feb 8 - Feb 14

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Tuesday February 8th, 2010 10:00pm Eastern in SEA I - Aces High eXtreme Air Racing League - Season 22 Race 02. Scheduled host is BMathis.
     Hopefully you flew the Season opener last week, and you earned some points towards qualifying for the Finale after Race 12. If not, it's still early in the season, but don't wait too long to come race with us.
On this date:
1918 - The Army newspaper, “The Stars and Stripes”, begins publication for a second time. The first paper called The Stars and Stripes was a product of the Civil War, put out by four Union soldiers in 1861. Using the facilities of a captured newspaper plant in Bloomfield, Mo., they ran off a one-page paper that made just one appearance. The World War I edition first appeared late in the war in Paris. It was produced weekly by an all-military staff to serve the doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force under General of the Armies John J. "Black Jack" Pershing.
Race details can be found Here. AHXARL forums are located Here


Wednesday February 9th, 2010 10:00pm Eastern in SEA II - This week’s snapshot is "Raid to Norway" hosted by mrmidi.
This week's Snapshot is "Raid to Norway" hosted by mrmidi. An act of sabotage which became famous and possibly had an effect on the outcome of the war, was the attack on the heavy water plant at Vemark, in Telemark county. Here, Norwegian soldiers, trained in the UK, were sent into action near the small town of Rjukan, where Norsk Hydro produced heavy water, a liquid chemical, which the Germans needed for the development of an atomic bomb. Although the Germans guarded the plant, the production facilities were destroyed. Heavy water which was en route to Germany was also destroyed, at the cost of many Norwegian civilian lives. Though no known Mosquito raid took place in WWII to destroy the storage of heavy water facilities this Snapshot is based on fictional information that the Canadian and Royal Air force may have acquired and acted on.
Snapshots are walk on events and all are welcome. Forums are located Here


Friday February 11th, 2010 5:00pm Eastern Friday King of the Hill hosted by Fuzeman. Come battle it out in Aces High's version of a "cage match". Walk-ons welcome but read the rules, then ask questions. Hope to see you for a couple of hours of dogfighting fun. Info on KOTH can be found Here. You can also check out the KOTH forums Here.


Friday February 11th, 2010 11:00pm Eastern in SEA I - Friday Night Squad Op's Frame 2 of DILLINGERS WAKE: Southwest Pacific 1943 . Hosted by FSO Team, Admin - Squire. FSO is a squad based event that is always recruiting. If your squad is interested in participating in FSO please check out the forums Here


Saturday February 12th, 2010 Starts 9:30pm – End 1:30am Eastern in SEA II – Battle Over Germany Frame 1- An Aces High Scenario. Hosted by ROC, Design by Fencer.
This is the classic fight of the 8th Air Force versus the Luftwaffe.  Experience the air war over Germany in six historical missions ranging from February 1944 to April 1945.  Be a member of the unit of your choice.
Use the planes they did for each mission and see how the battle over Germany evolved.  Fight the dynamic fight against the opposition as both you and they evolve in strategy and equipment.

Experience the most in-depth and historical scenario to date.  Fly over a beautiful recreation of the actual terrain with cities, airbases and targets researched and accurately located.  
Refer to recon photos of the targets and bomb the actual targets which were attacked 70+ years ago.  File after action reports like the pilots at the time did using historically correct forms.  
Research into the dozens of historical links provided and learn about the people who flew the planes and those on the ground on both sides.
Additional info can be found here


Sunday February 13th, 2010 7:00pm Eastern in SEA I - Heavy Metal Sunday  SASFRAS (RV8 Racing). Hosted by JVNotch.
Parade laps: 6:00 Eastern
Brackets: 6:45 Eastern
Start: 7:00 Eastern

**SECOND SUNDAY EVERY MONTH**

In each round (check which month the current race is on), there are four races.
One race on the 2nd. Sunday of each month.
Practice and parade laps of the course will start at 6:00 p.m. Eastern.
Bracketing of racers will be established by 6:45 p.m.
The 1st. racer through the starting gate at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.  
After all four races have a winner, a 5th race, designated the World Series of S.A.S.F.R.A.S. will run to determine a Champion.
Invitees to this World Series of S.A.S.F.R.A.S. will be the four winners of the rounds.
A two heat per racer rule will be used in this final race.
Individual event info for Heavy Metal Sunday can be found Here .  Track layout and discussions on the individual HMS events can be found in the HMS forums Here