The Death Star

[BaldEagl]

The Red Barons never lifted a bomber without at least one gunner on board but the death star was the most fun furballing at the capturable fields around the lake.

Good times which unfortunately now would be whined about as dweeby.

[B-17]

A now fully operational space station!

Finally...it took them long enough!

[Shuffler]

I don't think they would be whined about. Actually it would thin out the arena a bit.


I came over from FA years back. No death star there. If you killed the buff did you get 10 kills??  lol

[Molsman]

whats a death star? 

A Fully Gunned B-17 used for Dog fighting back in the Air Warrior Days instead of Bombing Runs we would up and Go on a furballing mission

[TequilaChaser]

:cheers:Aye tis true, tis true. Good times

they are some wonderful memories to just sit and think about at times.......... always brings a cheerful smile.... yep

SM ( Snowman from "The Damned" ) had created "The Eagles Squadron"  and we would train mercifully together and then go in to the mains and wreck havoc with our Bomber Blitz's take out a complete field and capture it within 3 minutes or less of the first approach....... then we go hunting in deathstars and just fall out our chairs laughing etc just as SaVaGe posted above..... I would fly/wing sometimes with the 327th back then when it was not squad night or I was up and none of my squaddies were online.... remember flying with YES, Eagle, Stick, KOOL, COORS Savage etc......
getting with KGann or tigger and piloting a B-17 or Vader while the other got in the gunners spot and flew around having a blast dogfighting and chasing other players...... making them freak out and auger etc......

just found this old "New" review of one of the last versions of AW over at combatsim's website

Title: Air Warrior III Review
By: Douglas 'TheDude' Helmer
Date: August 30th, 1997

http://www.combatsim.com/review.php?id=49

it mentions that the beta is open and is downloadable over at Big Week......... geez that was 14 years ago ......



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TC

[Seanaldinho]

Just imagine a B-29 deathstar at 30k fighting off 163's left and right 


This would be me ---> .... 
 

[B-17]

A Fully Gunned B-17 used for Dog fighting back in the Air Warrior Days instead of Bombing Runs we would up and Go on a furballing mission

If they reappear, and I'm online, I'm there.

[RTR]

Flying the death star was great. It was always a hoot and the banter between pilot and all the gunners was always the best part. I howled with laughter every time we upped one with 1CAC.

That was a great bunch of guys to be with.

I miss those days

RTR

[Stogie]

Flying? deathstars were a bit gamey for defending a base.. just roll one on the runway and man the guns.  didn't have to take off.

[MK-84]

In AW ballistics were not really a factor, AND you could turnfight with a 17.   Fully crewed planes here would still get hacked from the skies with one good pass.  It would not be even close to what we had in AW.  That being said it was great fun back then, but it would not be the same here.

[guncrasher]

The Deathstar was an iffy affair in which you would be very lucky to be able to have a full compliment join your crew and stay connected throughout the entire flight.  Usually, someone couldn't join due to connection issues, someone would get discoed mid-flight or it would end up a messy, laggy and warpy affair. 

ack-ack

I never had problems getting people to gun for me.  death stars were the norm when I flew them.  way too many times I would bomb the base, then park the b17 right behind the runway spawn and kill 10 to 12 uppers as they were taxing.  same for the a26 drop bombs, go park it and kill away  .

anyway Hitech himself has said many times, that we had a choice of multiple gunners or slaved gun fired by a single gunner but not both.  so I guess the death stars are a thing of the past.

semp

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I think KOOL, Gooss, and Piles3 are the only guys left of the original 327th who still play. I haven't been on in almost a year, I actually forgot and let my account lapse, I had been playing so little in the last 3-4 years. STICK "retired" before the move to AH, I think YES did either right before or right after, and Eagle made his final approach and folded his wings a couple of years ago.

Yeah, those were the days, when we'd stay up until 2-3AM flying, you just couldn't quit. That lasted well into AH II. But as much as I love AH, the community here was never quite what it was there.

Man, the mere mention of "BigWeek" brings back floods of memories. Wow.

Thanks TC.

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[oneway]

We used to do the Death Star thing from time to time in 24's..but more often we did the opposite..

We leveraged... the long bomb runs with a single bomber to the spit factory...with a ton of freinds

We would order Pizza...get some beers...do the excruciating full fuel long climb out...

The whole time we sat and talked on the vox...and the group became a better fighting unit...a tighter unit...durable friendships...

The raiding of an active furball was a rare event (cheap and dirty)...much more common for our unit was the long dedicated bomb run.

That is what I miss about death stars...however...I have found a similar outlet...

Fly Scenarios or even in the MA...with other bomber pilots...full fuel...long climb...dedicated strike...

You get exactly the same thing...Dale/AH has it right...he killed the Death Star (much abused)...but did not kill the best aspects of it...

Team Work...camaraderie...banter.. .

Bomber pilots will know what I am talking about...

Oneway

[68ZooM]

The Days of AW Deathstars will always bring back some of the funnest and wildest Vox chat ive ever had and some intense fights Deathstar to Deathstar or NOE feild runs with bunch of guys in the Deathstar having a good ol time skimmin the deck, oh we died at the hands of our fellow pilots many times 

[HL117]

No Flight Simmer should be denied the Thrill of The Death Star ............I say bring it back for a week or two ....even if it will not be permanent.


 HL