DFA 20th Anniversary

[FLS]

Congratulations! 

Congratulations!

...

Note also a crazy squad named "HiTech for President". 

 

[Brooke]

In my area of Chattanooga,Tn., we didnt even have dial-up internet till around Windows98.

Yep, not much Internet in those 1987-1991 days (mainly academic only).  Air Warrior was running on an online service called "GEnie", which you accessed via dial-in modem.

At first, it was $6/hour non-prime time.

Ah, those were the days . . . 

[waystin2]

Here here 

[RELIC]

The best way for DFA to celebrate is to join us in the "Fjord Fury" scenario on Saturday. 

Scenarios were invented by Dok in Air Warrior in 1992.  I suspect the old Air Warrior DFA guys flew in it.

So, for the sake of history -- time for DFA to be in a scenario! 

I've flown in some of the scenarios and you do a great job Brooke!  I might be able to swing this Sat - you still got a K4 open?

[Brooke]

Absolutely.  Would love for you to fly a k4.   

[CAV]

By the way, it is possible DFA was around before 1991.

I have not been a member of DFA since the beginning, only the last few years, but I recall a DFA Squadron in my GEnie days and on AOL & GameStorm. Unfortunately the original founding members are more noted for their adult beverage consumption than record-keeping. 


CAVALRY

[Max]

Back in late 1980's and early 1990's, there were Air Warrior folks who spent many hours per day and $750/month on Air Warrior (which is $1400 in 2018 dollars).

When I first came across Air Warrior in 1987, I flew a few times and then stayed completely away from it, as otherwise I feared that I would spend enough time on it to be ruined.

I returned to it years later when I figured out how I could manage it.

It was glorious.

People these days don't know how good they have it and don't even care. 

Brooke I came across AW/Mac around '96 On AOL-Gamestorm. Events are somewhat fuzzy but I recall some "back door" that kept the cost down to very little, if anything at all. (I do remember the Genie stories of woe  )  Anyway, I remember printing out a hundred + pages from the AWTA or whatever it was called...the training manual that you were chiefly responsible for. So I guess I have you to partially blame for wasting thousands and thousands of hours over the years. 

[Brooke]

So I guess I have you to partially blame for wasting thousands and thousands of hours over the years. 

[xbrit]

Congrats and best wishes for the next 20.

[Wraith_TMS]

Congrats to the DFA.    

Brooke and others have mentioned some of the records from that early AW era and it took me a while to remember that I'd compiled a lot of that stuff on our old Musketeers' site, which is no more.  The cobwebs cleared in my ole noggin' and I found copies of them on my local machine, in PDF format.  I've placed those files in a Google Drive Folder, simply called AW History.

Submitted for your reading pleasure: print-outs of the old Crash & Burn forum, our Musketeers' Bloody Blade forum, and many early campaign scores, as well as a couple of other files.   If what you read stirs up old memories or rekindles angry old rivalries, rest assured, it's just my intent to save some of that shared history for posterity's sake.  Hope some of you enjoy the trip down memory lane.    

FWIW,

[Brooke]

Sweet!  I'll be downloading that! 

Congrats to the DFA.    

Brooke and others have mentioned some of the records from that early AW era and it took me a while to remember that I'd compiled a lot of that stuff on our old Musketeers' site, which is no more.  The cobwebs cleared in my ole noggin' and I found copies of them on my local machine, in PDF format.  I've placed those files in a Google Drive Folder, simply called AW History.

Submitted for your reading pleasure: print-outs of the old Crash & Burn forum, our Musketeers' Bloody Blade forum, and many early campaign scores, as well as a couple of other files.   If what you read stirs up old memories or rekindles angry old rivalries, rest assured, it's just my intent to save some of that shared history for posterity's sake.  Hope some of you enjoy the trip down memory lane.    

FWIW,

[Hajo]

Congrats to DFA!   

[27th]

Congratulations D.F.A. and happy anniversary!    


 
27th

On Behalf of...
TAs AeroFighters
TAs Peacemakers
TAs Short Bus Window Lickers

[RELIC]

DFA newsletters have some squad data from AW.  This is from Sept 1999:

Bomber Scores
Squad
1 Death From Above       T-RED    9411528
2 Point Hoes          Sketr    7937826
3 Sealed Fate          WoLfX    2235561

Fighter Scores
Squad
1 =416 Lynx= Tactical Fighter    Manx    4029325
2 =Strike Force=          #WOwl    3059875
3 |||AirWolves|||          Airhd    2176595
4 DE’OL’ONZ of Air Warrior    OLDMn    1996188
5 479th Raiders          CORN-    1946605

[Molsman]

DFA newsletters have some squad data from AW.  This is from Sept 1999:

Bomber Scores
Squad
1 Death From Above       T-RED    9411528
2 Point Hoes          Sketr    7937826
3 Sealed Fate          WoLfX    2235561

Fighter Scores
Squad
1 =416 Lynx= Tactical Fighter    Manx    4029325
2 =Strike Force=          #WOwl    3059875
3 |||AirWolves|||          Airhd    2176595
4 DE’OL’ONZ of Air Warrior    OLDMn    1996188
5 479th Raiders          CORN-    1946605

Congrats DFA
Dam alot of Old Squads there I was either flying with the 416th or DeOlonz back then I forget lol but I did ride with the Raiders also

Mr. Fussbuster!!!!!! You mean I been playing this game longer then you lol