Can you remember...

[thrila]

I joined a squad (501 RAFVR) before i flew AH....i can't remember the CO's name but he had some strange obsession with sheep...who could that be i wonder?   I upped a spit IX and climbed to 15k towards an enemy base. i spotted 3 jugs flying in a very tight vic formation, I dove on them (i had complete surprise) and shotdown 2 within seconds of each other before the 3rd noticed and made an evasive.  

It felt so great.

[Replicant]

I can't remember exactly, since it was in Tour 1!!  I do remember upping a Spit9 and followed some other people.  I ended up vulching B17s on an airfield, still weren't sure what I was doing but it seemed the right thing to be doing!

[vorticon]

Originally posted by Blue Mako
Not even close.

Blckshp (412th FS "Braunco Mustangs") flies with a mouse (has been doing so as long as he has been flying AH, certainly a lot longer than you) and has landed 30+ kill sorties on more than one occasion.

well i obviously didnt know that...as i stated as far as i know...well nothing wrong with being one of the few that can do it anyway...

[Rutilant]

I was in a P38 or a P47.. i taxied from the hangar to the runway.. climbed without autoclimb.. Stayed level without autolevel.. fought a spit9.. amazingly enough i didnt die for a good 2 minutes fighting this apparrent fellow newbie.. and i killed 35835125234624806464535723957 2 and died trying to do aerobatics through some hangars..

Good times.

[mora]

I dont remember my first fight fight but this one was quite early, it must have been the first 1.04 tour. I had just discovered how kick bellybutton plane niki was and got a nice streak. My victims started calling me names and I remember that one of them was animal. I took their advice and picked another plane, and proceeded to shot down animal in La-5. That was one of my best AH moments.

[humble]

hehe...think I've got you all beat...

I 1st heard about AH at the 99 AW convention and signed up for the open beta a few weeks later. I had about 5 yrs under my belt in AW (mostly FR) so I wasnt a total weenie....anyway my 1st hop I run into Fariz in a 109. For those who didnt fly AH prior to 1.4 you need to understand that the FM then was much tougher (and better IMO). I honestly dont remember what plane I was in (really didnt matter) but Fariz proceeded to take me out behind the woodshed for about 20 min. I bet he hosed me 7 or 8 times before he ran out of ammo. These we're all fair fights (no bouncing or loading up E and pounding the "baby seal". Simply an outstanding stick with a great plane E fighting me to death.

Was the most fun I'd had in at least two years...never even logged into AW after that cept to say to old squaddies once in awhile.

Unforunately AH has been all down hill since then....but the 1st year was easily the best flight simming year I've ever had.....sigh.

[Curval]

I remember I posted about mine.  First flight, first kill was the subject.

Then about 2 weeks later I posted that I was getting killed left and right and requested a trainer.

[Zanth]

Originally posted by sh1V
Wasn't ready for the torque effect on takeoff, overcompensated and crashed into the ground.  Second wasn't much better.

When I started I had a good amount of AW time behind me and I figured I would just up and start killing everyone.  There was no auto takeoff in those days so instead I spent a good amount of tearing up runways instead of sky.  Took quite a while before I was getting into the air, then came landing - yikes!

[MrLars]

My first flight I took up a P51. I got to 20k and saw a B17 at about 28k. I climbed and caught him as he was RTB. I had to turn 90 degrees to get a good angle on him but I stalled and started a death spin from 29k. The engine died somewhere around 15k but I was able to get out of the spin at 10k...I did a deadstick landing at a friendly field and logged off. I felt good I was able to land but I also felt like a total n00b for not being able to execute a simple attack on a B17.

That's when I came to the realization that AH was going to be a 'bit' tougher than I thought.

My second flight I lawndarted a P38 trying to kill a 10k B26....must have been amusing to the bomber pilot since he had to comment on my proficency at lawndarting before I even hit the ground.

[Waffle]

I remember my first flight.......

I was flying with a mouse.........This must've been a few generations of AH back, not sure of version number.

Anyway...I upped an an P51 because we didnt have niks then....
and proceded to climb out looking for something to kill.
I found a whole mission of p38s  at about 5,000feet lower than me. I guess I figured I could just come in on the 6 of the mission and at least get a kill since I was so new and only had a mouse.
There must've been about 23-30 p38s in this group. So, I started to dive in on the p38's 6 and they didnt see me untill I was fairly close.. so I let em HAVE it..opening up all the guns I had...I must've killed at least 3 on the pass and another 7 in the furball that insued. The other 13 or so P38s for some reason went into a dive to get away and they of all compressed and augered. Anyway, I still remember some of those brave P38s pilots.....Most of them went on to fly with the FBs and the MAWs. Say hello to them when You see them in the air.  I do

guys for my first flight....

[GODO]

It was 109G6 in the early beta map, it was my first flight with AH, and it was online. I spotted a spit, dove, fire and "surprise". I was so disturbed with the bullet smoking trails that augered without scoring a single hit.

[rshubert]

of time offline and in the TA before going online in AH, since I had no experience with online sims.  Enjoyed it so much I signed up for a paid account before ever going into the MA.

My first MA ride was on the pizza map.  I took off in a p-38 (still my favorite ride after over a year) and flew around looking for trouble.

Found an oblivious p-51 in one of the canyons.  snuck up behind him and proceeded to use up almost all my ammo shooting him down.  Started firing from WAY too far out.  Got the job done, but it wasn't pretty.

[Devourer]

Before I get into how my first fight was:.....
almost two years ago, I was bored one winter day after playing too much MCO, so I start surfing the web. Somehow, I ended up in a video game website with a link to Aces High. So I go to hitechcreations.com and I see that this game is free for two weeks. Well, I had never flown any flight sims and they never really caught my attention, but I downlowded AH anyways. I had a dail-up connection back then, so I left it downloading while I went out to get something to eat. When I come back, I was surprised i had been able to make that 26Megabyte download. So I start playing the game in offline mode I and I instantly fall in love. I played offline for about three days and then I wanted to see how the online mode is....

So I sign up for two free weeks and start playing in the TA. At this time I did not know about any plane, weapon, much less any fighter tactics. My second day there, I encounter a plane I cant remember. I was in a 205 flying w/ a mouse. He ropes me and busts me up on his way down. I instantly reup and go looking for him. Once I find him (he was strafing a VH), I sneak up, start shooting like crazy and manage to scare him enough to make him crash into the ground. I could feel my heart beating fast and that kill made me feel all warm inside.

[Roscoroo]

Came over and gave it a test ... just at the end of beta ... went back hung out in FA ... tested each version as it came out .... jumped in the main in 1.04- 05  or so ... I remember flying a C-hog  they wernt perked then ... and getting one kill then chased all over the place ... til someone finally got me ...

Paid the due's when the price came down to 15 bucks ...

[Wolfala]

My first kill in AH didn't happen for atleast 6 months against another aircraft. GV's - well lets say fishing was my specality. But aircraft I just didn't get. If yr stubborn enough like me, then it pays off.

The Wolf