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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Golfer on February 22, 2005, 10:04:30 AM
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Straiga isn't lying.
Pilot cert, LOA, helmet, photo albums.
Not my place to say more if you want to know talk to him. Real nice guy, calm, laid back and an overall pleasure to talk to.
I'm in vegas now at ATP and its LONG LONG LOOONG days of flight/ground. I had a few minutes of spare time for emails and I'm back at it. Send me an email if you have any problems with this and I'll do my best to reply as soon as possible, however I won't be back in Ohio again until March 11th and will probably go right to bed.
Cheers from Vegas...
Golfer
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Here's the funny thing: I want to know more. The usual place to "talk" to him would be right here where he posted his claims.
But you know what? He doesn't seem to want to "talk".
You have a phone number for him? I'll give him a call and talk directly.
Like I said, if all his claims are true I'll be happy to publicly apologize right here where we all "talk" for anything he feels I said that was unfair or offensive.
This address still works if you remove the "remove".
whatmustanddidstraigaflyREMOVE@hotmail.com
Either you or he can contact me privately if he wants to "talk".
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Degree?
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"calm, laid back"
LOL. Ah riiiight. That would be the complete opposite of his exhibited behavior with the community and the developer here.
On the other hand. If he were real, and you and he are not just some stumps different Sybil-like personalities, then perhaps he's medicated now?!
In which case he should be along shortly to clarify all the misconceptions and share with us all the details of his claims!
(chyuh_huh. I won't be holding my breath that's for sure. )
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Golpher=Striaga
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Golpher=Tool
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Still no proof!
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I hope you didn't give him your credit card number.
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Interesting that you had time to make your post yet refused to enter the most important information and what was being asked for.
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You expected something else? He only offered to show a license minus number, name, and any other information that would prove anything.
It's already been said. It's not up to anyone to disprove his claims, it's up to him to prove them. Funny how he's in Vegas, has time to meet golfer and yet can't find the time to get to the internet. I know it must be so terribly hard to find any internet access in Vegas....
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Originally posted by Maverick
You expected something else? He only offered to show a license minus number, name, and any other information that would prove anything.
Call me naive, but I expected him to either confirm or deny. I didn't expect him to do neither and then come up with a crappy excuse why he doesn't have the time to post further for weeks, but does have time to answer e-mails.
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Hi Toad,
>Here's the funny thing: I want to know more. The usual place to "talk" to him would be right here where he posted his claims.
Well, Straiga made an offer very early in the discussion:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1214845&highlight=Give+me+a+fax+number+and+I+well+fax+you+my+certificates#post1214845
If you'd pick him up on that offer, I'd say he should feel obliged to deliver as promised.
Personally, I don't care much for his background. I'm a 100% wannabe myself, and I appreciate Straiga's constructive discussion style and his provision of background information on the topic no matter whether he is an expert or a fellow wannabe. Never mind the initial "trust me" phase, he got over that quickly enough :-)
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
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"You ask one time who my flight instructors where My first instructor was my dad a retired two star general USAF with 105 missions over north vietnam in the F-105D ThunderChief. Every aircraft he flew in the air force, he was an instructor in. He flew T-6, P-51,T-33, F-86, F-84, F-100, F-105, F-111 and F-16,"
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113599&perpage=50&pagenumber=2
"He said back when he flew the P-51 and shot the guns the airspeed would decay. F-86, F-100, F-4, F105, F-111, F-15 he flew did the same."
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137218
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Henning,
I don't believe I read that thread. The post you reference shows a datestamp of 05-10-2004 01:11 AM.
I know I didn't read that last May and I don't think I read it recently. I didn't read all of his posts by any means.
I really don't need a Fax of his certificates, nor do I want one. There's lots of reasons for that.
Assuming you had made statements about your father and your military experience, I'll just say that if YOU told me that you had flown a particular Mustang as pilot in command for 500 hours and gave me a rough idea of when that happened it wouldn't take me long to verify it. Without having your name. There just aren't that many F-14 pilots with Air Force General/Colonel fathers with 500 hours in a Mustang and the community isn't really that large.
That's all I've asked for. I've given an E-mail address where he/they can reach me. I've seen no contact information for Straiga and clearly Golfer isn't divulging any information that he feels is true.
I don't know how to reach him. He can easily E-mail me with the info using his own masked Hotmail account.
Really don't know what else I can do.
Seems the ball is squarely in his court.
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that's just his elbow.
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Hi Toad,
I understand your logic and don't find anything wrong with it.
However, if Straiga prefers to communicate to his conditions, well, he has outlined his conditions there.
I'm certain knowing his name won't make cross-checking any harder ;-)
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
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Edit: My mistake.
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mmmmm.. free month of AH.. mmmmmm
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Originally posted by hitech
Degree?
06-17-2003 10:56 PM
I have a master in aeronautical engineering
Straiga
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Originally posted by MOSQ
06-17-2003 10:56 PM
I have a master in aeronautical engineering
Straiga
But he has a high school degree in grammar and was a dropout in human dynamics.
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Henning,
My fax is my home number. For some reason I have an aversion to publish that on any BBS. Just me I guess.
I'd send it to him, heck.. I'll call him but I have to know how to reach him.
Thrawn, the FE is a separate rating. For example, while I was a rated, licensed pilot before DAL hired me I still had to get an FE prior to acting as Flight Engineer on DAL's 727's. When you pass the test, you are given an FE rating. It's on a separate license.
When one calls up ratings on the FAA website, the FE will be listed as well as your other ratings.
In short, it doesn't mean you've been demoted. It's just another rating.
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Originally posted by MOSQ
06-17-2003 10:56 PM
I have a master in aeronautical engineering
Straiga
Originally posted by Straiga
Hey Hohun,
I know you want get this right but If the prop slip stream hits the left side of the vertical stabilizer from the clock wise rotation of the prop, the nose will turn to the left needing right rudder to correct. Thats Physics.
And tourgue is spelled (torgue).
I usually get paid for this.
He did a thesis on "The Effects of Torgue on P51 Mustangs". ;)
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Originally posted by Toad
Henning,
I don't believe I read that thread. The post you reference shows a datestamp of 05-10-2004 01:11 AM.
I know I didn't read that last May and I don't think I read it recently. I didn't read all of his posts by any means.
I really don't need a Fax of his certificates, nor do I want one. There's lots of reasons for that.
You bet. With a scanner and Photoshop, given a few hours I can generate any document you might want. It would FAX over indistinguishable from an original. I could scan in my Navy FE (C-118) certification and change it say anything I wanted it to say. With current technology, there's almost no limit to the counterfeit documents one can generate. Hell, I created a phoney telegram for a Pearl Harbor website title page. I researched the station numbers and even duplicated the misaligned type of the teletype machine. The teletype machine that had printed the original had a wandering L that would sometimes be reasonably close and other times well below the text line.
Have a look:
(http://home.att.net/~historyworld/PHtitle.JPG)
So, any certificates would need some third-party confirmation to be certain of origin. No big deal, I'm sure he could do that if he wished.
My regards,
Widewing
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Internet...home of the people who live in their minds...
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Originally posted by Straiga
Hitech,
I do have an engineering degree in aeronautics. I soloed in 3.5 hrs too in a airplane and also in a helicopter I recieved my RotorCraft rating at 40 hrs. I started flying when I was 14 I wasnt legal when I was soloed but when your dads own the airport with no feds around I didnt care. I had 376 hrs by the time I recieved my private pilot certificate this was because of my age, at the same time I took my Instrument and Commercial licences at 17. My CFI at 19 and ATP at 21.
I been flying for 30 yrs, I probabley have more logged instructor time then most pilots have total time. I have over 7,000 hrs rotor time alone 1/3 of that as an instructor. The only ratings I dont have is float plane, glider, tiltrotor, hot air baloon, but there next when I get time.
**Cough, bull**** cough, cough**
I think I need to put on my boots cuz it is getting deeper and deeper in here. Your telling me you have 7,000 hours just in rotor time? Give me a break. yOur dad owns a dealership too doesnt he?
So let me get this straight. You soloed at 14? you are openly admiting this? I have a hard time with this one. See even a big GA airport like the one I work at is still small at heart. Most of us pilots know one another, we all shop at the same pilots shop on the airport. We all stand around by the coffee pot talking about flyings. Hell there are old timers that dont even fly anymore, yet they still come down and talk for hours about flying. They watch the planes that are coming and going, talk about some of the other pilots...aka man gossip. Most of all we talk about the morons on the feild. The pilots that we dont feel are up to standard. The guys with more money than brains.
Now I know for a fact this happens around the country. I have worked at three other feilds in MD and PA, so I know it is the same everywhere. So I find it hard that you did your pre-flight, taxied and took off, without anyone noticing. Whats more nobody reported your bellybutton to the FAA. You dad may have owned the airport, but the Fed Govt owns the airspace son.
-Keg :(
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lol. The blivet deleted his post. But nice save Kegger.
I wonder if he believes any of his baloney or if the incessant lying is just some psychotic addiction that he needs to keep feeding.
"The only ratings I dont have is...hot air balloon"
Believe me when I say you're a shoe in for that one.
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Originally Posted by Straiga
I started flying when I was 14 I wasnt legal when I was soloed but when your dads own the airport with no feds around I didnt care.
Well, this does explain the Col/Gen problem with his dad. He has two. One must be a Col. the other a Gen.
Although I didn't think that Civil Unions were recognized in Nevada.
-Sik
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You fkr Sikboy, you beet me to it. LOLH.:rofl
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Originally posted by Westy
lol. The blivet deleted his post. But nice save Kegger.
I wonder if he believes any of his baloney or if the incessant lying is just some psychotic addiction that he needs to keep feeding.
OMG! he did edit his post. That crap about him having over 7,000 hours rotor time is gone. How odd...... However that lie I think was removed becuase it is easly disproved. There are helicopter pilots that flew in vietnam, came home and still fly helicopters for a living that still just barely titer over 7,000 hours TT.
My father did fly Helicopters in Vietnam, Bell UH-1 Hueys. He was a slick pilot for both tours. He stayed in the Army untill 1976 when he got a job working for the Fla Highway Patrol flying there Bell 47 and later there Bell 206. His total rotor time was only 4,981 hours when he retired.
-Keg
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Can you link me to the edited post?
I can't believe he feels that would be necessary if it was all true.
This just gets stranger and stranger.
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http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113599&perpage=50&pagenumber=2
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What did he edit? I still see this:
Originally posted by Straiga
I have over 7,000 hrs rotor time alone 1/3 of that as an instructor. The only ratings I dont have is float plane, glider, tiltrotor, hot air baloon, but there next when I get time.
Didn't see an edit message there either.
What did I miss?
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Ahh your right. I missed it this morning. I figured he removed it. My bad.... Ohh well he is still full of it. Lol.
-Keg
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KRKR Robert S. Kerr airport in Poteau OK about 30 miles south west of Ft.Smith Arkansas, we moved there from Las Vegas when my dad retired from Nellis.
OK so this is where he flew it shouldn't be that hard to find out the owners of this airport, then we have his dads and can piece this thing together, maybe.
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Facility Name: ROBERT S KERR
City Name: POTEAU
County: LE FLORE
State abbrev: OK
State Name: OKLAHOMA
Ownership: PUBLICLY OWNED
Use: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Owner's Name: CITY OF POTEAU
Address: CITY HALL, 111 PETERS ST.
POTEAU, OK 74953
Owner's Phone: 918-647-4191
Manager's Name: ELLIS WHIGHAM
Address: 1900 AIRPORT ROAD
POTEAU, OK 74953
Phone: 918-647-4226
FAA Region: SOUTHWEST
FAA Field Office: NONE
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Not that I am holding my breath I think his lack of response say he's FOS anyway.
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Most fields are named for where they are, or for someone that was a long time member of a feild that died. So does this mean his dad was that much of a jerk he named the feild after himself?
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I am going to put a call in to that number to see what I can dig up.
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Hey!! he has an R/C F-14 too!!
Originally posted by Straiga
Gripen, Not RC airplanes I fly. I have two yellow aircraft one F-16 and F-14 both with rossi .91s the f-14 having two, a byron P-51 and a scratch built spit 14 with a five bladed prop running a quadra 3.5 same as the p-51.
Interesting!
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135449
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Robert S Kerr was a Oklahoma governor.
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The airport was built in 1964 and has ALWAYS been city owned....so does this mean his dad owned the city too? So we now know for a fact his father never ever owned this airport.
-Keg.
PS Robert S. Kerr was a US Sen.
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Straiga is definately living in a dream world.
I do have an engineering degree in aeronautics. I soloed in 3.5 hrs too in a airplane and also in a helicopter I recieved my RotorCraft rating at 40 hrs. I started flying when I was 14 I wasnt legal when I was soloed but when your dads own the airport with no feds around I didnt care.
If you were wondering were the airport was it was KRKR Robert S. Kerr airport in Poteau OK about 30 miles south west of Ft.Smith Arkansas, we moved there from Las Vegas when my dad retired from Nellis.
I just called this airport and it has been city owned since it's creation in 1964. No private owners at any time. You can verify this as I did by calling the airport manager.
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Yes I called too... and so did some other ppl too... so lets not bug the airport mng anymore. I called him, and mars called him. The airport was built in 1964 and has always been city owned. So if Golfer or Straiga wants to counter this fact they are welcome to call me, my office number is 678-663-1548. Ask for Wells. I have a fax from the airport there backing this fact up. This is an out and out lie you were caught in Straiga.
-Keg.
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So can we make it official now?
Straiga = Voss
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
So can we make it official now?
Straiga = Voss
Not sure about that one. However we have a small victory here, we just proved that Straiga was not being honest when he said his father owned Kerr field.
Originally posted by Straiga
Hitech,
I do have an engineering degree in aeronautics. I soloed in 3.5 hrs too in a airplane and also in a helicopter I recieved my RotorCraft rating at 40 hrs. I started flying when I was 14 I wasnt legal when I was soloed but when your dads own the airport with no feds around I didnt care. I had 376 hrs by the time I recieved my private pilot certificate this was because of my age, at the same time I took my Instrument and Commercial licences at 17. My CFI at 19 and ATP at 21.
my next flight instructor was mys dads partner in the airport he was a retired Col USAF he had 100 missions over vietnam he flew the F-4 Phantom II.
If you were wondering were the airport was it was KRKR Robert S. Kerr airport in Poteau OK about 30 miles south west of Ft.Smith Arkansas, we moved there from Las Vegas when my dad retired from Nellis.
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my daddy owns london heathrowe aerofield one day i said daddy can i fly concorde and he said yes son and we flew and picked my friends up from school and flew through mcdonalds drive through and it was fun and it was the bestest day of my life.
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Originally posted by Furball
my daddy owns london heathrowe aerofield one day i said daddy can i fly concorde and he said yes son and we flew and picked my friends up from school and flew through mcdonalds drive through and it was fun and it was the bestest day of my life.
Yeah? Well one day at my daddys airport he let me fly a B52. I was only twelve, but since it was his airport he let me solo it. I flew over to red china and bombed it. I wasnt supposed to bomb there, but were no feds around so I didnt care. By the time I got my PPL I had over 7,000 hours in the B-52. This was because of my age. Half of that time was time as an instructor. I taught all of the US Airforce how to fly the B52.
This one time a La-7 came up fast on my six. So I put the B52 on auto pilot and ran back to the tail gun, I shot him down somewhere over Maryland. But he got my number seven and eight engines, so I had to bail out.
When I jumped out all I had was my .45 handgun and this Dora came around to HO me in my chute. SO I opened up on him. I shot his engine out, and he crashed. When I got down on the ground my daddy tied the dead dora pilot to the hood of his HUMMER and took it back to his airport. Then we stuffed and mounted the dead Dora pilot. I still have it hanging on the bulkhead of my DC-10 I own.
-Keg.
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Originally posted by Kegger26
Yeah? Well one day at my daddys airport he let me fly a B52. I was only twelve, but since it was his airport he let me solo it. I flew over to red china and bombed it. I wasnt supposed to bomb there, but were no feds around so I didnt care. By the time I got my PPL I had over 7,000 hours in the B-52. This was because of my age. Half of that time was time as an instructor. I taught all of the US Airforce how to fly the B52.
This one time a La-7 came up fast on my six. So I put the B52 on auto pilot and ran back to the tail gun, I shot him down somewhere over Maryland. But he got my number seven and eight engines, so I had to bail out.
When I jumped out all I had was my .45 handgun and this Dora came around to HO me in my chute. SO I opened up on him. I shot his engine out, and he crashed. When I got down on the ground my daddy tied the dead dora pilot to the hood of his HUMMER and took it back to his airport. Then we stuffed and mounted the dead Dora pilot. I still have it hanging on the bulkhead of my DC-10 I own.
-Keg.
yeah well my daddy could beat up your daddy so :P
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Yeah well my daddy did your mom.
-Keg.
lol
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Originally posted by Kegger26
Yeah well my daddy did your mom.
-Keg.
lol
my mommy doesnt live here but we have a golden retriever that walks with a limp...
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Originally posted by Furball
my mommy doesnt live here but we have a golden retriever that walks with a limp...
Ohh...he did say she was a harry blonde. Thats messed up.
:p
-Keg.
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I have reason to think that Straiga is not Paul "Voss" Hinds. I could post those reasons but I'd rather see if we can get to the bottom of this Straiga thing first.
Be assured that I continue to research this through other avenues. Some interesting things have happened but nothing that would confirm anything that Straiga has posted.
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"What did he edit?"
My error. I thought Kegger had quoted a post made by Straiga in this topic. I did not realise it was from last year.
As for the lie about daddeo owning the airport? Man. That's something so stupidly simple to check on that Straiga has got to be about 16.
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Originally posted by Golfer
Straiga isn't lying.
Pilot cert, LOA, helmet, photo albums.
Not my place to say more if you want to know talk to him. Real nice guy, calm, laid back and an overall pleasure to talk to.
I'm in vegas now at ATP and its LONG LONG LOOONG days of flight/ground. I had a few minutes of spare time for emails and I'm back at it. Send me an email if you have any problems with this and I'll do my best to reply as soon as possible, however I won't be back in Ohio again until March 11th and will probably go right to bed.
Cheers from Vegas...
Golfer
And no repsonse from Golfer either. Why is that not surprising?
:rolleyes:
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Perhaps he's a black sniper?
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Those of you with connections in the warbirds community should be able to check out this Straigaism:
12-06-2004 03:12 AM
I had a chance to fly a G model B-17 into Nellis air force base for the 50th anniversary air show, it was only about $350 for 1 hour of PIC time.
Somebody has to know who the pilots were that flew B-17Gs in for the show. From what I can find at the show's homepage, there was only 1 B-17G there. Maybe there were two.
http://nellisairshow.com/index_04.html (http://nellisairshow.com/index_04.html)
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Uh huh. Only $350.00 an hour for PIC in a B17G..... :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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IIRC, you get to sit in the right seat for a few minutes. I never took the ride.
or Collins Foundation
WINGS OF FREEDOM
FLIGHT EXPERIENCES
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B-17 Flights - 30 Min. experience - $400 donation per person
(min 6 passengers / max 9 passengers)
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Again, no mention of being able to legally log some stick time.
Wonder why that is?
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Originally posted by Golfer
Straiga isn't lying.
Pilot cert, LOA, helmet, photo albums.
Golfer
Golfer,
I think you can clear this matter up quickly. Since you have seen Straiga's "Photo Albums" you should easily be able to straighten this out by posting the nose art on the pony.
I know if I was flying a Pony I would be standing under the art for the photos!
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Originally posted by kevykev56
I know if I was flying a Pony I would be standing under the art for the photos!
Bah! Thats what all the little people say...
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It would be my avatar me in front of my stang.
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I just realized that I was at the USAF 50th Anniversary Airshow at Nellis, possibly sharing the ramp with Straiga!!
My brother and I brought the BT-13.
I have tons of pics of that show.... do you think?
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Originally posted by Westy
Straiga has got to be about 16.
Sadly Westy Straiga is not 16. I have been on vox with him he seems much older. I would say he is in his late 40s early 50s. What amazes me is the few ppl that I know for a fact lie to others in this game are all over the age of 30. I just dont get it. We have a few rooks that make claims about there back grounds... I dont know why.
-Keg.
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I'm getting a wx brief now before my flight. Next to no time here for even sleep! 8hrs of ground school each day with flights in the early a.m. and lots of bookwork at night. It's a pretty intense program but if you come prepared (read ready for your checkride in need of just a little polishing) it's no real show stopper.
Straiga's personal information is in no way mine to solicit. What's so hard to understand about that? I know he's legit, evidently you guys haven't been doing as thorough a job as you thought 'revealing' his identity. Of course the poor 'name' you think is Straiga is not living up to your expectations. You don't have the right one.
You want his info, get it from him. I've seen his ticket. I've seen a photo album. Haven't been to his house yet, as above next to no free time here. I don't even have a car. I love those laws which allow me to rent a $200,000 airplane and fly it solo in IMC but I cannot rent a Ford Focus. Amazing.
Back to work.
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Originally posted by Golfer
You want his info, get it from him.
And how would you suggest I do that?
I have no E-Mail for him, I have no phone number for him, he does not post any longer and he certainly hasn't sent me a note on the Hotmail address I posted here.
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Toad,
You'te not goping to get an answer from staiga either. Golfer IMO is just a troll here now keeping the "controversy" going for his own amusement. If he had seen the albums and license he would have had ample information to post and prove staiga one way or the other. Of course it's not up to golfer to do that, it's up to staiga.
I doubt we'll hear from staiga under this name again as he is thoroughly burned in his stories. He can't come up with the info as it doesn't exist. The excuse that he hasn't got access to the internet (while based in Vegas?!?!?!) is as bogus as his P51 and B17 stories.
Time to close the issue and forget the golfer / straiga love fest. Neither (IMO) is worth any more time or bandwidth.
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I have a question...
I am a VERY observent person (being a sniper and all) and miss very little. However, I'm confused.
What is the big deal? So the guy is living in a fantasy world. So what. He's (or she) is probably reading all this stuff and laughing their fanny off at how much time people are wasting over this subject.
Lets quit worrying about the lies and all go into the MA and fly around. I would prefer if everyone flies straight so I can shoot them down easier. I've only got 300 hours in a P51 so I'm not very good yet :D
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This would not be a big deal modas, other than the fact that Straiga has continually tried to find fault with the flight model and other aspects of the game, and has based all his observations and criticisms on his degree and vast expiereiance in the warbird and aviation community.
Even after Hitech has answered his questions/criticisms Straiga has fallen back on his supposed expieriance to tell HT he is wrong.
This is the reason I think he owes the community a little proof.
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Originally posted by mars01
This would not be a big deal modas, other than the fact that Straiga has continually tried to find fault with the flight model and other aspects of the game, and has based all his observations and criticisms on his degree and vast expiereiance in the warbird and aviation community.
Even after Hitech has answered his questions/criticisms Straiga has fallen back on his supposed expieriance to tell HT he is wrong.
This is the reason I think he owes the community a little proof.
exactly. Our old friend KenJr in AW was using his father owning a B17 and his own flight time in said 17 to try and win the debates on those boards. Once he used it as the basis for an argument he made it fair game to question.
Turned out he was full of it too.
Dan/Slack
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Originally posted by Modas
What is the big deal?
Hitech said, it. The guy spouted off credentials so Hitech had answer him more fullly, because we would take the guy more seriously. It wouldn't be a good idea for HT to leave those allegations about the game out there because they were backed up by these credentials..
So Hitech spends more time posting responses than working on the game we all like to play. This delays the release of new updates, and hurts HTC. So really we are doing a community service. :D
For myself, sometimes it's fun to play detective...and have a witch hunt. ;)
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Originally posted by Guppy35
exactly. Our old friend KenJr in AW was using his father owning a B17 and his own flight time in said 17 to try and win the debates on those boards. Once he used it as the basis for an argument he made it fair game to question.
Turned out he was full of it too.
Dan/Slack
Eh, I think this stream has run its course. Nothing left here for now, but if and when he returns, we'll have pleanty to dredge up. To be honest, other than selling Go'fer a can of magic beans, I don't think we'll see our 7,000 hour Chopper pilot multi-expert AE professor, Airline pilot Tomcat Vet Heir to the Oklahoma Airport dynasty around anytime soon.
But if and when he does show up, these threads will always be here.
-Sik
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Originally posted by mars01
This would not be a big deal modas, other than the fact that Straiga has continually tried to find fault with the flight model and other aspects of the game, and has based all his observations and criticisms on his degree and vast expiereiance in the warbird and aviation community.
Even after Hitech has answered his questions/criticisms Straiga has fallen back on his supposed expieriance to tell HT he is wrong.
This is the reason I think he owes the community a little proof.
Ah, I see. I must have missed that. I guess I have to go back to sniper school to be more observant.
I thought he (she) was just making stuff up. Never mind then.
Did I mention I was a sniper? I'll post pics later.... Much later....
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Hey Golfer, what was straiga's excuses for diving away from the BBS? What did he say when you told him everyone thinks he is full of it? Why didn't he post a pic on here instead of showing you? Those questions should be answered by him, not by you. You answering for him makes you and him look bad. Someone questions my integrity I would go out of my way to prove I am not full of it. Ok, maybe he is a pilot but not the one he claims to be. I find it IMPOSSIBLE to believe someone with 500 hours in their dad's p51 would not post a pic on the Aces High BBS. He laid all those claims out and got called on them. He has not proven anything to this board and sorry to say but you saying its all true isn't gonna cut it. WE WANT PROOF!
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I actually hope Straiga is telling the truth, would love to have some knowledge about how the real P-51 fly's on here.
Maybe he just doesn't want to put out on open bbs all of his personal details so dweebs dont keep contacting him?
Or maybe he is just a dirty liar?
Best thing for him to do would be to contact HTC, let them know, then they can relay the info.
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Originally posted by Furball
Maybe he just doesn't want to put out on open bbs all of his personal details so dweebs dont keep contacting him?
I opened a special hotmail account just for him and posted it here. So far... no reply.
All I'm asking for is the N-number on the Mustang, the first thing he must have said every time he initiated a radio call during his 500 hours. "ZXCSE tower, this is North American XXXXX..."
I believe that's all I need to verify his story. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it would be enough.
I'm not going to post his name here if/when I determine it... although someone anonymously sent me a name.... but I will post on the 500 hour claim's veracity.
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He probably meant he has hours in an R/C P-51 and R/C F-14.
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Originally posted by Furious
He probably meant he has hours in an R/C P-51 and R/C F-14.
I'm pretty sure he is lying about his R/C planes as well, especially his suposed big 5 bladed prop Spitfire. Everybody runs 2 or (rare) 3 bladed props on those big engines and there is no commericaly avaiable 5 blade prop. Of course he would just lie and say he made it himself or got it custome or some junk like that but it's all highly unlikely...
The guy is just a pathological liar...
Just ask yourself dont you think a Navy F14 pilot, son of former AF colonel/general, with a masters degree in areonautics, with 500 hours in a P51, with 7,000 hours in a helictoper, who flies B767 for Hawaiian Airlines etc etc etc would have a simple time proving it all or would be just a little bit known in rather small and tight avaition community?
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Oh, I am sure he is lying as well. I was just trying to be funny.
...and didn't voss at one point try to play off all of his supposed P-51 experience as a case of bbs folks misinterpretting his R/C experience. Might be wrong, but I kinda remember that.
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Originally posted by Furious
He probably meant he has hours in an R/C P-51 and R/C F-14.
500 hrs of flight time for an RC is one hell of a long time.
I am curious if modelled his R/C P-51 after his full size one.
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Is he STILL "flying" for Hawaiian Air? I think its kind of strange someone in Vegas to be flying to Hawaii from there and not L.A. but what do I know?
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Originally posted by nirvana
Is he STILL "flying" for Hawaiian Air? I think its kind of strange someone in Vegas to be flying to Hawaii from there and not L.A. but what do I know?
That was actually easy to check, nirvana. HA has two flights a day from Las Vegas to Honolulu, one at 2:45 am, the other in the afternoon.
That doesn't mean anything, really--a fake could get the info in five minutes, just like I did, from the internet.
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A lot of guys in the airline biz commute.
I used to fly with a DAL Captain that commuted to ATL from Bozeman, MT.
I used to commute from KC to NYC to fly International.
I don't question commuters... I've met a lot of commuters that go to great lengths.
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Didn't Straiga say his dad retired as a 2 star from Nellis AFB? You can't hide when your daddy was a Maj. Gen. Especially considering he said he retired from Nellis.
Considering he flew that many birds I'm sure he has to have some outstanding achievements. Being an instructor pilot on all these birds and all. I'm sure with a little bit more info I can figure it out. :D
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If I ran HTC I'd sue him.
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Heck ya know daddy has money. Might even get a P-51 outta the deal in the end...:D
Did I ever mention that the O Clubs have this nice long wall that is almost always dedicated to previous base commanders and such. Wonder if my trusty military id will work at Nellis which is just up the road.
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Straiga is a fraud.
Golfer you are either incredibly naive, or just trying not to get raped while in Vegas at FI school.
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I am not 100% sure about this, but I seem to recall a buddy of mine telling me you can look up pilots listed on the FAA website. Now he claims to have 7,000 hours rotor time.... I am not sure but from what I have always though any flight time counts to your over all flight time... So does that mean he has 7,000 hours total time, or just helios? Does anyone know his total number of hours? If we found this out, I am not sure how hard it would be to cross check this with the FAA. Like I said before 7,000 hours in just helios is really, really, rare. So we might be able to clear this all up that way.
The other thing I was thinking about... if someone could make contact with HA and check to see if they have any pilots with that much time listed. I am sure someone in human res. would have somthing like that.
-Keg.
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I do recall him saying he flies the DC-10 didnt I? I am almost sure of this. The reasion I ask is becuase I just checked out Hawaiian Airlines fleet, and they dont own DC-10s anymore. They havent since 2001. They only have 767-300ERs and 717-200's. Then again at this point this has become so confusing, I am starting to lose track of fact and fiction.
-Keg.
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At this point I don't think anyone really cares anymore. There is far more evidence against Straiga/Golfer than there is for it/them.
When a man lies he murders some part of the world.
(http://www.utc.fr/~macret/cine/realisateurs/boorman/photos/excalibur3.jpg)
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Originally posted by Furious
He probably meant he has hours IN an R/C P-51 and R/C F-14.
Sounds very uncomfortable.
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It's 9:45 local now and I'm just now getting out of the office. I've been in the sim shooting the approaches at LAS and VGT getting used to the procedures and such.
Anyway...I get a kick out of everyone here and honestly this started out partly a troll because I was quite happy that I got to see his pilot certificate which showed many type ratings. DC-10, (727 and DC-9 as well if I recall correctly) 767 and among others. I must say I hooked a stringer full.
Anyway, I've got all the satisfaction I need out of this whole ordeal. He even brought his FIRC certificate from that afternoon among the many DC-10 and 767 photos from Hawaiian airlines. None are digital, all are kodak with date stamps.
I've posted the email before. It's on the website here. You don't even need to have a huge imagination to figure it out but I'll tell you anyway. Straiga@hotmail.com amazing, huh?
I will say again that in my opinion you're ALL out of line for asking anybody to post their personal info on a public forum. Beware what you wish for you might get it, but I will say you won't find everything you're looking for in the registry. I did a little research and confirmed this by searching for folks that I know have certificates and they didn't come up. NOBODY has posted a name that they think is his, so as far as I know you don't even have a guess.
After an hour in the car with "Straiga" I can say that he's very knowledgable, intelligent and laid back. I do consider him a friend now and it really doesn't matter what anyone here says I will continue to do so. I'm not going to be 'shamed' away and it is also not my place to post his information here. Get your heads out of your tulips if you think I'm going to GIVE you anything. Nobody has offered a name here or privately to verify, including Bodhi whom I have asked several times but am given an answer even more 'shady' than you accuse Straiga of being. I'm done posting on the subject, I will tell you if you can't find out who he is through your many and vast sources...you're not looking in the right place. I've seen the pieces of paper from the FAA and I am saying that it's true.
Regarding anything else...that's between you and him.
I'd ask that Hitech delete the threads that go above and beyond personal attack including 'Autopilot' bodhi's famous thread which names Straiga in the title and this one.
I can't hide from my stance. I know too many guys and gals from this game. No less than 25 members of my squadron alone I have met personally including spouses, significant others, children and pets. The best part is, I can say that because I know that I don't need to. I don't suppose it will change anyone's mind but I've stood by giving him a fair shot and in my eyes he's proven himself truthful. Anything further is your problem with him and I'd suggest you do it privately. If that's too hard to understand, then I don't know what to say that you're either lacking a life, going above and beyond the call of duty to be confrontational or are awaiting your taping date for the Jerry Springer show.
You're all adults, act like it. You'd be surprised what a little civilty could bring you...and beware what you wish for because you just might get it.
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That's pretty meaningless. Thank you for the email though. I'll send one right now.
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Originally posted by Golfer
It's 9:45 local now and I'm just now getting out of the office. I've been in the sim shooting the approaches at LAS and VGT getting used to the procedures and such.
Anyway...I get a kick out of everyone here and honestly this started out partly a troll because I was quite happy that I got to see his pilot certificate which showed many type ratings. DC-10, (727 and DC-9 as well if I recall correctly) 767 and among others. I must say I hooked a stringer full.
Anyway, I've got all the satisfaction I need out of this whole ordeal. He even brought his FIRC certificate from that afternoon among the many DC-10 and 767 photos from Hawaiian airlines. None are digital, all are kodak with date stamps.
I've posted the email before. It's on the website here. You don't even need to have a huge imagination to figure it out but I'll tell you anyway. Straiga@hotmail.com amazing, huh?
I will say again that in my opinion you're ALL out of line for asking anybody to post their personal info on a public forum. Beware what you wish for you might get it, but I will say you won't find everything you're looking for in the registry. I did a little research and confirmed this by searching for folks that I know have certificates and they didn't come up. NOBODY has posted a name that they think is his, so as far as I know you don't even have a guess.
After an hour in the car with "Straiga" I can say that he's very knowledgable, intelligent and laid back. I do consider him a friend now and it really doesn't matter what anyone here says I will continue to do so. I'm not going to be 'shamed' away and it is also not my place to post his information here. Get your heads out of your tulips if you think I'm going to GIVE you anything. Nobody has offered a name here or privately to verify, including Bodhi whom I have asked several times but am given an answer even more 'shady' than you accuse Straiga of being. I'm done posting on the subject, I will tell you if you can't find out who he is through your many and vast sources...you're not looking in the right place. I've seen the pieces of paper from the FAA and I am saying that it's true.
Regarding anything else...that's between you and him.
I'd ask that Hitech delete the threads that go above and beyond personal attack including 'Autopilot' bodhi's famous thread which names Straiga in the title and this one.
I can't hide from my stance. I know too many guys and gals from this game. No less than 25 members of my squadron alone I have met personally including spouses, significant others, children and pets. The best part is, I can say that because I know that I don't need to. I don't suppose it will change anyone's mind but I've stood by giving him a fair shot and in my eyes he's proven himself truthful. Anything further is your problem with him and I'd suggest you do it privately. If that's too hard to understand, then I don't know what to say that you're either lacking a life, going above and beyond the call of duty to be confrontational or are awaiting your taping date for the Jerry Springer show.
You're all adults, act like it. You'd be surprised what a little civilty could bring you...and beware what you wish for because you just might get it.
Golfer what flight school are you at? I ask only becuase everything is telling me that both you and Straiga are the same person. Why is it you are getting mad on the behalf of someone else. You say you have seen all this "proof" then what is so hard about posting some? I mean if my bellybutton was in the hot seat and I had to choose between proving myself by backing up my claims, and being run out of town becuase I dont feel I should have to. You bet your sweet bellybutton I would stand and fight.
It seems to me it would be so easy to post a few pics of himself at the controls of some of the aircraft he has flown. Hell I have quite a few pics of my silly face grinning from ear to ear just from flying a simple Piper Archer. I would think, know I know any pilot that had the back ground Straiga has described would have a love of flight. He would have hundreds of photos at the controls of the planes he has flown. I have videos, pics, you name it.
It takes less than five mins to clear this up. Here is what we know for a fact so far. Straiga has a dad that retired an Airforce Col, then was some how promoted to a Gen. That sir is a lie. We know Straiga told us how he Soloed at the age of 14 at his dads airport. We know that to be a lie as well. The airport in question was bult in 1964 and has always been owned by the city in which it sits.
All anyone wants at this point is for Straiga to be a man. To stand up and admit he did wrong. Truthfully like I said in one f my first post's on the matter I kinda like the guy. He is a colorfull fella. I enjoyed my time flying with him. He is an ok stick and this is just a game. If he were willing to stand up and admit his wrong doings, and stop just stonewalling the issue I would still have respect for him. It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. Atleast to me those actions wouldnt go unnoticed. However if he keeps on the path he is currently on, I am afraid he will find he will not have a home here anymore. It is time for anwsers.
-Keg.
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Sheesh Golfer you make it sound like asking a guy to prove his claims is a capital offense. He made the comments, why shouldn't he be expected to back them up.
No one wants him to produce his personal information, just the N number of the 51 he flew 500 hours in. Crap someone even asked you if you saw pics of the 51 he flew and what the nose art was, if any.
What is so horrible about that.
So you saw his certificates, big deal, they are not the issue here.
Things like his 51 time, his degree, these are the things which have complete and direct bearing on this community and HTC.
These are the things in question. The things he offered so freely on this public BB.
All most people in this thread want, is to know if Straiga is legit and his claims hold water or not. Hell, I would care about straiga's certs if I gave a crap how a DC10 was modeled, but I don't.
And what do you mean, be careful what we wish for. Is that some kind of threat to the community? What could possibly come of Straiga comming clean and backing up his claims, that we would have to be careful of? Your starting to sound a little hysterical.
You talk about civility and acting like an adult but attack the people just looking for a strait answer.
Your posts read like you are getting emotional because people would like some proof to his claims. Why is that such a horrible thing.
Did I start out thinking Straiga was FOS? No, not until he decided he wasn't going to substanciate his claims that he made publically. And even more daming he will not address them. Instead he puts you, his supposed friend in a bad position and uses you as his puppet boy.
All very weak form for an x F14 pilot, son of a General etc, especially if he is telling the truth.
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What I find kind of funny is something as simple as stating his fathers P-51 serial number is very simple and isn't destructive to him or his father. If it were infact true it'd be something to be proud of. It wouldn't be like he's rubbing it in that his daddy is rich.
Considering his father is also qualified in so many airframes especially one that I maintain makes it interesting. Also I'm sorry but if he retired from Nellis AFB as a Major General I can find out. It's rather easy. Will give me time away from one desert to go to another but it's Vegas.
Does seem odd that in one post he said his dad flew F-15s and the next he flew F-16s. Typo maybe. I can also question some of our aircrews in regards to the yawing created by gunfire. I could probably even ask him to get a tid bit of info from his dad about the F-15 and it's avionics interface. I could ask something specific that he's either gonna know or not gonna know. Basic start procedure of the F-15 for that matter. When throttles were suppose to be cycled for start. What was required to be done to get the motor to start spooling after a certain sequence was done. Some of the stuff that is very simple and any aircrew that flies the F-15 or has flown the F-15 will remember. Since it's such a very simplistic airframe to start. Heck I know how to do it and I'm not even certified to run the thing.
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Is that Straiga?
(http://homo-sapiens.info/images/p51pilot.jpg)
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No, this is Straiga...
(http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/top-gun/top-gun-poster04.jpg)
Former F14 jock, 500 hours in a P51 and he has a hot actress girlfriend... Some guys got all the luck....
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Yeah, but he's short.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Yeah, but he's short.
No way, Straiga said we're the little people....
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Originally posted by Golfer
It's 9:45 local now and I'm just now getting out of the office. I've been in the sim shooting the approaches at LAS and VGT getting used to the procedures and such.
Anyway...I get a kick out of everyone here and honestly this started out partly a troll because I was quite happy that I got to see his pilot certificate which showed many type ratings. DC-10, (727 and DC-9 as well if I recall correctly) 767 and among others. I must say I hooked a stringer full.
Anyway, I've got all the satisfaction I need out of this whole ordeal. He even brought his FIRC certificate from that afternoon among the many DC-10 and 767 photos from Hawaiian airlines. None are digital, all are kodak with date stamps.
I've posted the email before. It's on the website here. You don't even need to have a huge imagination to figure it out but I'll tell you anyway. Straiga@hotmail.com amazing, huh?
I will say again that in my opinion you're ALL out of line for asking anybody to post their personal info on a public forum. Beware what you wish for you might get it, but I will say you won't find everything you're looking for in the registry. I did a little research and confirmed this by searching for folks that I know have certificates and they didn't come up. NOBODY has posted a name that they think is his, so as far as I know you don't even have a guess.
After an hour in the car with "Straiga" I can say that he's very knowledgable, intelligent and laid back. I do consider him a friend now and it really doesn't matter what anyone here says I will continue to do so. I'm not going to be 'shamed' away and it is also not my place to post his information here. Get your heads out of your tulips if you think I'm going to GIVE you anything. Nobody has offered a name here or privately to verify, including Bodhi whom I have asked several times but am given an answer even more 'shady' than you accuse Straiga of being. I'm done posting on the subject, I will tell you if you can't find out who he is through your many and vast sources...you're not looking in the right place. I've seen the pieces of paper from the FAA and I am saying that it's true.
Regarding anything else...that's between you and him.
I'd ask that Hitech delete the threads that go above and beyond personal attack including 'Autopilot' bodhi's famous thread which names Straiga in the title and this one.
I can't hide from my stance. I know too many guys and gals from this game. No less than 25 members of my squadron alone I have met personally including spouses, significant others, children and pets. The best part is, I can say that because I know that I don't need to. I don't suppose it will change anyone's mind but I've stood by giving him a fair shot and in my eyes he's proven himself truthful. Anything further is your problem with him and I'd suggest you do it privately. If that's too hard to understand, then I don't know what to say that you're either lacking a life, going above and beyond the call of duty to be confrontational or are awaiting your taping date for the Jerry Springer show.
You're all adults, act like it. You'd be surprised what a little civilty could bring you...and beware what you wish for because you just might get it.
Golfer, forget the name, forget the certificates.
As far as this community is concerned, the only issue is his claim to special knowledge of P51 and B17 flight characteristics.
If he's for real, what is the name of his pony? And his fortress?
PS You wouldnt just be trying to get out of a bet, would you Golfer? You pledged a lot of subscriptions a while back.....
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Golfer and Straige are not the same person.
Getting back to the original issues - the issues were engineering and physics and how they are modeled in the game. Straiga's insistance in arguing against some fundamental laws of physics is really the problem. He stated that he has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, yet claimed that aircraft designers know less than pilots about the forces and physics of flight.
I have no reason to question that he is not a knowledgeable pilot. My gut tells me that there has been some resume enhancement, though. You never really know about the experiences of virtual or real people sometimes.
If some of you went out to dinner or golf or drinks with a long-time friend of mine, you would think the he is just a 'normal' everyday, plain vanilla retired navy guy. Maybe was in personnel or admin or communications, etc.
You would likely roll your eyes if I told you he was the top hook of the US Navy - more traps than anyone else in history and no one will ever catch him because of the nature of tours now. He has over 1,000 traps in A-7's alone. He's a mensa-type, former navy chief test pilot at TPS, blah, blah, the list is endless.
But you've never heard of him unless you were in the Naval Aviation community and you'll find his name nowhere on the internet.
So, sometimes you have be careful.
The thing I find troublesome is that most former Naval Aviators are not much on boasting. It just isn't done. You learn pretty quickly at Pensacola that someone has usually done more of everything... and did it better than you ever will.
I trust Toad and Bhodi understand exactly what I mean. This, and the aggressive defense of something contrary to physics, gets in my craw.
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I'll throw one little bone.
You guys oversimplified things a good bit.
He hasn't flown his time in one mustang.
To my knowledge (I didn't ask) and understanding he said he had "stick time" not a pile of hours. Even I've had a ride in a B-17 and got to sit up front for a while and look out the window. I wouldn't expect to see an LOA in a B-17 (which someone mentioned earlier) if you're looking there too.
The airplane his father was a parner in, he told me is now in a european country. Western, Eastern, Baltic or Adriatic...not telling.
I'd go back and re-read your posts and not with your torch lit. All the info you need is there and to see you guys posting the wrong things is somewhat amusing to me because I know you're not even close.
Here's what I did. After posting in some of the same threads as Straiga, I saw em online. I called out on range vox and said hello. Got to talking and was a pretty nice guy. Sent him some emails and just kept in relative contact (maybe once a week).
I'd made a decision to go to Las Vegas (after inquiring to him about weather...which was sorely mistaken. It has rained every friggin day) because of the 'usual' weather patterns and different flying conditions (mountains, high density alt training. Stuff that was only theory and I wanted to get some actual practice.)
Then...this whole controversy started. I'd "known" straiga for a short time and I had no reason to doubt he was legit. I'd asked him some P-51 systems type questions that nobody should know unless you've flown one...then checked them out with a guy I know fly's a P-51 because I've watched him in an airshow ripping the airfield at 30 feet. That's where I am coming from in this whole thing. Instead of standing up and saying "on behalf of stragia" I've only said my opinions and tried hard to just take a neutral stance. I'm not an idiot, I had no proof other than his word but when dealing with people I'm going to consider a friend that does hold weight with me. I stood by what I said, and didn't turn out to be wrong.
Whatever you guys want to bicker about now is fine by me. By my view you were all questioning his ATP certificate, type ratings and P-51 authorization. All of that was settled in just a few minutes of flipping through some pages. Done deal.
As for the torque threads, I'd talked on the phone with Hitech for a little under an hour for a while and since I come from a flying background with him as an engineer...we agree to disagree. We each understand what we are saying, but the root causes behind why things happen are not agreed upon. Fine by me, civil and no name calling or arguing.
And also, just a rhetorical question...
Why should anyone be obligated to prove themselves in any of your eyes just because you say so?
That photo of ME is from my first year of school at Ohio State. It's about 4 years old now.
I've also posted photos of Wintertime flying in Ohio, I doubt that straiga would have any of those.
And for what it's worth, Kegger...this is a personal attack. I think you're a thick headed moron to think that we're the same person. Enough peole know me and enough people know straiga (IIRC you claimed to) to know we are seperate people. If I don't get away with that, you don't get away with all these threads.
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"Why should anyone be obligated to prove themselves in any of your eyes just because you say so? "
Why? It's been explained umpteen times to you but it's pretty clear youve not an inkling or are playing some kind of Straiga "game." Cause man, oh man did you ever miss the cluewagon when it was in town last week.
But since you're posting WOT's that amount to nothing and asking "why's" how about you answer a few?
Why are you still his spokeman Golfer?
Why are you continuing to post in his defense?
Why if he is such a nice, carefree and laid back kind of guy has he behaved so socially dysfunctional?
Why has he refused to come back as Straiga to commiserate with the community about his experiences?
And after reading your recent WOTs of rubbish, since Straiga's self imposed exile, why do you care what people here think ?
I'd easily bet (it' be a suckers bet) that the MIA nut_STRAIGA_job has been reading these topics all this time.
(rgr that Kegger26. It seems to be one of those things that only someone eager to impress would lie about something so stupidly easy to verify. But you;re right. In hindsight the worst liers in the online communiy that I recall are all older. age in the 30's and up)
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You neglect to mention that:
STRAIGA HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN A LIE BEFORE
Your father can not be a retired general and colonel in the same branch of the military. PERIOD
He also claimed to have 7000 hours of heli time. Do the math, over a 15 year heli career thats a min of 1.3 hours a day, every day. NO ONE flys helis everday for 15 years.
Then, lets not forget the "Top Gun Instructor" claim, the 500 hours of 51 time, of, and flying for Delta (he never did), and every other statement he makes, and you see why I am peeved.
Your saying you saw something means exactly crap to me, because you can not even own up to the fact that he has already lied before. Personally, I think you are getting into his boat as well.
Straiga is the type of liar that everyone hates.
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Why if he is such a nice, carefree and laid back kind of guy has he behaved so socially dysfunctional?
Why has he refused to come back as Straiga to commiserate with the community about his experiences?
These are very valid questions Golfer, I hate to keep breaking your balls, but you keep dancing around the issues.
"Why should anyone be obligated to prove themselves in any of your eyes just because you say so? "
Like Westy has so elequently pointed out, you keep asking this question as if you are not reading any of these posts. Why is that? Why have the numerous answers in this thread on this exact question not satisfied you?
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Golfer, are you having fun playing secret agent man?
You know, from previous posts of yours (on other topics) I had some respect for you but this continuous cutesy-cutesy krap is incredibly childish.
Look... get this.. the guy puts himself forward as an "expert witness" in Mustangs and essentially in B-17's as well. With these credentials he proceeds to criticize the game.
Fine and dandy. However, any rational person would expect to be questioned on those bona fides.
Straiga, when questioned, simply disappeared.
Doesn't say much for him.
Now, as to "which Mustang", I feel pretty confident that I can verify this with just the N or name of the Mustang he flew the most or even just his father's Mustang.
I have emailed him with that request at the address you provided. I'm not going to post his name or anything; I'll just post whether or not the info "checks out".
As for names.... do you know his middle initial? Is it "A"? Still think no one knows his name? I could give you the two letters of the alphabet that are next to one another and reversed too. Amazing what stuff comes into a Hotmail account. And when you run that name through the FAA registry, you get ratings similar to what he's posted. So, want to match names?
Note this: so far my Mustang community friends can't place that name as attached to the given (posted) biography. Interesting, eh? I think with more info on which aircraft that could be settled one way or the other. It's always possible they never heard of the guy... although Reg Urschler thinks he would be at least aware of another retired USAF General who owned a Mustang and had a son that was a Navy F-14 pilot and flew said Mustang. And Reg is just one fellow I asked.
By my view you were all questioning his ATP certificate, type ratings and P-51 authorization
Then your view is blind. Check back... all I asked for was the N number or noseart of the Mustang. And don't tell me he got one hour in 500 different Mustangs. There has to be ONE he has the most time in.
I really don't care about his ATP or type ratings. Like I said, pilots around this board are a dime a dozen.
You claim to be a 500 hour Mustang pilot around here while criticizing the game, I'm going to ask for bona fides. You, Straiga or anyone else.
You get asked and run away.... there's about only one conclusion to draw.
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How come guys like Voss, and Straiga get some poor bastage to front for them and make themselves look like fools while they kick back or disapear?
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
How come guys like Voss, and Straiga get some poor bastage to front for them and make themselves look like fools while they kick back or disapear?
Typical confidence men...
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Originally posted by Golfer
I'll throw one little bone.
You guys oversimplified things a good bit.
He hasn't flown his time in one mustang.
To my knowledge (I didn't ask) and understanding he said he had "stick time" not a pile of hours. Even I've had a ride in a B-17 and got to sit up front for a while and look out the window. I wouldn't expect to see an LOA in a B-17 (which someone mentioned earlier) if you're looking there too.
The airplane his father was a parner in, he told me is now in a european country. Western, Eastern, Baltic or Adriatic...not telling.
I'd go back and re-read your posts and not with your torch lit. All the info you need is there and to see you guys posting the wrong things is somewhat amusing to me because I know you're not even close.
Here's what I did. After posting in some of the same threads as Straiga, I saw em online. I called out on range vox and said hello. Got to talking and was a pretty nice guy. Sent him some emails and just kept in relative contact (maybe once a week).
I'd made a decision to go to Las Vegas (after inquiring to him about weather...which was sorely mistaken. It has rained every friggin day) because of the 'usual' weather patterns and different flying conditions (mountains, high density alt training. Stuff that was only theory and I wanted to get some actual practice.)
Then...this whole controversy started. I'd "known" straiga for a short time and I had no reason to doubt he was legit. I'd asked him some P-51 systems type questions that nobody should know unless you've flown one...then checked them out with a guy I know fly's a P-51 because I've watched him in an airshow ripping the airfield at 30 feet. That's where I am coming from in this whole thing. Instead of standing up and saying "on behalf of stragia" I've only said my opinions and tried hard to just take a neutral stance. I'm not an idiot, I had no proof other than his word but when dealing with people I'm going to consider a friend that does hold weight with me. I stood by what I said, and didn't turn out to be wrong.
Whatever you guys want to bicker about now is fine by me. By my view you were all questioning his ATP certificate, type ratings and P-51 authorization. All of that was settled in just a few minutes of flipping through some pages. Done deal.
As for the torque threads, I'd talked on the phone with Hitech for a little under an hour for a while and since I come from a flying background with him as an engineer...we agree to disagree. We each understand what we are saying, but the root causes behind why things happen are not agreed upon. Fine by me, civil and no name calling or arguing.
And also, just a rhetorical question...
Why should anyone be obligated to prove themselves in any of your eyes just because you say so?
That photo of ME is from my first year of school at Ohio State. It's about 4 years old now.
I've also posted photos of Wintertime flying in Ohio, I doubt that straiga would have any of those.
And for what it's worth, Kegger...this is a personal attack. I think you're a thick headed moron to think that we're the same person. Enough peole know me and enough people know straiga (IIRC you claimed to) to know we are seperate people. If I don't get away with that, you don't get away with all these threads.
And the BS starts to unravel..
Soon the General/Colenel USAF father will be rediced to Nellis AFB junior assistant Janitor..
The F14 pilot carrier will be passeed of a s a misunderstanding of his job showing the Top Gun move in a threater once long ago...
Conveniently the 500 hour P51 is now in some far away location, which he cannot disclose for no appadremt reason..
What a load of crap..
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Originally posted by Straiga
...... No experience and no clue. So whats it take to believe in something and admit your wrong. I guess when it hit between your eyes or maybe not.
Straiga
I'm starting to think Straiga's quote really applies to someone else!
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Looking at the stories straiga posted and the obvious lies he has already been cought in are disturbing. If he has such a shallow self image that he needs to embellish a record to such a degree I wonder about how rational he is as PIC or co pilot of a commercial airliner.
Golfer, you really need to distance yourself from this type of behavior as well if you are serious about having a career in the front office of an airliner.
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I Have spoken to Straiga many many times about flight and becoming a pilot , i have his home phone # and his full name , JB11 even went to his house and spent time with him , on a visit to Vegas.
Straiga is an all out great guy to me and others , and yes he does get a kick out of all this ill bet , as for him not posting any results , I Dont know .
but over all the guy to me is one in a trillion who will help out anyone in need as I was in the past .
He doesnt have to PROVE a thing to anyone in here , this is a GAME , and you all asking him to post things to prove who he is to me is wrong IMO .
guys give it up and go on and leave him alone , if he says he has a 10" noodle you going to want pics and profiles and doc's of that too just to prove it ?
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Originally posted by Golfer
I'll throw one little bone.
I'd made a decision to go to Las Vegas (after inquiring to him about weather...which was sorely mistaken. It has rained every friggin day) because of the 'usual' weather patterns and different flying conditions (mountains, high density alt training. Stuff that was only theory and I wanted to get some actual practice.)
As for the torque threads, I'd talked on the phone with Hitech for a little under an hour for a while and since I come from a flying background with him as an engineer...we agree to disagree. We each understand what we are saying, but the root causes behind why things happen are not agreed upon. Fine by me, civil and no name calling or arguing.
That photo of ME is from my first year of school at Ohio State. It's about 4 years old now.
And for what it's worth, Kegger...this is a personal attack. I think you're a thick headed moron to think that we're the same person. Enough peole know me and enough people know straiga (IIRC you claimed to) to know we are seperate people. If I don't get away with that, you don't get away with all these threads.
I have flown online with Straiga but not with you. I do not know you at all. So me thinking you are straiga souldnt be all that strange to you, since you have pretty much absorbed the brunt of Straigas lies in here. Yet you still defend him like he was your brother. Just doesnt make sence.
Next I asked what flight school you were at. You told us you went to Vegas to get your ATP. This is a simple rating to get. Hell we do it all the time here. It is just a knowlege test and five hours flight time in a multi engine aircraft. But now you went to vegas just for the practice.
Your a pilot going after your ATP, rain shouldnt be the issue. Yet I guess it is. I may be a thick headed moron, but after eight years as a Military Police officer (and counting, reserves currently), three of which I was a Military Police Investigator when I have a hunch I roll with it. I have been a flight instructor for the past five years, been flying a total of seven. So nobody is going to come in here and make claims like " I soloed at 14" or " I have over 7,000 hours rotor time alone" and impress me.
It is pretty sad you had to resort to name calling. That shows how bright you really are. You get upset at me becuase YOU are stone walling and nobody can figure out why. I would think as a "pilot" which you claim to be you would be more than willing to help clear this matter up. Yet you seem to bask in the enjoyment of letting all this get drawn out. I just dont see how a normal, well adjusted, stable person could do that. Yet you let it go on.
I also notce you jumped on the torque bandwagon. Jesus what did they teach you at OSU? I mean it was sad really, that someone who claims to be flying for 33 years can understand physics 101, nore could you. You spoke with Hitech on the phone about the issue....for an hour? How on earth could you BS your way though a one hour phone call talking about somthing you clearly proved you know nothing about?
So I think I figured all of this out. After hearing about your B100 time. I had my doubts. I mean come man. You jumped from an Piper aztec to a turbo prop Beech Kingair B100? What a leap. I just hope you had your multi-engine instrument rating. Unless you are going to tell me you flew it under 18,000 feet the whole time.... So far in my seven years of flight the ONLY turbo prop I have even flown (hell I was even the PIC) was the PC-12 single engine. And that was only becuase Epps Aviation's demo pilot was out sick for three weeks. So I was sent down to Orlando to go though the PC-12 course Platus gives on the aircraft. Then again I am just a moron.
But I tend to think you are so far up Straigas bellybutton becuase you yourself are just as full of sh-- and man wouldnt it be great if you had yourself someone to stick up for you when you were called out. So I will make a deal with you. You find out the N number on straiga's dads P-51 and I will fly you out here to Atlanta and I will pay for you to get your ATP rating. Hell I will even be your instructor. That is if you are even qualified to go though the course. Thats 1,300$s not really for me since we will be scrubing things like instructor fees and what nots. But none the less you will be able to get your ATP rain free. You just supply us with that little bit of info and I will make it happen. You can reach me at area code 678-663-1548. Ask for Wells. You would be a moron not to take this offer Golfer... hey I made a ryme. How about that.
-Keg.
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JB35
You are right he does not have to prove anything, but as of right now unless he does, he will never live this down.
He will be another Voss/Mrblack type, that everyone will never take seriously again.
His call.
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Originally posted by JB35
if he says he has a 10" noodle you going to want pics and profiles and doc's of that too just to prove it ?
Hell yes! I would want to know his secret. Then I could walk up to chicks in the bar and ask them if they have ever seen a real live Georgia white snake?
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ROFL Kegger :aok
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Originally posted by JB35
...if he says he has a 10" noodle you going to want pics and profiles and doc's of that too just to prove it ?
If HT had written a pr0n simulator and straiga had critiqued certian aspects of that simulator based on "expert" knowledge, then yes, he should put up or shut up.
...as it is he just plain shut up, so little dick for him.
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Originally posted by JB35
I Have spoken to Straiga many many times about flight and becoming a pilot , i have his home phone # and his full name , JB11 even went to his house and spent time with him , on a visit to Vegas.
So you sort of know him then?
Do you have anything to offer that would validate his claims of 500 hours of Mustang time?
You may not be the only one with his full name and phone number.
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:rofl lmFao! Just did another search.
He's living with a flight attendant I think! And a jet F/A at that.
Now I really do believe he's an airline pilot. This is too funny; man, the stories I know of pilots and f/a's......
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no validation of flight time , other than he did say he has flown the pony, i did not feel the question of flight time warranted the statement he gave .
And I have seen pic's of said Pony , and I have seen pic's of Straiga in the pit of a commercial jet , and pic's of where he has flown an air ambulance lately , and even spoke to him at said job when he was flying said air ambulance.
I find Straiga a very good freind , and seeing that he is being drug out onto the coals bothersome , again just because he hasnt proven anything doesnt mean that he actually has not done it .
How many times have you went fishing and cought that sweet one that got away , only to tell it to someone who didnt believe you and called you a liar.
Of cours their may be some facts that were left out of the equasion , such as you were pullin so hard on the rod that you broke the line.
But you did hook him and brought him to the surface , and only you and God were their , and you are the only one who knows the truth.
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" if he says he has a 10" noodle you going to want pics and profiles and doc's of that too just to prove it ?"
OMG! Course not.
Only if he said claimed he'd whipped it out to use in measureing his El Colonel Capitaino Generalismo Dad's supposed P-51/ B17/X-15/helo to "prove" that HTC are amateurs and have totally fugged up the scale of the AH aircraft
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I have 500 hours in a Stearman, and I have the pics to prove it...
Of course I may have left some facts out ofthe equation, but I do have the pics...
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I find Straiga a very good freind , and seeing that he is being drug out onto the coals bothersome , again just because he hasnt proven anything doesnt mean that he actually has not done it .
Hey 35,
Honestly he is the one who has put himself on the cross. Why should he act in such a way which he knows is just going to create controversy. All people want to know is that his claims as they directly relate to the game are valid.
As many have said, if he is such a good guy etc, why is he dragging the community through this BS.
He obviously makes not secrets about his P51 time, so why should he be so clandestine now.
None of it adds up and honestly I don't care how many people come out of the woodwork on his behalf, if he can't speak for himself as he has so adamantly done in the past, then all of his prior comments and claims are moot.
Also, as one person has said (Kegger I think) it would be great if he was a seasoned 51 pilot. As I am sure many of us would have valued his opinions. Now even if he is telling the truth, he has acted in such a way, that his further posts and opinions will mean very little.
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How many people here can say they have had a dog fight in a P51 against the man who wrote the book Air Combat tatics and manuvering.
Golfer: This is why straiga Is getting so much crap. The above statementonly applies to one person, and he has never used it to back up any claim or discusion to try prove a point.
Some people let the arguement it self prove the topic at hand. Others when confronted with not understanding an issue, only recorse is to try change the argument to mine is bigger than yours. Straiga when ever confronted with facts also resorted to mine is bigger than yours. Only he had to keep making up fake biggers to continue on.
When straiga started doing that, it then did become a point to be investigted.
Golfer: How you treat people is entirely up to you. Your perseption people is yours alone.
But do not expect other people to have your view point. And if you wish to try convinse them of your view point. Expect them to try show you theres at the same time.
Thats what is going on since the issue started.
HiTech
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HT you ready to show the flippy thing to my wife again ?
for those who have no idea what im talking about , I could have made allot of Money :rofl
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Originally posted by JB35
He doesnt have to PROVE a thing to anyone in here , this is a GAME , and you all asking him to post things to prove who he is to me is wrong IMO .
guys give it up and go on and leave him alone , if he says he has a 10" noodle you going to want pics and profiles and doc's of that too just to prove it ?
Well because Straiga demanded proof from everyone else:
Originally posted by Straiga
So everybody tell me what degree you have in aerodynamics, any kind of aerodynamics. You to hitech. I have told you about me, now what about you.
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Anybody!
Im I the only one with and aeronautical engineering degree here.
Also tell me when you last flew a multi-engine and when did you get your liscence. I have told you my experiences, how about you lets here.
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Anybody!
Im I the only one here with a multi-engine certificate and have actual 4 engine flight experience, also 3 engine flight experience and 2 engine.
If you cant respond because you dont hold a multi-engine certificate. This will inform me that you have no formal experience in the subject matter. Physics on paper is one thing flying the plane is different. Statements like the above quote proves this fact.
Straiga
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Yep Mosq,
That pretty much says it all!!!
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Looks to me that 35 has taken up the trolling motor from golfer.
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Read the posts again. I'm not getting my ATP. If you (Kegger) can't get little details right how do you know that you're on the right page.
I'm in Las Vegas at ATP at the CFI diploma factory. Staying in a crummy apartment having to walk to the airport...yay.
There's more than enough info on these BBs alone that will tell you I'm not qualified for my ATP in TT and age. That's it.
I have flown a "warbird" and posted photos. I've sat in a P-51 and gone vroom vroom. I flew in (and did not claim to have time) Texas Raiders. I also drive a piece of junk car. Straiga drive's a nice 2004 blue one.
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Golfer? No comment on "who he is?
Middle initial "A" doesn't ring a bell?
Want me to post the issue date on his ATP? His FE? Want me to tell you what I find odd about those?
Want me to post his address? Phone number? Parts of same?
Still think no one knows who Straiga is?
"What's his name" isn't the mystery. Whether or not he actually has 500 hours in a Mustang IS the mystery. I notice you carefully avoid making any comments about his PIC time in a P-51D, too.
Even JB35, his latest defender, studiously avoids the subject of actual P-51D time and instead gives us some weirded out fishing allegory about the one that got away. Did those 500 hours suddenly break the line and get away from the logbook?
Once again.. so maybe it'll sink in for you...
I really don't care about his ATP or type ratings. Like I said, pilots around this board are a dime a dozen.
You claim to be a 500 hour Mustang pilot around here while criticizing the game, I'm going to ask for bona fides. You, Straiga or anyone else.
As Mosq pointed out, Mr. Straiga himself has been most vocal about demanding other folks credentials.
Where is he now when his credentials are in question?
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Golfer, you keep changing the terms of discussion.
Straiga says he has expert knowledge of Ponies because of extended flight time.
We want to know what plane he flew, which is simply NO PROBLEM if its true.
If it is not true, then his "special knowledge" does not exist and he's been lying the whole time.
This is not about his pilot certificates, his personality, or your credentials. He claims to be an expert, and the community wants to see if he can be believed.
Period.
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interesting tidbit. Mr. Straiga was NOT a topgun instructor.
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Who cares about whether the guy flys for an airline. We want proof of his p51 time. The fact that he doesnt post anymore proves he was full o (#&%. His lies got bigger and bigger until they spiraled out of his control. When a person tries to use their resume to prove they are right, they better be prepared to produce some crudentials to back it up. I could care less how nice a guy he is or what kind of friggin car he drives that means zilch. Golfer quit sticking up for this dweeb. He has tarnished his image and if he is such a good guy he would provide proof on this BBS to back you up. But I see he is leaving you out to dry...
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Bodhi so was his father a 2 star? If ya need help finding out let me know. I may be taking a trip to Vegas next week to transport some parts. Won't take me but a 10 minute detour to stop over at the O Club or HQ.
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Cobra, I ran the name thru the AF computer search for Reg and Guard Generals and turned up.... no match.
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cc Toad. I was just wondering. Being in the F-15 world he wouldn't be hard to track if he were active duty or guard. If he went through F-15 training he would have been at 1 of 3 bases.
Now I do know that there are instances where an aircrew may not go through one of those units to get trained. One is if he had gone through the TPS school which would qualify him on the airframe. We qualify Navy crews on our birds and we have even qualified other nations pilots on our birds. There is a chance he could get qualified at his duty station itself too. The thing is there aren't many F-15 bases in CONUS. He would have had to be in one of those squadrons to get qualified.
Plus being a 2 star and retiring from Nellis wouldn't make him hard to track. There are only a few agencies on that base that would have had a 2 star. 2 stars also just don't get forgotten about when they leave a base let alone retire from that base.
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Cobra,
The last name does not check with any retired Generals or Colonels.
I have checked with the academy to see if he (his father) was a cadet there (have not heard back as I left a voice mail with a friend there late this afternoon). If he (his father) was an academy grad, then he will be receiving a few calls from some that care even more than those on this board about his son's lies.
Another thing is that I started plugging in the last name into the air force community out here.... there are a surprising number of retired air force pilots that are vietnam veterans out here, not a one has ever heard the last name either....
I also spoke with Jim Stewart today who is another retired air force pilot (F-15 driver) and he has never heard of the last name either...
All of this is pointing towards lies on the levels of Voss. Sadly, either Voss got an ATP or we have another pathetic loser on our hands.
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Bodhi do you really expect the Navy and AF to publically list their secret CIA pilot rosters??
You little people just crack me up....
:lol
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Bohdi,
I hear ya. If I knew the last name I could even check with some old friends who work at Strike and Eagle on Nellis. If he was infact an F-15 pilot and he was stationed there I'm pretty sure I could get a positive ID on him. One thing about the F-15 career field is our 1 stars and above are always remembered by the crew chiefs of the wing jet. Considering so much goes into ensuring his plane is not only in tip top shape and pretty but also due to the fact everyone knows when he's flying with the squadron.
It's not much different than how Brig. Gen. Pearson gets treated when he flies with us. He is a very well known name though throughout the F-15 world. Considering he was the only pilot to ever shoot down a satellite. He ranks up there with the likes of Yeager too. He has also flown with us a few times.
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Hey, Cobra... ever hear of a Tom Watson in the F-15 community? Old bud of mine from UPT, was in the ASAT program a while too I think. Lost track of him after he left McChord.
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Toad nope I haven't actually. I wasn't here during the ASAT program. I also haven't ever heard of that last name flying with us since I've been here. Which has only been since Jan 2002. In my ten years I've only been stationed at 3 bases. If he's primarily a C model guy then I doubt I've seen him. I've worked the E model for most of my career. I just started working the A-Ds here.
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Knew it was a long shot. If he stayed in.. and I'm pretty sure he did... he'd be hitting 30 years last November. Have to be wearing a button or they'd toss him. ;)
He's probably out.
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Toad I do have an old civilian that works here on the F-16s that I can ask though. He actually crewed Gen. Pearsons jet during the ASAT program.
Actually now that I think of it I think I might have seen a photo of him. We have a picture on our wall with Gen. Pearson and his crew chiefs standing next to the ASAT bird. Thinking of that I'm almost dead positive it's him. I was thinking for a minute that the reason Watson sounded familiar was only because of a guy I went to school with. Now I'm almost dead positive it's him because that photo was placed right next to my office. He would have worked with a guy that had the last name of Day.
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Tom was a pilot. Willie, Class 75-04 (gee, I remember that as easy as I remember my Fairchild's N number ;) ).
Good friend, great guy... need to track him down sometime.
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Well then it must be a different guy. You've got me curious though. I'm either getting old and can't remember watermelon or the crew chiefs name was Watson in that photo. I'll have to take a look Monday at the photo again.
The guy that works F-16s here might still know of him though if he was in the ASAT program. He was stationed here all of his career and he was very involved with the ASAT program. The only aircrew that I know of that was in the ASAT program and still here was Gen Pearson.
Was that Thomas J. Watson by chance?
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This is turning out pretty intresting and sad.
Just last week I took this great 35-40 minute ride in a Streaman over Oahu and saw all the major historical sites around Pearl Harbor from the plane. It was a great flight, my first time in a small airplane, first bipe, first open cockpit all that and I'm very happy about it. Heck I even got the pics to prove it.. ;) I was smiling from ear to ear the whole weekend That will be a great memory that does not need to be embellised or lied about. ... Why some people need to do that sort of lieng about their experiences and just maks fools of themselves to the extent seen here is really bizzare?
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Yeah, I think it was J.
Medium height, medium build, had brown hair when I knew him, wore glasses. New Yawker.
We spent many nights holding the stag bar Foosball table against all comers. Played for drinks... won till we fell down. ;)
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I just asked because I did a search and there was a research center named after Thomas J. Watson. I'll pass the info on to my friend at work. I'll see if he can remember anything about a pilot named Watson. Don't be surprised if he doesn't remember. He's an even older fart than me.
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So, Grun.. did you log the time? I'm sure you made a daring landing in a 30 knot crosswind when the pilot had a heart attack, right? No.. better cut it down.. no one's going to believe you did 30 in a Stearman... go with calm winds and the heart attack. It'll be enough.
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Wow, Cobra.. to weird. And scary... 'cuz you know how you get stuff named after you on an airbase!
I gotta do some checking too.
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Probably not him it's the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center based in New York. It's just weird that the name was directly related to the ASAT programs.
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Originally posted by Toad
So, Grun.. did you log the time? I'm sure you made a daring landing in a 30 knot crosswind when the pilot had a heart attack, right? No.. better cut it down.. no one's going to believe you did 30 in a Stearman... go with calm winds and the heart attack. It'll be enough.
500 hours baby!!!! Later, when caught, I will claim it was a simple mathematical error of a misplaced decimal...
No hear attack Toad, thats simply ridiculous. Bruce, the pilot, got hit by a bird and I bravely took over. I als9o have pictures from the air and ground, so when Golfer comes I can prove myself!!!
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But I gotta say it was so much fun and all in all seemed quite straight forward and easy at only 80mph on a calm day with the very experienced pilot flying of course. Actually he might check AH out, he seemed quite intrested and surprised when I described the deatil and thuriougness of our FM. ;)
Flying is fun stuff, I'm tempted to try it myself sometime but I think I'm somewhat nearsigted so I may want to check out that issue first...
Wohoooo!!! So much fun!
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It's got me thinking. Did his dad fly P-51s or F-51s? If his dad was flying P-51s for the military then it had to be prior to 1948. If he had approximately 30 years of service he would have retired in the late 70s or early 80s. Kinda narrows down the time frame that he would have been at Nellis.
Seems odd he would state in May 2004 it was F-16s then 7 months later he stated it was F-15s. Makes you wonder considering he specifically stated P-51s in those two seperate posts. That itself would mean he was flying Mustangs prior to January 1948 when the pursuit designation (P-51) was changed to the fighter designation (F-51). With that in mind did he actually fly in the Korean War too?
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I am surprised... Golfer finally appears to ahve given up.
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I don't know why you're surprised. He's already admitted being a troll. Now that he knows for sure that straiga can be traced it's no fun for him.
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Mav, he admitted that the straiga defense is a giant troll? lol, sure whatever.
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Quote from Golfer, second page of this thread I believe.
Anyway...I get a kick out of everyone here and honestly this started out partly a troll because I was quite happy that I got to see his pilot certificate which showed many type ratings. DC-10, (727 and DC-9 as well if I recall correctly) 767 and among others. I must say I hooked a stringer full.
Do this do it for ya Bodhi?
He really had no other reason to try and defend straiga, he just wanted to continue to stir the pot.
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hehe, he did a good job, but either he is a liar too, or straiga made up a fake certificate.
The funny thing is there are no type ratings listed.... and his ATP was issued 07/30/2002. This guy is a liar. You pull up ANYONE with a type rating and it shows.
Well, Golfer just lumped himself into the same boat in my book, a liar.
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I wasn't fibbing when I said he had DC-10, 767, and the other type ratings. They filled the bottom of the certificate. There were some easy ones (B767, DC10) and others I didn't recognize and assume to be helicopters.
Calling me a liar doesn't sit well because I don't feel as though I have been lied to. Thus far, any statement Straiga has made to me has been proven true. I don't care whether or not about a general for a father if you want that get it yourself.
I haven't addressed anything of that sort because I haven't asked. I won't make up stories, I won't make a guess and I won't give out personal information.
Send me an email with a name...so far there isn't one. I've seen his certificate, address, ratings/limitations and type ratings. They're there.
This next line is going to get quoted though:
Nobody here has really been lied to either. You find some discrepencies in statements but so far you have verified nothing. He hasn't posted to say yes or no. You're sitting back and thumping your chests because he's silent. That doesn't mean he's lying. It means he's being silent. Approach him...I've said it before...he does have the ability to prove things and god forbid you actually ask him.
That's as far as I'm going to take things. All things that may have been in question that I saw as a show stopper (ATP cert, type ratings, LOA) have been proven. I stood up for those things because I thought them true and they are. I'd do the same for anyone here and can honestly say I haven't told a lie and will sleep quite well.
Besides...what could you you say I've lied about anyway? I'd gladly clear anything up, though I have tried quite hard to be objective and up front regarding anything I might be asked to verify.
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Give ... me ... the ... Pee ... fifty ... one ... and ... the ... physics ... degree ... ... ... Every ... thing ... else ... is ... irrelevant.
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Originally posted by Golfer
Thus far, any statement Straiga has made to me has been proven true. I don't care whether or not about a general for a father if you want that get it yourself.
Classic.
"He's not a liar, except where he lied and I don't care about that."
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Goofer (i spelled that way on purpose) must work for Microsoft tech support -- he's giving technically correct answers that do not address the actual problem.....
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lol When you you cant back up the lies tell them the truth about other stuff and hope they go away. lmao Golfer thought you were done with this thread? Your boy straiga is really just hanging you out to defend his name. Which is ruined. Now you are starting to get one from side-steppin. Tell your boy to answer up or you both should be quiet. No one cares about his ratings, no one cares about his nice attitude. WE WANT P51 INFO, And HIS DEGREE! Both he spouted his mouth off about. The people demand satisfaction.
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Originally posted by Golfer
I am a tool.
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
LMFAO
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BTW Golfer, you never answered Toad about middle initial A...
Guess you forgot about that. Ohh, I also guess you "forgot" that we do not give a rats poop about his ATP cert. The only things I care about are:
A: HIS P-51 LOA and 500 hours in it.
B: The N # from the Mustang his Dad owned.
C: His graduating class from Pensecola.
Those three statements are what is at issue here... some others want to see proof of the Aernautical Engineering Degree, but I could care less about that.
Ohh, and one more thing, no matter how you slice it, he lied about his father. He also stated that he had 7k hours in rotorcraft, then went back and edited that out. Your boy's track record on telling the truth is pretty bad.
As for calling you a liar, I apologise that I lumped you into the same boat as he. I thought you were trolling and just lying about the rest.
I change it to that you are incredibly naive if you expect this to go away without those three issues above being addressed.
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Didn't see the middle initial. How bout all the initials.
I don't have all the answers about him. I didn't look for his degree or ask. I didn't know to ask about Pensacola and don't have an answer. I didn't see a name for the P-51 but it is not unreasonable to think it might not have one. You should all be smart enough to know that they're not all dolled up to represent some famous war veteran airplane.
I saw his pilot certificate and type ratings and that's all I was after. I will still say that after meeting him I don't have any reason to doubt him and I haven't been lied to regarding anything I've asked him. If he is kosher on working for the airline, his certificates and ratings and has info on the P-51...I am going to give the benefit of the doubt on the rest. You don't have to, and it is clear you're not going to. I will say that I'm going to say it's probably true because everything else in question has turned up kosher.
A note...
I don't know but I wouldn't see why you couldn't have certain things omitted from the federal airmen registry. I haven't looked into it at all but I know there are some people I know who hold commercial and instructor ratings that don't show up in the database. I've seen his paper, and it was kosher.
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GAF
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Originally posted by Golfer
I don't have all the answers about him. I didn't look for his degree or ask. I didn't know to ask about Pensacola and don't have an answer. I didn't see a name for the P-51 but it is not unreasonable to think it might not have one. You should all be smart enough to know that they're not all dolled up to represent some famous war veteran airplane.
LOL, AGAIN, you skirt the issue... The name means crap, I know of 10 51's in the last year that changed paint schemes. Plus I know of a bunch more that are not even in a warbird paint scheme. I want to know the N #.
Originally posted by Golfer
A note...
I don't know but I wouldn't see why you couldn't have certain things omitted from the federal airmen registry. I haven't looked into it at all but I know there are some people I know who hold commercial and instructor ratings that don't show up in the database. I've seen his paper, and it was kosher.
Why would he "omit" certain things like his type ratings? LMFAO, you do not do that, it is a requisite for background checks. Lastly, per a conversation with another more knowledgable than I in the FAA records keeping, You CAN NOT omit your certificates, ONLY your address. The rest is PUBLIC RECORD.
You've seen his paper, thats great, guess what, given an hour, I could have a piece of paper that says I have an Unlimited recip LOA, as well as type ratings in the concorde and 747...
I am sorry, but you continually skirt the issues we have asked to verify. You know he lied, yet you refuse to admit that, you know what we have asked, but you refuse to follow through, so, I think that you know he is a fraud, and are now to embarassed to admit it.
Pathetic.
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Anyone catch that Conspiracy: Area 51 episode on History Channel? Straiga=Bob Lazar=He worked at Area 51 thus he is banned from talking?
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
So can we make it official now?
Straiga = Voss
Not by a long shot. When Voss is caught in many of his numerous lies, he always freaked out and started shouting about getting his lawyers or the FBI which for some reason he says he's in daily contact with. Straiga just keeps quiet with the false hope that this will blow away.
ack-ack
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Coming into this late....but I would like to hear about his F-14 time. I understand maybe embellishing (sp?) his warbird and civilian time, but to claiming to be a military pilot goes above and beyond.
I can very easily check out those credentials :D But doubt I will ever hear a thing.
If Straiga would like to email me with them, well then click below.
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Goofer (i spelled that way on purpose) must work for Microsoft tech support -- he's giving technically correct answers that do not address the actual problem.....
Is it??
(http://users4.ev1.net/~bdfaith/Op-Ed/M.S.S/MSS_microsoft_s80.jpg)
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Not by a long shot. When Voss is caught in many of his numerous lies, he always freaked out and started shouting about getting his lawyers or the FBI which for some reason he says he's in daily contact with. Straiga just keeps quiet with the false hope that this will blow away.
ack-ack
But he claerly has a spokesman and lawyer in Golfer here....
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Diagnostic Criteria
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
requires excessive admiration
has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
Is it??
(http://users4.ev1.net/~bdfaith/Op-Ed/M.S.S/MSS_microsoft_s80.jpg)
ROFL!!!
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Just an update for those of you still tracking this Soap Opera, "Return of Distant Relation of Voss 16"....
I've had no contact from Straiga at the address I posted a while back.
whatmustanddidstraigafly@hotmail.com
I have been unable to verify any of his claims, although I believe I have his correct name, address, phone number. I've looked at the FAA records for the name and they show no Type ratings although they do support some of his claimed licenses. None of the half dozen or so people contacted in the Mustang community have ever heard of a person with his rather unique background.
I continue to lazily pursue this....... saga.
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I think I'll pursue the "Hawaiian" angle of this next. I believe I have an old UPT classmate there that should be at or near the top of their seniority list.
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I still think he worked at Area 51 and has been told my the government to shut up.....oh and they weren't F-14's, 767's or Mustangs........they were UFO's. He lives in vegas doesn't he?
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Going to Vegas tomorrow so I'm gonna take a look around at the O Club and at HQ.
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Cobra, whats your email?
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Bohdi here it is.
res1xn6aremove@verizonremove.net
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you've got mail
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cc. I just got it and replied accordingly.
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Well, look at the bright side...
Even if Straiga ran away flapping his wrists and screaming like a girl --
At least we dont have to deal with his arrogant, marginally coherent rants anymore! :aok
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hehe
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Well I didn't get a chance to do my investigating due to my task that I had took alot longer than it should have. Oh well. Really doesn't matter much as he isn't here anymore.
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I know you'll all find this hard to believe but I haven't had any E-Mail from Straiga to my account at hotmail, whatmustanddidstraigafly@hotmail.com
I sent him a note at the address Golfer posted just asking for the N number or the noseart. I said I would only either confirm or refute his claims without using his name.
No word yet.
My contact at Hawaiian is out of touch until next week. I am going to try track that angle down too.
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I wonder if other gaming comunities have this problem, you know like driving sims, having some loser, claiming he is a race car driver and owns a real AC cobra?
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GT I know in alot of the FPS communities you had guys claiming they were Rangers, Delta and even some claiming they were Seals or Ex Seals. I'm sure you have it out there in alot of other gaming communities too.
A guy claimed he was a Ranger and kept whining about how inaccurate the game was. I promptly asked him what the muzzle velocity, range for point targets and range for areas targets was for his M-16A2. Figured that was an easy question to start with and he should know it. I was going to question him on the tear down of the weapon next but he left the server before he answered the first series of questions. Seems pretty simliar to how this whole thing is turning out. A person claims inaccuracy on a particular subject and tries to use his supposed experience and degree to back their claims up and then runs when confronted.
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Yeah,
I had heard that about the FPS comunity lol.
Sad people cant be happy with who they are.
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Just an update.
There is no one bearing Straiga's name who flew Tomcats for the Navy, much less Top Gun.
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did you check hollywood records? ;)
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Originally posted by Bodhi
Just an update.
There is no one bearing Straiga's name who flew Tomcats for the Navy, much less Top Gun.
And we're surprised by this how??
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after one fight i had with straiga, which i beat him 51 vs 51 , he comes on ch 200 and says "well to bad you could never fly a real 51" ...... LOL now this WHAT A LOSER he deserves the voss monikor
38maw
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So... any update? I'd hate for a thread as entertaining as this to just fade away.
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Where is:
(http://www.anniversary-weddinggifts.com/web_images/web_images/MT200.jpg)
Err I mean Golfer....
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Why are you still his spokeman Golfer?
You know.. I corresponded with and spoke on the phone to Paul Hinds and was sent some info that lead me to believe many of his claims for awhile. I was one of his supporters until even my dim bulb of a brain couldn't wrap itself around the bulls_it anymore. Golfer, you are defending a liar and the comparisons to Voss are legitimate. Fool me once, shame on me.... fool me twice and I kick your fuc.....er.. I get skeptical.
Woof :mad:
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Originally posted by SkyWolf
Fool me once, shame on me.... fool me twice and I can't get fooled again.
Huh?
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Originally posted by Kegger26
Huh?
Bush.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Bush.
I think it is actually The Who reinterpreted.
Cue Abbot & Costello in 3, 2, 1...
I'm skeptical, but I'm not at the 'he's obviously a liar' phase regarding Straiga. For all we know, the guy isn't posting because he's left the game for some other game and has no idea that everyone is running around in circles like their heads are cut off back here. Golfer is a level headed guy, and if he believes the other guy, then that's enough for me to reserve judgement (even if it WAS my place to judge, which I don't think it is).
I am skeptical, but I haven't lit my torch or sharpened my pitchfork yet.
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Well, Toad is still on the hunt I see. Saw him asking about it on the mustangsmustangs board in the last couple days :)
Dan/CorkyJr
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I stopped looking.
I personally spoke to people at both NAS Fallon and NAS Pensecola. The name did not check out.
So, yet again I call bull__it!
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Yeah, I've pursued a few more things.
I've contacted Golfer by E-mail but he hasn't been real forthcoming other than admitting Bodhi and I have the correct name and a few other things.
I've written Golfer recently, however, and as a courtesy to him I'm waiting a bit longer before I post what I know.
I believe Straiga is a pilot. I DO NOT believe many of the things he claimed on this BBS are true.
More to follow.
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The guy has narcissistic personality order (straiga). Dont be too harsh on him. Its about the same as having chronic depression or bi-polar disorder.
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sheesh 5 pages, interesting read though, would make a great thesis for a psych Masters degree though but apart from that I don't understand why anyone would care, it's the internet, people lie a lot, what's so surprising?
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And yet you cared enough to post on it.
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pfft just curious on a Sunday afternoon......
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It's true that there's gobs and gobs of lying on the internet, this thread is just a measure of the community BS meter. Once you go overboard, you get your pee pee slapped.
Consider the to do over in the free multiplayer forum. Those lies were accepted up to the point they killed off the Marine. Then it just became too much.
It really fascinates me. My background in education and experience is in International relations, and I am always amazed at how similar on-line communities act to the international community. It's not about rules and laws (though Skuzzy does a great job lol) but rather its about accepted norms of behavior.
Ok, maybe it's not that interesting. Just something I always marvel at.
-Sik
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I didn't read through this BBS Drama not to find some conclusion & let it fade away...Toad..lets hear your findings.....
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we are waiting on one more piece from the US Navy.
God help Straiga if he lied about that.
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This is even better than those Sam Spade flicks!
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I just wasted 45 minutes at work reading all of this.
Can't wait for the next installment :) :) :)