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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Otter on July 05, 2006, 07:31:37 PM
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yes folks,
the wait is finally over.
The historic keyboard used by DD to type the immortal "Longbow" phrase "... **** airfields" in Air Warrior is available and open for bids...
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ahh longbow, i flew with the Polish squadron, we kicked butt.
44MAG
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I was in a FW190........
The first time I seen all those B-17's... I knew I was in deep ______.
CAVALRY
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Care to extrapolate to those of us who weren't there?
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Hard to extrapolate. More of a level of awareness, a frame of mind, a "happy place"
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Originally posted by Otter
yes folks,
the wait is finally over.
The historic keyboard used by DD to type the immortal "Longbow" phrase "... **** airfields" in Air Warrior is available and open for bids...
Command was to "shift airfields" Apparently I'm not allowed to post what DD (Dead Duck) typed instead...
The remarkable fact is the cheapskate still has the original computer equipment.
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back in teh day when 3D warfare was fought in 2D. Those verterans still bare teh visible scars of self inflicted octal contusions.
I missed teh whole deal, but I remember seeing teh full page advertisement in some computer wholesale mag (was before teh game mag was invented). THats why I finally bought a PC, to play tehg GHEYMS!!!!!!
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You ok Yeager???
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Originally posted by john9001
ahh longbow, i flew with the Polish squadron, we kicked butt.
44MAG
Repeat Please?
I had 602 Squadron in the Spit IXs for that one +Rino/Phan had 317 Squadron and Krusher had 443. The Spit IXs had a good time early on....despite no drop tanks! :)
+Tiff back in those days.
I do remember that DD just about crashed an entire mission with that comment too :)
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Longbow was a hoot, was it 1998 or 1997 ? Wish I still had my films.
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My favorite of all scenarios. BoB was my first ( the BoB run just before LB)
At that moment I felt my body changed. It was adjusting itself from normal life, to one that required long hours sitting in front of a PC. Padding was added for comfort in the rear end, and a table of sorts for resting beer on was added in the front.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Care to extrapolate to those of us who weren't there?
One of our harder luck bomber groups was being hampered by a launch
bug. Deadduck, being the Big Kahuna, suggested that they shift airfields.
Unfortunately his spelling was not up to par and much merriment was had
by the entire allied side :D
I can't even imagine how painful shiting an airfield might be. :rofl
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Your really showing your age when you talk about Air Warrior... ROFLMAO!! Those were the days..
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As scenario memorabilia goes that keyboard has a LOT more appeal than one of Culero's seat cushions.
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I imagine "Kill Westy" was typed more than once on that venerable kb.
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Originally posted by nuchpatrick
Your really showing your age when you talk about Air Warrior... ROFLMAO!! Those were the days..
I don't know about that...I was one of the younger AW vets out there. Started in 1994 when it was free on AOL. December 25th, 1994 was my first day with a computer and internet access. We hooked up the family Dell Dimension 100 or something along those lines. It took me about 5 minutes to click "Games" and "Air Warrior" in big red letters. Downloading on the 28.8k modem didn't take all that long and soon enough I took to the skies as Gol-4. I promptly shot down some friendly airplanes taking off in front of me and discovered what being PNG meant. I took my time then to download the remaining cockpit art so every airplane wasn't a P-51 and started my career.
First the 444th Air Mafia for a number of years under Pak...Lt. Packboy...the real Pak. Packers fan who came up with 444 for Favre and his 3 super bowl wins at the time. Yep.
19th Air Wing after the shift to GameStorm. A summer off due to various junior golf tours and then joined up with the ~U.S.M.C.~ under Grim. Same Grim we have today. By this time I was a sophomore in High School. Played all the way until the day of infamy during which EA killed AW. Dabbled with WWII Online, never played Warbirds. Found AH when I talked on the phone with some of the guys and been here ever since.
I started when I was 11. I turn 23 this month...any AW vets younger than myself by all means please step forward :)
When I started I was on the helium tank. Because of this game I kept with the "dream" of flying and if I go to Lear school here in the next month or so I'll come full circle with my ATP and a couple of type ratings. These games and people have meant more to me than just a "hobby" as most know it. It's ingrained as part of my life and I wouldn't give it up for anything in this world. Except for maybe Scarlet Johanssen. I'd drop it in a heartbeat until I had my fun and then come back because I'm a junkie.
So as not to disappoint:
(http://netmode.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/original/images566563_ScarletJohansson4.jpg)
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Originally posted by Golfer
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I started when I was 11. I turn 23 this month...any AW vets younger than myself by all means please step forward :)
Yeah, that makes some of us really old thank you :aok
I remember playing AW, before it was online...and playing on a 14.4 modem..
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My favorite scenario.
This might trip a few memories :)
Brooke's page
Longbow (http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/longbow/longbow.html)
(http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/longbow/pics/p1f1/lb_p1f1_7_landing.jpg)
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Fidd's page
Longbow (http://home.rgv.rr.com/casamyers/Longbow/longbow.html)
Fidd's pink plane
(http://home.rgv.rr.com/casamyers/Longbow/LBp1f4PRUrtb.jpg)
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Oh yea, some of the people who flew it
Immel's
look at ewe (http://www.look-at-ewe.com/)
I am the good looking one, Otters the guy with the funny hair cut :p
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While I am on the roster of Air Warriors and BigWeekers, I was not around for Longbow. I flew around that time as both Savage and Hilts. But I was not really part of it all until later. I flew several scenarios both there and here. I don't fly them much any more, although I do fly some snapshots and FSO missions. But I missed Longbow and a few of the others.
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Ah - the good old days.
I think that year we had a scenario frame in 11 of the 12 months. that was a VERY Busy scenario year.
I may have flown the first set of frames in a B17.
But for me it turned into TOO LONG BOW . . . .
Just waiting for the next AH PEARL Scenario . . . I need to defend my two time AW Title !
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Ya I got recuited to fly a B-17 in that one, the day of, actually just a hour before. Was one of the last shot down after what seemed like 3 day flight .
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Originally posted by Krusher
Oh yea, some of the people who flew it
Immel's
look at ewe (http://www.look-at-ewe.com/)
I am the good looking one, Otters the guy with the funny hair cut :p
Good lord, compare this to the FBI's 10 most wanted ;)
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The FBI wouldn't want a damned thing to do with that crew. I speak from experience, I know a lot of those folks. They could screw up a good insane asylum.
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Or an anvil with a rubber mallot....................... .hey it could be worse.