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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: BMathis on February 13, 2008, 11:03:46 AM
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You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
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No ~ not at all. There weren't women in 'em back then (except maybe on the way over to the theater)... I don't see any reason to put them in there now.
*edit* I usually only fly on squad night ~ when the rest of the squad is in a specific plane ~ or the open spots for a squad mission only include planes. Other than that ~ I don't even get into the planes.
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Originally posted by texasmom
No ~ not at all. There weren't women in 'em back then (except maybe on the way over to the theater)
And except the Soviets, where women did fly combat sorties.
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Some do wear heels though.... not all women either :lol
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Originally posted by Lusche
And except the Soviets, where women did fly combat sorties.
That'd be interesting to read about.
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Originally posted by texasmom
That'd be interesting to read about.
Just a quick link for some first info: http://pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
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Thank you Lusche :)
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Oh it doesnt really matter to me either way. I play the game for fun and play just about every night. I dont pay to much attention to that kind of detail, It would be pretty cool though.. who knows maybe some day.
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Originally posted by bnasty
BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
You forgot VansCrew
;)
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Originally posted by Solar10
You forgot VansCrew
;)
:lol :O
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My personal fav...for obvious reasons...
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/wooly15/meklin_01_350.jpg)
Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Natalya Fedorovna Meklin flew 982 night combat missions during the course of World War II in an antiquated U-2/Po-2 biplane. She was later promoted to captain, awarded numerous medals and after the war became a writer.
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Originally posted by wooly15
My personal fav...for obvious reasons...
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/wooly15/meklin_01_350.jpg)
Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Natalya Fedorovna Meklin flew 982 night combat missions during the course of World War II in an antiquated U-2/Po-2 biplane. She was later promoted to captain, awarded numerous medals and after the war became a writer.
THAT'S HOT!!11!
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Wow, that's very interesting. never knew about soviet women combat pilots. Thanks lusche/Wooley!!
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Originally posted by bnasty
You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
actually, there were plenty of women in combat in WW2........the russians had a lot of female combat pilots..i think even a couple aces, although i'm not sure. the british had the Auxillary Transport Service, which was women transporting combat aircraft to their squadrons(don't know if any saw combagt though), and we had the Womens Air Service Pilots(WASPS) and they also ferried combat aircraft. if i remember(don't hold me to this)i THOUGHT i had read in the past that one or two of them may have ben jumped, and had to fight..again, i'm not sure. i also believe the germans used women in combat, but ui don't think in the luftwaffe though.........
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Originally posted by Shuffler
Some do wear heels though.... not all women either :lol
i used to wear heels when i fly here.....but i threw my last one at the last guy that tried to HO me :rofl :rofl :rofl
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I know that there were 2 Russian female aces. I read that in a book of mine.
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bnasty, I enjoyed watching your clips on youtube. Glad you posted it in your sig. :)
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One of Germany's most well noted test pilots was a femal by the name of Hannah Reisch
http://greyfalcon.us/Hanna%20Reitsch.htm
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Originally posted by bnasty
You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
LOL, upset????
I'd think it would be like a dream come true!!
Just think, a little man that she can control, and make him do whatever she wishes, go where she wants, when she wants, with no back-talk, and she can even smack him into things if she desires!
What could be better?
MtnMan
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Originally posted by mtnman
LOL, upset????
I'd think it would be like a dream come true!!
Just think, a little man that she can control, and make him do whatever she wishes, go where she wants, when she wants, with no back-talk, and she can even smack him into things if she desires!
What could be better?
MtnMan
My wife has that now:cry
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I think there were three major Russian female combat groups in WWII
One was the Night Witches bomber unit, another were day bombers or something, not sure if they carried the witches name.
Then you had the fighter group :) the 586th IAP if I recall correctly ... Neat to read about these women ....
Looked up a link from Google, think it confirms most of what I said:
http://pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
Fight like a girl!
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Originally posted by Solar10
You forgot VansCrew
;)
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :lol :rofl :lol
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Originally posted by texasmom
bnasty, I enjoyed watching your clips on youtube. Glad you posted it in your sig. :)
Thank you TxMom. YOu should check out the stage6 link... It's high quality. Just download the player from the site, and it's good to go. There's some pretty cool stuff on that site too.
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Originally posted by OSU
I know that there were 2 Russian female aces. I read that in a book of mine.
Katya Budanova and Lily Litvak, the only two female aces in the entire 100-year history of air combat.
Both were shot down and killed.
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At least in the case of Lily Litvak, the Germans hunted her and killed her deliberately because of who she was. Her final fight was essentially her vs. a whole unit of Bf109s and though she fought well, they wore her down. It wasn't like how, say, Brendan "Paddy" Finucane bought it at all.
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Originally posted by Saxman
Katya Budanova and Lily Litvak, the only two female aces in the entire 100-year history of air combat.
Both were shot down and killed.
even so.....the air force did studies after the war..and it was proven that there were more "potential" female fighter pilots than men....and i think it's a proven fact that in general women have much quicker reflexes than men..........again, not sure......buttttt............ ....
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I've heard that women are better able to withstand G forces than men because of their builds, but I doubt their reflexes are any better. Also, a big negative in WWII fighters would be a woman's strength, but in modern fly-by-wire fighters it becomes a non-issue.
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Originally posted by bnasty
You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
Actually there were lots of women flying combat in WWII. The russians had lots of female pilots flying about everything they had.
All the Best...
Jay
awDoc1
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There were a few German test pilots during WWII as well.
I think the most famous was Beate Uhse...if only for the fact that after the war, she basically because quite the business women. If you wanna guess what she was into, you need only go the Beate Uhse Sex Museum in Berlin.
The Soviets had a bunch of women in combat roles. There was a female manned anti-aircraft gun unit at Stalingrad that got pressed into service for use in ground warfare - they held out for a bit before the Germans overran them.
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Originally posted by bnasty
You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
Don't forget about me :aok
I'm sure there are quite a few more.
I couldn't really care if they had a woman pilot that you could choose for AH...I would probably never take the time to choose it.:)
If I want to feel pretty I fly a pink spit!:lol
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You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
ty for the thought bmathis...but....i been playin this game for 3+ years now....never really mattered much to me...i luv the game for the game...not for the ugly lil dude that is stuck inside my plane...besides...when i die...he dies hehe
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You forgot VansCrew
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:lol :rofl :rofl :noid :uhoh :eek:
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everyone knows women have quicker reflexes.
i mean have you ever been to a sale with them.
i once read a story of a english women ferry pilot who took a brand new
spitfire to a airfield.when she arrived she gave a areobatic demostration before landing in which the whole squadron watched,the squadron leader said the lads faces were a picture of shock when the young lady got out :lol
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You girls upset that there isn't a 'women' pilot driving that fighter/bomber of yours?
I know there wasn't any in combat, at least not that I know of... But it just came to mind. lol
Wonder if they'll make it to where you can choose your pilot, before you roll out on your sortie; For the women of AH. (think CT will)
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BTW, how many of you women are actually playing AH regularly?
I can think of Betty, TxMom, SheGotYa, LovlyDeath, and MsBehavin...
...Allison too.
Good idea though Nasty.
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everyone knows women have quicker reflexes.
i mean have you ever been to a sale with them.
i once read a story of a english women ferry pilot who took a brand new
spitfire to a airfield.when she arrived she gave a areobatic demostration before landing in which the whole squadron watched,the squadron leader said the lads faces were a picture of shock when the young lady got out :lol
The first Spit XIIs were delivered to 41 squadron by Women of the ATA. Of course the pilots of 41 were figuring they were pretty hot stuff, getting the lastest Griffon engined Spit and that it was a tough one to handle.
The first one taxi's in and the ATA gal gets out. Faces dropped all over the field.
One of those ATA gals, postwar delivering a Spit IX/XVI to Burma
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/jackiemoggridge-01-001.jpg)
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Only in Britain...... A bunch of war-weary men SADDENED to see a hot young woman appear on their drome... :rofl
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At least in the case of Lily Litvak, the Germans hunted her and killed her deliberately because of who she was. Her final fight was essentially her vs. a whole unit of Bf109s and though she fought well, they wore her down. It wasn't like how, say, Brendan "Paddy" Finucane bought it at all.
Yeah...no. That particular story, while very nice, has been pretty much refuted. She did have to wait until Boris Yeltsin was sober for a few minutes to get her HSU, though they weren't calling it that anymore.
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My personal fav...for obvious reasons...
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/wooly15/meklin_01_350.jpg)
Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Natalya Fedorovna Meklin flew 982 night combat missions during the course of World War II in an antiquated U-2/Po-2 biplane. She was later promoted to captain, awarded numerous medals and after the war became a writer.
Doesn't she look a little like Kathy Bates in the Misery movie :O Only kidding. Women where the test pilots for many of the famous US fighters in WWII. And those planes did an awesome job.
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Some do wear heels though.... not all women either :lol
Now why do you have to go about making fun of Lew again? :uhoh
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You forgot VansCrew
;)
:rofl :rock
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Yeah...no. That particular story, while very nice, has been pretty much refuted. She did have to wait until Boris Yeltsin was sober for a few minutes to get her HSU, though they weren't calling it that anymore.
She wasn't awarded one earlier because it was believed she was captured so they didn't award her the HSU. Think it wasn't until sometime in the 1970s that it was determined she died after being shot down and then sometime in the '90s Gorbachev awarded her the HSU, not Yeltsin.
ack-ack
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And except the Soviets, where women did fly combat sorties.
I read some where that the russian women pilots were mostly aces (I cant provide any proof, its just from memory)
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She wasn't awarded one earlier because it was believed she was captured so they didn't award her the HSU. Think it wasn't until sometime in the 1970s that it was determined she died after being shot down and then sometime in the '90s Gorbachev awarded her the HSU, not Yeltsin.
ack-ack
I stand corrected. It was Budanova that had to wait until 1993 for her HRF.