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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Slade on August 14, 2010, 09:24:58 PM
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In WWII if pilots used the rearm pad (or the equivalent) did they get awarded all the kills accumulated in all the rearms as one sortie?
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In WW2 it didn't matter if they scored the kills in a single sortie.
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i think in RL, a sortie ends when you touch down. rearm and takeoff again=new sortie. in RL.
NOT
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yeah if they re armed new sortie. Most in a single sortie 13 by the star of africa iirc
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My Grandpa still has his Box pf Perk Points from WWII.
Kam
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lol they did not "use the re arm pad" in WWII planes went to there parking spot, some guys came in a truck with fuel, and another lot of guys came with some ammo boxes, they opened up the top of the wings and/or fuselage, and proceded to put the bullets in, they did not just park in a big yellow circle, click their heels and close their eyes and wish their gas tanks full again.
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I think Hartman might disagree with you just a little Imowface. No he didnt have a circle to park in but I believe he touched down just long enough to have the tanks topped off and ammo loaded on quite a few days of fighting.
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I think Hartman might disagree with you just a little Imowface. No he didnt have a circle to park in but I believe he touched down just long enough to have the tanks topped off and ammo loaded on quite a few days of fighting.
Yeah, but he didn't do it on the runway either. More like he landed in as short a distance as he could, then taxied to a safe place a short distance away.
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Having kills confirmed took a bit more then landing and having the tower broadcast that the pilot had landed X amount of kills etc.
Debriefing, cross checking with other claims, shipping it up to the next level, getting a kill confirmed or denied etc took a bit longer then AH. The only perk points were that they were still alive :)
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lol they did not "use the re arm pad" in WWII planes went to there parking spot, some guys came in a truck with fuel, and another lot of guys came with some ammo boxes, they opened up the top of the wings and/or fuselage, and proceded to put the bullets in, they did not just park in a big yellow circle, click their heels and close their eyes and wish their gas tanks full again.
NO REALLY!!???
Of course they didn't we all know what parking in the yellow circle stands for though.
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but could they redeem their perk points for beer in the NCO club? :headscratch:
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In WWII if pilots used the rearm pad (or the equivalent) did they get awarded all the kills accumulated in all the rearms as one sortie?
Yes and when they towered out everybody said WTG on the text buffer they used back then.
(http://www.lostwackys.com/images/tickers/edward2.jpg)
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So was Hartman's case the average sortie or was it a small percentage of sorties where planes had the equivalent of a ream pad type experience?
Thanks again.
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Yes and when they towered out everybody said WTG on the text buffer they used back then.
(http://www.lostwackys.com/images/tickers/edward2.jpg)
then they typed .getlaid in the text buffer
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So was Hartman's case the average sortie or was it a small percentage of sorties where planes had the equivalent of a ream pad type experience?
Thanks again.
The sortie rate depended alot on the mission. The 8th Af guys were going to do no more than
one mission a day <and probably less than that>. Just the hours required alone would make sure
of that.
I'm not sure when hot-padding became common practice. I do know that we would practice
"surges" in the early 80s were we would refuel and rearm Phantoms while they had an engine
running. Even then we did no more than 5 sorties a day and that with limited aircraft and often
fresh crews. That kind of day will burn up your people in a hurry so you only use it when things
are desperate.
That kind of operation is more useful when you have a small number of aircraft. Towards the end of
WW2 the US was sending extra aircraft on sorties due to availability. Instead of having 4 spares or
so to fill in for mission aborts, they could send an extra flight in with the group and still have spares
available.
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then they typed .getlaid in the text buffer
Unless they were RAF then it was .getshagged. ;)
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Unless they were RAF then it was .getshagged. ;)
Many in AH prefer the good ole .getsnokkered
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At my age .getany will do. :lol
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Do you think it would be a useful stat to have Rearms\Sortie?
It might prove to be very interesting.
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Do you think it would be a useful stat to have Rearms\Sortie?
Can this be determined with the current stats options?
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HHHMMM If you land in game an taxi to the rearm pad and rearm but if you switch your engine off you technically have finished a sortie. Now in game you may ask Hitech that if once landed and switched engine off if the host can declare billyboy landed 3kills of numpty squad. ( i dont bother rearming if iv got 2 or more kills its just as quick to land end sortie and start again :) ) But In game i like the fact that if your landing with 2 or 3 kills you have the option to end sortie to declare them to the HOST or rearm and go back out and get killed :D leave it as is in game its a good system and as i say if it aint broke don't fix it :)
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Wernher von Braun had enough perk points to not be executed for his acts of inhumanity and also get a job for the other country..he was a true perk farmer killing thousands from across the map and walking away as if it wasn't his doing.
So remember boys and girls..if your good enough at killing your enemy the enemy will welcome you with open arms, provide you steady income a woman and a government job.
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Wernher von Braun had enough perk points to not be executed for his acts of inhumanity and also get a job for the other country..he was a true perk farmer killing thousands from across the map and walking away as if it wasn't his doing.
So remember boys and girls..if your good enough at killing your enemy the enemy will welcome you with open arms, provide you steady income a woman and a government job.
Dumbest post ever. :uhoh
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Wernher von Braun had enough perk points to not be executed for his acts of inhumanity and also get a job for the other country..he was a true perk farmer killing thousands from across the map and walking away as if it wasn't his doing.
So remember boys and girls..if your good enough at killing your enemy the enemy will welcome you with open arms, provide you steady income a woman and a government job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKn1aSOyOs
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I am not suggesting anything be changed. Just curious of the stats.
I noticed some score polarized folks don't like it when I ask such questions though.
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I am not suggesting anything be changed. Just curious of the stats.
I noticed some score polarized folks don't like it when I ask such questions though.
True Slade there are ones who like to rearm with 3 kills re-up and get more till they get over 10 kills then land expecting a Big Well Done :)