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Title: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: LocoMoto on April 04, 2017, 01:59:09 PM
Share anything you would like. From the ancient past to something that happened recently. Pictures and films welcome! Should get some really good stories out of this. Maybe a chance to learn some new tricks for all :cheers:
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: JOACH1M on April 04, 2017, 02:07:49 PM
When I beat Grizz in 1v1's in 109g6's.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Guppy35 on April 04, 2017, 02:13:33 PM
Leading this group of malcontents in the DGS II Scenario flying 51s
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Wiley on April 04, 2017, 03:59:57 PM
Gameplay-wise, probably prevailing in a 4v1 low and slow in a P47D-11 once. My gunnery happened to be on that day for a change and I killed them all.
The friends I've made are by far my favorite thing I've done in the game.
Wiley.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: horble on April 04, 2017, 04:02:50 PM
The Stalingrad FSO from a few years ago where we had to defend from inside Der Kessel so that HE-111's could land/rearm/take off to drop off supplies and evacuate casualties.
Probably the most intense couple hours in AH ever.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Vulcan on April 04, 2017, 04:16:45 PM
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: ACE on April 04, 2017, 04:26:02 PM
My most memorable achievement. Hmmm. Probably winning a dueling bracket. Almost 2 times thanks Joachim ;) but by far my most favorite thing would be meeting friends at the Dayton air show in Ohio. I got to meet lots of guys and put faces with the names. Mainly Joachim himself <3
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: AKQwik on April 04, 2017, 04:44:48 PM
I don't know if it was a bug, but years ago I had a safe landing on a carrier's lower deck. I'm sorry I wasn't filming.
I found it hard to locate a spot to make a Jeep fly, but it felt great to received an achievement notice for it.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: WEZEL on April 04, 2017, 06:19:51 PM
My most memorable achievement. Hmmm. Probably winning a dueling bracket. Almost 2 times thanks Joachim ;) but by far my most favorite thing would be meeting friends at the Dayton air show in Ohio. I got to meet lots of guys and put faces with the names. Mainly Joachim himself <3
<3
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Ack-Ack on April 04, 2017, 09:17:21 PM
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Molsman on April 05, 2017, 12:40:15 AM
Fighting AKAK in his 38 and my 109 it was a great fight till we merged again to close and one of us clipped each other but I got the Kill. Wish I had that screen shot still AKAK view that is what we get for flying together and against each other all these years.
Oh plus can forget meeting Bud Anderson and many players From the game in the past
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Kanth on April 05, 2017, 06:42:06 AM
I flew 1 hour in WW1 this last tour. When I went in there there were about 8-10 players flying against each other all on channel 258. I tuned channel 258 too.
ALL of them but Phast, turned and attacked me for the next hour planning their strategy on channel...you guessed it, 258. When they couldn't shoot me down they rammed me gleefully. Phast flew the same skin as me so they couldn't tell who was who.
That lasted till all of them logged and it was just me and Phast. For one hour of that, I'm in third place in WW1 for last tour. Simply for most kills an hour. :aok Thanks guys.
oh, and :ahand
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: TequilaChaser on April 05, 2017, 07:11:33 AM
I flew 1 hour in WW1 this last tour. When I went in there there were about 8-10 players flying against each other all on channel 258. I tuned channel 258 too.
ALL of them but Phast, turned and attacked me for the next hour planning their strategy on channel...you guessed it, 258. When they couldn't shoot me down they rammed me gleefully. Phast flew the same skin as me so they couldn't tell who was who.
That lasted till all of them logged and it was just me and Phast. For one hour of that, I'm in third place in WW1 for last tour. Simply for most kills an hour. :aok Thanks guys.
oh, and :ahand
Haha haha.... especially liked the part where they were planning their strategy on ch.258, not noticing that you were tuned in to the same channel, lol..... hilarious
TC
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Kanth on April 05, 2017, 07:13:16 AM
I even talked on the channel to them, and they talked to me back...so IDK why they were also using it to plan their attack on me :devil I'm guessing they forgot I was on it...idk.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: JunkyII on April 05, 2017, 08:15:19 AM
I'd post something but Zoney would get mad... :bolt:
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: popeye on April 05, 2017, 08:42:10 AM
Started working on achievements last tour to add some interest to the game. Noticed that the Bish had captured a Vbase deep in Rook territory where it wasn't getting air support and decided to use the opportunity to finish the "kill in every plane" achievement. Got kills in 10 different bomber types dropping on GVs. Finished "kill in every plane" dogfighting in a D3A1 (takes a long time to kill a Hurri with two 7.7mm guns) and bouncing a lone I-16 in a 262. Not exactly legendary, but a fun afternoon. :D
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: DubiousKB on April 05, 2017, 11:40:16 AM
The Stalingrad FSO from a few years ago where we had to defend from inside Der Kessel so that HE-111's could land/rearm/take off to drop off supplies and evacuate casualties.
Probably the most intense couple hours in AH ever.
That was one of the best FSO's ever! OMG! the frame we had 109's I'll never forget. We thought we had the skies clear and some of us went down to re-arm, while the 111's were doing the same. Out of the blue this yak comes down to vultch the Heinkel's (might have been BFoot1 if memory serves) and friggin Vilkas shoots him down from his pit while taxiing to the re-arm pad! :rofl
Priceless!!!
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: BFOOT1 on April 05, 2017, 01:36:51 PM
That was one of the best FSO's ever! OMG! the frame we had 109's I'll never forget. We thought we had the skies clear and some of us went down to re-arm, while the 111's were doing the same. Out of the blue this yak comes down to vultch the Heinkel's (might have been BFoot1 if memory serves) and friggin Vilkas shoots him down from his pit while taxiing to the re-arm pad! :rofl
Priceless!!!
Hey now! It wasn't me on that one, not a fan of truly vulching someone on the pad in scenarios and FSO.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Stampf on April 05, 2017, 01:41:49 PM
Hey now! It wasn't me on that one, not a fan of truly vulching someone on the pad in scenarios and FSO.
Are you kidding? Bombers on the runways...munch munch munch!
Anyway are you sure? :D Maybe someone from JG11 will dig up the AAR for the frame. Either way ...all in good fun man, and the highpoint was the 1 in a million shot the ole man made. We were crying we were laughing so hard.
EDIT: You are off the hook bro... :D Wasn't you and wasn't even Stalingrad. So much for my memory.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: BFOOT1 on April 05, 2017, 01:51:24 PM
I do remember how much of a white knuckled fight we had around the airfield, geezus. I remember trying to attack landing bombers with fighters swirling everywhere, it was awesome!!!! :rock
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Stampf on April 05, 2017, 01:52:37 PM
I do remember how much of a white knuckled fight we had around the airfield, geezus. I remember trying to attack landing bombers with fighters swirling everywhere, it was awesome!!!! :rock
Tru dat. A great one for sure.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Mister Fork on April 05, 2017, 02:07:35 PM
This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking. It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.
We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.
---- "What's all those black little clouds?" she asked
"Black death - flak"
"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."
"These were Japanese boys"
"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"
"It's all about immersion"
I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.
"What's this?"
"the bombsite" (calibrating)
"are those the ships?"
"Yep" At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane. You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.
"Did you just blow up?"
"My lead bomber did" - back into the bombsight again.. Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar. I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak. I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.
"What are you doing now?
"I'm diving"
"Why are you diving?"
"Change of plans."
"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"
"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."
Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time. Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death. The first was no flak death. I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.
"Crap"
"What?"
"Dukes in the 5 inch."
"Who?"
"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view
"your plane is missing part of your tail"
"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list
"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"
"Yes"
"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"
"Yes"
"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"
"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive. I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.
"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber? Oh, there goes a wing"
"I know"
"You're plane is falling apart"
"I know" - another smack from the 5".
"your plane is on fire"
"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject
"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"
"No, I ejected"
"Like that?"
"Like that."
"Wow, that ship is big."
"Its an aircraft carrier."
"The one you were trying to bomb?"
"The one"
"So what do you do now?"
"Swim for home?" - I land in the water
"You're funny. This game is boring. Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"
"Yep"
"I'm off to read a book. Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"
------- Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play? :x
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Zoney on April 05, 2017, 02:15:37 PM
My most memorable moment was figuring out how to not be a JERK like I was in WarBirds.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Brooke on April 05, 2017, 02:32:51 PM
I can't pick just one.
The scenario where I flew the best in fighters -- Winter Sky/Death Ground, frame 4: (http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/201204_winterSkyDeathGround/pics/frame4/015-killTempest-SNAG-0023.jpg)
Fighting our way to and taking out ships in Southern Conquest in Ju 88's:
Surviving a hellacious fight in Tunisia on an attack run in A-20's:
Torpedo bombing in Coral Sea: (http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/200907_coralSea2009/pics/frame1/009-brookeAndClone155-Image-0024.jpg)
Flying He 111's in Battle of Britain:
Super-exciting ground action in Stalin's Fourth: (http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/stalins_fourth/pics/frame4/016-58Monday.jpg)
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Mongoose on April 05, 2017, 02:39:53 PM
There are way too many.... But here are a couple.
Smacking into the ground almost wing level and skidding for about thirty seconds while pieces are falling off my plane, and someone is still shooting at me.
I am a lousy shot. But on one flight, I had two people fly right in front of my guns, one right after the other.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: hitech on April 05, 2017, 03:13:15 PM
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Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: ACE on April 05, 2017, 04:16:36 PM
This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking. It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.
We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.
---- "What's all those black little clouds?" she asked
"Black death - flak"
"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."
"These were Japanese boys"
"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"
"It's all about immersion"
I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.
"What's this?"
"the bombsite" (calibrating)
"are those the ships?"
"Yep" At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane. You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.
"Did you just blow up?"
"My lead bomber did" - back into the bombsight again.. Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar. I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak. I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.
"What are you doing now?
"I'm diving"
"Why are you diving?"
"Change of plans."
"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"
"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."
Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time. Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death. The first was no flak death. I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.
"Crap"
"What?"
"Dukes in the 5 inch."
"Who?"
"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view
"your plane is missing part of your tail"
"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list
"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"
"Yes"
"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"
"Yes"
"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"
"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive. I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.
"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber? Oh, there goes a wing"
"I know"
"You're plane is falling apart"
"I know" - another smack from the 5".
"your plane is on fire"
"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject
"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"
"No, I ejected"
"Like that?"
"Like that."
"Wow, that ship is big."
"Its an aircraft carrier."
"The one you were trying to bomb?"
"The one"
"So what do you do now?"
"Swim for home?" - I land in the water
"You're funny. This game is boring. Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"
"Yep"
"I'm off to read a book. Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"
------- Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play? :x
:rofl
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Kingpin on April 05, 2017, 06:00:00 PM
Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play? :x
Another great post in this thread!!
When I started telling my wife "Well, I'm off to fly in FSO." and she started replying "Be careful. Land some kills!" it was verified I had chosen a keeper.
:)
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Kingpin on April 05, 2017, 06:03:14 PM
OK. Here's a few of mine. So many to choose from, so in no particular order:
1) The first time I won a fight against someone who I thought “man, I hope I’m as good as them someday”. Especially when they gave me a <S> or “Fun fight!” on 200 after a good win. That is always a nice benchmark. I have a folder with a handful of these types of films and they are fun to look back at from time to time.
2) You always know you’ve arrived when you start getting accused of nefarious things, so one of my favorite moments was the first time I got a PM saying “You have all the Bish discussing whether or not you use an aimbot.” That is a funny form of “achievement” but memorable none the less.
3) Going from running some informal gunnery training for my squad, to helping out random people in the TA, to eventually being asked to be an official AH Trainer. Part of that process was being vetted and approved by several long-time AH players for whom I have the utmost respect – to be asked to be a peer among them was a big honor.
4) The first time a player who I trained said “Hey, I’ve been using that technique we trained on and I got X kills doing it! It totally works! Thanks!” Those are probably the proudest moments in game – being told someone is having more fun because of something you did to help them.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Kingpin on April 05, 2017, 06:27:56 PM
Oh, and here’s a funny one (as that seems to be a running theme). Not so much an achievement as a funny story:
Most long-time AH players know that flying with a squad and razzing each-other on vox is some of the most fun you can have in the game. And a common thing to do is to try to have each squad member land at least 2 kills all together as a squad.
On one of these particular squad nights my Wingman(Lead at the time) could only manage assists after his first kill. He just couldn’t get to 2. Everyone else had 2 or more and we were are all trying to set him up, but to no avail. No matter how many times we dragged cons or let him attack first or whatever we tried he couldn’t get kill #2. We even had enemies auger, but the guy dragging would get the proxy! This just made us laugh harder and naturally the ribbing was brutal. This just made matters worse (as we all know flying frustrated is the worst way to get kills).
Finally we are flying around as a group of I think 6, and here we come across this Yak climbing from a base -- and clearly he’s AFK. “There’s your chance,” we say. “Go get him (squad-mate who will remain nameless)!” Finally he will have 2 kills (as he was carrying one).
So, he dives in, starts shooting, and there is the “explosion puff” of a plane! Our squad-mate disappears while the Yak is still there. So eager to get that kill, our squaddie collided and blew up! Meanwhile the Yak flies off. And to make matters worse, the Yak got the proxy kill on our squad-mate! We are all howling with laughter on vox, which almost drowns out our squaddie, who is reciting every curse known to man. We still laugh about that one from time to time.
Sometimes it’s just not your night.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Zoney on April 05, 2017, 06:55:15 PM
This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking. It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.
We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.
---- "What's all those black little clouds?" she asked
"Black death - flak"
"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."
"These were Japanese boys"
"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"
"It's all about immersion"
I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.
"What's this?"
"the bombsite" (calibrating)
"are those the ships?"
"Yep" At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane. You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.
"Did you just blow up?"
"My lead bomber did" - back into the bombsight again.. Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar. I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak. I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.
"What are you doing now?
"I'm diving"
"Why are you diving?"
"Change of plans."
"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"
"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."
Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time. Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death. The first was no flak death. I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.
"Crap"
"What?"
"Dukes in the 5 inch."
"Who?"
"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view
"your plane is missing part of your tail"
"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list
"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"
"Yes"
"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"
"Yes"
"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"
"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive. I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.
"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber? Oh, there goes a wing"
"I know"
"You're plane is falling apart"
"I know" - another smack from the 5".
"your plane is on fire"
"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject
"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"
"No, I ejected"
"Like that?"
"Like that."
"Wow, that ship is big."
"Its an aircraft carrier."
"The one you were trying to bomb?"
"The one"
"So what do you do now?"
"Swim for home?" - I land in the water
"You're funny. This game is boring. Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"
"Yep"
"I'm off to read a book. Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"
------- Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play? :x
That is a fantastic story, thank you very much for sharing it.
My wife a couple years ago was talking with on of her friends about doing something the following Friday night. I only heard my wife's side of the conversation but it was this:
"No, my husband won't be coming, he flies on Friday nights"
pause
"No, he's not a commercial pilot"
pause
"No, it's not like that, he only flies to kill other people"
loooooooooooong pause
"giggling"
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Devil 505 on April 05, 2017, 07:23:32 PM
My wife a couple years ago was talking with on of her friends about doing something the following Friday night. I only heard my wife's side of the conversation but it was this:
"No, my husband won't be coming, he flies on Friday nights"
pause
"No, he's not a commercial pilot"
pause
"No, it's not like that, he only flies to kill other people"
loooooooooooong pause
"giggling"
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Arlo on April 05, 2017, 07:32:51 PM
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: 8thJinx on April 05, 2017, 09:46:34 PM
1. Back in AH2, I was at a field running in a T34 from one of our spawns to our town. There was an enemy T34 running out to the spawn I had come from, but about 2400 yds lateral from me. We were both full speed, opposite directions, separated by 2400 yards. As I was aiming for him, and judging lead, I took a shot when he was at my 9 o'clock, but as I fired I one of those grey bombed out houses popped up about 500 yards out. With both of us at full speed, my round went through the window of the house and nailed the guy in the turret.
2. Using an HVAP round on a Lancaster 3,000 yards away.
3. Using an 88 round on a B24 8,800 yards away.
4. Using a 37 mm round from a Yak 9T on a N1K1 1,800 yards away.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: popeye on April 06, 2017, 08:30:59 AM
Not my achievement, but was a memorable moment....
A squadie, DILLIGAF, was flying a Seafire and dove on a field to vultch the runway just as a mission launched -- 21 kills with one shot. :rofl
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Muzzy on April 06, 2017, 09:15:18 AM
Just one of many, but probably the first time I thought I was finally getting good at the game:
I was in an FM-2 and got bounced by 3 P-47's. They kept trying to boom and zoom me, but I used the FM's superior turning to avoid their attacks and get a few shots in. The fight progressed to the deck and I got one to auger, although I took some serious damage in the process. The other two kept coming at me and I managed to down one of them with guns, although by this time I was missing quite a few parts. The last guy tried to finish me off and it became a contest of who could keep their wreck flying the longest. I kept peppering him with rounds as he made passes and he kept chopping parts off my plane. Finally managed to get him slow enough to turn on him and got one last good burst to bring him down. When it was over, I was missing gear and at least 2 control surfaces...I had 1 working gun left with maybe a dozen rounds. Managed to ease that bird down on the runway for my very first 3v1 victory.
Thus began a lifelong love affair with the FM-2 Wildcat. She's reliable, tough, and she will get you home after you've done something incredibly stupid. Can't ask for anything more.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Shuffler on April 08, 2017, 01:54:17 PM
Not my achievement, but was a memorable moment....
A squadie, DILLIGAF, was flying a Seafire and dove on a field to vultch the runway just as a mission launched -- 21 kills with one shot. :rofl
I did something very similar years back. I was in a Hog and dropped one bomb on a CV just as a bunch was spawning. I got 10 kills instantly.
In all the years I have been here there are so many interesting, exciting, and funny things I have seen and done, there is just no way (short of a book) to list them.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Becinhu on April 08, 2017, 02:06:36 PM
I was in b17s on a pork run when I noticed a large amount of planes on the runway...aborted pork run and dropped the whole stick down the length of the runway. Got the entire mission as it was upping...interesting bunch of PMs on that one lol.
Way back when I first started in AH2 and was in JG44 we had been trying to nab a base and after dropping on town I had my 110 at the field vulching. Was in the high teens on kills and thinking I was a big shot with my vulching when the field guns popped....da man to Swiss cheese in two seconds lol.
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Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: fudgums on April 09, 2017, 01:00:52 PM
Battle over Germany 12 Hour Scenario. Hands down the best time I've had in AH. Starting the first 3-4 hours outnumbered 3 - 1, and it came down to the last raid in the last hour. It was great, I only wish we had a better run in our 190s to hit the bomber stream.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: KrzyIvan on April 09, 2017, 04:48:14 PM
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This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking. It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.
We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.
---- "What's all those black little clouds?" she asked
"Black death - flak".......
rofl, I thought you had my wife at your house by the end Fork. :rofl
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: 1Duke1 on April 10, 2017, 10:00:00 PM
This is from 2008 (I think) I wrote about me in the AvA doing a bombing run on a CV and my wife's interpretation of what I was doing (quoted word for word)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last night while I was flying, my wife came over to see what the commotion was about - the screen was looking like I was flying in a Ki-67 through a black fog bank with loud sounds of flak impacts and the odd crash of something breaking. It peaked her interest and she came over and hovered behind me for a bit.
We had an interesting conversation that sounded like a Gilmore Girls episode.
---- "What's all those black little clouds?" she asked
"Black death - flak"
"You know, that plane was probably flown by 19-20 year olds who were scared out of their wits."
"These were Japanese boys"
"Fine, Japanese boys. Is the terror any different?"
"It's all about immersion"
I hopped into the bomb site to re-calibrate before my drop.
"What's this?"
"the bombsite" (calibrating)
"are those the ships?"
"Yep" At this point, my lead bomber explodes (it must of been on fire) and I'm suddenly in the next plane. You can see my former lead plane exploding with wing parts and other debris raining on the other planes in formation with loud bangs from the impacts.
"Did you just blow up?"
"My lead bomber did" - back into the bombsight again.. Background sound is just crazy as the plane is being shaken like a toddler with a bug in a jar. I'm trying to calibrate but I just can't get a view because of the flak. I decide to change tactics and hop back into the pilot seat.
"What are you doing now?
"I'm diving"
"Why are you diving?"
"Change of plans."
"Are you commiewazine..um... what do you call it?"
"Kamikaze - maybe. I can't get a clear shot to calibrate my bombsite. So we're now dive bombing."
Now all the ships in the CV group have opened up their lazer cannons on me, suddently, my right bomber explodes, in the message bar, states 1Duke1 shot me down for the 'second' time. Ruh roh - dukie's in the 5 inch and I missed that in my first death. The first was no flak death. I should of been paying closer attention to the message bar.
"Crap"
"What?"
"Dukes in the 5 inch."
"Who?"
"Duke" - I hear a loud smack from another 5" impact and switch to external view with the typical parts flying off sound - I switch to a F3 view
"your plane is missing part of your tail"
"I know" another smack and I switch back to cockpit and bring up the damage list
"a lof of your systems are red. Is that bad?"
"Yes"
"Is this a now a Kamakzie dive?"
"Yes"
"Are those young boys in your plane going to die?"
"What?" - now I'm in a full fledged non-stop dive. I can hear the wings creaking. I switch back to F3 view.
"You know, the japanese boys flying your bomber? Oh, there goes a wing"
"I know"
"You're plane is falling apart"
"I know" - another smack from the 5".
"your plane is on fire"
"I know" - I'm off target and I know that I'm never going to hit with around 1500 feet left. I decide to eject
"Did you get thrown out of your plane?"
"No, I ejected"
"Like that?"
"Like that."
"Wow, that ship is big."
"Its an aircraft carrier."
"The one you were trying to bomb?"
"The one"
"So what do you do now?"
"Swim for home?" - I land in the water
"You're funny. This game is boring. Oh look, is the aircraft carrier going to run you over?"
"Yep"
"I'm off to read a book. Enjoy the carrier being imprinted on your forehead"
------- Isn't this game AWESOME when our better half's nag us while we play? :x
LOL Fork....dam that was long time ago! :rock My best was making Storch cry like a little **tch over and over and over and over and over.............. :evil:
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: RUSH1 on April 10, 2017, 11:06:19 PM
1. Back in AH2, I was at a field running in a T34 from one of our spawns to our town. There was an enemy T34 running out to the spawn I had come from, but about 2400 yds lateral from me. We were both full speed, opposite directions, separated by 2400 yards. As I was aiming for him, and judging lead, I took a shot when he was at my 9 o'clock, but as I fired I one of those grey bombed out houses popped up about 500 yards out. With both of us at full speed, my round went through the window of the house and nailed the guy in the turret.
2. Using an HVAP round on a Lancaster 3,000 yards away.
3. Using an 88 round on a B24 8,800 yards away.
4. Using a 37 mm round from a Yak 9T on a N1K1 1,800 yards away.
While reading this I instantly think of standing atop a tall building, ball in hand, looking down at a basketball hoop on the street and realizing it might take years before I sink a shot. You sir have obviously been playing for a very long time.
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: Mister Fork on April 11, 2017, 09:19:57 AM
LOL Fork....dam that was long time ago! :rock My best was making Storch cry like a little **tch over and over and over and over and over.............. :evil:
I remember! Lol! Oh Storch.
Ya know, the Gunfighters are back Duke :x
Title: Re: Share your most memorable achievements in Aces High here all welcome
Post by: SirLoin on April 14, 2017, 01:00:35 AM
I believe I am the only person (to my knowledge) to spawn an lvt on a carrier deck,rumble down the floating runway...over the edge into the water,not float but sink to the bottom of AH ocean. true story