Aces High Bulletin Board
Special Events Forums => Combat Challenge Series => Topic started by: perdue3 on May 19, 2019, 10:35:53 AM
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Combat Challenge 28 will take place next Friday May 24 starting at 11 PM ET. The event will last for 2 hours and later aircraft will be added at the beginning of the second hour. We hope to see everyone there. Map will be herve with 10k alt spawns unless the community wants it lower.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/211907999973900288/579693521603264513/CC_28.jpg)
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I seem to be missing all the good stuff. I have to fly out to work on the 24th. I also head back to work the day before the rescheduled scenario. :bhead
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Y 47 and not tempy?
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Y 47 and not tempy?
Tempest is a bit much, wouldn't you agree? Like Me 262's, I feel that Temps would take a lot of fun away. But, I am willing to change to meet the community's wishes. If enough people want something changed, I will happily oblige.
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Y 47 and not tempy?
If you're asking because the JugM does not seem to match the theme set up in the first hour, then I can see why your asking, but simply knowing the performance of a Temp should make it obvious as to why it was left out.
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Spit14 junk...
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Why on Memorial Day weekend?
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The options are Friday May 24 or Friday May 31. We can do either, but I will not be able to moderate the event if on the 31st. This is not a problem as we can find another CM to operate the event. Would you guys rather have it on May 31?
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I would like it on 31st and I don't even know what a memorial day is (due respect if it is a serious commemorative holiday).
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I would like it on 31st and I don't even know what a memorial day is (due respect if it is a serious commemorative holiday).
It is the American equivalent to Anzac Day.
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Anyone else have a preference to which Friday we run this?
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Do the 31st... :salute
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Fair enough. CC 28 will be held on May 31 at normal FSO time: 11 PM ET.
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Good deal.
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Thankyou.
To observe Memorial Day I will visit this site and observe a few moments silence:
2nd Lieutenant Maxwell J. Jones (0429769) of the 80th Fighter Squadron (USAAF) was killed instantly on 26 May 1942 when his P-400 hit a tree while landing during a training period at Petrie airfield. The aircraft dropped in from 100 yards and was completely destroyed. Petrie airfield was a dangerous airfield to approach as it was partially hidden due to the large trees that used to surround it. It was often necessary for pilots do to an "S" turn on their final approach to keep the runway in view. This was a particularly dangerous maneuver at low speed and low altitude.
Lt. Col. Malcolm C. Sponenberg, another pilot of the 80th Fighter Squadron, witnessed the accident. He stated that Jones would not have been killed except for the fact that his seat had torn loose from the aircraft and catapulted through the windshield and landed 20 yards in front of the wrecked aircraft. Jones was still strapped into the seat. The cockpit area of the aircraft was relatively undamaged.
2nd Lt. Jones was a very short person and need to sit on 2 cushions in his Airacobra to see through the windscreen.
Sponenberg was later involved in another fatal accident at Redcliffe on 2 July 1942.
The site is now being redeveloped as a University. Construction is well underway. 27°16'50.06"S 152°59'23.59"E
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