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Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: bloom25 on April 04, 2002, 02:31:45 PM: I've always wondered what you guys (and gals) did before AH (or Warbirds)?

I think HT told me once that he was in engineering, but I've always kind of wondered about Pyro??? (I'm guessing he was a stand-up comedian. :D )
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Puck on April 04, 2002, 02:34:18 PM: HT and Pyro were the driving force behind Warbirds for years.

At least that's where I first (ahem) ran into them. When WB did the big implosion thing I kept track of all three fragments, ended up with HT's.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Lephturn on April 04, 2002, 02:59:18 PM: Before that they were AW players I believe. I think it all started not long after HT wrote the AW film thingy.

But I'm sure some of the grizzled old AW vets will step in here and enlighten us... or one of the HTC crowd themselves. :)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Ripsnort on April 04, 2002, 03:05:54 PM: Pyro served your country (if you are in the US) with a stint in the US Coast guard.

I remember this other bastige from AW that used to shell us on the runway with his tank from a couple miles away...
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Puck on April 04, 2002, 03:16:23 PM: Coast Guard? I suppose it would not do my standing at HTC any good to start in on the standard comments Blue Water Navy people toss off at the Coast Guard, would it? :D

I have some really nice photos of a cutter we 'escorted' from Perl to San Francisco 'way back in '85. Then again, when we did a medivac to Perl on a couple squids from a tender headed to Japan it was a Coast Guard C-130 and a helo that met us at their maximum range to pick them up. The C-130 handled navigation and refueling of the helo. Pretty impressive, and EXPENSIVE, operation for a guy who got a piece of sanding grit in his eye. We turned 30(+) knots for seven days to get in range.

--
You have to be six feet tall to join the Coast Guard. That way ff your boat sinks you can wade back to shore.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Sikboy on April 04, 2002, 03:40:15 PM: HiTech has a quote in my DOS AW flight manual... don't have it handy though.

-Sikboy
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Superfly on April 04, 2002, 03:44:00 PM: Before AH, we all worked at iMagic Online (Warbirds) together.
Before Warbirds, I was just out of college broke and living with my parents. :) Nate and I graduated together from Art Isntitute of Dallas.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: funkedup on April 04, 2002, 03:44:57 PM: To prepare for their current jobs, Hitech managed an insane asylum and Pyro studied child psychology and babysitting technology.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: AKDejaVu on April 04, 2002, 03:47:53 PM: Prior to starting up the HTC team, HiTech taught writing 121 at Texas. He was fired after 1 term.

AKDejaVu
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: NUTTZ on April 04, 2002, 03:52:09 PM: OK, now that you outta college, what excuse you giving the parents now:)?

NUTTZ

Quote
Originally posted by SUPERFLY
Before AH, we all worked at iMagic Online (Warbirds) together.
Before Warbirds, I was just out of college broke and living with my parents. :) Nate and I graduated together from Art Isntitute of Dallas.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Apache on April 04, 2002, 03:57:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by funkedup
To prepare for their current jobs, Hitech managed an insane asylum and Pyro studied child psychology and babysitting technology.

Gosh, I don't remember Warbirds being all that bad.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: VWE001 on April 04, 2002, 04:20:02 PM: Pyro was a puddle pirate?! :D Hey, what does someone say when they fall off the back of a Coast Guard boat? "Come on in, it's only knee deep"! :D :D
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: NATEDOG on April 04, 2002, 04:22:09 PM: graduated art inst. in 96........ sat on my bellybutton and drank beer all summer, then got a job at FlightSafety that fall......... worked there for a year before going to iMagic..... at iMagic, I worked on Warbirds, Dawn of Aces, and Raider Wars for a year and a half. Then on to HTC for the last 3 years come April 12th.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Drex on April 04, 2002, 04:44:39 PM: Quote
graduated art inst. in 96........ sat on my bellybutton and drank beer all summer, then got a job at FlightSafety that fall......... worked there for a year before going to iMagic..... at iMagic, I worked on Warbirds, Dawn of Aces, and Raider Wars for a year and a half. Then on to HTC for the last 3 years come April 12th.

And has been losing bets on OU vs Texas ever since.

Drex
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Aub on April 04, 2002, 07:22:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Drex
And has been losing bets on OU vs Texas ever since.

Drex

BOOMER SOONER! BOOMER SOONER! BOOMER SOONER!

Ab
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Sikboy on April 04, 2002, 07:39:01 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Sikboy
HiTech has a quote in my DOS AW flight manual... don't have it handy though.

-Sikboy

here it is:
"[The] basic goal of shooting is a steady hand. Practice not bouncing around the point you want to shoot at. When shooting, try to remain calm and picture pulling to your target versus jumping to it."
-HiTech
Super VGA Air Warrior Flight Manual
Copyright 1992 The Kesmai Corporation

Sage Advice indeed.

-Sikboy
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: LePaul on April 04, 2002, 08:20:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SUPERFLY
Before AH, we all worked at iMagic Online (Warbirds) together.
Before Warbirds, I was just out of college broke and living with my parents. :) Nate and I graduated together from Art Isntitute of Dallas.

Superfly...

Is that the place I see ads for on TV where if you can draw a little picture, they'll take you ;) Opps, maybe I'm thinking of something else, like the schools with a degree signed by Sally Struthers :p :p :p
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: NATEDOG on April 05, 2002, 12:38:45 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Drex
And has been losing bets on OU vs Texas ever since.

Drex

Wanna put $20 on the game this year?!?!

Oh, and your little friend Roy Williams wants to be a Cowboy...... see, deep down he wishes he was from Texas.

HOOK'EM HORNS!
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: AKDejaVu on April 05, 2002, 12:46:59 PM: Ah... I thought he was talking about UO spanking Texas. It gets tough trying to keep track of just who is humiliating them lately.

AKDejaVu
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Puck on April 05, 2002, 01:19:37 PM: Something must have changed recently. Since when did Texas need help being humiliated?
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: mason22 on April 05, 2002, 01:46:35 PM: GO HORNS!
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Curval on April 05, 2002, 01:58:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
Pyro served your country (if you are in the US) with a stint in the US Coast guard.

Coast Guard..aww isn't that cute.

What was his husband doing during that time?

:D
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: YANKEE on April 05, 2002, 02:04:47 PM: Before working for HTC and iMagic Online, I worked in Meetings and Plannings for a Fortune 500 Company.

Prior to that, I was an Air Traffic Controller in the US Army during Desert Storm.

Quite a career change, eh? :)

Yankee
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: VWE001 on April 05, 2002, 02:27:46 PM: Quote
I worked in Meetings and Plannings for a Fortune 500 Company.

So you worked in day care? :D
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Aurelius on April 05, 2002, 02:30:26 PM: DJ
Computer Operator for Major Data Center
DJ
Tanker M1a2 Abrams for a short while in the Army
DJ
Support Manager in a Call Center supporting The largest laptop manufacture
DJ
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: LePaul on April 05, 2002, 02:36:16 PM: Well I do not fear razing the HTC staff then

No where do I see any stints as a US POSTAL WORKER in there ;)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: YANKEE on April 05, 2002, 04:30:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by VWE001

So you worked in day care? :D

Still do. ;)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Superfly on April 05, 2002, 04:38:32 PM: Quote
No where do I see any stints as a US POSTAL WORKER in there

My father worked for the postal service. Does that count? :mad: :eek:
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Superfly on April 05, 2002, 04:39:43 PM: Joann, Nathan won't stop touching me!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: NATEDOG on April 05, 2002, 04:43:06 PM: ok. dude, that didn't sound good!
:eek:
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Raubvogel on April 05, 2002, 04:47:46 PM: Quote
Originally posted by YANKEE

Prior to that, I was an Air Traffic Controller in the US Army during Desert Storm.

Yankee

93C? We may have spoken about 11 years ago. I was in 11th Aviation Brigade, attached to 2nd ACR over there, flying in Hueys and OH58s.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Puck on April 05, 2002, 04:49:53 PM: Yankee, now I need to find out what our Reg guy's callsign was. He drove F111s during that war.

My nephew is a tank driver now, from what I hear.

Army, Army, and Coast Guard.

*sigh* :D
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Pyro on April 05, 2002, 05:00:50 PM: I was a Walmart greeter. However, they didn't think I was very good at it for some reason and fired me.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Hortlund on April 05, 2002, 05:04:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by YANKEE
Prior to that, I was an Air Traffic Controller in the US Army during Desert Storm.

So if any of the bases were under attack...
;)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Wlfgng on April 05, 2002, 05:15:53 PM: Coast Guard ?!?!?!

thought there were only 2 of us !!! hehe.

Westwind WAGB-281 / Mobile (by God) Alabama.. before we hit the ice-shelf in Antartica that is.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Professor Fate on April 05, 2002, 05:21:19 PM: Geez I was on that wandering artic garbage barge (WAGB) too! missed out on deep freeze but made 2 trips above the artic circle.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Wlfgng on April 05, 2002, 05:34:05 PM: holy crap! unbelieveable!

there were actually more than 2 total Guardsmen ?? lol

jk.

yeah.. that ship was a pig. steered like a fat whale.. which it was.
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Heater on April 05, 2002, 05:52:56 PM: HiTech was a PUTZ and Still is :)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Citabria on April 06, 2002, 04:42:14 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Pyro
I was a Walmart greeter. However, they didn't think I was very good at it for some reason and fired me.

LMAO!
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Monk on April 06, 2002, 07:30:35 AM: Hey cool Raubvogel, I was in 2ACR in Bamberg
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Ronni on April 06, 2002, 08:47:48 AM: I was the manager of Walmart greeters and I fired Pyro. :)

j/k

I programmed cash registers until 9-97 when iMagic Online moved me to Grapevine and I've been with this crew ever since.

Ronni :)
Title: What did the HTC staff do before AH?
Post by: Puck on April 06, 2002, 09:42:43 AM: Ah! So YOU are the one responsible for that POS :)