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Squadron Forums => Squadrons => Topic started by: Reschke on November 13, 2002, 01:24:41 PM
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Following the new lead of VF-2 (
! to them on starting up as well.) Another USN squadron is forming up. Like the title says I am starting a new squadron here. If you are interested in joining then PM or email me through the email address listed here.
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punt.
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Night Landings are a wild ride.
Punt.
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Hehe Reschke, you need to give the Assassins a whirl. The CO lives up toward Gadsden and I'm up near Culman. Zig's in Gawgia. Bigmax in Misipisi and Gurge is in Florida. We slipped up and let a few canucks in early on, but we've learned from our mistakes ;)
VF-2 huh? That was my squadron in RL. Tell em if they need some squad art, I've still got patches. Early 80's, not WW2 era but authentic none the less. Langley stripes and all.
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Hey Lizard. I didn't know you lived up in tornado alley. I knew that HB lives up in Gadsden though. Its good to know that a few other guys live around here and fly in the MA a good bit.
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Target date for Carrier Qualifications to start is November 30th with December 15th as the first scheduled squad night. I am working on the VF-17 website now and hope to have it in place before the Carrier Qualifications start.
VF-17 is a brand new squadron to AH and we will be participating in ops in all arenas in AH. If you are interested let me know.
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;)
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HOW, WHERE DO I SIGN UP AT. LET ME KNOW AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS
DEAN WEBB " SPUNKY9"
DRWAKASPUNKY@HOTMAIL.COM
:eek:
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punt
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punt
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:D
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punt
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:cool: Yankee
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VF-17 website and recruiting page is up. Its sparse but will change more as time goes by.
VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers" (http://vf-17.tripod.com/)
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Still looking for some potential aircraft owners. I can offer you no perks, no free cup of coffee, plenty of carrier crashes, hard times and most of all deaths to the enemy at the time. But other than that there will be fun had by all. So who is with me?
Seriously if you want to give us a try there is a recruiting page linked up on the VF-17 site.
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Hiya Reschke! I actually switched to Rooks last night looking for a CV based squadron. I must say I'm partial to blue airplanes and don't mind flying CAP one bit. My brother Lt.Blogs and I do almost everytime we fly.
I currently re-upped with the Skyknights Bomber Group but my real love is carrier-ops.
Let me know the next time you are flying and I'll tag along if you like. :D
Jeff
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Email sent and I will be looking out for you on there.
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Punt
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Whatever happened to that kraut squad named "Luftjagerkorps"?
They flew the right plane.
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We all moved on in separate ways when the thing called real life intervened on the majority of the squadron at about the same time. So now Raub and Kratzer (when he is able to fly) fly with those divas of the dark side FDB's. Most of the other guys went on to other things and only a couple like Tin and myself have stuck with AH. I am not sure what happened to Bear. He had told me he was going to reup his account and join the squadron but I have not seen or heard from him in a while.
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If you want to get shot down and crash while taking off from carriers this is the squadron for you. :D
We are still looking pilots and don't have any requirements; aside from wanting to have fun and be a team player. Veteran and newbie's are wanted and needed. If you have any questions please check out our website and take a look at our recruiting page.
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punt
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As the CO of VF-17 I am looking for some members. As members of VF-17 you will fly and die repeatedly and have a blast helping out getting some pesky flies off your wingmen. If you want to be a part of a new squadron in AH let me know and we will get you in on squadron nights with us to see if VF-17 is right for you.
Good Luck in your squadron search!
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Back up you go.
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Salute!
My first squadron in AW was VF-17. It was formed after the first Jolly Roger squadron moved on to WB 2.77. Unfortunately the move to full realism hurt it's membership.
http://members.tripod.com/~ArloG/index-2.html
Then after BigHog discovered EQ (damned online fantasy stuff - lol) .... and Lotel dropped offline for awhile, I found myself a squad of one. After stubbornly flying the Jolly Roger for almost a year in this fashion I accepted a position with the Groverats.
http://www.geocities.com/arlogu3/
Then AW was sunk by EA and the squad moved on to AH. All but me, that is. My antiquated system couldn't handle the game online (or off for that matter). I eventually migrated on to WB 2.77 and, although I was accepted into the Jolly Rogers there, I was, for the most part, the only member flying 2.77 (everyone else had moved on to WBIII).
http://arlog.tripod.com/
So I flew as the 2.77 "stationkeeper" for awhile but found it hard to justify the cost of unlimited play in 2.77 with no support (and no squadies to fly with). So I cancelled my account.
After flying RB3D online .... and giving EAW a taste ... I finally managed to get a newer pc and am now giving AH a try. I'm flying, once again, with the Groverats.
http://www.geocities.com/ArloGu3/RatMain.html
I just thought I'd mention that it's good to see the Jolly Rogers flying in Ace's High. VF-17 will always be my first love and I'm looking forward to seeing you guys in the air and on the flightdeck. Although I'm a Groverat .... I feel a kindred spirit with anyone flying the Jolly Roger on their Corsair cowling. :D
Again ... salute!
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Nice to hear that Arlo. I found the original AW website for VF-17 a while back and have used pieces of your VF-17 CV Quals for our group and a few of the pictures you had there as well. I tried contacting some of the names on the roster there but had computer troubles and lost the emails.
I have hooked up with the VF-17 guys from Warbirds and will most likely be flying with them in Target: Rabaul once it goes open to the public. Thanks for posting a little insight into the history or VF-17 here and if you want to fly a memory flight with us let me know. My in game ID is the same as the board ID.
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Would love to. My game ID is Arlo. :)
Originally posted by Reschke
.... and if you want to fly a memory flight with us let me know. My in game ID is the same as the board ID.
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(http://www.jolly-rogers.com/images/17-4hogs.jpg)
(http://www.jolly-rogers.com/images/17-kepford.jpg)
I like Ike.
Cool! Someone changed my uploads to links! :)
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Pretty bluebird.
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Any landing you can swim away from .....
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Thanks Arlo for the pics there. I had not seen that one for the 4 F4U's in formation and I certainly have not seen the one with the F4U in the water.
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No problem, sir. VF-17 is still my "first love" when it comes to the mystique of any one particular WWII fighter squadron.
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My baby.
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:D
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This looks interesting. I'll start practicing with the f4u and doin some carrier landings and check back in a bit. Right now I would say my carrier skills are minimal at best and I've been concentrating my flight time on P51's and Spits but I'm getting tired of the lone wolf stuff in MA so I'm looking for a squad to join.
Hopefully in a week or 2 I'll have some confidence on the carrier and if you still need bodies I can offer my services. ;)
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I bet Reschke and co. could help ya get yer carrier ops in ship shape. Nothin' to it. Just hit the deck where the wires cross it. :D
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Oops ....
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Originally posted by zroostr
This looks interesting. I'll start practicing with the f4u and doin some carrier landings and check back in a bit. Right now I would say my carrier skills are minimal at best and I've been concentrating my flight time on P51's and Spits but I'm getting tired of the lone wolf stuff in MA so I'm looking for a squad to join.
Hopefully in a week or 2 I'll have some confidence on the carrier and if you still need bodies I can offer my services. ;)
Give me a shout anytime zroostr. I would be more than willing to help you out no matter what. And yes VF-17 always needs bodies to fill some of these planes our newbie Cmorum is waxing everyday.
Arlo;
Where did you do the custome plane at? It looks alot like the same as what we are using?
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Originally posted by Arlo
:D
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Not sure where on the net I snatched it. I've switched pcs since and there's no way to trace it on this one. I remember looking for a better profile when I started flying Warbirds. I changed the stenciled # to reflect my roster slot (although I was stuck playing WB 2.77 while the rest were flying WB III). I then needed a decent piece of noseart and ran across this particular piece of pinup art (not sure if it was Vargas or one of his contemporaries) and the name "First Mate" came to mind. ;)
Paint Shop Pro 7 is fantastic. :D
Originally posted by Reschke
Arlo;
Where did you do the custome plane at? It looks alot like the same as what we are using?
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Thanks. Animation Shop 3 makes things easy. :D
Originally posted by joeblogs
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Originally posted by Reschke
Give me a shout anytime zroostr. I would be more than willing to help you out no matter what. And yes VF-17 always needs bodies to fill some of these planes our newbie Cmorum is waxing everyday.
Cool.
I've been practicing with the F4U and only going off the carrier. It's been quite a challenge. In TA I kept twisting into the drink in a fight. Although I was gettin more hits than I was recieving, the legnth of the fight was causing me to lose control cuz the plane would stall. I feel I'm proficient enough if the encounter is short, but otherwise I'm fish food so far.
Hitting the carrier with regularity is eluding me so far too. I keep crashing into the deck. My approach gets loose the closer I get and it seems as if I'm goin too fast. I've missed the cables enough times too. My approach is what's killin me. I'm workin on it though. ;)
I'm motivated now which is fun. I'll definitely give ya a shout when I feel I can contribute even the slightest. I'm hittin TA every day and doin some offline flying also. Mostly for landings but I go to ta for the fight. I'm asking questions too so I'm gettin tips. Guy called knife was helpin me last night. Smoked me a few times also. I'm willin to learn. ;)
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Another VF-17 picture.
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And another. This is the skipper of VF-17, Tom Blackburn.
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Sounds good zroostr and just so you understand where I am coming from. Even the newest guys can contribute immediately. Generally by asking questions and causing you to use your brain instead of just flying loose. Next time I am in the game I will give you a shout and we can fly.
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Think I found the original source for my plane:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/crushy/f4u1att_1.jpg
Found more there:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/crushy/corsairb.jpg
http://mitglied.lycos.de/crushy/f4u4.jpg
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Hotdiggity damn Arlo. Thanks for the link. I was going to search it out today. I think I am going to list you as an honorary VF-17 member man for all that work/help you have given.
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No problem at all. I'm a big VF-17 fan. I've even dug up my old paperback copy of Blackburn's book just to refresh myself on their exploits. I'd be honored to fly with you guys whenever we get a chance to hook up. I don't think Krush and co. will mind. :)
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p.s. While lookin' for that pic I ran across some interesting model and sim (not sure which) images.
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Oops .. meant to add one to that message.
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Errrr .... ummm .... hehe (boy is my face red)
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Dunno the sim ....
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Hehe ... ran across this too. ;)
3 Aces.
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Originally posted by Arlo
Dunno the sim ....
Looks like CFS2 but it could be Target:Rabaul since they are doing some custom birds but I doubt that is the game. Probably CFS2.
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Another one of Blackburn. No he's not doing what you think. ;)
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Another of the skipper ....
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Hola reschke. :) I will hopefully be on tonight starting at about 7-8 pm est. I got your email about the simladder but am unfamiliar with what it is. If you get time maybe you could fill me in on that. ;)
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Hey zroostr.
I will be on but it will be a bit later than your time (8-9pm CST) . Also Aldoosi will be on as well and so should a couple of others from the squadron. When I get there and fly with you I will get you added to the squadron list and fill you in on the H2H dueling ladder.
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The "Blackburn-Boyington Battle E trophy". To be awarded to the best overall AH Navy or Marine Corps Corsair squadron. ;)
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Originally posted by Reschke
Hey zroostr.
I will be on but it will be a bit later than your time (8-9pm CST) . Also Aldoosi will be on as well and so should a couple of others from the squadron. When I get there and fly with you I will get you added to the squadron list and fill you in on the H2H dueling ladder.
I had a blast tonight. I love dis game. :D
Tomorrow, I'll try to get that film done before I go to ma. Hopefully I'll be in around the same time as tonight and I'll listen for your shout when ya get there. ;)
btw.....when I went back to a150, I got 1 building-1 spit and a whole lotta lead for my trouble. :D Cya tomorrow.
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It was good flying with you and alDOOsi last night for the first time and getting some feel for how things will go in flight. If you get the films done before flight time just send them over to me so I can look at them.
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Will do. ;)
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Uber frustrated atm!:mad:
I got 4 2x and crashed on the 5th landing both times. This might take longer than I thought.:(
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I assume you're talking carrier quals. Don't get frustrated ... the whole point is .....fun.
Been meaning to post this ... it's Tom Blackburn's account of landing Corsairs on carriers:
"To routinely land aboard, a flight arrayed in right echelon passes abeam the carrier's starboard side at 1,000 feet of altitude, tail hooks down. After thirty seconds on this course, the flight leader breaks left to take the downwind heading. (The carrier always operates with her bow into the wind during takeoff operations.) Followers likewise peel off at thirty-second intervals. During this phase of the recovery, the landing checklist is followed by the pilot so that, when abeam of the ship's port side, he is ready to start the 180-degree turn into the final landing approach. Once in the final "groove" approximately 200 yards astern the ship, the plane comesunder the control of the LSO, who passes inviolable instructions by means of a pair of colorful paddles. He does everything from correcting the speed and altitude of the approaching plane to holding it steady on course or transmitting news of an oversight, such as an undropped tailhook (Oh to have that graphic modeled in AH - A.G.). At the last instant the LSO either executes the cut, in which case the aircraft lands, or the wave-off, in which case the pilot must -- absolutely must -- apply full power and clear the area without landing.
Exceptions to the basic pattern are many. For example, a critically low fuel state or damage or mechanical trouble will will get a particular plane cleared for an immediate landing -- if the flightdeck is clear(It'd be nice to have this element of reality in the game as well. - A.G.) and the ship is not under attack. If there is a problem, the pilot sets himself up to arrive in the groove by any means necessary -- dive, right turn, whatever is quickest. In an emergency, all other airplanes in the landing circle must fend for themselves while maintaining the obligatory thirty-second intervals.
After touchdown, the plane deccelerates rapidly as the tailhook picks up one of the eight arresting wires stretched tautly across the full width of the after flight deck. As the plane comes to a stop, power off, the alert pilot flips the hook control to the up position while two green shirted deck crewman come out of the edges of the deck to clear the wire from the hook. The yellow-shirted landing area plane director appears ahead and to the right of the airplane and signals the pilot to stop the plane's backward roll with his brakes and to start revving up to taxi forward. As a matter of course, the director holds his left hand out with the palm down and jabs it with the upraised thumb of his right fist. This means "hook up". As the wire drops clear, the director signals the pilot with an agitated "come ahead" signal to use full throttle to start rolling. Control is then passed to a second yellow jersey 100 feet forward along the flight deck. The director signals the pilot to continue ahead fast or -- hands out at waist level, palms down with a patting motion -- "come ahead, but slow down." As soon as the plane is out of the landing area and forward of the crash barriers (I bet I'm not the only one to wish these were modeled, as well. - A.G.), the throttle is set to idle, the brakes are applied lightly, and control is assumed by a third yellowjersy, who guides the pilot to "the landing spot" or sends him to an elevator to be struck below to the hangar deck. Done properly, the elapsed time from "hook up" to clearing the barrier is twenty seconds or less.
While watching the yellow jerseys, the pilot works the throttle with his left hand and, because the control stick is no further use, his right hand accomplishes various house-keeping chores with practiced percision by feel alone. These include opening all the cooling flaps to wide, raising the landing flaps, unlocking the wings, and setting the wing control to "fold." All this while controling the airplane with brakes and throttle, watching the yellow jerseys, and instantly responding to their commands.
Fighting-17's merciless monitors were at their posts for every landing, having positioned themselves as to have a clear view to port and especcially aft of the barriers right on up the groove. This system's net gain for all, in addition to making all hands sharp, heads-up carrier pilots, was the rapid build-up of the squadron party fund. In addition to often stinging critisism, an eloborate system of fines was imposed, no alibis accepted. It cost a dollar for a pilot-caused wave-off and fifty cents per second for a cut more than thirty seconds later than the preceeding cut. Every second over twenty seconds between "hook up" and "clear deck" cost two bits. Lesser goofs cost less, but the standards applied to every move. Only perfection was free.
The ultimate fine was five dollars if guns were not set on "safe." This dumb error had killed innocent people on the decks of other carriers, but it did not happen on Bunker Hill. The threat was real, we almost always flew with ammunition aboard, and quite often with rounds in the breeches and gun switches on. It was to be expected that a pilot would inadvertantly squeeze the trigger switch while clenching his hand during the tension of an arrested landing. The five-dollar fine was levied only once, and that without an accident. Amusingly, the culprit was our squadron gunnery officer, Lt.(JG) Timmy Gile, who, characterisitically, turned himself in." (Obviously this last and steepest fine required the honor system. - A.G.)
- The Jolly Rogers
While I don't see the necessity of having discipline forced on players in Ace's High the way it was (rightly so) in real life, I find the prospect of having organized flight deck training and operations within a squadron both fascinating and fun. It shouldn't be overly stressful or something that a player needs to worry about as far as how he is viewed by his virtual C.O. or shipmates.
I would, however, love to see some online carrier quals/flightdeck ops conducted where the more experienced players can play the part of "LSO"s while standing in "the tower" (out on the gantry - zoomed aft). The landings could be filmed for review later from this pov.
Lcdr. Reschke ... I've been given the ok to come TAD with VF-17 for an unspecified period of time. If this is ok with you, I would like to fly as a Jolly Roger again. I will still retain a relationship with the Groverats as a friend and fly with them in events and as opportunities present themselves ... but I think I would like to participate in regular flight ops with VF-17. I sent you a couple of E-mails (using the email addy on the official website) but they seem to be bouncing.
(Edit) Welcome aboard message recieved. I'm honored to be flying with VF-17 again. Thank you, sir.
Salute!
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I read the whole thing, and I owe about $50. :D lol
I might have been too wound up to make the 5th since I know it's so critical and without it I have to begin again. The one thing that bothers me is the closer you get the less you see clearly and at the end it's faith and gauges alone that gets ya onboard.
I also cant tell if I'm bouncing ondeck or landing smoothly. I know I was bouncing in the seafire cuz I crashed it every time. I was only gettin traps in the f4u. I'll keep tryin tho. I can fly and I'm learnin more everyday so eventually I'll get it.
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Originally posted by zroostr
The one thing that bothers me is the closer you get the less you see clearly and at the end it's faith and gauges alone that gets ya onboard.
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Maybe that was why they called it the Ensign Killer...Seriously you are not far from the reality of the F4U. Although I pick a point roughly on the front of the carrier and fly the groove to there. I generally make a nice arrested stop but sometimes it does not happen that way and start second guessing yourself. I am attaching Arlo's 5 trap film in the F4U-1 here so you can take a look. He flies it differently than I do since I tend to have an occasional prop strike on landing due to the groove I take.
Arlo nice of you to post that CV document from the real guys here. Thanks and Welcome aboard again.
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File is to big to attach. I can send it to ya if you would like to view it Zroostr.
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Thanks and glad to be aboard.
You should see (and probably will) my SBD qual film. Boy ... my take-offs and landings were very marginal at best (haven't reviewed it yet). Had a trainer come within vox range to give me some tidbits. Told me I come in too shallow and slow ... hehe. Maybe I do but I'm more or less doing my best to mimic the description in Blackburn's book.
Had another guy fly in to take advantage of my being way out in the boonies by myself. Made some passes in a La-7 at me. Augered in and it credited me a kill. I need to review the film. I may not have made 5 traps (I think I lost count). Then someone on Yahoo messenger paged me and I stopped it there.
If I see 5 traps, I'll send it. Should be hilarious. ;)
Originally posted by Reschke
I am attaching Arlo's 5 trap film in the F4U-1 here so you can take a look. He flies it differently than I do since I tend to have an occasional prop strike on landing due to the groove I take.
Arlo nice of you to post that CV document from the real guys here. Thanks and Welcome aboard again.
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I tend to periodically "kick the rudder" to pull the nose to one side or the other and confirm where the flat-top is. I've noticed that the engine responds well if I'm low and give it a third or half throttle to come up some. Steep approaches cause me a bit of heartburn ... I either end up too fast and have to go around or I hit the deck so hard my plane can't take off again.
Once it gets smoother, try loading up as much fuel and ordinance as you can and give it a go.
And ... relax. Ain't no washin-out or dyin. ;)
Salute!
Originally posted by zroostr
I read the whole thing, and I owe about $50. :D lol
I might have been too wound up to make the 5th since I know it's so critical and without it I have to begin again. The one thing that bothers me is the closer you get the less you see clearly and at the end it's faith and gauges alone that gets ya onboard.
I also cant tell if I'm bouncing ondeck or landing smoothly. I know I was bouncing in the seafire cuz I crashed it every time. I was only gettin traps in the f4u. I'll keep tryin tho. I can fly and I'm learnin more everyday so eventually I'll get it.
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Originally posted by Reschke
File is to big to attach. I can send it to ya if you would like to view it Zroostr.
Sure I'll have a look. ;)
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Good time last night, guys. Thanks! Salute!
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My first AH VF-17 kill.
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Another angle.
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Looks like I may be down a coupla days not sure. I'm puttin together a new rig and I'm workin out the bugs right now. Hopefully I'll be ready soon.
Nice pics arlo. ;)
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Understood Zroostr. We missed ya last night but we had a blast anyway. GL getting the rig done up right.
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VF-17 is still looking to fill some slots. If you would like to come fly with us and see if our group is a fit for you send me an email. We don't care if you're great in A2A or great in getting your tail shot out of the sky. :D
Email me through my profile or via the link in my signature which will take you to the VF-17 website.
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Carrier ops (and qualifications ... we'll even "hold your hand") Ahem! In a manly way ... on a manly ship!
Think about it .... big beautiful F4U-1 (prettiest of the bunch) ... flight ops off both the Bunker Hill and a beautiful scenic island by the name of "Ondongo" (don't mind that the name translates to "place of death" ... that's just to keep the other tribes away from the beautiful native girls that populate the island. Yes .. beautiful native girls. Would I lie to you?)
The skipper is a top notch professional fighter pilot who also lets us drink and carouse to our heart's content (on the ground).
Pardon me skipper but ....
I believe there's room here for pilots who fall for the mystique of the VF-17 legend.
(Hopefully our WBIII brethren won't mind sharing these)
http://www.arrakis-ttm.com/vf-17/jrhistory.html
http://www.arrakis-ttm.com/vf-17/jrpicts.html
Then there's:
http://www.acepilots.com/usn_aces2.html
http://www.acepilots.com/usn_blackburn.html
(http://www.oldgloryprints.com/fighting_17th.jpg)
http://www.jimlaurier.com/details/Fighting_17th.htm
(http://www.ww2wings.com/wings/heroes/countrylandreth/images/landrethvictories.jpg)
"Country" Landreth, left, and Carl Gilbert in front of VF-17 scoreboard on Bougainville in 1944.
(http://www.ww2wings.com/wings/heroes/countrylandreth/images/landrethwinglg.jpg)
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No trouble at all there Arlo. In fact I think I just found my Recruiting Officer. :D
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Very good time tonight, skipper. Even managed to bag a couple of captured Spits. :D
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Great fun, guys. Ya don't know what you're missin'.
Check six, skipper!
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Splash 1.
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Splash 2.
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Back to the birdfarm. It's hot out there!
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I gotta get our nose art done so the new age Jolly Rogers can fly in style. :D
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Don't you dare, skipper! That beautiful F4U-1 has the perfect noseart already. :D
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Gotta do it Arlo. Don't worry it will be tasteful and hopefully have a beautiful girl wearing the flag if I can do it right. :cool:
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Pleeeeeeeeease, skipper. Reconsider. If ya submit one, at least make it the Jolly Roger flag. May be redundant on the F4U-1 but would reflect the squad in other F4Us and ... ummm ... stuff.
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Hmmmmm? :(
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:( :(
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:p :D :eek: :cool: :confused:
"While at Norfolk, Blackburn decided that the squadron needed an insignia which would reflect the proper "attitude." Since the squadron was flying Corsairs, he wanted the insignia to have a piratical theme. Soon thereafter, a black flag with white skull-and-crossbones (the "Jolly Roger") was painted on either side of the F4Us engine cowlings (Blackburn didn't want the noseart displayed close to the canopies because he wanted that area open for kills), and the squadron's nickname was born."
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Awww Arlo quit playing on my love of history. I want a cutie wrapped up in a skull and crossbones flag for the nose art. I mean geez what would nose art be without a good looking woman in suggestive poses under a flag that might indicate she was ready and willing to do what it took to get the....ummm job done. Yeah thats it get the job done. :p ;)
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How bout something that looks like kills? After all, that's where it would go on the hog nose. :D
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Another variant. "Killgirl was here."
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I like the last one here Arlo. It might be down to this one and just a plain old JR flag for the nose art.
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Your call, skipper. I tend to go a lil overboard when it comes to trying to be "authentic".
I will say this much (and I'm not still campaigning here):
I was tickled to death to see that HT and Pyro and co. chose to portray the F4U-1 in a Jolly Roger scheme. They could have just as easily picked a "Black Sheep" one since there are probably more BS fans than JR ones. How many squads can claim a custom skin incorporated into the game by it's developers? And the skin looks fantastic! To me, it's the prettiest of the F4Us, hands down.
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I think that does it Arlo. It's going to be the JR flag. My son has a version that has crossed swords and one that has crossed bones. I will put both up to a squadron vote by email later this week.
This way someone else can use "Killgirl" for the name of their plane and their personalized nose art for the roster pages.
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Originally posted by brady
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New Features include:
Shore Batrires!
Manable AA guns
Custom Airfields that LOOK like Jungle airstrips
New TF configurations and A Zuikaku CV skin the way she realy looked.
More Bases
More and much Better GV spawns.
New Clipboard map by Dux
NC 17 rating
Custon skins for:
A6M2, Kate, Val, Tabby, Ki 67, JU 88, F4F-4 ,TBM, SBD, Boston III, P40E, F4U-1a (the later 3: Austrailian, and New Zeland Collors respectivaly), Buildings and SB reskined, All GV's Junglified, pluss more...
Now this was not just done for the CT, all this hard loving was done for a wounderfull new Event being put on by the CM's Operation Watchtower, Please see the link bellow:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mikebowman/Guad/Guad-web.htm
The set up in the CT will feature the following plane set:
Allied:
F4F-4
SBD
TBM
Boston III
P40E
F4U-1a
The M's and Both LVT's
Tabby
Japanese:
A6M2
Kate
Val
Ki 67
Ki 61
JU 88
Tabby
The M's and Both LVT's
Now the F4U-1a will be based at only 1 or two rear fields do to it's uberness, to counter this the Japanese will get the Tony at fields boarding these if they take them, like wise the Tony will be available at the rear Japanese bases(one or two). The reasion for this is that I want to inlude these planes but not have them domnate the set up, their fore we can all spend most of our time reliving the battles from Aug to Dec 42 ( and a little later) with the Wildcat and the Zero over the slot as the primary fighters.
The JU 88 is included only at three bases A15 A11 and A9 the reasion for this is that it is being used in the Event and the CM's wanted to do some testing of it, it's vulnerabality offset's it's A hsitorical bombload so that coupled with it being limited should not cause a balance issue.
LVT's will be enabled on the DD and CA fleats Not the CV fleats.
Areana setings will be:
CT Norms except: (ack .7 is normal CT seting)
Fuel Burn 1.8
Down time's:
Hangers 15min
Ack 30min
Field objects 30min
Fleat respawn 10min
New Zero Skin By Ramzey:
Hehe ... see you at Ondongo! (Or Bougainville)
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WAHOOOO! Looks like its gonna be fun.