Aces High Bulletin Board
Squadron Forums => Squadrons => Topic started by: Reschke on March 12, 2003, 03:28:30 PM
-
IT'S AN ADVENTURE!
(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://members.tripod.com/~ArloG/vf17ptch.gif)
In VF-17 we mainly fly the F4U-1 (historical ride of VF-17) but we do step out and fly other aircraft in both the MA and the CT. We are looking for anyone who wants to have fun and fly as a team. If you are interested check out our roster and give us a shout in game or by email from the site and I will get back with you ASAP. We take all types whether you are a newbie or a long time vet. So come fly with us and have some fun.
-
Hello ....
This is the recruiting officer for VF-17. Obviously I have not been doing my job or the skipper would be attending to more important matters. Well ... recruiting is important. Anyhow ... I've been extremely remiss in my duties. Somehow that sounded bad.
-
From Tom Blackburn's book "The Jolly Rogers":
"The last truly important piece of business before our Januaray departure was the headache we had given ourselves by amassing 148 cases of beer in the giant Quonset hut I shared with Rog Hedrick. How in the world were we going to get the cache form Espirtu to Bougainville?
We had had ample luck during our Ondongo tour at transporting the odd case of hard booze. Typically, camoflaged cases would be marked "Electronics Equipment -- Fragile," and we got them delivered with no difficulty. But 148 cases of beer was too much to even think of masking with that scheme, and we knew that sending it aboard a ship would result in a total loss.
At virtually the last minute, our great Supply Corps outwitter, Lt(jg) Hal Jackson, arrived on my doorstep with a catbird grin -- and a solution.
"Skipper! Rog! I got it!"
What is this jaygee doing here? "Got what?"
"How to get the beer to Bougainville!"
I was all attention. "Bless your bones, you crook. How?"
With rather studied indignation, Hal stared me down. "I am not a crook!" (insert: I got an impression of him doing this in a "Tricky Dick" voice when I read that. LOL - A.G.) But the catbird grin came on again. "I'm just alert!"
"So give!"
"Well, the most planes we've ever had in one flight in the forward area is twenty-four. And we did alright. Right?"
"Hal, press on!"
He did, with great fervency. "The flight going up to Bougainville will be a whole squadron. We'll never in God's world get jumped. But if we do, wouldn't four guns per plane and two hundred rounds per gun be plenty?"
"Jackson," I beamed as I saw his ploy, "I apologize for calling you a crook. You're a bloody genius! I'll have Duke write you up for a Legion of Merit."
That very day -- within minutes, actually -- we were out on the flightline figuring out the best and safest way to stow the beer cases in the huge ammunition cans. It was clear after a quick trial that we had room for all 148 cases.
On January 24 we flew the last hour to Bougainville at 25,000 feet. As we shut down on our hardstands at our base, each pilot solemnly handed a new church key to his Marine plane captain and bade him fetch and open two ice-cold cans of beer from one of the ammo cans in the wings. What an attention getter!"
-
(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://vf-17.tripod.com/Morning-Wake-Up-Call.jpg)
If interested give either myself or any other VF-17 a shout whether its ingame or through the website linked in my sig. We are looking for newbies and vets to help fill out the VF-17 roster and have a blast flying AH and any other game that comes along.
Thanks to Zardoz for the image.
-
No more attaching images. What do you think of my avatar? Hard to see pics.
-
Take a look here. VF-17 is not a large group but we are looking to grow and increase our pilot roster. I would like to get some more veterans and more new guys to help increase our roster. We have a training period for all new guys and help with carrier landings and ACM/BFM in all situations. We have members who actively participate in weekly Squadron Ops and any other events that HTC has going on.
If this sounds like something you might be interested then give Arlo or myself a shout by our site link below and we will be in touch with you soon.
Good Luck in your search for a squadron.
-
VF-17 still looking for new recruits. We need all types whether you are a newbie or a long time veteran in AH and interested in flying big blue birds off carriers or the ground. The pay sucks and we don't give out free beer on recruit acceptance but you do get to have fun and get shot down.
:D
-
Carrier ops are the best. And we have several qualified LSOs willing to conduct online carrier quals/requals/ops.
Right guys?
Guys?
Well .... I'll LSO! :D
-
I had a 22/1 K/D ratio in the wonderful F4u-1 in tour 38......is that good enough? :D
I have now retired for a few more weeks but ill look ya up when im inb again.
I usually fly the P47, but on carrier ops the f4u1 is deffinatly my favorite carrier fighter.
Anyhow...... ill look ya up when i return to AH
-
For some reason the term "overqualified" comes to mind. I look forward to flying with yas! :D
-
Nah, not "overqualified" for anything.....
Just played the "game" for faaar to long (or so my GF says) :D
-
Originally posted by Nilsen10
"your wingman's bellybutton is always more important than your own"
Without a doubt probably the best quote I have seen in a long time.
Will keep a look out for you when you get back Nilsen10.
-
Still looking to recruit both veteran and new players to our squadron. If you are interested give us a shout and we will get you a time to fly with the squadron.
-
bump
-
(I get the hint ... I'm not doing my job)
;)
-
BUMPIN' an oldie but a goodie!
-
what country you fly for?
what nights are your squad nights?
-
Originally posted by Reschke
(http://invis.free.anonymizer.com/http://vf-17.tripod.com/Morning-Wake-Up-Call.jpg)
If interested give either myself or any other VF-17 a shout whether its ingame or through the website linked in my sig. We are looking for newbies and vets to help fill out the VF-17 roster and have a blast flying AH and any other game that comes along.
Thanks to Zardoz for the image.
Sweet Picture, Arlo and is there anyway I can contract Zardoz?
-
Big :aok from this squad, even if they only fly those "blue" kind of planes. Real men fly things with two engines. ;)
-
Rafe I will have to find where I got that picture from. If I remember correctly it was from a 3D modeler site and I asked the guy who did it if I could use it for a "recruiting poster" of sorts.
-
Thanks Daddog you guys are ok for a bunch of old codgers...:p
Coolridr;
Right now we are beginning of reorganizing since we lost a bunch of guys to the hardware requirments of AH2 and other things. In the Main we have flown with all three countries but primarily we end up flying for the Knights. Squad nights haven't been nailed down yet due to the reorganization but I think Arlo has been pulling some guys together on Friday nights in there.
-
Zardoz's homepage (http://l2.pt.to/)
-
Old? Old?!
I will have you know our average squad age is STILL under 50! :D
-
Originally posted by Reschke
Zardoz's homepage (http://l2.pt.to/)
Thanks :D
-
Can I join:D
not!!
-
Originally posted by jetb123
Can I join:D
not!!
Our entrance exam requires at least one complete sentence in English and at least one statement that makes sense as well as the ability to realize that U.S. currency occasionaly requires conversion. That being the case ... you're actually right! ;)
-
lol
-
Originally posted by jetb123
Can I join:D
not!!
I think Arlo said it a little more eloquently than I would have. Especially given your attitude and history for showing your arse in posts on this bulletin board.