So many people have helped me over the years, however, I have trouble remembering a lot of the names.
One that sticks out though was a gentlemen by the name of 1776 IIRC. When I started AH I was nothing more than a high school squeaker and no one wanted to have anything to do with me. However, one day 1776 took me aside and showed me the ropes of flying bombers (well the B17 and B26 since those were the only two in the game) and explained how the game worked. He really helped me out and made me a better pilot. Another pilot that helped me was FunkedUp, besides being funny as hell and a great squadie he sent me joystick he won at the AH convention to replace my $15 Walmart stick that wasn't that great. Snaphook also comes to mind. He sent me one of his old sticks a few years ago to help me out, and he spent a lot of time in the TA showing me the ropes.
So many people over the years, really shows how great of a community we have.