Any old Air Warriors out there?????

[TequilaChaser]

Thanks for sharing that link, Goner.... it appears DOK is hosting this site

Hope you're doing well

~S~

TC

[Maverick]

Just tossing in a bit info here for those who might be interested in really easy kill. After a 13 year absence I am going to try and come back into the game. Skuzzy kindly let me know my old handle, Maverick, was still available so I downloaded the game and started to practice a bit. It seems that my recollection of how things used to go is a bit hazy as gunnery seems to be about 1000% harder now. I have a bottom level thrustmaster and no rudder pedals as well. I suppose I'll have t think hard about rudder pedals again. Any hints for something that is budget friendly?

[Krusty]

Budget friendly: Just use a twisty stick for rudder. Worked well for me for years. Many years. Too many years. However, I'd wait to spend money on pedals (of which there are some new options these days) until you get to that point of actually missing them. See if you're going to stick around and see if you get that muscle memory back to the point of wanting pedals.

Other than that, perhaps used CH Pros would be the ones you remember most. Always a good choice, I think.

[Kanth]

If you need a target to fly around in TA and shoot at to get the feel back let me know when and i'll fly around in there you can shoot at me.
You'll get more guns on time that way against something that moves like a real target. In fact most folks in TA will usually gladly help in this regard.
It can bring you up to speed faster than trying to use MA for it. The flight time is shorter and anyone shooting back doesn't put you in the tower.

I downloaded the game and started to practice a bit. It seems that my recollection of how things used to go is a bit hazy as gunnery seems to be about 1000% harder now.

[Brooke]

Best stick for budget, in my opinion, is a Thrustmaster T.16000M twisty stick.  (Although I prefer the CH Products flightstick, but it's more expensive.)

Best pedals for the money, in my opinion, are CH Products pedals.  I see them for only $120 on Amazon.com.

[Vinkman]

Arlo,

Great pics of the old AirWarrior. I played starting in 1993/4. Got introduced by a player call sign Doomer.

I have always, exclusively been Vinkman. 

There was no VOIP back when it started, so a group of us would pack our computers in our cars and drive to work, set them up on coference tables in the same conference room and all plug into a different ethernet port and fly as a group swo we could communicate with each other.

Big fun was manning a b17 where one guy flew, and the rest of us were all individual gunners. In game people call it a Death Star. But we had an advantage because we could all all out incoming planes and talk to the pilot as he knew where and how to maneuver.  It was blast.

[Shane]

Nice to see old names active here and noticing what seems (to me, just back after 5 years) an influx of these older players returning. 

Guess the ads are paying off.   

-->OP (AW3 RR)
Oopsy (AW3 FR)   
Shane (AH)
 

[Kanth]

I remember you 

[TDeacon]

I found some of my old AW stuff, including 2 "Fighter Scores" printouts from 10/30/1989 and 7/4/1991, which I could photograph and post, if anyone is interested (and I may do it anyway).  The latter list has both handles and real names for each player listed.   

For example, the second list mentioned above lists a player with rank #1, with handle "HiTech GF", and with name D.Addink, FWIW. 

MH

[Brooke]

I,d love to see it.

[popeye]

Yes.  Please post.

[Goner]

I found some of my old AW stuff,

I wish I had saved printouts of the forums and newsgroups where the battle plans for scenarios were discussed. Flew in a couple and I remember that the preparations were as much fun as the actual battle  ;-)

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?11187-GameStorm-Air-Warrior-III-Afrika-42-Scenario

[Brooke]

I wish I had saved printouts of the forums and newsgroups where the battle plans for scenarios were discussed. Flew in a couple and I remember that the preparations were as much fun as the actual battle  ;-)

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?11187-GameStorm-Air-Warrior-III-Afrika-42-Scenario

We have carried on the tradition of scenarios here.  I hope all former air warriors will fly in them. 

[Mitchell NA]

If it was playable on AOL in the 90's, I was there.

[Nwbie]

One of the funnest nights was when Shane organized a Spit 1 mission, just laughed our tulips off as we managed to disrupt some p51 jocks,
 got a few kills, got lots of points, but mainly just a lot of laughs
Hey Shane, Hope all is well
NwBie

Nice to see old names active here and noticing what seems (to me, just back after 5 years) an influx of these older players returning. 

Guess the ads are paying off.   

-->OP (AW3 RR)
Oopsy (AW3 FR)   
Shane (AH)