Airwarrior.....

[Flossy]

.......or at this stage of life my memories of Air Warrior and early Aces High experience are sort of blending together, and not as clear as I'd like to think they are......   

I was in the AH version of Bigweek so maybe that was it?  I know what you mean though LOL.

[DaddyAce]

...likely the case then Flossy, my early AH handle was "wapiti", or at least one of them.

[Drano]

I think Big Week was slightly before my time so possibly wasn't me or a different scenario?  Anyway, I'm sure you did fine, even the best gunners can't always prevent the bomber being shot down. 

Longbow maybe? That was my first scenario gunning for Jordi. I think you were in his group.

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[KCDitto]

Did you ever run what we in my old AW Squadron The Specialists called "The Death Star". Where you could have a guy man each gun in a B-17?

Those were fun.

I was Ditto in AW also. When I made the switch to AH there was already a Ditto here so I started with AWDitto. Then started my own squad called the Knights Cross, that is where the KCDitto comes from. After a few months I got an email from AH that the name Ditto is available if I wanted it, so I switched.

BIG WEEK in AW was my first scenario also. My computer could not handle that. I remember being in a FW190 and having a perfect head on pass on a massive bomber formation. Then all the ICONS appeared and my computer screen froze and when it recovered I was past the formation..... Then of course I got jumped by P-47s.  That sucked.

That has also occurred here in AH a time or two over the years.

Good times   

[Flossy]

Longbow maybe? That was my first scenario gunning for Jordi. I think you were in his group.

I gunned for Spiff in Longbow apart from one flight I think after I accidentally bailed out!  I had some sort of control pad and had programmed BAIL right next to BALL (for jumping to when gunning). 

[Flossy]

Did you ever run what we in my old AW Squadron The Specialists called "The Death Star". Where you could have a guy man each gun in a B-17?

Those were fun.

Oh yes!  After I became a Game Assistant and had to patrol all of the arenas, I started spending some time in the RR arenas - I'd only ever been in FR until then.  Deathstars were very popular there and we had some crazy times doing some very stupid (but fun!) things..... like sitting on the end of a runway shooting pilots as they spawned, or parking up inside a hangar and shooting it down from the inside!  That sort of activity never happened in FR LOL!

Then there was using B17s as turn fighters - Spiff often did that and I would be in the Nose gun doing the shooting.  Good times.... <Sigh> 

[Drano]

Reverse escort death star missions were always the perfect way to end the night!

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[atlau]

Ah the good ole AW days!

[Warmongo]

I played Air Warrior from its beginning to the end. I had two accounts: Pakkus and Pepe Le Peu. I was top bomber once or twice. I use to fly the Deathstar inverted :-0.


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[Brooke]

All of you old Air Warriors need to come fly Scenarios and "Target for Todays" with your other fellow old Air Warriors. 

Scenarios were invented in 1992 in Air Warrior (Doktor Gonzo's "Indian Ocean" being the first), and we keep the tradition alive.

There are two coming up:

-- Jan 26th; "Leyte, 1944".  It is a late-war battle in the Philippines involving air combat, bombing, attack, and antishipping, with P-38's, P-47's, F6F's, B-25H's, and B-24's vs. Ki-84's, N1K2's, Ki-61's, Ki-45 (as Bf 110C's), and Ki-67's.
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/target-for-today/current-or-next

-- Feb 16, Feb 23, March 2, March 9; "Nuisance Raids 1942".  This battle will pit Spitfires, Typhoons, and Bostons of the RAF against Bf 109’s, FW 190’s, and Ju 88’s of the Luftwaffe in a series of coastal raids and combats over the Channel.
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario

Scenarios throughout time:
http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/scenarios.html

[turt21]

I was in the Doolittle Raid some 25 yrs ago,(I think)  and I always thought that was the first. Original plan was to launch from carriers but there were so many the carrier crashed and we had to launch from shore somewhere.

[DaddyAce]

Hey Brooke,

Is your scenario list complete?  I was looking for one that I flew with squaddies at the time, I think the Screaming Meanies in early Aces High, but it may the been with the 69th Shepherds Fold (Air Warrior).  It was quite a few years back, and we flew F4u's and F6f's off a carrier hunting for a theoretical German Carrier on the Norwegian coast as I recall.  At the time it was my motivation to learn carrier landings.  One interesting aspect is that we had a limited number of F4us, and when we lost them we then went to F6f's.   Scenarios now are my favorite part of Aces High, and I mostly fly MA to practice my next ride in scenarios or FSO.  For most of my flight sim "career" big chunks of sit time at the puter were hard to come by.

[hazmatt]

These comments brought back memories of dueling c47s with door gunners. Anybody remember those?

[Flossy]

These comments brought back memories of dueling c47s with door gunners. Anybody remember those?

Oh goodness, yes!  They were a lot of fun! 

[turt21]

   Im having trouble inserting images. I have a scan of patches that they used to pass out. Thought Id share