CT Regulars, Who Are You?

[eskimo2]

If you play in the CT on a somewhat regular basis, please post in this thread about yourself.  Since the CT has almost become its own sub-community, I thought it would be good for us to get to know more about each other.
The Following format I stole from a thread that I started in the General Discussion Forum almost 3 years ago.  It worked well so I thought that I would just stick with it:
Often, whenever someone blows me out of the sky I wonder;
"Who was that guy? How old is he?, How long has he been flying in sims?"

So I thought that it would be really cool if we could all find out about each other on one post. Please respond to as many of the following questions as you wish. Be as brief or thorough as you like;
 (Feel free to add pics)

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Your Aces High squad?
Your name?
Your age?
Your Email?
Where do you live?
Where else have you lived?
What do you do for a living?
What is your marital/family status?
What schools have you attended?
What degrees do you have?
What are your hobbies?
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Other interesting things about yourself.

[eskimo2]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
eskimo
I was born and raised in Alaska and admire Alaskan Natives.

Your Aces High squad?
The Buccaneers.

Your name?
David D. Hall

Your age?
37

Your Email?
wwilsterman@neo.rr.com
 
Where do you live?
Tallmadge Ohio.  (Near Akron)

Where else have you lived?
Colorado Springs CO, Woodland Park CO, Honolulu HI, Anchorage AK, Wasilla AK, Houston AK, Fairbanks AK, Homer/Anchor Point AK, Juneau AK, Cordova AK (Birthplace)

What do you do for a living?
I am a computer teacher at a Catholic K-8, 500 student, school in Cuyahoga Falls (the town next door to Tallmadge).  I used to teach first grade in Colorado, and pretty much stumbled into this job a few months ago.

What is your marital/family status?
Blissfully married for 6 years. My wife and I have 2 Daughters. The oldest is three and named Svea (pronounced Svay-Ah, long a - short u sounds). She’s the funniest person I’ve ever met.  Brigitta is 10 months old and just about to start walking.  Being a dad is absolutely the coolest thing ever!

What schools have you attended? What degrees do you have?
Bachelor of Arts/Photography from the University of Anchorage AK, 1990. Associate of Science/Fire Science from the University of Hawaii (HCC) 1995. I am now about 90% finished with my Masters in Education from Regis University in Denver CO.

What are your hobbies?
AH junkie...Dang...I used to have a bunch of hobbies, but I have forgotten all about them ever since I started flying on-line!

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Warbirds, I started in spring of 97... I think? eskimo of the Buccaneers.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? My father-in-law flew stateside in WWII. He trained gunners for the Army Air Corps. He has time in the; AT-6, P-39, P-63, RP-63, AT-11, B-25, and B-17. The RP-63 was a stripped, armor plated P-63 that was used as a manned flying target. His job was to mock attack B-17's and receive friendly-fire! The bullets were 30 cal. powdered lead/bakelite plastic, and would disintegrate on contact with the hardened aluminum armor plating on the RP-63.

I was involved with a pretty amazing living history group in Colorado Springs called "Fantasy Flight". The two leaders of this group owned a C-45/AT-11 and two AT-6's. The members of Fantasy Flight maintain these old Warbirds and fly them to airshows throughout Colorado and other parts of the USA. Each of the 30+ members own at least one authentic WWII Army Air Force uniform that is worn to these airshows.

Other interesting things about yourself.
I own a Batmobile.


eskimo

[eskimo2]

Svea, Joan, (Fr. Hengle) Brigitta, & I.

eskimo

[brady]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
   
   bradys5, I wanted Brady but it was taken:)

Your Aces High squad?

 3/JG2

Your name?

 Brady Mulhausen

Your age?

 34
Your Email?

 Bradys5@hotmail.com

Where do you live?

 Portland Oregon
Where else have you lived?

 Numiours towns all over the western US, mostly the NW

What do you do for a living?

 I was a Forman for a construction Management company for the past 12 years, we built schools, hotels and did renvations all over the western US, local ecenomic conditions down sized me:), I am in a transitional phase of my life:)

What is your marital/family status?

 I am single.

What schools have you attended?

 I attentended collage for 2 years and hit the road for the above Job.

What degrees do you have?

  No formal degree.

What are your hobbies?

 Military History since I was very young, I collect books on this subject, and some trinkets associated with this subject, I love to travel.


What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

 I was in FA, my call singn was PG_bradys, my squad was the Punkt Gruppe.

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

 No signastudmuffinant family ties, I have been an avid wargamer since I was in my early teans, playing Avalion Hill wargames like flat top, and Squad Leader/ Advanced Squad Leader. Then of course PC games like CC3, and others.

Other interesting things about yourself.

 I used to be an avid hunter, worked in the family wine making busisness during my younger years.

[brady]

Pic of me on holiday BC Banif/Jasper:

 http://groups.msn.com/Photosforposting/2pic39sofme.msnw

[Löwe]

Hey Eskimo, who's the lovely blonde holding you up for the camera?
Great looking family Bud!

AH callsign: Lowejg, Löwe was my Gandmothers maiden name, since I used to fly Luftwobble only I took it years ago in Warbirds.
The JG was for Jagdgeschwader, then in the 27th Sentai "Jap Guy", now that I'm in the 325th guess it will stand for Jug Guy.

Name: John Vandeventer

Age: 44

Email: vande42@ev1.net

Home: Point Tx

Other places lived: Native Texan, grew up in the Dallas area.
I did 16 years active duty in the USAF I was stationed at Bergstrom AFB TX, RAF Upper Heyford UK, Davis Monthan AFB AZ, and Moddy AFB GA.

Family Info: I have a lovely wife named Linda,  we have 4 children Travis age 22 is currently serving in the U.S. Army in the 4th Infantry Division, Thomas 19 currently going through the recruiting process with the U.S. Air Force, Jessica 15, High School student, and  Trevor age 11, all around terror, and super jock. Both Trevor and Jessica are honor students in their schools.

Hobbies: AH, Model Aircraft.

Aviation connections: while in the USAF, I was a Crew Chief on O-2A's, OV-10's, F-111E's, and A-10s.

Degrees: I got a BA in Mischief.

[CurtissP-6EHawk]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
P6EHawk- I am building an 80% replica of the 1933 AAF Fighter built by Curtiss called the P-6E Hawk. Many pics on website.
 
Your Aces High squad?
No squad for now
 
Your name?
Bryan Austin
 
Your age?
37
Your Email?
austi262@bellsouth.net
 
Where do you live?
Valdosta, Ga (15-20 miles from florida)
 
Where else have you lived?
South Carolina
What do you do for a living?
I fly a Cessna 180J SkyWagon three to four hours a day for Fire Patrol.

What is your marital/family status?
Married/one doughter age seven
 
What schools have you attended?
Alabama Aviation and Technical College
 
What degrees do you have?
Assotiates in an Applied Science
 
What are your hobbies?
Antique/Experimental Aircraft Building
 
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
WarBirds
--ww--

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Been in it all my life!

Other interesting things about yourself
AH brings out the animal in me

[Jester]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Jester00 - Name I always used on video games. Andijg came from my first squad in WB's - just put something down because Jester had been taken.
 
Your Aces High squad?
XO of the 325th FG "The Checkertails"
 
Your name?
Andrew Fraize

Your age?
36

Your Email?
afraize_99@yahoo.com

Where do you live?
St.Charles, Arkansas
 
Where else have you lived?
Huntington, WV, Little Rock, AR, Memphis, TN

What do you do for a living?
Vol. Fire Chief/ Family owned Hunting Guide Service

What is your marital/family status?
Single (But looking)
 
What degrees do you have?
Assoc. in Applied Electronics

What are your hobbies?
Firefighting, modeling, computer sims, collecting WW2 militaria.
Amature Naval Historian - speciality - The Kriegsmarine.
Raiding every flea market and junk shop I can find.

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
Callsign - Andijg
WARBIRDS- JG 51 Molders - 3rd Officer
                   27th Sentai - Exchange Pilot
                   305th Sq. (Polish) RAF - XO
DAWN OF ACES - Jasta 12 - Pilot
ACES HIGH - 63FS, 56th FG WOLFPACK - Pilot
                    VF-27 HELLCATS - CO
                    27th Sentai - Flight Leader

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Most of my family was in the Navy and Marines - that is where I caught my love of things Military.

Other interesting things about yourself.
Re-enacting was a big hobby before I got into computer sims. Did Confederate Marines, WW2 German Army & Navy & Star Wars Imperial Navy.

[brady]

No wounder he got all the Name this...(whaterver) ship picks:)


 Name This...Will return...

[eskimo2]

CurtissP-6EHawk & Andijg,

It looks like we have a fire-connection.
I was a firefighter in Alaska and earned a degree in fire science while I lived in hawaii.  I also served as a volunteer fire fighter when I lived in Woodland Park CO.

Alaska was the most exciting place to serve.  In the summer, we often would have a few fires a week.  In 96, my home town had a really nasty one.  40,000 acres burned and we lost 400 structures.  

eskimo

[Miska]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?
Miska, from Miskatonic University in H.P. Lovecraft's work.

Your Aces High squad?
880 Fleet Air Arm!!

Your name?  Your age?
Andre Costopoulos, 34

Your Email?
costo@videotron.ca

Where do you live?
Montreal, Canada
 
Where else have you lived?
Willimantic, Connecticut.  I spend a good chunk of my time in Oulu, Finland and London, UK.

What do you do for a living?
Archaeologist
 
What is your marital/family status?
A beautiful wife and a 7 year old son.

What schools have you attended?
McGill U., University of Montreal, Oulu University

What degrees do you have?
hmmm, a bunch  

What are your hobbies?
I have three hobbies, wargaming, wargaming, and wargaming.
 
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?
DOS Airwarrior in the old days, WB as Vlasov of 416 RCAF, DoA as Vlasov of No10 RNAS, and the upcoming Target Flanders over at Targetware.
 
Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?
Other interesting things about yourself.
I am not very interesting and I am mostly unconnected to WWII Aviation.

[eskimo2]

CurtissP-6EHawk,
VERY cool plane!
Great site!

Is there a link from that site to pics of your plane, in whatever state its in...?  (I.E. which # are you?)

eskimo

[eskimo2]

Miska,
What kind of archaeologist are you?  Tell us more, I love that stuff.

eskimo

[Razzor]

Your Aces High call sign? Razzor

It's significance? It was a screw up when I first registered for WBs, and it came our RSErwi. My squad CO named me "Razor". After a while, I canceled my account, and started a new one with razzor since razor was taken.
 
Your Aces High squad? IV/JG51 although they are not a dedicated CT squad.

Your name? Randy Erwin
 
Your age? 51

Your Email? rserwin@charter.net
 
Where do you live? Central Point, OR
 
Where else have you lived? Coranado, Ca, Alameda, Ca, Falls Church, Va,  Napels, Italy, Colorado Springs, Co, Mill Valley, Ca, Kitzingen, Germany, El Segundo, Ca, San Jose, Ca.
 
What do you do for a living? I fly the S-64 Skycrane for Erickson Air Crane Co in a Fire fighting and construction role.

What is your marital/family status? Married, no kids, one Golden who's got us pretty well trained.

What schools have you attended? US Naval Academy, University of Colorado.
 
What degrees do you have? none
 
What are your hobbies? Computer aviation
 
What other flight sims have you been involved in? Just about every combat flight sim published since '88

Your call sign and squad in that sim? razzor in the Volunteers in WarBirds since '98, IV/JG51_Razor in IL2 with IV/JG51

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII? My father was a Naval Aviator, designated in April of '41. He instructed for the first year, then was Flightdeck Officer on the new Yorktown, then flew TBFs in VT-15. XO of VF-193 in ADs and F8Fs, Commanded VF-52 in Korea, and his squadron helped make "Bridges Over Toko Ri"

Other interesting things about yourself. I get to fight fire with the 'Crane over in Italy, Greece, Korea, and Australia, in addition to all over the SW United States. AND THEY PAY ME FOR IT!! hehe

[kidcol]

Your Aces High call sign? It's significance?

declan. Had to leave for a bit, I was kidcol, decided new name just for fun. Declan is the name of one of my rabbits

Your Aces High squad?

no squad at moment

Your name?

Buddy Cole

Your age?

36

Your Email?

kidcol13@aol.com (& a few others, but they are mostly business-related)

Where do you live?

Annapolis, MD

Where else have you lived?

That's about it, 'cept for a short stay in San Fran

What do you do for a living?

Was a graphic artist/engineer/signmaker for the last 20 years. DItched it & am now a Veterinary Technician & loving my work more than I thought possible ( at about 30% of my former salary, tho )

What is your marital/family status?

married for 5 1/2 years

What schools have you attended?  Those were schools? Thought that was just someplace to drink...

What degrees do you have? I'se gotsa High School Disploma

What are your hobbies?  Photography, Fishing & ...   lessee, there was something else....   Oh Yeah, FLYIN ONLINE

What other flight sims have you been involved in? Your call sign and squad in that sim?

Fighter Ops on AOL: kidcol.  in Nightstalkers
WB: kidcol. also with nightstalkers
AH: kidcol (& kidcol2, 3, etc.) with nightstalkers & VMF111

Do you have any other connection to aviation or WWII?

My grandfather was an air mechanic in france in WW2 (just after to be specific)

Other interesting things about yourself.

I can fall asleep, anytime, anyplace, at will