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CO Dart
Lawn Dart has been simming since the early 80s when he started flying Flight Simulator on one of the first Macintoshes. Other early titles include A-10 Attack and A-10 Cuba, F/A-18 Hornet, Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Red Baron, Out of the Sun, and Falcon 4.0. In 95 he discovered the wonders of multiplayer WWII simming in Mac Air Warrior Open Beta and was for evermore hooked on online flying! Since then he’s traveled the cyber skies of AirWarrior, Warbirds, LOMAC, the IL2 series, and most recently DCS A-10C and a return to Falcon 4.0 thanks to Benchmark Sims' efforts.
He is the current C.O. of the 51st Fighter Wing, and was previously the C.O of Air Group 51, IV/JG51 and the 339th Growlin’ Gators.
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Member Haphazard
I cut my teeth on the Chuck Yeager Series, a digital joystick and my Amstrad PC1512 (PC compatible, 8086, CGA graphics). I first learned to dogfight MiGs in Spectrum Holobyte's incomparable Falcon. This quickly lead to Falcon 3.0 and then, of course, Falcon 4 and my first VFS: The Freebirds. I've remained a jet driver almost exclusively since then, save for the occasional, brief flirtation with props (IL2). For the past few years, work, family and the general drought of sims has kept me exclusively in the civilian domain, flying FSX on Vatsim. This brings us to today where DCS's appearance has reignited some of the old jet driver passions I had thought lost since last straddling a Viper around the turn of the millennium. I'm now looking forward to mud moving in the Hog and (hopefully) strapping on DCS's upcoming fast mover soon.
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Member Merlin
Names Merlin, i have been a big fan of flight sims since i was 10. i have plenty of pilots in the family which is probably where my inspiration comes from. started out on Janes IAF and grew from there. i am also a RC flight enthusiast. I am currently serving over in the ROK 51st FW so i have a lot of knowledge behind the A-10.
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Member Raptor
Active duty USAF with 4 years of aircraft armament systems experience. 3 of them on the 18th Aggressors at Eielson and a year on the Hog at Osan AB. I have been flying flight sims since the original Janes and MSFS.
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Member Taz
Flying the A-10 with the 51st is my first online simming experience.
I've been flying flight sims since the original Microprose F-15 Strike Eagle on my Commodore 64, and the original Falcon in all of it's 4 color glory on my IBM PS2 Model 30.
I've played every version of Miscrosoft Flight Simulator since around version 2. I also spent some time in Sierra Pro Pilot, Fly! and Flight Unlimited.
I haven't done much with military flight sims since Jane's F-18 until I found out about DCS Black Shark and now DCS A-10. Before that, I spent a few years (which I will never get back) playing World of Warcraft. I stopped playing at the beginning of this year. My wife still plays WoW, which is why I can get away with all of my sim time.
Pro-Tip: Have the Newegg boxes shipped to your office. :-)
When I'm not flying the A-10 or the KA-50, I'm either playing X3: Terran Conflict, Fallout 3 (and New Vegas), an RTS, or whichever FPS I'm into at the moment.
I grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia to the sounds of Tomcats and Intruders, and now live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Member Zooker
I'm 25, live near Los Angeles, California and am a huge aviation enthusiast. I'm learning to fly and loving it, although simming is a lot cheaper.
I've been playing sims since the mid 90s. Falcon 3.0, Falcon 4.0 and Jane's F/A-18, IL-2, FSX. I've been a member of many squads, but none like Air Group 51, what now has become the 51st Fighter Wing. I've made life long friends across the country and it's been a blast.
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Member mikula
mikula is relatively new to flight sims, having dabbled with the IL-2 series back in 2005 while flying with AG-51. He now spends his increasingly scarce sim-time with DCS: A-10C Warthog, but also enjoys many other PC-gaming titles, including Team Fortress 2.
mikula works full-time for a local marketing agency as a web developer, and is pursuing a B.S. with a major in Computer Engineering at Portland State University.
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Recruit Bugs
I'm 49, and live in Palm Beach, Florida. I recently moved here from Connecticut where I grew up. I have always been a huge fan of hardcore flight simulations. What I have learned over the years is that it take’s a special individual to get into this hobby (a little crazy but very bright).
I have been flying flight simulation longer than I care to admit. The first flight simulation I ever flew was Flight Simulation from Sub Logic on an Apple II. The original simulator had monochrome green and white wireframe graphics, featured very limited scenery consisting of 36 tiles and provided a very basic simulation. I was hooked.
I've flown other simulations since then, Falcon, Jane's F/A-18, IL-2, Microsoft Flight Simulator, etc. I’ve flown with different squads over the years. But what I enjoy most is pushing the envelope in regards to advances in multiplayer capabilities, avionics systems and flight dynamics. It is amazing how far we have come over the past 30 years.
I look forward to seeing you off my wing.
Bugs
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Member Split
Living with my wife and dog in Appleton, Wisconsin I am a flight dispatcher for Air Wisconsin Airlines. I am a 2000 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and have 1.1 hours logged in the backseat of a Viper and 2.0 hours in the backseats of AT-38's. I love the F-16 and A-10 and am proud to be a member of the 51st Fighter Wing where I provide close air support and combat power to the virtual battlefield. Go Packers!
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Member Javelin 6 - Overseas
Born while Nixon was being re-elected on Korat AFB Thailand his father was a "Thud" pilot (later Phantoms) assigned to the 13th TFS (388th TFW). Lulled to sleep nightly by thunder of afterburners, you could say that military aviation has always been a part of him.
He started in flight sims with titles like Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Fleet Defender, Jane's F-15, Jane's F/A-18, Jane's WW II Fighters, Aces High Online.
The world of combat flight sims was put on hold for a decade while serving multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq with the USMC. And later returning to Iraq with the US Army several times.
With all that behind him now, he returns to the virtual skies with DCS A-10C.
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Member eodcheese - Deployed
Cheese has been simming for about 20 years, from Chuck Yeager's Air Combat to Falcon 4.0 and now DCS A-10C. He is an active duty Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operator (think The Hurt Locker), and has trekked around the world as a result, touching every continent except Antarctica. He's still trying to finagle a trip down there to complete the tour! When not planted in front of his computer raining death on pixels, Cheese likes to run (5 marathons in the books), and defend the free world from evil doers (6 trips to the sandbox, and counting). He also enjoys sleep, food, beer, and the company of beautiful women. Cheese joined the 51st VFW in July of 2011.
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Member Wrench
I was born and raised in the Air Force. I fell in love with military aviation living between the thrilling worlds of Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command. My first true love was the slick and sexy F-106 Delta Dart, which often screamed over my childhood home, with afterburners blazing, headed for the DEW line on a Cold War scramble.
I “served” the Department of Defense as a security specialist and have a graduate education in history. I have taken many career paths, but I always seem to return to aviation. I just love the smell of jet fuel!
I am married and have four teenage children who often ridicule and poke fun at me for my hobby of on-line flight, especially when I have my Track IR going and I am screaming “Check your six, check your six.” They call me crazy on nights when there is a mission and I am unplugging phones and disabling computers mumbling the mantra "must preserve the ping, must preserve the ping my precious!" Those without the affliction cannot begin to understand.
I built my first flight simulator out of a card board box following my first screening of “Midway” as a child. I was of course hooked on sim flying the first time I took hold of a basic flight stick and flew Microsoft’s flight Simulator. Since then, I have flown every flight sim I could get my hands on and have upgraded computers to keep up. I am a confessed "kit" junky buying every hardware peripheral I can get my hands on.
I jumped at the opportunity to fly with AG-51, now the 51st Fighter Wing, and love every minute of time spent on-line with this loveable group of drunken degenerates - the 51st Fighter Wing is simply the finest group of pilots on the internet...
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Recruit RedHawk - Deployed
I am a Retired U.S. Navy Officer. I served onboard various ships and aircraft carriers including the USS Saratoga. I being a Flight Sim Enthusiast since Flight Simulator first came up for the Commodore Amiga. Like a lot of you many of my friends and family do not understand my love for flight simulation or why they heard me screaming late at night whenever I could not get away from a SAM. I work as a Web and windows application developer presently for the U.S. Navy in sunny Jacksonville, FL. I also own a company that builds Flight Simulation Panels for MS Flight Simulator. The website is: http://www.scflightpanels.com I also have other websites and they are: http://www.flysimtech.com and my other passion multimedia at: http://www.rcmediasolutions.com.
I live in Jacksonville FL since 1990 when I first came here under order while serving in the U.S. Navy. I was born in New York City and got my strong accent due to the fact that my family moved to Puerto Rico when I was seven years old until I was 18. So I do speak and write both English and Spanish fluently. I attended a vocational school and graduated as an electronic technician and then I went back to school and obtain my degree as a Software Engineer. I first join the U.S. Army and after 3 years I decided to switch to the Navy where after 4 years I was commissioned as an officer.
I am presently building a cockpit for the A-10 and will post some of the photos of my project in one of my websites soon. I am looking forward to become an integral part of the team and also to be able to use any of my skills to promote or help our squadron. I am capable of building a window or web applications specifically for any of our needs. I could build applications such as a Member Log, ATC, a library of documents manage by an online database, etc.. etc.. so I hope that you guys allow me to help in one way or another and if any of you need help building a cockpit please let me know and I will help you.
I being married for almost 30 years and have three sons all already out of the house, all graduated from college, two of then follow my footsteps and they work as software engineers and the youngest one works as a financial market specialist for Merrill Lynch. I can’t wait to start going on missions and getting to know all of you. Thanks for the opportunity.
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