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Gwynedd

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Hi, guys. I haven't been around for a while. I had a long drawn-out divorce and some health issues, but I finally was able to set up my MacBook Pro to play CFS1 and FS2004. I see some familiar faces, but all my old posts have been deleted :( What happened?
Are the old JG-57 guys still here as well?
Just checking in. Good to see you again.
Gwen
 
hello Gwynedd,
welcome home.
all posts were lost a short while back due to a site hack job and a crash. pity, there was some good stuff that was lost.
so it goes.
as with life in general, people come and go.
the JG57 bunch broke for IL2 and haven't been seen since.
some are gluttons for punishment and stick around.
sorry about your divorce, unless it is for the better
and I hope your health issues are resolved

is Patty Wagstaff related to Jeremy Wagstaff, technical commentator on BBC/NPR?
 
smilo said:
hello Gwynedd,
is Patty Wagstaff related to Jeremy Wagstaff, technical commentator on BBC/NPR?
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Thanks for the warm welcome. The divorce was definitely a good thing. The marriage was entering a dangerous turn for me personally and I'm safer single. The health issues followed from that and having to adjust medication dosages. I hope that will be okay.
It's a real shame some of the old crew left, and a bigger shame that so much of our old history here was lost. Cyber vandalism is still vandalism.
No, Patty Wagstaff is the most famous female pilot in the world, I think. Many consider her the greatest stunt pilot - male or female - in the world. Here is her website: http://www.pattywagstaff.com/
 
thanks for the link, it looks interesting.
I will check it out at a calmer time.
the Jeremy/Patty relation question was a bit of a joke.
admittedly, not a very good one.
 
The Stars Fell on Alabama.

~S~ Gwynedd,

"Patty Wagstaff is the most famous female pilot in the world, I think."

I thought it was my great-grand aunt Katherine Stinson. But that was then and most planes had two sets of wings. http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/stinson_history.asp

Welcome back.

J.:isadizzy:

Darn you P&W, Sweet home Alabama, Lord I'm coming home to you....and the Governor too...
 
I didn't know that about your family history. You should be proud. I agree that Katherine was a great aviator. I also did not mean Patty is the greatest in history. That would also exclude Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Bessie Coleman and others. And God only knows how many anonymous Russian women died fighting the Luftwaffe. The Soviets only issued parachutes to men! :angryfir:


Johnny said:
~S~ Gwynedd,

I thought it was my great-grand aunt Katherine Stinson. But that was then and most planes had two sets of wings. http://www.sanantonio.gov/aviation/stinson_history.asp

Welcome back.

J.:isadizzy:

Darn you P&W, Sweet home Alabama, Lord I'm coming home to you....and the Governor too...
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I am surprised that Johnny didn't invite you to come kick some virtual male butt tomorrow.
all you really need is CFS with stock aircraft,
the CFO_weather.dll dropped into the Combat Flight Simulator Modules folder,
the line in the COMBATFS.cfg COLLISION_SEC=1 needs to be changed with Notepad to COLLISION_SEC=-1
a headset and mic comes in real handy so we can talk and of course, you need to install TeamSpeak Client2.
I realise that this is a lot to get done in a few hours, but there's always next week if it's too short notice.
we would love to have you along, if you're up for it.
let us know if you need assistance getting set up
we meet Sundays at 15:00 GMT
TeamSpeak IP is 24.102.61.2:8890
password=****
the Game IP=is posted on TS window.
GAME IS UP NOW!!!
 
Hello Gwynedd,

I do not believe you are correct regarding Russians issuing parachutes only to male pilots. There is quite a lot of contradictory photographic evidence. Even female gunners (I remember a rather cute blonde gunner from a Stormovik that was wearing a parachute.)

- Ivan.
 
Sounds like a plan

~S~ All,

No parachute for women, the Russians were on target with that one. The women would probably take the silk and make undies. I would not be surprised if the only gave them enough fuel to get to were they were going. The woman you saw Ivan did not have a parachute, that was her purse.

Na! Aircraft was in short supply and I am surprised they gave anyone a parachute. They wanted the aircraft back, hopefully in one piece.

smilo,

I did not tell her because every time we have a female in the game they embarrass the guys by shooting them down. And B_ball will be hitting on her the whole time, tying up the team-speak channel.

J.:costumes:
 
Hello Johnny,

I know you are joking, but you should remember that most fighters of that period had real "bucket" seats that needed a cushion (read parachute) in order to be used. Whether you strapped it on was your option though.

- Ivan.
 
yes, I fondly remember Baby Dragon taking 1100 and the rest of the Allied hot shots to task one Sunday afternoon a few months ago.
Lordy, that was fun stuff.
oh yeah, remember Eyes? that girl was vicious and Lady Sue was no slouch either.
 
The most vivid account I had in mind was a German ace who had to fight tooth and nail to escape a Russian Yak pursuing him. He finally shot it down behind German lines and returned to the site to find that it had been a woman pilot and she had no parachute, so she died. The German found that brutal. It struck me to the heart that a man serving under Hitler found the Soviets brutal.

Here is a more exact reference about a women's Soviet bomber unit:
"Made predominantly of wood and fabric, the aircraft were fire hazards and many accounts given by crews of the night bomber squadrons related to their fear of catching fire and burning to death. Parachutes were expensive and not available until 1944.'

That account and others can be found at http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/soviet_women_pilots.html


Ivan said:
Hello Gwynedd,

I do not believe you are correct regarding Russians issuing parachutes only to male pilots. There is quite a lot of contradictory photographic evidence. Even female gunners (I remember a rather cute blonde gunner from a Stormovik that was wearing a parachute.)

- Ivan.
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Oh dearie me!
Okay let's start with the silk statement first. (Sorry, but I teach Polymer and Fiber Engineering; that's my turf) The Japanese and Chinese were the only aviators who had silk parachutes. Silk comes from moth cocoons that can only survive in Asia; Russia, North America and Europe could not get it because of the naval war in the Pacific and Mao's communist army controlling the passage to Siberia. The Soviet Union was not an ally of China until after the US dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.
So...The Germans used rayon made from the trees in Bavaria, Czechoslovakia and Austria. (It comes from pine trees.) The Americans used a novel invention of Dr. Wallace Carothers of DuPont that no one had any idea what to do with until then. It was called Nylon. It comes from petroleum and America had plenty back then. It also found good use as stockings, and men usually are happy about that application. American-made chutes did not burn up if a pilot bailed on fire from his plane. German rayon chutes did burn. They were cellulose and acted like a thin sheet of wood in a fire.

Now, I really appreciate the invitation to fly with you, but I don't think I will have time this weekend or next. I have to prepare a test for a class on Monday and have a long business call tomorrow for a special project. Next week is going to be really busy. My real world research is armor, and we are making prototypes for the V-22. I need to supervise the students doing the assemblies and drag my son out to shoot the samples for me to see which ones work. I also would need time to come up to speed on all those extra applications. But I do want to give it a try.

And guys, does anyone really want to hit on an over the hill engineering professor? We're not known for being sexy unless you get excited about women working differential equations!


Johnny said:
~S~ All,

The women would probably take the silk and make undies.
smilo,

I did not tell her because every time we have a female in the game they embarrass the guys by shooting them down. And B_ball will be hitting on her the whole time, tying up the team-speak channel.

J.:costumes:
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Hitting on old ladies.

~S~ G,

B-Ball is a young South American Hot Blooded Woman Chaser. Blind, cripple or crazy, knock-kneed, bow-legged or lazy, young, old and everything in between. He can't help it, he was born that way. If I said my name was Jane, he would have to hit on me. I think he is just practicing his lines. He is also a great bomber pilot who will dogfight you in a bomber and win. When he flies upside down, it is time to "Hit the Rip-Stop Nylon." Your toast.

j:costumes:
 
Hello Gwynedd,

What will your son be using for the armour test? I hear that the 7 mm Magnum works pretty well for AP use. I'd imagine that just about anything with a reasonably high sectional density bullet at high velocity (.25-06, .22-250, .300 (Just about anybody's) Magnum) should work well.

Regarding Parachutes, It sounds like you are describing a Po-2 biplane for night use. I wonder what folks used as a seat cushion if there wasn't a parachute pack?

- Ivan.
 
good stuff Gwyn, especially the last line.
take your time, we're patient and don't forget what I said about help getting set up.
it's a snap, really.
BTW, I edited in the TS password above for those who want to join in today.
 
Hi, Ivan. I just dropped in for a moment to take a breather from test composition and business calls.
We will be using the two primary threats in theater for US rotary aircraft. Those are 7.62 x 39 (both FMJ and AP) and 7.62 x 54R (light AP and AP). I can't say more about the armor itself, but we have to keep in mind that power to weight ratio puts the armor factor in the denominator. Engineering is trade-offs.
You are probably right about the PO-2's, but there are loads of stories on that website about others as well. The Nachthexen were night fighter pilots with no radar. Pretty amazing stuff.
And the other question: Pillows.

Ivan said:
Hello Gwynedd,

What will your son be using for the armour test? I hear that the 7 mm Magnum works pretty well for AP use. I'd imagine that just about anything with a reasonably high sectional density bullet at high velocity (.25-06, .22-250, .300 (Just about anybody's) Magnum) should work well.

Regarding Parachutes, It sounds like you are describing a Po-2 biplane for night use. I wonder what folks used as a seat cushion if there wasn't a parachute pack?

- Ivan.
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I heard Diff Eq...

Talk nerdy to me :redf:

Engineering is sadly bereft of any large proportion of females...

Sounds like you do some really cool stuff! :ernae:
 
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