Macross Martin Flies In!

macrossmartin · 27 October 2008, 12:07 AM

Hello All!
Just arrived in the Mess, fresh from learning not to crash in Australia!
I'm a big fan of Wings of War, although modified and with re-paints on just about all the miniatures. Also, CowboyJake and I are currently RPGing air combat in WW1. The downside to all this fun is research! Man alive, but there isn't much to be found in the bookshops of Adelaide, South Australia! On the upside, it gives us an excuse to join you high-flyers on this excellent forum, and interrogate you all. And, I hope, provide some answers ourselves along the way.

Kites away, chaps!

-Macross Martin

SCMc · 27 October 2008, 01:22 AM

Hello Macross Martin,

I continue to fly the very old flight sim Red Baron 3D. For me one of the up sides of it is the research needed to continue to make little improvements here and there. The learning is as much fun as the flying.

One tool that might help you is WorldCat. This is a catalog of the holdings of libraries all around the world. If you search for a book, it will give you a list of libraries that have it, starting with those closest to your location. If your local library does not have it, you may be able to arrange an inter-library loan.

You can also find a wealth of information using Search to find previous threads on your topics of interest here at the aerodrome.

Steve

macrossmartin · 27 October 2008, 05:49 PM

Thankyou, Steve!
I was unaware of Worldcat. Certainly something I will need to check out.
Don't get me wrong, by the way - I enjoy research! My friends refer to my living room as 'the library'!

tcrean7828 · 28 October 2008, 01:08 AM

Mate,
Welcome to the flagship of the Aerodrome - where the greatest minds on the planet get together and talk about their favorite subject - WW1.

ttfn

tcrean7828

tom

P.S. Werner Voss fan here.

macrossmartin · 28 October 2008, 05:52 PM

Thanks for the greeting, Tom!
I'm fond of Voss myself, undoubtedly one of the most talented pilots the Great War produced.

Roadhog · 23 November 2008, 09:59 PM

Dear macrossmartin, My father was in Chesty Puller's Seventh Marine Regiment in WWII and he fought the Japanese at Cape Glouster, Pelilu and Okinawa. Dad was wounded five times and on Pelilu, where he was awarded the Silver Star for the first day's fight at Bloody Nose Ridge, everybody in his platton was either killed or wounded. Anyway, one time he was sent to recover in a hosptial in Australia and he always said that you all were the friendliest people he had ever met in his life. Plus, your doctors saved his leg which meant that he could take part in the invasion of Japan, that thank God never occurred.

Personally, I am a retired Army MP brigade commander and have loved WWI aviation since I was a small boy building balsa wood and tissue airplanes. My father was a pilot (after the war as a civilian) but my eyes were too bad to even try. If I can help you give me a shout since I have several images of pilots and planes and I share what I have. VR, Scott Price, a.k.a. Roadhog

macrossmartin · 24 November 2008, 06:37 PM

Thanks, Roadhog!
Glad to hear that we 'Down Under' were able to help your Father in his time of need. Also, my thanks to him - and all his buddies - for all they did in that terrible conflict. Something we Aussies sometimes forget is the debt we owe to the USA. If you lot had decided to roll over after Pearl, I doubt it would have been only Darwin that was bombed.

I know what you mean about the bad eyes! Mine let me down, too.