Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Everything Designs

1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
(Row )Inspite of these Ava age been in sl over 7  years,  i have always loved,looking at other builders work and have great respect for them... I decide one day to give it a  go and never looked back. My passion is building and creating.   I love Fantasy building  and landscaping.  I work with Spike my SL Husband, RL boyfriend , when we got together,  we inspire each other.. now we build everything, from landscape items ,Weddings, furniture , breedable homes and displays, as well as sim designs.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Everything Designs and Photography  really does touch on Everything, hence the name , Photography and building are our passion. We have a half sim, from there we run our Photography business , shops, and landscape,/ Garden center. We Photograph everything from weddings, people, and location shots. We are very proud recently of a sim promotion we just finished ,  20  complete graphic displays of the two sims, including   area and Characters  of the rp sim Cranberry cove.  As well as sim designing..... We make Business Logos, Personal celebration banners, for wedding, birthdays, promotions. On the build side we make Custom and premade wedding sets, cakes, invitations, trees, plants flowers, House and homes, furniture, Celebration balloons, party invitations, cakes... Breedable homes and displays.. we can conduct a marriage cermony too if some one needs a official to marry them .yes yes !!! we make Everything .

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
Expand and go where our imagination takes us, we both feel our own imagination is our only limit.
Our land, shops changes with the seasons, we are already planing Autumn and Christmas, our main goal, if to have a full sim, full of our creations to share and have an amazing time together doing it! :0

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Track, and Cycling .

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
7 Row almost 7 years, Spike almost four years

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
Saw Secondlife on a TV program and thought i would try it... same thing for Spike.

7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
oh lordy what a question...hahaha what have i not seen? a 16 foot penis? a half man half Elephant.
a bible with legs.. after all this time hard to answer but then that the thing about Sl never will you see it all.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
Lee Evans a British comendian ( something about Mary & Mouse trap actor) mostly because i would then love to see his show after when he did a gig talking about second life ..

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Helping Haven

Helping Haven is a great spot where new residents in Second Life can get advice and attend classes! Helping Haven was kind enough to set up an exhibitors booth at our 16 Day Sports Festival! Lily Swindlehurst, one of the owners of Helping Haven was kind enough to answer some questions about the organization:


1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
I had been a helper for several years on another sim, when that area closed four of us, Aullere Ocello, Notfragile Gausman, CharlesDe Beaumont and myself Lily Swindlehurst started up Helping Haven in September 2011. We had found that helping people was something that we all enjoyed and got a lot of satisfaction from.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Helping Haven is a team of over 100 voluntary helpers who assist both new and old residents with their Second Life questions and problems. We also offer  free classes on various Second Life skills and many events to which all are welcome. We have a website which displays our full calendar as well as more information about Helping Haven: http://helpinghaven.weebly.com
Our SL url is: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Creation/11/248/22

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
We hope to have some live acts soon performing on Haven. We would like to exhibit more at events, such as the Flying Tigers ones and also at SL9 B which we enjoyed. To continue expanding our website.
To have an even more varied class options and bring in new teachers.

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Athletics.

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
Over 5 years.

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
I read an article in a British newspaper about virtual worlds which sounded interesting.


7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
I think maybe some of the amazing places that have been built by residents and also some of the wierd avatars.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
My best friend.

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Z3 Arms & Technologies

Today's Sports Festival Spotlight is on Z3 Arms & Technologies, which is owned and operated in Second Life by Don Kobichenko. Don also provided our shooting range and boxing arena for our 16 Day Sports Festival! Don was kind enough to provide answers to some of our questions about himself and Z3:


1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
When I first heard of a game where the content is all user-created, it was intriguing enough to take a look. Then some friends of mine wanted to start up something, but we didn't want to do the same things sooo many others were doing. Well, long story short, many of them went AWOL, and so there was just me to carry the torch of empire, being the only one in my circle who logs in more than twice a year.

VICE and WW2 were among the first things I ran into in SL, so I decided to explore that. First I went into combat and then I went into gun smithing, for this most solid combat system.
I've been thriving on taking my builds and the technology behind them beyond the standard, especially in the last year.

I'm proud to say that this business and the art of weapons development behind it have brought out the best of my creativity and ingenuity, although not everyone shares in that assessment.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Z3 is the current evolution of the Arms & Arms Technology front geared at producing top quality and revolutionary VICE arms.

I'm nearly a one man show, when it comes to final products, but I owe a lot to modelers and other coders who've made contributions to my work.

I don't davel into every single combat system in SL for one reason: VICE was my first love and I never saw a decisively better system to this date. It has it's shortcomings and that's why I've used Z3 to do my utmost to demonstrate what VICE can do. I've done that in two ways: As a fighter, I have a good idea about the look and feel people expect from their weapons and I try to capture it in what I build.

 Secondly, I have used my know-how to develop technology that transcends the combat system to new heights, my original goal being to preserve the system's life and extend it's use. Currently, this is Z3's focus: extending and proliferating the use of VICE.

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
Mainly, I plan to produce as many developer kits as possible, because I believe it's long time for the power to produce fun toys to go into more player's hands. I also plan to spend the year poking around with our super-secret BLT technology, to see what new weapons and modifications are possible.

I want to continue to evolve and change the system so that it can stay alive and stay fun for players.

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
I'd have to say, hockey or Basketball (Go, team USA!).

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
Allllmost 2 years. Maybe a little more, now. Seems a lot longer.

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
Some friends told me you could build and program things here, so I tried it out, because I was fascinated by that concept.

7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
Well.. the whole slave RP that goes on here hit me pretty hard. A lot of SL is a culture shock when you first start. Of course I'm used to most of it, by now and have found my element.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
 Maybe some of the smart people I know who could contribute to my business or make their own way here.

You can purchase items from Z3 by visiting their marketplace shop or in world at the Sports Festival!

Sports Festival Day #5 Recap!

Yesterday was day #5 of our 16 day Sports Festival! Events started with DJ Mia and host Tamara for 2 hours! DJ Mia played a 1980s set and guests danced and of course shopped:



After DJ Mia, DJ Anakin started a 2 hour rock set and everyone danced to a variety of rock songs, from present day to 1980s:



In the evening, everyone was treated to a special 90 minute wrestling show by Virtual Attitude Wrestling or V.A.W., which is owned and operated by Vince Aftermath.  You can view the live stream recording of this event for a limited time:

Watch live streaming video from forcetvnet at livestream.com

You can view photos from the wrestling show below:

Sports Festival Spotlight: Virtual Attitude Wrestling (VAW)

Today's Sports Festival Spotlight is on Virtual Attitude Wrestling or VAW. VAW owner and founder, Vince Aftermath was kind enough to provide some answers to some of our questions:


1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?  
Wrestling...I love wrestling and even though it may be acting at some points. Some of the action can get real but no on

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Virtual Attitude Wrestling is what you may call WWF/WWE/WCW of Second Life. We are wrestling NOT mud wrestling but all out drama filled, voice action, animated wrestling at its best. We travel 24/7 each week across the Second Life Grid bringing free entertainment every Tuesday at 5pmSLT and Thursday at 3pmSLT. We also have our HQ at the Potomac Center which our second branded show "Turbulence" runs out of.

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
Virtual Attitude Wrestling is undergoing some format changes to our shows which consist of production changes and quiltie of our weekly shows. It's time to go to the next level. VAW has been around for 6 months and it’s time to change things up a bit. Virtual Attitude Wrestling has been recently picked up by Force.TV. Our goal is for us to start grabbing fans from the outside world and showing them the magic of Second Life. Our contract with Force.TV is set for 12 weeks. Nonetheless, I'm confident that our contract with be extended when the time comes.

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Wrestling...

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
2 Years

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
The magic of SL meaning all the great things you can do which makes it unlimited.

7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
Snail racing and griefers, I would say those two are the most strangest things in SL. I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them at the moment.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
Vince McMahon, I guess because I love wrestler and he put it on the map. I would love to work with him so that Virtual Attitude Wrestling could have more master minds behind the deck of cards.

You can catch a special VAW show at the Flying Tigers' Sports Festival, today July 31, 2012 at 5pm slt!

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: L'Amour Modeling Management

Today's Sports Festival Blog Spotlight is on L'Amour Modeling Management, which is owned and operated in Second Life by Ava Jhamin. L'Amour was the modeling firm which staffed and produced Vintage Fashion Weekend and will also produce a special sports themed fashion show on August 12, 2012 at 12pm slt, in honor of our 16 day Sports Festival! L'Amour offers modeling classes if you would like to get started as a model in Second Life! Just contact Ava Jhamin in world to get started. Check out the promo shots for the upcoming Sports Fashion Show from Ava Jhamin:

Sports Festival Spotlight: The Torch SL Guide

Today's Sports Festival Spotlight is on the Torch SL Guide. The Torch SL Guide's blog and their in world Torch SL Guide Library , are both geared towards helping new and old residents to find interesting locations and landmarks to places where you can find freebies and helpful Second Life classes on many topics, such as building or scripting. 

You can also learn about other virtual worlds from The Torch, as the blog has recently expanded to Inworldz and has set up a help center for new avatars in Inworldz. The Torch SL Guide was created in 2011 and is the brainchild of avatars KennieM Resident and Morphman Resident. Check out the Torch blog and their main office!

Sports Festival Spotlight: Champion Horses

Today's Sports Festival Spotlight is on Champion Horses! Champion Horses offers breedable race horses which you can race in Second Life! Champion Horses supports its members with growth and development by offering the following:

Free educational classes in the Champion Education Center:

• Champion Support Reps available around the clock, everyday 
• Champion Mentors are available to answer any questions you may have
• An opportunity to become a Certified Champion Jockey (fee based)
• Champion Young Riders which offers classes for the little ones of the community

Champion Horses also offers a fun, family-friendly environment with many events, such as:

• Horse races, offered Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sunday
• Auctions offered by members of the Champion community at their ranch
• Fishing Tournaments located in the park in Champion City
• Community soccer games (aka football by some members)
• Community Events:  ice cream socials, family fun nights, fireworks, fundraisers/benefits, family-friendly racing
• Mojo Rising club located in Champion City

You can purchase a Champion Horses Pack at our Sports Festival and check out the upcoming equestrian events from Champion Horses, as they also celebrate the Olympic games! These events will take place on the Champion Horses Sim:

• Aug 3 Friday 6pm SLT - SteepleChase
• Aug 4 Saturday 6pm SLT - Cross Country
• Aug 5 Sunday 11am SLT - Harness Races
• Aug 5 Sunday 6pm SLT - Awards Ceremony

Military Expo Spotlight: Avadan Grantham & GAF!

Today's Military Expo Spotlight is on Avadan Grantham, who also owns GAF:

1.  What inspired you to start your business in Second Life?
I started as an experiment in making aircraft.....after 2 years and a bit i had one flying...lol. I've been selling them mainly for charity. I was always interested in flying in SL..that led me to the Pacific Fleet Group.....re-enacting the period of the Pacific war in 1942. Thats when I noticed the uniforms available were....well....i thought i could do better...so i learned clothes making and put a lot of research into each uniform. I have concentrated on no prim attachments for ease of movement and flying in sl etc.

2.  Tell us about business, what were your aims and goals in Second Life when you started the brand?
GAF..."Grantham Aeroplane Facsimile" was the initial branding but has now diversified into clothing and developement of aircraft in a cooperative manner. I dont have a lot of time in world...but its good to be able to turn a request into reality.

3.  How long have you owned your business in Second Life?
About 2 years now.

4.  We are thrilled to have your business come to our military expo this year! What about the expo inspired you to take part?
Role play in SL is an exciting component of the overall experience.  Most of my work is orientated around the period of WWII....and so it wasn't a huge stretch...lol.

5.  What are your future plans for  your business in Second Life?  Any new and exciting things on the horizon?
Continuing as I have been most likely....the time factor is my main enemy...i'm happy with the way things are at the moment. If I can supply goods that meet the quality and demands...all the better....

6. How long have you been in Second Life?
Overall about 3 years now...on and off

7.  What made you first join Second Life?
I saw an article in a computer Mag....looked interesting...left it alone for a while...then came back to enjoy the wonders...lol

8.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
Not so much things or places...although there are mighty strange things in both categories....but some people in here are.......well........committed...or should be....lol

9.  Other than owning a business in Second Life and making awesome products, what are some other things you like to do while you are in Second Life?
I have a group of regular friends in here and we have fun....and sometimes I DJ......I also can provide services for functions  eg weddings.

10.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
hmmm......a tough one.....there are many great musicians in here....but damn it would be good to see Mick Jagger....LOLOL

You can find GAF products on the SL Marketplace:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/91697 

Military Expo Spotlight: Christi Charron & SLCS!

The Military Expo also has a non military section for people who wanted to show off non military items and services. The purpose of doing this was so that military and non military content creators could network and meet each other and of course so our Expo guests would have plenty to look at!  One such exhibitor are the Second Life Cheerleading Squad or SLCS for short.  SLCS owner and creator, Christi Charron was kind enough to answer a few questions about SLCS and what she likes to do when in Second Life:

1.  What inspired you to start your business in Second Life?
I wanted to be on an active cheerleading squad in Second Life and I could not find any. so with the help of many friends we started our own!

2.  Tell us about business, what were your aims and goals in Second Life when you started the brand?
We promote other businesses around the grid by performing there and inviting our 2700+ member VIP Group. Our cheerleaders are friendly and entertaining while our VIPs are a fantastic diverse group of friends,
some of which are quite entertaining themselves, lol.

3.  How long have you owned your business in Second Life?
Just over four years.

4.  We are thrilled to have your business come to our military expo this year! What about the expo inspired you to take part?
We always want to be a part of professionally put-together events and enjoy meeting new people!

5.  What are your future plans for  your business in Second Life?  Any new and exciting things on the horizon?
We are always moving forward, both technically in our performances and within our business plan.  We are always trying new ways to entertain and insure we can generate a full sim of traffic for our fantastic customers and business partners.

6.  How long have you been in Second Life?
Just over four years.

7.  What made you first join Second Life?
After being home-bound for several weeks following an auto accident. I went looking for a MMO that was like real life and found Second Life!

8.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
Well, it's the range of people it attracts I think that is unusual. Some of the nicest people I've ever met have been some of my SL friends, while some of the meanest people I've ever met enjoy using Second Life to bully others by doing things like griefing sims for 8 months straight. The spectrum range from the sane to the insane is rather wide I guess I'm trying to say, lol.

9.  Other than owning a business in Second Life and making awesome products, what are some other things you like to do while you are in Second Life?
I love shopping and just hanging out with my friends and teammates in the stadium usually. it doesn't get any better than that, lol.

10.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
Well, I wish my brother would get on SL, but he he so computer  illiterate and uninterested that it's never gonna happen.

Catch the SLCS at the Military Expo Opening Day Events at 4pm slt! To learn more about the squad check out their official links below:


FB:
http://www.facebook.com/secondlife#!/pages/SLCS-Cheerleading/148772721843639

Web:
http://www.slcheerleadingsquad.com/

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SLCheersquad?ob=0&feature=results_main

Military Expo Spotlight: Aeon Voom & Amok Dynamics!

Throughout Military Expo week, we will highlight many of our exhibitors.  Today's spotlight is on Aeon Voom, owner of Amok Dynamics.  Aeon was kind enough to answer a few questions about Amok and what he likes to do in Second Life:


1.  What inspired you to start your business in Second Life?
I'm a real life modeller in aircraft and military models. At some point i did started 3d modelling and Second Life is just the right platform for this to express yourself in a simple enviroment. It is just naturally that, if you are good in what you are doing, people want to pay you for your work.

2.  Tell us about business, what were your aims and goals in Second Life when you started the brand?
I did not had any particular aim as i started AMOK. And i still have none besides to make a decend living off it, as it is now my full time job.

3.  How long have you owned your business in Second Life?
I am in business in SL now for aproximatly 3 1/2 years.

4.  We are thrilled to have your business come to our military expo this year! What about the expo inspired you to take part?
I do know the Flying Tigers and their events. Who am i to not take the offer?

5.  What are your future plans for  your business in Second Life?  Any new and exciting things on the horizon?
We will have a couple new tanks coming soon (BTR-90 - Challenger II) - Since we got the B1 out we plan to make a soviet equivalent (probably a TU-95 'Bear' or a TU22M3 'Blackfire').  We also got the IL76 Candid and derivates coming up as well as a KC-10 to feed those kerosine thirsty jets! everything in mesh - naturally.

6.  How long have you been in Second Life?
Hey wait. Don't we got that printed into our profiles? *looks* It says: 03/12/2007 (4 years 11 months; 1822 days) FINE. Now i feel OLD.

7.  What made you first join Second Life?
It was an AD on GMX. Which is a email provider in Germany.

8.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
You do not want to know this. You really do not. But let me put it like this: There is hardly anything that can surprise me anymore.

9.  Other than owning a business in Second Life and making awesome products, what are some other things you like to do while you are in Second Life?
I used to enjoy a couple things. But due to the nature of my work in SL now, i usually log off and do something different in my freetime. Like reading a book!


10.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
My best buddy forever. Unfortunatly he is not big with computers. I think thats why he is still my best buddy too. He is great in explaining me that it is 'completely nuts how you can make money with THAT!'

Be sure to look for the Amok Dynamics shop at the Military Expo and for more information about Amok, please check out the following links:
http://olds-afb.mixxt.us/

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Undine%20State/16/217/23

Blog Spotlight: Maj. Gen. Giano

Today's blog spotlight is on our CO, Major General Guarocuyo Giano:

SL NAME: Guarocuya Giano

MILITARY RANK:  Major General

SQUADRON (S):  HQ, Central Command (CENTCOM)

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS:
FLYING TIGERS Group Commander

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS:
My buddies and I used to fly at 1944 and also at the old Wilder sims. We watched each others' six and a strong bond of brotherhood emerged. Being a veteran and former club biker in rl, I felt it would make sense to organize a group which distinguished us from the rest and demonstrated our loyalty to each other and to our group. So in 2008, along with three other friends, I founded the Flying Tigers because I had read Sonny Barger's book, "Hells Angel" and understood what Sonny meant about brotherhood and loyalty and how the biker club got its name. Having read about the RL Flying Tigers distinguished history, it was obvious to me that I would have volunteered to serve in that unit had I existed back then.  We became famous (or infamous depending on who you talk to) by shooting down just about anything else in the skies.  The legend of the SL Flying Tigers brotherhood was born under fire in aerial combat; fire purifies and we are under constant fire every day. To me there is no stronger bond between humans than those which are forged between brothers in arms.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
Jets: F-15 Eagle from NEXGEN (Single seat), NEXGEN JAS-39, NEXGEN  A-10
WW2:  NEXGEN P-51, NEXGEN P-40 (sqdn issue), THI, KUROE, E&I

Helicopter: Spijkers EC 635, UH 72 Lakota

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
Sir Richard Branson, for his vision, courage and innovation.

Sonny Barger (founder of the Hells Angels MC) to teach about loyalty.

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE? I love to build. I began building space ships and sci fi stuff shortly after joining sl in 2007 a friend (Rogue Harsley) taught me how to get off the ground. I began dogfighting in space ships, then looking for a place to game I came across 1944 where there was lots of dogfighting going on back in those days.

Being a pilot In SL, I have flown and collected just about every builder out there (and still do) and although some are more realistic than others, I enjoy flying them all.

I began to build ww2 because the planes that I wanted to fly did not exist. When I approached some of the existing builders at the time with requests for this paint scheme or airplane or another I was flat out rejected.  So I decided that if I wanted to fly a Flying Tigers p-40 I would have to build it myself and that is how I got started building ww2 and modern airplanes.

Now I prefer to fly airplanes that have a more realistic feel. I am former USARMY Air Cav (67YCrew Chief), USAAF ATC/OPS and USNAVY (Line Plane Captain) and have had 20 years of rl aviation experience as a crew chief and plane captain.  Although SL cannot duplicate the exact physics of a RL aircraft, it does allow fair "imitation" and some builders, such as THI and even some EG (civilian) really come close.  Others are extreme UFO's.  That being said, I enjoy flying them all as long as its a level playing field.  My favorite planes are rated "B" class which allow realism and gaming but are not too extreme in either direction.

Blog Spotlight: Whitewolf Mumfuzz

SL NAME: Whitewolf Mumfuzz

MILITARY RANK: Colonel

SQUADRON (S):  3rd Squad, 23rd Wing, 901st Space Squad

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS:  CENTCOM Staff

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS:
Met the Flying Tigers by chance while doing combat at what was then the 1944 group of sims, back in 2008. Eventually got into a friendly squad-vs-squad competition with the FT (I had my own squad back then), then joined the FT as a liason shortly after. Went on to assist with the FT academy and now I'm here~

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
WW2: Bf-109, Hawker Hurricane
Modern: A-4, Su-25
Helicopters: A109, RAH-66
Seaplane: Savoia S.21, Turbo Beaver
Large craft:

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
Too many to mention, so I'll list the top few:
Kurt Tank
Giora Epstein
Saburo Sakai
Would be interesting to hear what they have to say about how aviation has evolved and what experiences they would share.

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?
Exploring, marking trees, wuffing, fooling around and helping others out if possible! (not in that order)
I also do some building and generally spending time just enjoying what SL has to offer.

Blog Spotlight: LT. Col. Zara Xorbun

SL NAME: Zara Xorbun

MILITARY RANK:  Lieutenant Colonel  

SQUADRON (S):  38 SQN,  901 SQN,  1st SQN, Spatans

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS:
XO of the 38 SQN,

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS:
I TP one day to Kuming  Air Base,  there was a WW1 contest starting just as I arrive. I was arsk if I wanted to try fly in it.. and I got guested a Nieuport 17, and got my first 2 kill in combat. It was quite fun , so I join the the Flyinging Tigers (FT) same day...  and moved on to 2ww  SQN , and ended even up in space whit the 901 SQN. I love to fly Grid.. so I try to make one for FT group as often as posible

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
Jet: F-18 from AMOK , F-5 from Tig
ww2:  WIrraway , Havard RDAF, A-26 and B-17 All from Shana.
Helicopter: AS-565, EC-656, UH-72 Lakota, form Tig..and S70C Firehawk from AMOK..

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
Major Edward C. "Mick" Mannock , He was one of the world's first theorists of aviation tactics, and he is claimed to never have lost his Wingman..

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?
I like to build,  sail, swimm, and Skydive

Blog Spotlight: Major Edmund Halsey

SL NAME: Edmund Halsey

MILITARY RANK: Major

SQUADRON (S): 2nd Sq

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS: ??
Commanding Officer of the 2nd Squadron

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS: 
I became involved with the Flying Tigers at birth (sort of).  My RL father was actually a member of the Flying Tigers in WW2.  I accidently stumbled upon this group in SL a few years ago and to this day I still remain very active.  Maybe it is for the memory of my dad, maybe for the fun I have here or maybe it is just because of the great people here.  What ever it is, I am proud to be a member of the Flying Tigers, I am proud of my accomplishments and I am sure I will be here for a very long time.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY: 
I love planes that fly and react well.  At this point I normally fly planes made by Shana Carpool but I am sure there are many more great planes out there.

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
My dad, Claire L. Chennault and any other person that has a history with the Flying Tigers.
The reason for this is because I think they would be proud of what we are doing here.

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?
I love exploring new fun places here in SL.  I would love to learn how to build things, so I frequent places that teach you how to do this.

Blog Spotlight: Colonel Gagi Binder

SL NAME: Gagi Binder

MILITARY RANK: Colonel

SQUADRON (S): 38th Search and Rescue, 1st pursuit Adam & Eve ww2, 901st Space Squadrom

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS: CO of 38th

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS: 
By incident, was looking for a place to rez my helicopter.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
 Depends on the task

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY? 
hehe Emilia Erhardt, could be fun.

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?
 Sailing.

Blog Spotlight: Major Detox Exonar

SL NAME: Detox Exonar

MILITARY RANK: Major

SQUADRON (S): 11th Bombardment Group

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS:  CO of 11th Bombardment Group

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS:
I believe I was aware about the Tigers from other Damage Military sim pilots such as Jared Zander who was an aircraft designer I served with in the Alliance Navy.  I had been involved with many Damage sim militaries and the last group I was with (Holy Order of Light) dissolved.  I headed over to Kumming - took a look around and decided I would give it a try and signed up.  Never been happier with any other military group - Damage or Vice.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
Many Fighters - Shana's Zero is FAST - and I love any model of the P-51 Mustang and FAU-1D Corsair.
I love all the big bombers - B-24 Liberator, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-25 Mitchell, A-26 Invader and I fly them all. My all time favorite bombers to fly is the German Condor and the A-26 Invader

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
Major OLDS - the WW2 and Vietnam Air ACE

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?  
My limited time in SL is really dedicated to Flying Tigers.  But when I do have some free time - I like to explore new sims - usually blow up the main map and TP to one of the sims at the outer regions of the SL map and have a look around.


PREVIOUS MILITARY RANKS/ROLES:
Former ORDO ASTRA 2IC Sq Commander - and flight instructor (APOSTLE)  -  rank O-3 Legates Officer, former CO and Air General of the Guerrilla Rebs AirDiv, former fighter pilot - Merczateers, Alliance Navy, MC, and CSL, and in another life - Former Air Marshal Tracy Laszlo of SPARTA and CO of SPARTA Air Division

REAL LIFE FACTS:
HOME Kansas, USA
USAF Viet Nam veteran served from 1967 to 1977
SSGT  E-5
Weapons Specialist
Firefighter
Computer Operations Specialist

Blog Spotlight: Maj. General Marcus Ho

SL NAME: Marcus Ho (marcus.warbunsee)

MILITARY RANK: Major General (Republic Of China)

SQUADRON (S): Flying Tigers Command Staff
                               Republic Of China National Revolutionary Army 88th Division

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS: Liaison Officer, Advisor

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS: About 3 years ago I started to play SL. When I first went to the WW2 RP Sims (Ravenloft) I noticed the FT Base (at that time FT Base was linked with the Ravenloft). I am Chinese in RL so that I joined FT. At that time all my knowledge about FT was come from the history lessons in RL Hong Kong School, a group of Americans came to China to help us fight against Japan. I knew G, the commander of FT then. We talked a lot about the history. After the lessons in Academy I became a 2nd Lt in 3rd Sq. I met a lot of new friends, we flew together, we chilled together, a lot of fun. And like that till now, I had spent my 3 years with all my lovely FT Mates.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
My favorite plane will be the I-16, Chinese version, made by the TIG. The only reason is simple, this is a ROCAF Plane, It is small but not weak, I had a lot memorials with it.

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY?
 I did invited one of my RL Friends one year ago, he enjoyed it a lot but later due to his RL work, he had to give up on playing SL. What a pity.

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE?
I love WW2 RP Combat, which is the main thing I focus now on SL. Also, I tried my best to let more people know about the history of Chinese during WW2. China fought with Japan for 8 years, much early than other countries , many people spent their life to protect China including my grandpa. Most of the people thought China was Axis or Communist, but actually China was in Allied at that time, also ruled by Nationalist. Well, it is still a long road to go through, but I will try my best to let more people know our history.

Blog Spotlight: Captain Cyberella Dubratt

Our blog spotlights continue today, with a feature on Captain Cyberella Dubratt:


SL NAME: Cyberella Dubratt

MILITARY RANK:  Captain

SQUADRON (S): 1st pursuit/Adam&Eve's

YOUR POSITION (S) WITH THE TIGERS: 
Commanding Officer ( CO of 1st pursuit/Adam&Eve's) and Chargé Quarters BOQ  (CQ of BOQ Admin)                                                             

TELL US HOW YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE TIGERS:  
Love of Flying a family thing I guess in RL.

YOUR FAVORITE PLANE TO FLY:
They all have a different soul and personality. I just love them when they look great and have realistic scripts.....

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FROM REAL LIFE AVIATION INTO SECOND LIFE, WHO WOULD IT BE?   WHY? 
I would invite the Wright brothers and Amelia Earhart

BESIDES LOVING TO FLY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN SECOND LIFE? 
SL is like the enchanted forest it helps in keeping  the child within alive... It is what you make, start to discover.

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