Royal Caledon Air Force

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Contents 1 Royal Caledon Air Force 2 Ranks 3 Specialist Squadrons 4 Communications 5 Aethernautics 6 Callsigns 7 Quartermasters 8 Tools of the Trade 8.1 Aircraft 8.2 Personal Weapons 8.3 Miscellaneous 9 Facilities 10 Unofficial Haunts 11 Known Dangers 12 Aethernet Resources 13 Disclaimer

[edit] Royal Caledon Air Force

Official motto: Altitude with Attitude

Unofficial motto: FSFP (Flying, Shooting, Fencing, Partying)

The Royal Caledon Air Force, also known as the RCAF or Connolly's Crazies, is headquartered at the Connolly Aerodrome in Caledon Penzance. It is responsible for defending the skies over the Independent State of Caledon, taking over from the now defunct Caledon Air Corps.

This group also facilitate air-ground and air-air chatter within Caledon.

Officially sanctioned by Guvnah Desmond Shang, RCAF was founded October 24th, 2007.

[edit] Ranks

• Marshal of the RCAF (Zoe Connolly)
• Air Chief Marshal (Sin Trenton, Phineas Messmer)
• Air Vice Marshal (Virrginia Tombola, Edward Pearse)
• Group Captain (Mordecai Scaggs, August Breed, Burton Newall, Expedition Offcourse, Thadicus Caligari, Noddeh Slade)
• Wing Commander (Adzer Thorne, Zabrina McMahon)
• Squadron Leader (Eladrienne Laval, Diamanda Gustafson, Pilot Sopwith, Valentine Janus)
• Flight LT (Vi Paravane, Abigail Raymaker, Crap Mariner, Elrik Merlin, Soleil Snook, CronoCloud Creeggan, Jaksoi Pak, Julian Slade, Pamus Bing, Scarlett Qi, Soarhead Vuckovic, J8ke Hawker, Roberto Viking, Roy Smashcan, Equine McMillan, Zoetrope Cryotank, Sered Woollahra, Sumie Kawashima, Autopilotpatty Poppy, Natacha Chernov)
• Flying Officer (LillieJay Mills, Barmy Rubble, Kazuki Iuga, Cogsworth Gears, Phaedrus Upshaw, Henri Godenot, Krystine Qinan, Mishi Rossini)
• Pilot Officer (Sigal Rau, Hunter6 Hynes, Apollo Kronos, Peaches Latrell, LordAlbert Heron, Josh Noonan, GrahamRoss McCullough)

Ranks used by The Royal Caledon Air Force are very loosely based upon the UK RAF rank system as outlined in the following link to NATO Air Forces on Wikipedia

[edit] Specialist Squadrons

• Caledon Screamin' Tinies, formed November 2007 for tiny aviators, commanded by Squadron Leader Eladrienne Laval.
• Red Devils Squadron, formed 22 December 2007 for jetpack operators, commanded by Squadron Leader Diamanda Gustafson.
• Special Airfield Services Squadron, formed 9 January 2008 for protection of airfield personnel and assets. (open position)
• RCAF Lightning fencing team, formed 5 February 2008 to promote personal readiness and esprit de corps, commanded by Squadron Leader Valentine Janus.

[edit] Communications

Air Chief Marshal Sin Trenton will gather intelligence on various Flight resources on the Grid that may be of interest to the RCAF.

[edit] Aethernautics

Air Chief Marshal Phineas Messmer will direct all operations related to exploration of Aethernautical-Space under a separate group known as the Caledon Aethernautical Society.

[edit] Callsigns

The RCAF uses callsigns to aid communication over the wireless. A popular mode for the pilots to address each other are using these callsigns even when not airborne. They are either chosen by the pilots themselves, usually tongue-in-cheek, or in some cases given in rememberance of a particular incident.

Here is a list of the current callsigns:

• Marshal of the RCAF Zoe Connolly....."Foxy"
• Air Chief Marshal Sin Trenton...."Biggles"
• Air Chief Marshal Phineas Messmer...."LiftOff"
• Air Vice Marshal Virrginia Tombola...."HorseShoe"
• Air Vice Marshal Edward Pearse...."Graf"
• Group Captain August Breed....
• Group Captain Burton Newall...."Spud"
• Group Captain Noddeh Slade...."Creaky"
• Group Captain Expedition Offcourse ...."WrongWay"
• Group Captain Thadicus Caligari...."Tinker"
• Wing Commander Zabrina McMahon....."Psycho"
• Squadron Leader Eladrienne Laval...."Skeeter"
• Squadron Leader Diamanda Gustafson...."Cuckoo"
• Squadron Leader Valentine Janus...."Spinner"
• Flight LT Pamus Bing...."Soapy"
• Flight LT Crap Mariner...."Drag"
• Flight LT Elrik Merlin...."Rik"
• Flight LT CronoCloud Creeggan...."Maven"
• Flight LT J8ke Hawker...."Flash"
• Flying Officer LillieJay Mills...."Drafty"

[edit] Quartermasters

The RCAF is blessed with many talented members and friends who provide us with various flying machines, textures, and ordnance for our testing and daily usage.

• August Breed
• Denver Hax
• Noddeh Slade
• SimplyAmy Iwish
• Sin Trenton
• Thadicus Caligari
• Virrginia Tombola

[edit] Tools of the Trade

RCAF members make regular use of a wide range of equipment for training, rescue operations, and military sorties. This necessarily incomplete listing names the inventors/creators/Quartermasters behind the gear used in the RCAF. Items are listed by category.

[edit] Aircraft

• August Breed - 1909 Bleriot Fighter, 1912 Blackburn Fighter
• Burton Newall - Newall's Steam Dirigible
• Cubey Terra - Nieuport 17 Fighter (1917)
• Denver Hax - Boojum Bomber, Snark Fighter, Fighter, Flying Carrier
• Karl Reisman - de la Cierva C-30 Autogyro
• Marcos Fonzarelli - ARMORD Jetpack
• Noddeh Slade - Flying Carrier
• Thadicus Caligari - SaberTooth Mauler, SaberTooth Prowler, Thadovian Battle Airship
• Virrginia Tombola - Ornithopter
• Vi Paravane - Steam Jetpacks

[edit] Personal Weapons

• Rifkin Habsburg - En Garde
• Sin Trenton - RCAF Carbine, modified from Ordinal Malaprop's Carbine

[edit] Miscellaneous

• August Breed - RCAF insignia textures
• Sin Trenton - RCAF Callsign attachment

[edit] Facilities

Official RCAF property owned and operated by Zoe Connolly...

• Connolly Aerodrome - Penzance Airfield - Caledon Penzance (RCAF Headquarters)
• Connolly Air Station - (short runway inside a Hanger, good for vertical takeoff and landing) - Port Babbage
• Connolly Lighthouse - Aviation Gallery - Caledon Regency (Displays of RCAF Officer Portraits and action photography. Also features a general library and comfortable seating for readers)
• Connolly Park - Skybox Platform - Caledon Mayfair (Skybox at an altitude 700+ meters above the park. This Platform is a multi-use facility for Large Social Gatherings, Machinima Studio, Aircraft Building and Assembly, and a motion-picture theatre. Please ask Zoe Connolly for permission to use facility)

[edit] Unofficial Haunts

We at the RCAF appreciate a good time! (See the official and unofficial mottos above) We thank those RCAF members and non-members who provide great venues for us to enjoy. These are great places where we celebrate promotions, unwind, drink, dance, and chat about our flights and crashes....

• Prop Spinners Pub owned by Thadicus Caligari in Caledon SteamSkyCity
• Smuggler's Cove in Caledon Wellsian
• The Quarterdeck owned by Rafael Fabre in Port Babbage
• The Loft owned by Diamanda Gustafson in Steelhead Harborside
• The McMahon Lighthouse owned by Zabrina McMahon in Caledon Cape Wrath
• The Rusty Prop owned by Mishi Rossini in Caledon SteamSkyCity

[edit] Known Dangers

• Caledon Murdann Many pilots shudder at the mere mention of Murdann, this Caledon sim is the graveyard of many lost flying machines. The Murdann Phenomenon seems to reach into Caledon Wellsian, Caledon Morgaine, and Caledon Mayfair.

• Molly Earnshaw Miss Earnshaw is a Rogue Time-Traveler Pilot who uses a Spitfire Aircraft to strafe Connolly Aerodrome and RCAF members. She will also attack from sniper positions.

• Zabrina McMahon Considered an enemy combatant when not under a doctor's care and sufficiently medicated. If Miss McMahon wears her Mistress of Mischief group tag, she should be considered armed and dangerous.

[edit] Aethernet Resources

• Airship
• Caledon Forums hosts an RCAF forum in the Our Community section.
• Aerobatic maneuvers
• Blériot XI
• List of early flying machines
• RAF officer ranks
• Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
• Royal Caledon Air Force (RCAF) Flickr Group
• Royal Caledon Air Force (RCAF) Ning.com Forum
• Timeline of Aviation
• Wright brothers
• Zeppelin
• Zoe Connolly's Machinima from WeGame.com

[edit] Disclaimer

It should be noted that Connolly Aerodrome is a facility open to anyone in Second Life. It is encouraged that people stay within theme, however...all avatars in SL are welcome to use whatever flying machine they wish to use. Connolly Airfields will not be closed to outsiders to satisfy strict Victorian RealLife Timeline sensibilities nor will individuals be banned from such unless an avatar is particularly bothersome to patrons or a definite griefer.

The RCAF group itself, endeavors to stay within a Victorian Steampunk/Gaslamp Fantasy Theme of an alternate 19th Century Timeline where some developments from the very early era of 20th Century Aviation are possible decades earlier than in RL History.

We consider some aircraft from the World War I era an acceptable conveyance because we presume the development of science and technology within our Steampunk SecondLife world would be different from the RealLife Historical Timeline. Although some officers are free to use World War I aircraft, we are not World War One re-enactors.

Some Twentieth Century Aircraft and Military Techniques/Protocols are used within RCAF but it should not be presumed that a World War II British Spitfire (for example) is an acceptable aircraft within our theme and roleplay. It is generally accepted within our group that any aircraft beyond World War I era is NOT acceptable. Any questions regarding acceptable aircraft should be directed to Zoe Connolly.