Royal Caledon Air Force (RCAF)

Altitude with Attitude: A Second Life® Group of the Independent State of Caledon

RCAF Mission

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. Caledon is a Victorian Steampunk nation-state in the Grid of Second Life®

The RCAF is well known to travel to far off and distant lands in time and space!

RCAF Links

Royal Caledon Air Force - Caledon Wiki

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Aviatrix :: Zoe Connolly

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Members

  • DrBob Margulies
  • Caine Beresford
  • Quinn Lanzius
  • Incandescent "Candy" Ember
  • Cornelius Fanshaw
  • Phineas Messmer
  • Zoe Connolly
  • Sin "Biggles" Trenton
  • Dan Gervasi
  • Eladrienne Laval
  • Air Vice-Marshall Pearse
  • blakopal
  • Sumie Kawashima
  • Rob Miller
  • Valentine Janus
  • Julian Slade
  • Excalibur Longstaff
  • Darlingmonster Ember
  • Alesia Markstein
  • Diamanda Gustafson

Groups

Rise of Flight

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Events

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Latest Activity

Incandescent "Candy" Ember replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I hadn't thought of script obselescene... I'm using on of Sin's modded EE2 scripts, I think. I'd be VERY interested in a newer script to replace into my planes (shame, now that I just released a freebie box of my Ember Aircraft designs into the wi...
yesterday
Cornelius Fanshaw replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I went for a spin in my Wilder RE8 this morning. Two of us in a two-seater flying around Caledon at about 100m. All along the Firth over to Sky City, accross Caledon, Caledon II, the highlands, etc. No crashes and only a bit of rubber-banding at t...
yesterday
Phineas Messmer replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I can only echo what others have explained here. Vehicle transport is terrible and has been very bad for months. Like Elle, I've had more luck flying as a tiny in the past. I'm not at all sure how well I'd fly as a Tiny now, but I do have severa...
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I can see RCAF Personnel falling into 1 of 3 camps: 1) Those who can fly all available flying machines with little or no issues. 2) Those who can only fly hovering craft. 3) Those who can only engage in non-flying roleplay. We can still be via...
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Next time I'm inworld, I'll try flying as a tiny and test your idea.
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
It MUST be a mess when YOU have problems flying, C. *SIGHS* I've had similar issues even walking through a single sim. I've had times where I walk in a straight line and out of control for 5 to 20 seconds - and that's WITHOUT a vehicle. I do ag...
on Wednesday
Sin "Biggles" Trenton replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
The times I have been able to fly without (too many) rubber bands attached at random places of my plane which are then yanked at irregular intervals by the LL server, is when I fly my modded old style THI Spitfire, which is a pre-sculptie, no atta...
on Wednesday
Dan Gervasi replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Perhaps there's an issue with scripts. I would like to invite anyone of you, on a regular basis (Candy?) to test out aircrafts. Also we could see if scripts are more problematic than others (am thinking of the the traditional Cubey Terra ones as b...
on Wednesday
Dan Gervasi replied to Dan Gervasi's discussion 'Proposal for RP activities'
Yes, you're right.
on Wednesday
Cornelius Fanshaw replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Even jetpacks play up if you cross a sim boundary! Combat is rather iffy in any form it seems. On the other hand cross-county flying really does present a challenge in itself!
on Wednesday
Cornelius Fanshaw replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Flying is the least of my problems, just walking around reduces my experience to jerkovision. I took some time out from SL and coming back I really notice how bad things are now (and this is in sims that haven't changed since I was away) I don't t...
on Wednesday
Eladrienne Laval replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
When we held the tiny dogfighting event in Steelhead back in June. Things went pretty well. But I've found that flying there in general as a tiny tends to be less of a hassle than elsewhere for some reason. It could also be the nature of flying wh...
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I'm with you, Candy I much prefer conventional flight scripts far more than hovering. I can't see us engaging in dogfights with airships. It looks fun on paper, but...eeeps! What a snoozer!
on Wednesday
A discussion started by Zoe Connolly was featured
The Future of RCAF
At present many pilots, including myself, are having great difficulty flying during current weather conditions ((SLs vehicle sim-cross script-lag issues)). Since hovering craft seem to work slightly better, we might consider switching to such dev...
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Elle, Are you experiencing difficulties flying as a tiny as well?
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Dan Gervasi's discussion 'Proposal for RP activities'
After some consideration...let us make sure our next exercise or event is something we can accomplish in a single sim.
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
AVM Pearse, We shall post a transcript to the NING as soon as possible.
on Wednesday
Zoe Connolly replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I wish I could justify the expense of upgrading to quad cores but I cannot do so until well after my move to another state. And do I really want to do that just to fly in SL? I think not.
on Wednesday
Air Vice-Marshall Pearse replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
Sadly 9:00am is not an option for me. But if there's a transcript or a summary of the discussions afterwards please post them here.
on Wednesday
Incandescent "Candy" Ember replied to Zoe Connolly's discussion 'The Future of RCAF'
I've had to put a big stopper on my aircraft development because I couldn't guage their performance. Sim crossings, even over the Firth of Caledon were so bad. I haven't tried in weeks. I have heard some people say it has improved lately, and I w...
on Tuesday

Forum

Zoe Connolly

The Future of RCAF 20 Replies

At present many pilots, including myself, are having great difficulty flying during current weather conditions ((SLs vehicle sim-cross script-lag issues)). Since hovering craft seem to work slight...

Tagged: Aerodrome, Command, News, RCAF

Started by Zoe Connolly in RCAF News. Last reply by Incandescent "Candy" Ember 1 day ago.

Dan Gervasi

Proposal for RP activities 4 Replies

As the first training session was a success (not many people showed because I mixed up the schedules, apologies again) because it was genuinely interesting and fun, I plan to schedule other trainin...

Started by Dan Gervasi in Requests to RCAF Command. Last reply by Dan Gervasi Nov 18.

Dan Gervasi

Linking with the Navy? 1 Reply

As you may have noticed, the Imperial Navy of Caledon is becoming more and more active. Today for instance is the first day of the fleet week. I was wondering if we could somehow link up with the N...

Started by Dan Gervasi in Requests to RCAF Command. Last reply by Zoe Connolly Nov 16.

Wrath Constantine

Airfield identifications 12 Replies

I'd like to propose an identification system for the various airfields around Caledon. Like how Los Angeles Int'l is LAX, San Francisco is SFO, etc. Steam SkyCity's airstrip is obviously SSC. Penz...

Tagged: SSC, RCAFB, CMS, id, airfield

Started by Wrath Constantine in Requests to RCAF Command. Last reply by Wrath Constantine Oct 22.

Dan Gervasi

Newbies Training Sessions 9 Replies

Hello, This is an idea that has been floating around for some time. I would like to explain it a bit further. We need training sessions for our new members. These training sessions are not our us...

Started by Dan Gervasi in Requests to RCAF Command. Last reply by Dan Gervasi Oct 17.

Dan Gervasi

Dogfighting and training over Strathspey? 1 Reply

The questions is pretty much in the title. I understand this region was not meant primarily for air activity, but it's empty enough and close enough to Connolly Airbase to satisfy our needs, albeit...

Started by Dan Gervasi in Requests to RCAF Command. Last reply by Zoe Connolly Sep 18.

Dan Gervasi

RCAF dogfights in Pearl Harbor Sim 1 Reply

Following Vickster's message, I just wanted to say that flying in a new sim would be a good idea. But I would not leave our good old Lovelace Liberty either. It does have the advantage that newbies...

Started by Dan Gervasi in Flying in "other sims and eras". Last reply by Zoe Connolly Sep 18.

Zoe Connolly

Gusty Winds 7 Replies

In the past few weeks I've encountered unusually strong and distracting sim-cross effects that make flying and navigation impossible. The effect lasts anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds. I wondered if ...

Tagged: WeatherReports, RCAF

Started by Zoe Connolly in RCAF News. Last reply by Wrath Constantine Sep 28.

Zoe Connolly

Command Promotion - Vickster Kuhn 1 Reply

I'm pleased and honored to annouce the promotion of ace pilot Vickster Kuhn to the rank of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) of the Royal Caledon Air Force. AVM Kuhn has demonstrated not only great piloting s...

Tagged: Command, News, RCAF

Started by Zoe Connolly in RCAF News. Last reply by Dan Gervasi Aug 30.

Zoe Connolly

Connolly Aerodrome August 15th Financial Update

Connolly Aerodrome August 15th Financial Update: Here's where we stand as of now.... The larger parcel is a 2048. Weekly Tier Fee is $1900 and as of today the meter is good for 16 days. The small...

Tagged: Finances, ConnollyAerodrome, CaledonPenzance, RCAF

Started by Zoe Connolly in Aerodrome/Airfield News Aug 15.

Blog Posts

Sin "Biggles" Trenton

Joys in le skies

"Flying in SL is like attaching rubber bands to random places on your plane and then yank them in an erratic order"

Sin "Biggles" Trenton, RCAF

Posted by Sin "Biggles" Trenton on October 12, 2009 at 4:06am — 1 Comment

Dan Gervasi

RL Vacations

From Tuesday until the 24th of August, I will be off on vacations RL...
Take care everyone,
Dan Gervasi.

Posted by Dan Gervasi on August 2, 2009 at 3:11am

Zoe Connolly

Because I Fly (by Grover C. Norwood)

Because I fly

I laugh more than other men
I look up an see more than they,
I know how the clouds feel,
What it's like to have the blue in my lap,
to look down on birds,
to feel freedom in a thing called the stick...

who but I can slice between God's billowed legs,
and feel then laugh and crash with His step
Who else has seen the unclimbed peaks?
The rainbow's secret?
The real reason birds sing?
Because I Fly,
I envy no man on earth.

— Grover C. Norwood… Continue

Posted by Zoe Connolly on July 3, 2009 at 12:00pm

Zoe Connolly

Rise of Flight -- The Official Trailer

Posted by Zoe Connolly on June 26, 2009 at 12:12pm

Zoe Connolly

WW2 in Second Life (NING group)



WW2 in Second Life - World War Two combat roleplay in the virtual world of Second Life®

Allied and Axis World War Two combat roleplay in the virtual world of Second Life®

WW2 in Second Life - World War Two… Continue

Posted by Zoe Connolly on June 25, 2009 at 11:46pm

Zoe Connolly

RCAF Air Combat

Below is a photograph of RCAF pilots after our final scheduled air combat in Second Life. Sunday 28 December 2008. Pictured from left to right Whitewolf Mumfuzz, Vickster Kuhn, Cornelius Fanshaw, GoSpeed Racer, Aether Inglewood. Zoe Connolly, and Crosshaven Barbosa.

Participants not pictured: Avery Robbiani, Dan Gervasi, Lord Lisle, and Sin Trenton

… Continue

Posted by Zoe Connolly on December 29, 2008 at 12:36pm

Sin "Biggles" Trenton

Wings over Caledon

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Posted by Sin "Biggles" Trenton on November 14, 2008 at 12:00pm

SimplyAmy Iwish

OMG its a post /update

OMG its an Update
Yes I post again muhahhaha . As many may know I finnaly got some land in Caledon Highlands /waves and set right to work on creating my waterfall /cave home . complete with airstrip and boatdock. (thanks to all that see this that attended my House warming). and a special thanks to Lady Snook for providing the most excelent music choices. Highland Falls is open to the public and will remain as long as i am able . hopefully a very long time . Thank you my special friend you know w… Continue

Posted by SimplyAmy Iwish on May 27, 2008 at 8:37pm

Sin "Biggles" Trenton

A Message

The signal is faint, coming from overseas, but able to be heard enough.
Listening, frowning. What is going on here?


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Posted by Sin "Biggles" Trenton on April 16, 2008 at 11:30am

Zoe Connolly

Prop Spinners Pub

The Prop Spinners Pub is a new RCAF themed venue on SteamSkyCity from Group Captain Thadicus Caligari and I must say I had a great time!

DJ Events are planned every Sunday evening at 7-ish.

Posted by Zoe Connolly on March 10, 2008 at 8:52am

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Eladrienne Laval

Steelhead Shanghai Featured on "Designing Worlds"

Steelhead Shanghai was featured on the "Designing Worlds" show. Hosts Saffia Widdershins and Elrik Merlin joined Lunar, Tensai and resident Elegia Underwood on a tour of the sim. For those who might have a problem viewing the video below, you can view it HERE...

Steelhead Town Meeting: Steelhead Mt St Helen's Prebooking Available

The citizens of Steelhead gathered for their weekly town meeting. O'Toole had a very large drum to bang. You may find out more about local events HERE, but the big announcement of the evening is that Steelhead Mt St Helen will be arriving in December and is now available for prebooking!
What is that large mountain in the background? Oh, it's perfectly safe to live there...To summarize the info from Lunar:
Steelhead's sixth sim will be a rugged, frontier wilderness community in the Oregon Territories, tree-filled and more rural with unpaved roads. Steampunk is very much allowed as long as a western influence is present in the build. Think the wild Pacific Northwest and geothermal power. Industries such as logging, slaughterhouses, cattle ranching, shipfitting, and whaling are very welcome, and industry builds are allowed to spit out tons of smoke in the air as well as dump pollutants into the water (This was the era before the EPA).

If you are interested in living there, please contact TotalLunar Eclipse.

Steelhead's New Station

Lunar and Tensai have built a brand new structure based upon this one to replace one of Steelhead's most well-known landmarks--the train station...
Steelhead's station has had a main train station for as long as I can remember. It serves as Steelhead's main welcome center and there is now plenty of room inside for new arrivals...
My favorite thing about it is the beautiful ceilings and beams...

RCAF Telegraph

Connolly Aerodrome August 15th Financial Update

Connolly Aerodrome August 15th Financial Update:
Here's where we stand as of now....

The larger parcel is a 2048. Weekly Tier Fee is $1900 and as of today the meter is good for 16 days.

The smaller parcel is a 1024. Weekly Tier Fee is $950 and as of today the meter is good for 18 days.

Requiem for a Battle Sim

 

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