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Aces High (anthology)
Aces High may refer to: * ''Aces High'' (comics), a comic book series by EC Comics * ''Aces High'' (video game), a combat flight simulator/massively multiplayer online game * ''Aces High'' (film), a 1976 film * "Aces High" (music), an orchestral piece by Ron Goodwin, composed for the 1969 film ''Battle of Britain'' *''Aces High'', a 1990 album by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen * "Aces High" (song), a 1984 song by Iron Maiden *Aces High Light Aircraft, a Canadian ultralight aircraft manufacturer *Aces High, a minigame in '' Mario Party 3'' *Aces High, a round in ''The Big Spin'' *Aces Up Aces Up is a quick and simple, one-pack, patience or solitaire card game. One advantage of Aces Up is its minimal use of space: it requires only four piles of cards, and a place to discard cards to. Winning chances with good play are about 1 i ..., a solitaire game See also * Ace High (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (comics)
''Aces High'' was a comic book series published by EC Comics in 1955 as the fourth title in its ''New Direction'' line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled, along with EC's other New Direction comics. ''Aces High'' was dedicated to tales of air combat and front line service of Allied airmen during World War I and World War II. Many of the stories were in an anti-war vein. Contributors to ''Aces High'' include George Evans, Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Bernie Krigstein. ''Aces High'' was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's '' Complete EC Library'' in 1988. Between April and August 1999, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing Gemstone Publishing is an American company that publishes comic book price guides. The company was formed by Diamond Comic Distributors President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Geppi in 1994 when he bought Overstreet. Gemstone published licen ...) reprinted all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (video Game)
''Aces High'' (formerly known as ''Aces High II'') is a combat flight simulation and massively multiplayer online game for Microsoft Windows. It was created by HiTech Creations and originally released on May 8, 2000; the game is subscriber based. It features aircraft from both the World War II and World War I eras, as well as smaller numbers of ground vehicles and ships. In 2016, HiTech Creations re-released the game with improved graphics and sounds. While the main focus of ''Aces High'' is on World War II aerial combat, there is also a smaller selection of ground vehicles, ships, and World War I aircraft. There are over 100 aircraft, vehicles, and boats individually modeled in the game. Gameplay ''Aces High'' is an open-ended combat flight simulator, where players can fly online or offline, and engage other players in air, land, or sea-based combat. Strategy is similar to capture the flag; there are three countries at war and the object is to win the war by capturing a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (film)
''Aces High'' is a 1976 war film starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. The film, which is an Anglo-French production, is based on the 1928 play ''Journey's End'' by R. C. Sherriff with additional material from the memoir ''Sagittarius Rising'' by Cecil Lewis. It was directed by Jack Gold. The screenplay was written by Howard Barker. ''Aces High'' turns the trench warfare of ''Journey's End'' into the aerial battles fought above the Western Front by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1917. The film covers a week of a squadron where the high death rate puts an enormous strain on the surviving pilots. Many characters and plot lines are loosely based on those of ''Journey's End'': the idealistic new officer who is killed at the end, and whose sister is the girlfriend of his tough but alcoholic commanding officer, the kindly middle-aged second-in-command (known as "Uncle" by the younger officers) who is killed on a dangerous intelligence-gathering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (music)
Aces High is a piece of orchestral music by Ron Goodwin in a military march style for the 1969 soundtrack of the film ''Battle of Britain''. History The ''Aces High March'' was originally entitled ''Luftwaffe March'' from the ''Battle of Britain''. In the USA, the title of the composition was ''Aces High''. The music is published by Faber Music. Setting in the film In the film, the music is played during the opening sequence with fifty Heinkel aircraft, which were actually aircraft built by Spain's CASA. These aircraft had been flying in Spain's air force until 1968. These Spanish bomber aircraft also had Rolls-Royce Merlin engines; the aircraft during the war had Daimler-Benz engines. The aircraft had been obtained by Group Captain T.G. 'Hamish' Mahaddie. The famous opening sequence of the film was shot in March 1968 at Tablada Aerodrome (Seville Airport) in Andalusia, southern Spain. The film was produced by United Artists. There is a scene showing the deserted British Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American rock band founded in 1967. The group's leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944 in Boise, Idaho, died September 26, 2021 in Saratoga Springs, New York). The band became known for marathon live shows. Alongside Frayne, the classic lineup was Billy C. Farlow (b. Decatur, Alabama) on vocals and harmonica; John Tichy (b. St. Louis, Missouri) on guitar and vocals; Bill Kirchen (Kirchen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 29, 1948 but grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan) on lead guitar; Andy Stein (b. August 31, 1948 in New York City) on saxophone and fiddle; "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow (b. December 3, 1948 in Oxnard, California) on bass guitar; Lance Dickerson (b. October 15, 1948 in Livonia, Michigan, died November 10, 2003, in Fairfax, California) on drums; and Steve "The West Virginia Creeper" Davis (b. July 18, 1946 in Charleston, West Virginia), followed by Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High (song)
"Aces High" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, written by the band's bassist Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single release and the second from their fifth studio album, ''Powerslave'' (1984). The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album ''A Tab in the Ocean''. Their cover is actually a medley of the songs "Crying in the Dark" and "King of Twilight", the last two songs on the album. The Japanese 12" was mixed with the B-side covers from "The Trooper" and "2 Minutes to Midnight" singles. Song information The song's lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a British RAF pilot fighting during the Battle of Britain (1940), the first military engagement to be fought entirely with aircraft. The artwork depicts the band's mascot, Eddie the Head, in the cockpit of a Supermarine Spitfire, one of the principal aircraft to participate in that battle. "Aces High" is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, and has been cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces High Light Aircraft
Aces High Light Aircraft was a Canadian ultralight manufacturer, located in London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ....Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-13. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Armstrong, Kenneth: ''Choosing Your Homebuilt - the one you will finish and fly! Second Edition'', pages 163-165. Butterfield Press, 1993. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 89. BAI Communications. Well known for its Cuby line of light and ultralight aircraft, the firm ceased operations in the mid-1990s. Aircraft References {{reflist Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Canada London, Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Spin
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aces Up
Aces Up is a quick and simple, one-pack, patience or solitaire card game. One advantage of Aces Up is its minimal use of space: it requires only four piles of cards, and a place to discard cards to. Winning chances with good play are about 1 in 10 games. Names Aces Up is also known as Aces High, Idiot's Delight, Firing-SquadWood & Goddard (1940), p. 255. and DrivelParlett (1979), p. 181. or Drivel Patience. It shares the name Idiot's Delight with two other unrelated solitaire games, Perpetual Motion and King Albert. It shares the name Aces Up with Easthaven, which is a variation of Klondike and is also unrelated. History The rules are first recorded in England as Drivel Patience by Mary Whitmore Jones in 1900 who acknowledges that "this is not a complimentary name... but it is the one by which it is generally known, and to those accustomed to play games required care and consideration it seems appropriate enough to this one, which stands in need of neither."Whitmore Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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