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From: "Joona Vainio (-lark-)" <joona.vainio@kolumbus.fi>
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Organization: Finnish (well, mainly :) Multiplayer-Flightsim Geeks

Remember when I kindly asked you guys to write something about
yourselves so we would have something to fill the gaping bios section of
the webpage. Just received Lart's bio and remembered myself.

Now, I know there are folks who do not like to tell anything about
themselves, perhaps because they consider it "showing off", perhaps
because of something else. That's all fine by me. But those who don't
have anything in principle against writing a short bio or introduction,
please do so sometime.

I'll make it easy for you and write here a set of standard questions
(adhering to this format is not mandatory). If you feel like just
answering "none of your damn business" to any or all of these questions,
please feel free to do so:

Callsign: -lark-

Name: Vainio, Joona Iivari

Date of birth: 030170

Nationality: Finnish

Height: 177 (5'11")

Weight: None of your damn business

Hair: Some

Eyes: There were two last time I looked

Sex: Not enough (see next question for explanation)

Marital status: Married 

Children: One daughter, born 010491 (err... or was it 92? damn)

Occupation: Graphic designer, part-time computer game reviewer

Education: Master's degree from Helsinki University of Art and Design pending

Military background: Relieved from peacetime service for health reasons (too nuts to carry a rifle).

Real-life flight experience: As a passenger on DC-8, DC-9, Caravelle, Boeing 737, various others. Occasional VSTOL flight experience from the local pubs and nightclubs.

Hobbies (other than WB): Computer games (mainly flightsim and mecha), Diving (very rarely as I'm not crazy enough to dive in the Baltic), Reading (mostly military and hard SF like Bolos or Hammer's Slammers), Scale models (yeah, like I've had the time for the last 10 years), Arguing about politics, ethics and technical miltaria details over a pint. 

Started Warbirds: April, 1996

Why?: Killing real people makes me feel good. As the current CO, ordering killer sheep to kill real people makes me feel even better. Getting killed by real people is nice too. Me like big steel things with big guns. Me tough (see "Military background" above).

Why that stupid callsign?: All the birds of prey were already taken. Lark is ok for me as it prefers to fly high and zoom low, shooting off its mouth all the time. Besides, it has some nice secondary meanings in the dictionary.

Favourite plane: Spitfire IX. A good compromise that allows knife fighting if I get too pissed to stay calm and B&Z. And it has style as well as substance.

Favourite prey: Another Spit. These are always fun as I can freely indulge in a knife fight (and win). There are easier targets, but not as enjoyable ones.

Favourite drink after a hard day's fight: Finnish lager

Motto: I'll think of something in two weeks...  

Additional comments: Take your sodding questionnaire and shove it.