"Cat"
Contributing Editor

Call me "Cat." I'm now 40ish, married, with two beautiful stepkids. In real time, I'm an older and hopefully wiser version of the gal who hangs out with Jack McCoy on Law & Order, prosecuting crimes ranging from garden-variety drug offenses to second degree murder. In virtual time, as the Cat, I'm an aviatrix flying combat jets and prop-driven fighters that I'd never be able to put to the test for real.
 
I've been into that since about 1996. ATF Gold and Flanker 1.5 gave way to EF-2000 version 2.0 and Total Air War, and since then I've owned or flown every major simming title released.
 
I've been privileged to be a beta tester for several leading sim titles, including the public betas of Falcon 4.0 for patches 1.04 to 1.07, the original IL-2 Sturmovik, Fly! II, and Project One. I also have free-lanced as a simulations reviewer for Computer Games Online magazine and WomenGamers.com. I was WG's Resident Hardcore Flight Simmer for two years. I am particularly interested in modern air-to-air combat and air defense suppression using fast movers like the Su-33 or F-16CJ to fight the modern SAM threat. I love the challenge of mastering complex flight systems while carrying the fight to the enemy in a fast-paced virtual environment.
 
I'm pleased to be part of the SimHQ team, and hope to help open the door to this most enjoyable hobby to more women in the future. From VVS ace Lilya Litvyak, to American WASPs Nancy Love and Jackie Cochran, to the Ethiopian air force's Aster Tolossa, and the women who fly in support of the war on terror today, women have made an ongoing contribution to combat aviation almost since its birth. The current generation of female simmers are the friends, sisters, and mothers of tomorrow's women air aces. Online, we can help resurrect the hobby we love, and keep the world's best aircraft, the military aircraft, flying in the virtual skies.

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