“You burnt my eyebrows off! ” He said with a laugh! words I wouldn’t soon forget. About two years ago we met in high stakes ariel combat in an SR sponsored tournament, 2’s vs 3’s. I Remember being in an intense dog fight with a skilled opponent! At the time I did not know who it was at all. I knew was it was life or death! Then one flare that would have profound impact. This is how I met Mig, a pilot I’ve grown to appreciate, respect who I call a friend.

    I met up with Mig at the infamous Hippies Hanger where he agreed to be interviewed (click here to watch). When I came in, he was polishing his trophy from last season’s league win, I caught him by Surprised he felt embarrassed, normally humble,  I found him in a moment of pride. 

    You been playing a long time now? ” I started 2 years 3 months ago.” 

   You are member of the threes?“ Yes! fantastic group of people, we just bonded together. we even  all met up in Belgium to stay with Box, was for three of four days … well there we visited all the old WW1 sites… most of the war happened in Belgium.  we visited real preserved trenches, …when you hear what they went through, it was like a concentration camp…. you are visiting a site where extreme suffering and bravery happened.”

    So, you were former SoR? Ya proud of it as well. Micelf he got a hold of me one day and he said hang around with us, two days later I bumped Ragnar, and he said why don’t you come train with us, the next day I was flying with Bigfoot inverted upside down under the under bridges. I was formation flying, tapping my throttle. within in week or two I felt I was part of group! Its was only the SoR that made me stay, I think we need to replicate that now.

   Would you consider going back to the SoR? ” Ya, I never say never depends on what they wanted and whatever everyone else wants to do.” 

    You probably didn’t expect it, picking up this game and playing it would leave to these real-life connections. “All these people I’m afraid to leave people out. (he listed all these people in game he adores at this point and loves to play with), next Thursday I am meeting Box and Moo their motor biking across country in 6 weeks I got Box and ichabod coming to my house, Vandamar lives next to my sister-in-law! I’ve warned him I’m going to eat all his steak and drink red wine; the other one I saw recently was Gambit he deserves a knight hood what a lovely fellow. “

   What would you tell a new person coming in? ” Hook up with group or sponsor… go fly with them learn some tricks have a night with them get involved, this worst thing is if you have no help, you won’t last more than week or two cause you’ll be lonely you’ll be crap and you’ll just get shot down.”

     Youve had a lot of careers want to tell us a little about the past? I still can’t believe it myself, my CV is quite long; I say it with all honesty, I still don’t know what I will be when I grow up. I joined the police when I was 18 ended up in firearms on the SWAT team, that was breathtaking in the sense you are doing 5 o’clock knocks at houses with known criminals with guns, we would come in and find the target in a chair watching a tv, with a pump action shot gun waiting for us. We got through it though without shooting anyone. Its surreal, it’s like the movies, you can’t believe your doing it doesn’t register with your brain at the time, you just do it same with sky diving you go into a survival mode,” Staying cool under pressure is a hallmark of Mig’s life.

     As well as being in law enforcement. which he has countless stories, incredible ones, which he freely shares if asked he was also a Sky diving instructor in Madrid. Well ther he learned to speak Spanish. With Over 5,000 jumps he has some amazing stories, some very scary ones, but also ones where he stepped up and did what needed to be done to keep people safe. He’s always managed to keep his cool and managed to come out on the other side. Mig is an avid para glider as well, and still does it to this day (See Videos attached)   It’s hard to argue that Mig is not only Leader in his squad but in the game as well, his positive attitude cheerful demeaner makes him loved by everyone who plays.