101-Douxx... who I am!

[101-douxx]

Name: St?phane "Douxx" Bourdouxhe
Born: 1969 may 16th in Montreal, QC, CA.
Age: 36
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180 Lbs
Origin: Canadian
Occupation: Mining Technician and Combat military engineer (reserve)
Status: Married with 2 kids
Hobbies: Too much...
Hockey (of course, I am Canadian) , Soccer (of course, Belgium origin) , Golf (of course, not that good in hockey... LOL), Scuba diving since I can't swim, Role playing games since 1979, PC simulation since the first Falcon.
I collect swords and I love making military modeling of all kind!


Me in Bonia, 2004.

Biography :

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We move up north Quebec when I was 10. Lived in Rouyn-Noranda near the border of Ontario for 20 years. Build my house in june 1999 in Vald'Or where I still lived. I studied in Mining technology and got my degree in 1986. Qualified paramedic but never work in the domain. Did a certificate in computer network programming. Entered the military combat engineer in 1987, did multiple NATO Tour in Bosnia, Africa and Germany. When around the word with the canadian army. I am still in it as a Warren Officer in the 9th field squadron in Rouyn-Noranda.
I join the 101ECV (Escadron de Combat Virtuel) in french... meaning Virtual Combat Squadron in 2000. I am Lt.Col and leader of the WolfPack - Canada 8.

Now I'm trying to build the ultimate ViperPit... (Aren't we all???)

It will be fully operational (cadrans and all leds). The switches will be as acurate as possible.
I have BetaInnovation cards to make everyting works. Leo told me that he thinks I'll be the first one to have an all BetaInnovation driven cockpit. I'll try to make him proud!!! I have is eFlux and Gammaray. Thanks Leo!!!
I will have Mike's panels, almost all of them!
Already ordered are:
Penny's throttle mod : received - just one word WOW! Thanks Penny!!!
Jim K's real MFDs and all kind of other real parts : received. Thanks Jim!!!
Mike's warning panel, left and right AUX support, Hud support and the ICP kit with Jay's PCB: not received yet.
It will be driven by the infamous Cougar #4276 FSSBR2 #256 modded and the Simped F-16+.
I hope to make my cockpit as close as it get to the real thing! You'll all be the judge for that!!! Please by indulgent since I'm not a wood worker and/or an artist. Thanks!

I need to give a very special thanks to Mike Williams, Jay, Jason, Olivier, Jim K, Wombat, Mike, Leo and Penny for all their ressources, their developpements and their ingeniosities that help me start this insane project.
Mike Williams for his amazing pannels.
Jay for all his works and develloppements that help us so much.
Jason for his fabulous and realistic F-16's cockpit plans.
Olivier, on who you can always count to help you and for his marvellous Cougar's plates.
Jim for all these avionics pieces and F-16's panels on eBay that are so hard to find.
Wombat for his dimensions that help me create my F-16's cockpit plans.
Mike for is wonderful site that gives you an exact idea on how to build you simulator. His book on how to build your simulated instruments is a must!
Leo for his amazing cards that makes everything more easy for us Pit builder.
And the last but not the least, Penny for an incredible F-16's throttle mod.
A very big thanks to all of you guys and girls that help us, pitbuilder, answer our questions et are always ready to help.

Well that's it with me and my project...
Hope to fly with some of you guys and girls!!!

[Ka-Bar03]

Hi St?phane

Quite a bio! Thanks for the in depth look!


I've been going to post a Meet the Crew thread for the longest time. Reading a thread like yours should motivate me.

[101-douxx]

Thanks Mike!

I'm sure that there is a lot of Pitbuilders that would like to know you better... Me the first!

[101-douxx]

That was my disguise for the 2006 Halloween in ValD'Or, QC, Canada.  :wink:







 :rolleyes: The most difficult thing was to carry that weight all around town. LOL  

!!!Happy Halloween to you and your family!!!

[Flareless]

Great post and great pics Stephane.  I'll bet ever member of ViperPit was a "Fighter Pilot" for Halloween (I know I was )

Thanks for the bio!  It's great to have a better picture of the folks we talk to practically every day.

[LeoL]

The most difficult thing was to carry that weight all around town.

You walked around town with an ACES strapped to your back?  

 

[Hagakure]

The most difficult thing was to carry that weight all around town.

You walked around town with an ACES strapped to your back?  

 

Duh...otherwise the flightsuit would have looked rather ridiculous don't you think?  

[Iceman_JD]

Good one Hagakure    

[101-douxx]

!!!LOL!!!
Of course I didn't bring my ACESII... it was too slipery outside
with some light rain, didn't want to ruin it!!!   Otherwise... Who knows!  :wink:

Thanks guys, I had a lot of fun last night with my kids.
Gabriel, the older, wanted me to be disguise like this... (with the ACESII)
That thing is soooooooooo heavy!

Leo, ValD'Or is a very small town.

And like Hagakure said

Duh...otherwise the flightsuit would have looked rather ridiculous don't you think?

There was a lot of people that was curious.
Some thaught I was an alien... DUH! Others, thaught I was an astronaut reDUH!

Anyway what a great time I had with my kids!

Flareless maybe we could try to fly a little mission over Korea one of these days.. Some members of our 101ECV Squadron with some of your 157th SCANG... It could be cool!!!

Thanks everyone, your good words are very much appreciated.

[Iceman_JD]

Cheers St?phane, Glad to meet you.

John

[Marvin]

Yeah it's nice to see more crazy canucks on here!  I guess we can let you stay since you are French and all!

Jody

[lightning]

St?phane,

I'll be up in Montr?al this summer for the jazz fest, fireworks competition, Tremblant Blues Fest, etc...we should try to get together sometime in there!

[101-douxx]

St?phane,

I'll be up in Montr?al this summer for the jazz fest, fireworks competition, Tremblant Blues Fest, etc...we should try to get together sometime in there!

Good to know!

I'll try to make it to Montreal for the Jazz fest. too!

I'm from Vald'Or, near the Ontario border up North.
It's 5 hours drive from Montreal, but I have some families still there.

If I can make it it would be really cool to finally talk to another crazy pitbuilder.
Each time I'm talking to my friends about my pit they always look at me with that funy face :oops:
Like I'm from outer space or something

Well... you all know the feeling! :wink:

[lightning]

As my fianc?e puts it, "You're going on that Viper site thingy again tonight?"

[Dunk]

I keep telling you guys we all need to attend I/ITSEC together,
You would never ever forget the experience.
It would be the ViperNut Family reunion.  
Woody has already promised me that he would be there.
I hope to see a lot of us there this year.

Nice to see a Picture of you Stephane, I know it has been here but I never had seen it until tonight.
You have a lot of accomplishments to be proud of.