Rookie Pilot 27 Aug 2026
Bingo vs Joker: two fuel gates
Joker tells a formation when to begin separating from the task; Bingo protects the fuel required for recovery.
Read the note →Wingdogs Squadron · Flight sim culture
The unofficial squadron for people who fly desks.
Field Notes on the words you hear on the radio, a squadron that learns in public and an insignia that is the same for everyone. You don’t have to be good. You just have to keep flying.
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Field Notes
Short, sourced answers to the words you hear on the radio and the habits of the pit. Bingo, joker, bolter, feet wet.
Glossary 27 Aug 2026
Feet wet, feet dry
Two compact calls that report a coastline crossing: over water, then back over land.
Read the note →Glossary 27 Aug 2026
FOX 1, FOX 2, FOX 3
Three launch calls that tell the formation a missile is in flight and identify its guidance family.
Read the note → 02
The squadron insignia
One patch, one flag, one head. The same for every Wingdog, no ranks.
The Wingdog head, the name and the motto in one circle. Embroidered for jackets, bags and pit panels; flown at 155 × 97 cm behind the desk.
Nullum vestigium perit · no trace is lost
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Flightline
Dispatches from the squadron: what we are building and learning, in order, without rewriting the story afterwards.
Brand 08 Sept 2026
Meet the Wingdog
A working dog in a fighter pilot's helmet, calm eyes, no teeth. The face on the patch, the flag and the tee.
Open dispatch →Brand 08 Sept 2026
Nullum vestigium perit
The motto on the patch, and what it means for a squadron that flies desks: no trace is lost.
Open dispatch →Insignia 08 Sept 2026
One patch for every Wingdog
The squadron patch is identical for everyone. No ranks, no founder marks, no member numbers.
Open dispatch → 04
Join the Squadron
The Squadron brief: a useful dispatch every week or two, in English and Spanish. No feed noise.