SLIPSTREAM was a video-game whiz and computer hacker until he discovered flying. He was drafted into the Jr. Civil Air Patrol while a teenager and eventually got his Air Force commission through the R.O.T.C. He finished at the top of his class in flight school where his knowledge of computers and his lightning reflexes gave him a keen competitive edge. He speaks Armenian, Greek and French, plays a mean game of table tennis, and was known in the Pit as an unrepentant joker and mimic.