p51d without a doubt
its dive acceleration and e retention make it more survivable than all planes with a faster sustained speed such as tempest, typhoon, 190d9, 109g10.
and it is faster than the La7 at all but lowest altitudes though La7 has better vertical performance at altitudes up to 25k ( learned this the hard way

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Airguard in a low fuel La7 caught me in a dogfight that went from 30k (yup 2 dweebs at 30k 1 La7 1 p51d) down to 20k then to 27k where he caught me trying to hammer him after a zoom. tride to evade by throwing it into a spin but he hit my tail with 2 20mm and it fell off.
P-51d with its speed, range and great high alt performance make it a laid back easy going killer so you can pick your fights with no sense of urgency

[ 08-04-2001: Message edited by: Fester' ]