Ok, So earlier (about half an hour ago) I go to log on, decide to start in a fairly quiet field away from the action so I can record some manouvers and study them. I think it helps more if you look from the outside, sometimes. I choose a Spitfire Mk5 as I have been flying this bird for a while. I press record and away I go. Fly north a bit, spot a bogey 12'o clock high. Not really up for a fight, but I keep an eye on it just in case. Anyway, it disappears, then reappears on my 3'oclock, still far but by this time I've climbed up to his altitude. Still a bogey though, might be friendly. Icon comes up, it's red. Ok, I prepare and gain a bit more altitude. He heads towards me, I angle a bit left to avoid a head on (not my thing). He is diving for some strange reason as we pass each other, me slightly higher by about 200 feet. I quickly drop throttle to zero and initiate a high yo-yo. I land on his six about 1.2k out. He has high E, but mine is picking up. I pull off a few shots to show him I'm here. He start a break right, and I know I've lost him and have to go back around. This point he gives me the advantage as he dives way to low. Now I just dive on him from near vertical and get on his six. He breaks again I follow this time and shoot off a few high defelection shots. A few hit his engine and he starts smoking. I lose him, and decide to go around again. I make a mistake here and lose a lot of E so I stall a bit and lose the initiative. Now he managed to get about 1.3k but I can see he's struggling a bit. Unexpectedly he goes for the head on, gets rounds off misses. Again I give him the intiative and he goes round again, head on, gets 1 ping on me. This point I thought it was over. He struggles home. I follow but I was catching him slowly. We arrive in sight of his arifield and his friends are swarming all over their airfield up ahead. He's struggling badly now, so I decide to give it one more shot and run away. Engage WEP and now I am closing rapidly. 200 yards from his six, I slow right down, and start firing. I hit his wing and a few other bits. Still he's flying! I run at this point because his friends have now noticed me. I head for home. Then about 5 minutes later it says I was given the victory. He must have crashed on landing.
Anyway, that's how I best remember it, might be a few things which I missed ot added by mistake my adrenaline is still pumping.
If I could get the film thing to work I could see it again properly. I checked up on this guy I shot down, his name is Heme BTW, if you want to see. He was in a Niki and has been playing for about 3 months and has over a hundred kills. So please a bit of recognition for my part as remember I'm only a CFS veteran.
