Originally posted by Shane
now how about that challenge?
n/m, i know you won't take it. you know quite well you're not gonna measure up.
I always knew that when we were done arguing, and you had lost, that you would resort to some sort of challenge. (Originally, I thought it was going to be the almighty chest-pounding DA challenge) Yeah, 91% of the guys in the top 100 last tour played EasyMode™/Big Three. Of those who didn't, one got the vast majority of kills in a N1K, and one did the same in a TYPH. And folks have had some things to say about those planes.
A definite pattern, with
very few (ie. 9) exceptions. Less than 10%. I hardly think that takes my observation and "blows it of the water".
BTW, and this is not what we were talking about (it's just an aside): I started checking the types flown by the guys with an
overall rank in the top 100. I stopped at #40. Guess how many I found who had never flown the Big 3 in tour 47? None. Not one. The pattern becomes clearer!
No, I'm not going to fly around in a Stang or LA7 for a month just to make a point. Besides, I'm going to be away on a number of trips. How's that? Well, I know you won't believe this, but there are more things in life than Aces High. Read my above post: There are more factors at play than just plane type. Being in a squad or in an organised group makes a big difference - a bigger difference than plane type.
I live in southern England, and we never have a white Christmas. We never have snow on Christmas Day. I always wonder why we have snow on Xmas cards, because we never get snow at Xmas. But I read a newspaper article a while ago. Apparently we did - in 1968... oh well, that's another observation "blown out of the water"