LOL!! The past week has been a total blast. Pinned back aginst the sea; we've had a very short commute; and with radar and cities down most of the time, the pucker factor has been very high.
For the first time since I started flyin this sim, I flew an F4u1c last night..
Outlying pickets reported a massive combined strike inbound from the pinhead (knit) front; and I did a fast walk-around on the bent wing wonder; slammed the throttle open; and immediatly burst into a fireball 100 yards up the runway when it ground looped.
Plucking my charred corpse from the wreckage; the BPO pointed me at another one, and I somewhat more timidly worked it into the air. I set course towards the last reported position of the pinhead formation and soon found 4 Lancs and a B17, escorted by 5 spits and a Typhie.
I dove on in.. and the hispanos turned the B17 into a flaming wreck before he could fire a shot. Next; I kicked the rudder pedals over and lined up the trail Lank... kchink-kachink-kachink... 2 down. Lined up another one... kachink kackink.. 3 down.. and since there was only one left... I dumped on him too.

End of strike.
That f4u1c is an evil airplane. Somebody better let the High Command at Pinhead Central know that buff formations can kiss their collective tulips good-bye when the bish get annoyed enuff to fly the Corsair. I may even bother to take the time to adjust the views... next time.

Hang