I've enjoyed my encounters with both you guys... Always an aggressive fight!
I wish I'd had the camera running the other day- Fariz and I were flying down the hill from a high base (mine) and he was trying to clear the fighter cover from the field so they could bring a buff in low.
He killed my bud as I was dispatching one of his friends a bit higher. I had taken two already, so my ammo was a bit low (only had BB's left). "Ah, so what, he's a Spitfire" I thought. BB's would do.
I enter the fight, and he turns out to be a bit tougher than I figured- a lot! He'd pull his nose up, kick rudder, then split-S with an immediate pull up. Repeat. We descended from 5K to the deck in this manner, with me peppering his tail all the way down. As we near the deck I take a last look at the counter... 28 rounds left! I wait to get close- REALLY close and let him have them all. Nothing.
Now I'm screwed. I'm low fuel, no ammo, and a very irritated Spitfire is right in front of me. I seem to have the proverbial tiger by the tail. No way to break and run, no way to knock him down, no way to ditch.
So I do the only thing I can do- I follow him as close as I can in lag pursuit, mimicking every maneuver. At least he can't kill me from up there! He yo-yo's, rolls, chops throttle... I'm stuck on him like a tick on a dog's butt.
Then the moment came I dreaded; he simply leveled out. I knew this meant he'd guessed the truth, as I hadn't fired a shot in two minutes he now knew I was out of ammo. At this point I reach for the only weapon left at my disposal; I got on the radio and screamed like a girl! "Haaaaalp! HAAAAAALP! Git this guy offa me!"
At this point a bud dropped off the mountain and picked Fariz off. I just barely manage to clear the ridge and set down as the fuel is expended. Fariz pointed out how lucky I had been (I was) and I congratulated him on a good fight.
There have been many memorable fights like these. I agree, this is one fun game!
