Have only flown one sortie so far, but I have to agree. Definitely a hot ride for a buff. Actually does pretty good as a buff killer too
. I'd just finished bombing f15 and f11 and was omw back to Knightland when I spied a Bish B-26 headed for the Knight base I was rtb'ing towards. He was lower, so I dropped the nose and in a couple minutes I came to within firing range of all the 50-cals in my plane's cheek blisters. Without a gun sight, I had fired a few short bursts earlier at 1 G, to zero-in an aiming point. I closed to a thousand yards, then to around 800; I opened fire and hosed him down. I expected to get hit in return, but not a single round came my way -- a level stern approach, and only 50 knots closure rate, should have given him plenty of time...he was running level. I closed to within only a couple hundred yards, then his right wing came off. Both he and his gunner bailed. Yep, that's right...he even had a gunner along (can you say "dereliction of duty?").
Only problem I had was slowing down enough to drop my gear for landing. The thing retains energy pretty well. Otherwise, its a great addition to the AH stable.
Sabre (a.k.a. Rojo)
