Thanks daddog,
As you know, FATE is a mainstay in FSO and most of the time they are a blast. I have flown almost every frame in the last few months and always, (well, now its almost always lol) have a fun, competitive battle. Live and learn is right and it sounds (from one of your previous posts on the topic) like another scenario involving M8s and Panzers would be different because of this one.