Originally posted by humble
It's not arrogance at all, geez I'm not at the top (or even in the middle:)) of anyones "threat" list....I'm just another target to alot of the guys out "there"....
It's also not an "attack" on you or your style of play [or your ability as a "fighter pilot"...you started the thread not me...
Yeah, it's arrogance. Yeah, it's an attack. You should try to be a bit more intellectually honest, or honest with yourself. Look at what you wrote.
What thunderdome concept of air combat? Did Douhet, or Dolittle, or Arnold, or anybody else ever write that air combat is a one-dimensional battle? Which one? What book? Why is 'thunderdome" all that matters? Just because it gets your heart started?
Let me put one to you:
Altitude 18000 ft, speed 210. Three cells of bombers are on the final approach to a defended base. Fighters are up, making badly coordinated runs trying to shoot you down. You're in the bombsight, trying to line up on the small pad fighter hangars. The guns are hammering, the number 2 plane is burning, a dora is coming up fast from below, and the crosshairs touch the target. Bombs away! Jump into the #2 position, start hammering away at the dora. One drone goes down, just as the message comes up in the buffer:
Fighter hangar destroyed
Fighter hangar destroyed.
There is a feeling of elation, of having made it through the gauntlet, and a sense of accomplishment in hitting the target. Pulse rate elevated, breathing fast.
Why can't you understand that? I can understand and experience the sweaty palms and whatever of a good dogfight.
Personally, I think the reason is that you have a short attention span.