No Guppy. KOTH doesn't systematicaly show who is best at dogfighting. It shows who is best at free-for-all furball dynamics, which favors 'dishonorable' things like cherrypicking.
I don't think being the best cartoon pilot is miserable. It hinges on the same tactical sense as you need to have and follow to successfuly come out on top of a street fistfight. It only strays from real dogfighting in situations like KOTH where cherrypicking, rather than the best effective 1:1 effort, is rewarded.
A: I don't believe the thread title specified the best "dueler" of Aces High.
B: Being great 1v1 isn't all that impressive if they don't know how manage SA in a multiple threat environment in the context of "Aces High"
C: Dan mentioned the reigning KoTH ToC champ. Which by the way, only takes place once a year, and you have to earn an invitation to participate in it. So to follow up with your comments, I'd like to know which of the ToC (flyboy, myself, blukitty, kappa) winners do not belong on a 'list'?
D: Here's a
KoTH film that I posted last year, please point out the 'dishonorable' fighting of the round winner