So after this weekend I realized I have a new life and love in the MA. I've been playing AH for about 3yrs now, and for the longest time for me it was all about land grabbing, win the map, and things along that line. But I realized this weekend that it has all come to an end for me. I spent much of my weekend on the center island of the "Seabass Arena" (It’s a catchy name, much better than "blue" or "orange"). So many nice, quality fights. I really had a blast, and fought against and with some very friendly opponents. One that really sticks in my mind is Belile (If I spelled it wrong my apologies). I'm in a 51D cruising close to 375, when I see two slightly higher 51Ds maybe 2k at the most. I'm thinking to myself that this could be a problem for me. I seem to have a slight problem multiple planes with alt and possible E advantages. I thought maybe I could engage one of the 51s from the bottom side, and possibly go for a radiator/oil shot. So as I start my zoom climb the pair obviously seen me, and split, ok now I have one 51 in view and one I have lost. Problem. The 51(1) and I start to tangle it up at 13k in a nice little fight, left and right, up and down, neither of us could seem to gain a solid solution, a few small pings here and there but nothing whole. But I am losing airspeed quickly and my 51 starts to stall out, so I kick a notch of flaps, and hold it just a bit longer just in time to catch a glimpse of the other 51. I see that he is coming to join in the fight, and I am very vulnerable at this point, so with a quick flip of the rudder, and back to max power with wep I point my pony toward the ground, in a last ditch attempt to gain some E and hopefully make it out of this. As I am diving I look back to see both 51s tightly in trail, at about 450 and 1000 agl, I cut all power, and pull straight back on the stick. I look back and see one 51 cross underneath me, I roll back over and end up right on his 6 o'clock and 600 out, and I fire away with all 6 .50cals. Part of the 51 fall from his plane and I have made the kill. Hooray, but now where’s the other 51, I look back, and see nothing, And decide that now is a great time to head back for some fuel, as I am heading back I check my text buffer, and seen that I received a kill during my battle (apparently the other 51 found a pine tree on the way down). As I am dropping my gear I get a PM from Belile, saying ty for a great fight, which it absolutely was. He is very good opponent and sportsman as well. My main point to the story is, I think I crossed from a "Land grabber" and move on to the "Furballer" realm, and I appreciate all of the great fights that I had this past weekend with many of you. <S>. Now my next goal is to become as proficient in the 51 as Steve or Skater... Plus I figured the BBS needed a positive story today.
