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Offline dhyran

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There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets
« on: March 12, 2009, 05:41:50 PM »
»»There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets««
Major Doyle "Whahoo" Nicholson (Fighter Pilot)

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Re: There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2009, 09:30:08 PM »
Been reading Shaw's book, eh?   ;)


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Re: There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2009, 09:32:27 PM »
»»There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets««
Major Doyle "Whahoo" Nicholson (Fighter Pilot)

I guess that you haven't run across my Boston yet....   :eek:


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Offline BnZs

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Re: There are only two types of aircraft - fighter and targets
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2009, 09:48:34 PM »
I have my own copy of Shaw, thank you anyway though.  ;)

And btw, courage is not a problem in AHII. This is a sim. Not to be confused with any activity requiring heroism. What is needed is know-how.

For a real pilot to actually implement the know-how OTOH, immense courage is required. Consider the simple rope-a-dope maneuver, a tactic that most of us have used hundreds of times. But can you imagine the courage it would require in real life to use yourself as bait like this, to hang above the muzzles of another fighter's cannons and machine-guns waiting for the stall, even if you "know" he doesn't have the E for a stable gun solution?
"Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals."