Interesting point. In real life the pilots dreaded flying and died in droves. I saw an interview where an old WW2 pilot said flying was analogous to riding the bumper cars at the county fair; Rickety, cheap and unpredictable, but adding 500 gallons of gasoline into the mix. I doubt there was ever a discussion of 'you stolt my kill' and now it won't say I landed 2 kills!
UPTOWN has it correct above. There isn't some conspiricy out there to ruin other's fun. My guess is bomber or fighter guys just drop FH to see them go KABLOOOWEEE!!!
Quit your whining, you know who you are.
funny you say that.
i know/knew a few pilots.
our r/c club has/had a few.
2 years ago, we lost joe cardimone. he was a top turret gunner/engineer on a b17
last year we lost bob emme. he flew p51's, and i think p47's. he also got to test fly most of the german aircraft after the war.
we still have tom perkins. he flew p51's.
we still have dick barton. he flew phantoms in viet nam.
not a single one of these heros EVER said they feared flying. not a one. in fact, dick has a super decathalon........which he actually flies. he uses it the way an aerobatic plane like it should be flown........but he does so high enough to be safe too.
they all loved their aircraft. one of them to the point, that when he had to give her up, he actually cried. somehow i don;t think that came from fear or hate.
i love these guys....and miss the ones we've lost. i have one of bob's models(it's an extra 300) hanging in my office in his memory.
as for cheap and rickety?
from every warbird i've ever seen, i call bs on that too.
those aircraft(both allied, and axis) were marvels of engineering. they did what was needed, and they did it well.
did you ever look at the hydrualic system or the electrical system on a b17? or a p51? or a spitfire? they're beautiful.
then there's the engines. the pratt and whitney radials ran forever. so did the allisons, and rolls royce merlins.
then there's the damiler benze engines that the germans used.
we all know there's no conspiracy. the problem is when someone decides that the hangars where the big fight is need to be dropped. even when asked not to.
if you were asked to not touch a base, and had a choice of 20 others, why would you feel the need to bother the one you were asked not to?
