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Offline Shuffler

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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2009, 09:46:24 AM »
Been fun except for Tuesdays. My computer is acting up because of a chip fan out. I'll be taking that one offline and putting another on this weekend probably. The stutters are about to drive me truely crazy. lol
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2009, 10:17:44 AM »
Standard can't be rising in LW arenas because

- I'm still here &
- I fly Tempest this tour.
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2009, 10:21:32 AM »
Quote from: Yarbles on October 08, 2009, 05:03:28 AM
He wouldn't salute me though and from the time the fight lasted he must have been a much better pilot than me. ... I asked him if he wasnt happy but no reply. I suppose he thought I should have fought in close but that is ust not the spit 14 way surely:frown:


Probably got ignored because you were flying a spit.
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2009, 10:27:19 AM »
Quote from: APDrone on October 08, 2009, 10:21:32 AM
Probably got ignored because you were flying a spit.

Spit 14 is a spit in name only ;) :D

I think he didnt salute cos I hOed him early in the fight which iregreted though did no damage. I hoed him because I though he was Hoing me which was still foolish as I should have pulled right.

Anyway it came down in the end to he stalled it a couple of times and the second I dont think he recoverd in time to avoid a beam on atack and I think he sulked becuase he was being repeatedly bounced and I wouldnt turn with him. Why should I turn fight in an unstable plane with a monster climb rate. He twice avoided the dive and followed me up and lost control is how I saw it. Probably the film will come on and show how deluded I am though but to me it looked like a fare fight.   
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2009, 10:45:08 AM »
Quote from: Yarbles on October 08, 2009, 10:27:19 AM
Spit 14 is a spit in name only ;) :D

I think he didnt salute cos I hOed him early in the fight which iregreted though did no damage. I hoed him because I though he was Hoing me which was still foolish as I should have pulled right.

Anyway it came down in the end to he stalled it a couple of times and the second I dont think he recoverd in time to avoid a beam on atack and I think he sulked becuase he was being repeatedly bounced and I wouldnt turn with him. Why should I turn fight in an unstable plane with a monster climb rate. He twice avoided the dive and followed me up and lost control is how I saw it. Probably the film will come on and show how deluded I am though but to me it looked like a fare fight.   

No, I'm serious.. you were probably ignored because you were flying a spit.

I ignore spit and LA-7 drivers. I'm sure I'm not alone.


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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #20 on: October 08, 2009, 10:46:40 AM »
Quote from: APDrone on October 08, 2009, 10:45:08 AM
No, I'm serious.. you were probably ignored because you were flying a spit.

I ignore spit and LA-7 drivers. I'm sure I'm not alone.




What do you fly?
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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #21 on: October 08, 2009, 10:54:45 AM »
Quote from: Yeager on October 08, 2009, 08:19:42 AM
The way it reads to an experienced player: you HO'd the first plane you met.

Dont get mad, or be embarrased.  Just accept it for the truth that it is.


No.  Actually I spotted the guy and was fumbling around looking for a key on my keyboard and when I couldn't hit it I looked down for a second and as I looked back up the guy was HOing me.  I tried to evade but by then it was already too late.

I didn't have any intent to HO and was surprised the guy was actually flying straight at my 30mm.
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2009, 10:57:39 AM »
Nothing solely.

Been toying with the P39 lately.. having fun with that.

Mostly heavy bombers.  

Val or TBM when I'm feeling onery.

SBD is fun..

IL2

F4U and P47 when I need some American iron fix.

P38, of course..

And a whole lot of 5".

I pretty much ONLY fly a spit when the squad takes them.. and, even then, I'm starting to balk at that.  Same with LA-7.

<edit>  Oh, yeah.. and when I'm in buff-hunting mood, I grab an FW. 
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2009, 11:19:19 AM »
Quote from: APDrone on October 08, 2009, 10:45:08 AM
No, I'm serious.. you were probably ignored because you were flying a spit.

I ignore spit and LA-7 drivers. I'm sure I'm not alone.




Compare Seafire to A6M5 and Spit 9 to 109f4. Try flying the Spit 14.

My point is the 16 is probably La7 easy to get kills in but not the other 3 above I fly or even the Spit 8. 
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2009, 11:51:00 AM »
Quote from: APDrone on October 08, 2009, 10:45:08 AM
I ignore spit and LA-7 drivers.

seriously? you wont return a salute from a spit pilot?
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #25 on: October 08, 2009, 11:57:59 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on October 08, 2009, 11:51:00 AM
seriously? you wont return a salute from a spit pilot?

If someone gives a good fight I'll salute them. It is just rare to get a good fight from spit pilots. I think it stems from the fact that so many new folks fly them.
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #26 on: October 08, 2009, 12:00:41 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on October 08, 2009, 11:51:00 AM
seriously? you wont return a salute from a spit pilot?

People have strange prejudices I judge someone by how they fly not what. But if I get a good slow and low fight from a 47 I am more likely to salute that one than a zero.
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #27 on: October 08, 2009, 12:03:30 PM »
Quote from: Shuffler on October 08, 2009, 11:57:59 AM
If someone gives a good fight I'll salute them. It is just rare to get a good fight from spit pilots. I think it stems from the fact that so many new folks fly them.

Perhaps with the exception of the 16 people overestimate spits. I think the pilot I beat in the f6 was never going to let me beat him in his mind because I was in a spit. It particularly exposes the prejudice in that I was in a 14  ;)
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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #28 on: October 08, 2009, 12:05:37 PM »
Quote from: Yarbles on October 08, 2009, 05:03:28 AM
I would think an F6 no match for a 14 so he had nothing to prove.    
Don't think so fast.

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Re: Standards Rising
« Reply #29 on: October 08, 2009, 12:31:40 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on October 08, 2009, 11:51:00 AM
seriously? you wont return a salute from a spit pilot?

Never say never.. but almost every encounter I've had with them wasn't a salutable encounter. 

Normally, my response would be 'which of the 5 spits were you?'   

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