I don't remember ever seeing Rude get so close to the ground!
Last night was good fun (despite the many deaths) in the battle for A8 in the SFMA.
Rude, flying an F4U-4 (another surprise) was flying less than 5K!!!
He tried to attack me in my Hurri-C, but ended up flopping into the side of a hill like a broken fish. I was following him at about 100 yds for probably 10-15 seconds but couldn't get a hit due to all the stick stirring that was obviously going on inside that slow lumbering Hawg.
Having burnt all his E, and running out of room, he belly flopped right into the dirt!
May be the best kill I've ever had!

(wish like hell I had filmed it)
I remember a conversation not to long back where RWY and Rude both claimed to have the ability to out fly me or anyone else, "Anytime, anywhere." The claim came as a result of several of us whining about the 13th TAS hovering like vulchers at high alt and picking off helpless low flyers in their P51s.
Honestly though, it was AWESOME to see Rude flying low rather than the usual boring B/Z technique. Perhaps there is a pilot in him after all.

I think he even got a HO on me later when he was shooting ack in his Spit (jaw drops) and rolled out as I rolled in.

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