I love the P40, but man, I really appreciate faster planes after flying it..
A good while back I had a memorable sort..
I went trolling.. I.E. i flew to a base with nothing going on and buzzed around till someone upped, I stayed at about 3k a good way out.. just far enough to give em an icon to go after..
a La7 upped.. I shot him down.. he upped again, killed him again.. then a spitty.. the spitty gave me hell, but I finally got him.
still had ammo but fuel was close to becoming to an issue, so I decided to leave.
thats when I found out, that if your flying a P40.. you dont decide when to leave..
here comes the LA7 again.. I turn, face him.. (im on the deck now mind you) he tries to out turn me and augers..
I start headed home again.. get about.. 5 feet and hes back..
long story short, he kept upping and catching me over and over and I eventually ran out of ammo and fuel and got vulched when I was trying to ditch..
I havent seen many people suck at the La or flying in general as bad as this guy did, but He had some elite reupping skills..
Now when I fly it, i make SURE i dont get anchored anywhere near an enemy base, to me a big part of the challenge flying slow aircraft is making it home safe.. which is a big challenge when you consider your flying against people who fly with utter reckless abandon and do so in aircraft with almost twice your speed.