Well a big "thanks" to those baddies around A128 and A129 that humored a frail old C202 last night. I was popping in and out of the battle trying to stay alive (sometimes outnumbered by a wide margin). I managed to survive at the expense of not getting many kills, but overall it was still quite an experience.
I ended up locking up and crashing to the desktop after a couple hours or so, but I have no regrets (other than not getting to land my name in lights at the end there).
Big thanks to those that kept putting up a fight instead of moving to a lesser fight elsewhere, and big thanks to the handful that flew right in front of me and let me latch on to get a kill here or there....