So, if I understand your point correctly, it's about the size of the aircraft and it's ability to hide from detection using camouflage for the terrain flown over? If I'm understanding it, how did this affect the fights back in the day (real world WWII)? How did fighter pilots overcome small, hard to detect aircraft and deal with better turning opponents? 
I think aircraft are more difficult to see in AvA then they would be in real life(or in the MA's with the neon banners for that matter). In real life moving objects stand out and depth perception is more accurate depending on what kind of terrain the con is flying over. This is offset to an extent by dar dots but it is still is a factor. Over turquoise water this isn't an issue but I've never been able to adjust my gain and resolution to significantly change it over green or dark water.
I still prefer no icons though, and enjoy the challenge, but it still is a factor in skewing against allied rides. In WWII they utilized superior ACMs, organizational tactics, utilized their aircraft's' strengths and eventually overwhelmed axis pilots with numbers and better trained replacements. Allied pilots were explicitly instructed not to 1v1 turn fight with superior turnfighters. You know that though
She's looking lonely. 
She actually has a big Swift grin knowing she is getting so many new parts and that she will be flying shiny for the first time in 10 years soon
