OMG! Another 38 stick in the making? I agree with Ink, not as an insult though (and I don't think Ink was trying to insult). I have done pretty well in the PonyD and can handle most of the other birds per se, but mastering is very frustrating. I spent a couple tours doing a majority in the Dora and it gets plain frustrating to lose far more then you win.
Best of luck on it. The big question, if you do in fact master this are you going to start flirting with the 80th? If so, my vote they have to take you into the fold.
Midway, honorary member of 80th in training. 
Boo
I can see it now... AKAK and Midway climbing out, chatting, getting up to alt, looking like we're on an AH date... because... well... we are.
Discussing life, growing our young budhood
as we look for bad guys...
We see one, swoop down, one at a time, gracing the bad guy with our brief presence... just to form back up as all buds do in life, not even mentioning what just took place... because... among buds, well... it's not necessary.
Our budhood grows, we become the goal of all buds... ultimate buds, forever bonded in our awesomeness. AKAK tells Aces High stories... I laugh... we look at our fuel gauges, still near 100% with drop tanks... we fly on... so much sky... so much time... just AKAK and me... and the clouds below us. Whom will we grace next with our awesomeness?
my future P38 bud.... may our future budhood grow strong... and lasting...
