I just had some major fun in the Mossi B Mk 16. I upped a flight loaded with the cookie(s) and the 50 gal drop tanks. I pointed them in the direction of the nit strat targets and then minimize the game to get some work done...
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... when I come back the Mossi's are at 32k. I do a slight course correction and settle in to level flight about 3 sectors away from the target. I topped out at 365 TAS (DT's gone by now), opened doors about 30 miles out to let the speed settle back. Then I noticed a red dar bar just entered my sector. Oh look, a co-alt con at my long 3 O'clock. I was able to drop my cookies, close doors, and engage WEP while watching this P51D try and close in on my 4 O'clock, he is now 4500 yards and slowly closing. The drop was a success! I was able to bruise the radar factory for almost %20 damage (factory down to %81). A quick glance at the speed chart showed him to be faster than I at 32k, so I put the Mossi's in to a 400ft/min climb. He got within 1500 yards at roughly 35,000 ft and fired his wad all over the place, but not one drop landed on me (thankfully). He floundered around for another sector or 2 trying to keep up, but eventually he lost hope of keeping pace, I leveled off at 38,000 ft and cruised on back to friendly skies. I was 5-6 sectors away from the target when he went wings down for home. After all that I am glad he was NOT in a P47M/N.
I landed safely with about 25 mins of fuel to spare.
