I'd like to say thanks too. I've not played much in a while, but I tried this out a few days ago. Even though there were only between 12 and 20 people, the flying and fights were great. I escorted 4 B26s on an NOE raid and was hopefully successful in diverting attacks on them (even though hblair ended up shooting me down). I had dogfights with single and multiple 109s. I didn't think it was difficult to find some action.
Hopefully this works out. I like the MA and all it entails, but this seems like a lot of fun so far.