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Offline Puma44

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Re: 'Real' dogfighting.
« Reply #60 on: July 11, 2015, 09:31:08 PM »
I have it on good authority from French Mirage 2000N crews (from a discussion in the O-club) that turning is something you "never" do.
Well, that's from a specific real world fighter pilot's expertise vs a general statement in the previous post.



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Offline eagl

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Re: 'Real' dogfighting.
« Reply #61 on: July 12, 2015, 09:44:42 AM »
Well, that's from a specific real world fighter pilot's expertise vs a general statement in the previous post.

Well, that's ok because the previous general statement was probably a joke referring to people in the game who never turn either. Basically equating the pro F-35 arguments with the excuses and predilections of the "runstang" and other arena stereotypes who make one pass through a fight (usually taking mostly head-on attacks) and blow through, never turning, justifying it with a variety of selectively chosen "proofs" that justify their excuse for their chosen tactic and "prove" that it is superior to everyone and everything else.  The similarities between the runstang argument and the F-35 arguments have achieved critical mass, so now its a "thing".

But of course once ya gotta explain a joke...

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Re: 'Real' dogfighting.
« Reply #62 on: July 12, 2015, 10:54:37 AM »
Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the jokers and the serious. 



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