In AH 2, I once taxied to the re-arming pad. Some enemy pilot found a spot where he could hide from the ack, and shot me when I stopped to re-arm.
Second story. We were trying to capture a base, I saw an enemy pilot ride his chute all the way down to the town. When I got shot down, I rode my chute down too. I figured he would be hiding in the map room, waiting to shoot troops when they came to capture. I ran to the map room and went in (I don't think you can do that in AH3). Sure enough, there was the enemy pilot, waiting. Bang bang bang, and I got the kill.