Originally posted by BigCrate
heeeheehe manodoble
SLO I'm gonna spare you me telling you how stupid you sound.
SLO you fly a spit I have very little respect for some who fly.. The
reason being is the spit is one of the easiest planes to fly... It takes no SKILLS to fly.. If I jumped in a spit with my flying experience from 3 years of AW of now AH. I would proubly kill just about everything I flew against.. Now I don't want to piss any of the good spit drivers that a now.. (Widewing and some others 
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There reason are dfferent for flying the spit. Flying the 38 takes flying skills , knowing strength and weakness of everyplane in AH
and most of all patience.. Seeing you posting messages on this thread tells me a few things.. One you are very impatience
Two your a dweeb that can't tell a climbing spiral from a vertical turn.. And proably likes to gang bang 38s to make yourself feel better. Oh so how many of your buddies were fighting tac you killed hm?? 3 or more?? And please don't reply to threads that have P-38 or 38 or lightning in the title.. Because you have never flown a 38 the WAY it was surposed to be flown... And you just bash things without any real proof that it sucks. You just said basically that the 38 sucks because it does. Now SLO if your gonna reply this post with pissed off thoughts then just stop right there and DON'T..
CW
Aw heck Cody, I'm not going to get pissed off....
I fly the Spit because I enjoy it. I prefer the Mk.V over the Mk.IX, because I feel that it handles better and offers a higher perk return too. However, I'll take up all of the dweeb fighters, because each has its own useful attributes. Yet, I also enjoy the less popular fighters, such as the C.205, Ki-61 and Hurricane. I also have fun flying the P-38, but not necessarily fighting in it. Just for toejams and giggles, I flew down the full length of the runway at 25 feet above the deck, gear and flaps down at 150 mph. What's so special about that? Well, I was inverted..... try that in any of the single engine fighters, but you had better do it offline unless you don't mind adding to your death tally. You can do things in the P-38 that no single engine fighter can hope to do. Vertical tail slides are a hoot. As is the old "Luftwaffe Stomp".
Rather than let testosterone run amuck, I urge everyone flying the P-38L to fully explore the potential of their aircraft. Fly direct comparisions against the Spitfire and see where you can find an edge. Combat is not the place to try new theories. Get together with a decent Spit driver in the training area and work out your tactics in a low stress environment. Always film these sessions. Also of huge importance is gunnery. Practice, practice and practice s'more. You cannot afford to miss when you have an opportunity, especially when tackling Spitfires. You will find that most of the really good pilots are able to fly high risk maneuvers because they seldom miss when they create for themselves an opportunity.
My regards,
Widewing
