Originally posted by Lephturn
Whoever "lambasted" that guy for flying his preferred plane, should be ashamed of themselves.
I should explain...........
I had just had my arse handed to me several times in a row in my (much preferred) 109 by Spitfires and was sulking while I was in the hangar changing fuel load.
An eerie cloud of red spotted evilness descended on me, and I found my cursor being dragged down the list and clicking 'N1K2j', while this voice in my head whispered 'Yesssssssss Bluedog!, come to the Light! feel the warmth of the Rising Sun, bask in our twisty turnyness, and Spit outturnability!!'
Honest, I have no idea what came over me, it's not something I find myself doin a great deal....go ahead, look up my stats, see how many kills and deaths I have in a N1k.
Anyway, about halfway down the runway on my take off roll, I typed on ch2 " I cant believe Im doin this, but I'm uppin a N1k......." ( I still couldnt really believe I was piloting one of the Hated Ones, and the luftweenie in me was struggling to the surface.)
Someone said 'Noooooooooooooo!!!!! it's not to late!! RTB.....come back to the Darkness, you can still save yourself!'...
at wich point I laughed so hard reality kicked in, and I realised I DO hate N1ks, so much, I've never flown the thing except for maybe 10 minutes offline, and no matter how damn good a plane it is in some peoples hands, I was on a one way sortie to not only yet another death by Spit, but the shame of doing it in a N1k.
So, I did the only thing I could, I landed that heap of junk, and strapped on a Ju88.........if I'm gonna die at the hands of a Spit driver, I'll do it wearing black crosses, fighting tooth and nail, not sipping sake and whimpering like a frightened puppy while my UFO burns ;-)
I fully understand, and agree with your reasons for posting lephturn, and dont intend in any way to detract from that, but in this case I'm glad they did it, it woke me up from my mumbling, ranting, cursing tirade of blind 'do anything to kill those bloody Spits' hissy fit, brought me back to Earth with a laugh, and allowed me to enjoy the rest of my evening in the CT.
I'm pretty sure if I had taken the N1k, I WOULD have been hammered by a Spit ( bloody things seem even more dangerous in there ) cracked the toejams with my utter uselessness, and logged off.
Just thought I should explain myself, and set the story straight, no one hassled me, it was all in good fun......ya had to be there I guess

Lephturn for carin' about stuff like that, and big to the saviours of my leatherclad virtual soul 
.....and to think I thought I could get away with flyin a N1k in the CT, no one would notice.........Doh!!
Blue
Holy Snapping Duckshit Batman!!!!!! I had only read up to Lephturn's first post when I wrote the above...just read the rest...OMG!! Take it easy guys, it was all in good fun, we were just muckin' around.
BTW, my not so friendly comments towards both the Spitfire and N1k are in no way intended to be a whine, both were excellant planes, they should be damn hard to kill in the right hands.....I just dont like 'em is all, they kill me too much 
Cant believe how much hate gets around this board, chill out guys, we're all here for the same reason.