Hey no problem Westy, real life comes first
That being said, we coulda used ya
We started off well, dispersing a large group of 190s (we had 6 p38s) at around 30k. Then we chased them back to Italy and picked a few off. Then bad stuff happened. Rob, who had been hit earlier crashed tryin to land. We then saw some really low 190s and went after them. Problem was, not all of us went, splitting us up (I think this was a problem due to the fact that not all of us had rw, my wingie being one of them). I foolishly went to the deck after a 190. I musta been going too fast, cause my plane felt real sluggish as I tried to turn with him. I had a couple good looks, but couldnt land a shot. JC had come down to save my butt, but he was unable to finish the deal with the 190 either. Good evasives whoever you were, we were about 50 feet off the drink going around 50!. This was about the time the 190s buddy StSanta shows up. Either he or the other 190 pinged me up pretty good, causing damage to a flap, and an aerlon causing the plane to react even more sluggishly. I could have run at this point but JC was still in the mix, so I turned back and aimed for the high 190. Another mistake on my part, as I was not nearly fast enough. StSanta easily went over me and swooped down for the kill. I was too low when I bailed, and my body was torn and swallowed by the sea.
Over all, I would say that our group lacked the same coordination and dicipline that we had last Tuesday. I think this was due to not everyone have RW and the fact that the group was bigger, although I dont think that 6 is unmanagable. Communication was a bit of a mess
Hope you can make the next frame, and keep me from killing myself
Would like to fly with my CO Citabria one of the times too
newguy
The Wrecking Crew
[This message has been edited by newguy (edited 10-17-2000).]