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Offline Widewing

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« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2003, 01:01:56 AM »
Skull's ACM = Air Comedy Maneuvering. ;)

You and Brady should team up, you guys could be the Bonnie and Clyde nightmare of the grammar police! :D

Seriously, you did something completely unexpected and two dweebs flew right into the ground trying to react to it. WTG. Like the saying goes, if ya can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullchit. And yes, it IS often better to be lucky rather than good. Just like the time I evaporated your 109, only to collide with the wreckage (FM-2s are a bit slow to roll at 500 mph ;)). You got the kill, and any way you can get 'em, they still count.

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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2003, 01:03:21 AM »
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Originally posted by nopoop
Jeez skull, one hundred and forty seven hours...

Your up for the pasty award dude.

Sounds like your havin fun.

That's what it is all about.


Naw, TW9's got him beat by a mile with 257 hours.

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« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2003, 06:17:11 AM »
A famous british pilot of a fairey swordfish (Charles Lamb) was attacked by two italian fighters in the mediteranean.

The swordfish was actually so slow that it became a weapon to use!

Apparently the two Macchi 202's dived at high speed for his 6oc position. he immediately dove for the sea almost vertical and then pulled up and left violently, so much so the gunner was almost tipped out! (held in by a wire chord!)
The two 202 pilots eager for their easy kill tried to pull up to get solution and apparently stalled at high speed and crashed into the sea! BOTH together.Luck ? or just a very astute pilot trick? :) Id vote for a skilled pilot myself as he apparently used the move often with good results :)

If you want to read about it buy 'war in a stringbag' by Charles Lamb. A great read.
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