Is the one where the bandit never saw you
I had flattened V42 last night, and very shortly after wiping out the hanger and acks I'm shot down by a pony.
With a goon on the way I take off at 10 again and head south, dropping all ordinence (dinnae visit the hanger) and cleaning up my hawg to clear the area for the goon.
I see a dot over V42 that's a couple thousand feet lower than I am. I level and start getting a little smash up when a flicker at my low 10oc catches my eye. I dip the left wing and look closer, finding a silver dot winking at me and getting smaller. Knowing this is the pony I want, I drop the left wing and dive for him, all the time watching the dot over V42. Catching up to this silver dot I get a P-51 icon at 5500yds and continue the dive to low 6, closing rapidly. The pony starts a slow chandelle to the right so I slip a little to the left, hoping to stay in the blind spot, then follow him up and around his turn.
The pony gets larger and larger in the sight... 2000yds... 1000yds....
Pull inside his turn for a little lead, still at low 6. 400yds... 350... squeeze the trigger and see hits on the right wing tip. Nudge the rudder left and walk the shells to the left wingtip. Fire, black smoke, and glycol burst from the pony as a wing departs and it heads back to mother earth.
Even having my empenage removed a minute later by another hawg couldna take away the smile from a perfect bounce (told me on ch1 he never saw me coming)
[This message has been edited by CavemanJ (edited 09-22-2000).]
