Had 5 skins onboard my pony, low on fuel, damaged and close to home. I lined up for a landing and ran out of fuel. My fingers were all over the keyboard trying to glide that baby home. North of the base I noted 5 or 6 countrymen headed north, taking the fight to the enemy. I'm almost down by now, that's when I saw him, a lone N1K dweeb racing south, bypassing the fighters and headed straight for....yup, you guessed it, the lone pony trying to land. I set down hard, bounced, bounced again, brakes on, stick back....almost stopped...check 6's coming in from GV's south....finally stopped...BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM... and back to the tower I went.
Whats so bad about that you ask? When I set my stick down the handle came off, scratch one CH Combat stick. Superglue saved the day later but I eventually s'canned it.
Gawd I hate UFO's.