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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: texace on January 22, 2001, 09:51:00 AM
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So there I was, just sitting in some tower drinking cheap beer and cold pizza, watching some static on TV. Had some big kegger I think and I just walked in on it. Then we could hear shells whistling through the air. Then a hanger goes down. "Uh oh, the fleet's nearby!" someone said. I ran out to the hanger to pick my ride. La5 was the choice. Cranked it up and hit the skies. I flew toward the CV in seach of someone to kill. Then I saw him, a bright shiny blue CHog, co alt with me and closing. I avoid his dweebish HO and turn back toward the field. AS I hoped, he followed, hoping for his easy kill.
I neared the field, hoping he'd turn for ack so I could pounce, but then I knew it and so did he. The acks are down! Thinking fast, I pull a up to do a hammerhead He follows, firing over me. I take the trusty Russian snub back down. Then I got an idea. I let him get behind me again, then turned back toward the bomber hanger. WEP on, I went down as low as I could and lined up. The CHog saw this and stayed a little higher, hoping to get me after the hanger. As I flew through the hanger, giving those boys a scare, I pulled straight up. The Chog tried to follow but went under me, so I rolled back and gave him a burst of 20mm cannons right up the tailpipe. His tail comes off and down he goes. Then I spend the next minute listening to him complain how I cheated. I had to squelch him.
And through all this, I didn't turn on the vid recorder. AGGHHHHH! Oh well, I'll try it again on another one of you anyday!
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Lt. Col. Aaron "txace-" Giles of the 457th BG
"Fait Accompli"
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then the alarm went off and you awoke (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
seriously, Great sounding sortie!
Eagler
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Was almost as good what happened to me yesterday (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
I spawned in a Dhog with rockets to kill V3 and hopefully strafe the VH and let the field clear for a goon. As I just destroyed the second ack on the field, a high Chog comes, dives on me,and tries to HO.
I pull up over him and do an immelmann. He sees that he has lost the advantage he kept...guess what he did (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
YES! HE DIVED TOWARDS THE FIELD TO GET COVEDED BY HIS ACK!.
Poor guy...there was none (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif). I dived on him and got a long burst that destroyed his engine. When he was about to land, I finished him.
He was complaining about my "coward" kill (because I had killed him without engine) for 10 minutes (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif).
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Hey, dont shoot me! I'm on the light side!!
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[This message has been edited by Luke Skywalker (edited 01-22-2001).]
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Neat-o thread.
I had a great sortie yesterday, but I'm so new I haven't yet discovered the joys of the vid recorder. I really ought to, the darndest things happen to me.
Will say this- discovering the thrill of flight in Russian fighters is neat. Esp. when you have a TBM diving on you, and you're lining up for a high strafe on a C47 skimming the wavetops.
I made a pass on this mid-alt TBM and overshot, and to my chagrin he takes my 6 and stays there. I start worrying and going thru the motions of a knife-fight, but I keep seeing these tracers fly past me. I wise up when I glance a goon way below... so I dive on his butt and start trying to shake the TBM. I learned the meaning of seperation with that move- tracers stopped shortly thereafter, but he kept on me. I nail the goon and he flounders in front of me... forced him down more than shot him full of holes. next thing I see, another TBM, so I turn and wail into him... and the first TBM is still ono my tail. I'm really not enjoying this pursuit, and so I finally get into something approaching vertical with him. I make a turn at the last, and see he's just reaching the top of a vertical- and between a few lucky pots on my part and a bad stall, I get the upper hand finally.
Course, same pilot shoots me down shortly after, in a F4U. Go figure. Did enjoy it though. *S* to him, see if he remembers the saucy Yak.
Regards,
Jay.