A big thanks to Hawker41 for his assistance yesterday.
Yesterday Hawk killed me several times in his FM2. I couldn't figure out how he was doing it, so I took and chance and PMed him and ask if I could do a ride-a-long. He readily accepted so I switched to rooks and joined in. He figured I was not using my rudder enough, so he demonstrated the use of the rudder in various turns.
After the ride-a-long I upped a plane and flew wing with him, and all of a sudden many things suddenly came together. It will still take some work to get it right, but now I understand what I wasn't doing.
Thanks to Hawk, who didn't have a clue to who I was, but he readily helped someone who asked for assistance.
By the way I got a couple of kills on my own squaddies while flying rook. Sorry squaddies.
Fred