Originally posted by debuman
It seems like the only way to answer this would be to get someone who's had extensive flight experience in the 38 to try the Aces High version and give their input. Maybe someone could contact that lucky guy Steve Hinton that gets to fly all the warbirds for Planes of Fame in CA, and see if he would evaluate it ofr us...?
Actually, that has already been done. Widewing has already had a veteran P-38 pilot try the P-38 in Aces High (it was AH I). If you can get him to post about it again, I remember him saying the P-38 pilot found a few things lacking in the performance.
As far as having Steve Hinton do it, while he is indeed an excellent pilot, possibly the most respected war bird pilot around, I don't know that he has actually pushed a P-38 all that hard. I only spoke with him briefly last year, at Middlesboro KY. Most of what he said about flying hard was not related to the P-38. I've seen what he can do with a plane, it is nothing short of both spectacular and impressive, not to mention he's a great guy.
The thing is, with P-38's being among the rarest of all war birds, I doubt anyone would let someone beat on one like you would in combat. The insurance policy on Glacier Girl in fact specifies that no one except Hinton fly the plane, and that it be flown within certain limits.
