I was in a hurri II the other night and had just killed 3 bogeys over a vbase. Was engaged with a lower La-5 and ran dry. Came in on a glide to land at the vbase and hit a tree on my way in, skidded to about 3 feet from the runway don't think any part of my plane was on the pavement, and figured i wouldn't get the landing. I got it and was surprised. Happy too, can't complain haha, but it was a bit odd