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Reply #45 - Apr 3^rd, 2006 at 6:27am

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Did you get my PM yesterday?

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #46 - Apr 4^th, 2006 at 12:30am

Tango_Romeo Ex Member

Sorry, been down with combat fatigue for the last 24 hours. Reading up now. Embarrassed

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Reply #47 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 8:28pm

Tango_Romeo Ex Member

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I know how that feels pal! I'm having lots of fun but it is taking some getting used to flying jets against props. I usually do it the other way around. I know how 262 pilots felt now up against Tempests and Mustangs. Great campaign, cheers chaps! Grin

Having speed at your fingertips presents a whole different set of challenges, doesn't it? Grin

Many years ago, I had coffee with a US Navy Lt. Commander who shotdown a MiG-17 in Vietnam while flying an AD prop job...'by pure reflex'. He and his wingman were maneuvering at low altitude to avoid two MiGs, when one undershot him very badly on a highspeed firing pass. The SPAD pilot saw the MiG coming and had pulled-up(not hit brakes or flaps) at the last minute to throw the MiG's aim off, and the MiG 'just popped up right in my gunsight'. Of course, the MiG got a burst of the SPAD's 20mm right up the tailpipe 'by pure reflex'. About that time two more ADs jumped into the furball, and both MiG's decided to head for home....one smoking very heavily. A couple of F4s coming to the rescue confirmed the smoker augered in some miles away.

Speed ain't all it's cracked-up to be. Wink