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Old 08-07-2013, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Adlerdriver View Post
But, he doesn't - he just put the knife in his teeth and committed to the phone booth with thrust and alpha available and then he goes aggressively down and opens the fight back up. Either those external tanks are seriously restrictive, he was power limited by scenario or maybe he's just the squadron slug (possible former F-16 driver?? ... I keed, I keed).
That's about all the Monday morning QB stuff I can muster - nothing like having the world debrief your BFM. After 5 years flying Eagles in Europe, the only thing French I still respected was their EA/EP.
If it was a Viper guy, he'd still be level 2 circle right now.
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Old 08-07-2013, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Grumble View Post
If it was a Viper guy, he'd still be level 2 circle right now.
I'm not familiar w/ that aircraft. I was referring to the Fighting Falcon.
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Old 08-07-2013, 02:50 PM
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Pilot proficiency can still trump technology... Just because an aircraft has a large em advantage doesn't mean it can't lose a BFM fight! Lose the visual, decision errors etc...

However, that jet will minimize the execution errors made by the pilot. It's fun to watch, but not very much fun to fight.
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Old 08-07-2013, 03:37 PM
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I didn't do a lot of air-to-air in the Herc, but all that heavy French breathing creeped me out a little.

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Old 08-07-2013, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Grumble View Post
If it was a Viper guy, he'd still be level 2 circle right now.
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I'm not familiar w/ that aircraft. I was referring to the Fighting Falcon.
That's some funny stuff right there!
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Old 08-07-2013, 05:35 PM
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But did he come back code 1? If he didn't, I hope it wasn't on a Friday...
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Old 08-07-2013, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Grumble View Post
If it was a Viper guy, he'd still be level 2 circle right now.
Or watching/waiting for you to pi** away your energy.

Originally Posted by Adlerdriver View Post
I'm not familiar w/ that aircraft. I was referring to the Fighting Falcon.
Well they've spent most of the past 10 years in a combat zone...so it's not surprising an Eagle guy doesn't recognize one.
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Old 08-08-2013, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Adlerdriver View Post
I'm not familiar w/ that aircraft. I was referring to the Fighting Falcon.
I was told it was the Navy Exchange Officer flying that hop!
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Old 08-08-2013, 06:05 AM
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I was told it was the Navy Exchange Officer flying that hop!
Well, mystery solved. I'll bet his landing was perfect when he RTB'd though.
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Old 08-08-2013, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by crewdawg View Post



Well they've spent most of the past 10 years in a combat zone...so it's not surprising an Eagle guy doesn't recognize one.
HA!! My thoughts exactly
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