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Shooter · 13 December 1998, 07:17 AM

All:

Old soldiers never die, young ones do. That is their lot in life. You pay your nickle, you take your chance.

Michael, I believe that one of the driving factors that drove Hawker toward the Allied lines was the fact that he was on or near "bingo" with his fuel supply. Like Voss in his epic fight with B/56 Sqdrn, he could not disengage because his a/c was too slow. Fatal flaw in that model was that your timed its air-speed with a calander.

Guys, top shooters do not get to be top shooters by locking horns with top shooters from the OTHER side. Most of the time, they seem to wander around and pick off the scrubs, running up a big score. This seems to be true of all of the big guys on all sides, in every air war. Notable exceptions occur (like Major Marion Carl USMC zapping Lt(jg)Junichi Sasai IJN over the Slot) but they are very much exceptions.

Slamming MvR for the same stuff that

Mick Mannock, or Fonck did would be hypocrisy. Clipping a rook is as acceptable as is hitting a driver from behind and below. Rookie drivers were out there to be shot down. Manfred was just doing HIS yob, too!

r/s

Bill

13 December 1998, 07:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
Shooter Senior Gunfighter Contributor Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Jacksonville, NC	All: Old soldiers never die, young ones do. That is their lot in life. You pay your nickle, you take your chance. Michael, I believe that one of the driving factors that drove Hawker toward the Allied lines was the fact that he was on or near "bingo" with his fuel supply. Like Voss in his epic fight with B/56 Sqdrn, he could not disengage because his a/c was too slow. Fatal flaw in that model was that your timed its air-speed with a calander. Guys, top shooters do not get to be top shooters by locking horns with top shooters from the OTHER side. Most of the time, they seem to wander around and pick off the scrubs, running up a big score. This seems to be true of all of the big guys on all sides, in every air war. Notable exceptions occur (like Major Marion Carl USMC zapping Lt(jg)Junichi Sasai IJN over the Slot) but they are very much exceptions. Slamming MvR for the same stuff that Mick Mannock, or Fonck did would be hypocrisy. Clipping a rook is as acceptable as is hitting a driver from behind and below. Rookie drivers were out there to be shot down. Manfred was just doing HIS yob, too! r/s Bill __________________ In God we trust, everyone else keep your hands where I can see them! Only the hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss. There is no second-place award for a gunfight. Never bring a knife.