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[hobbstrosity]

Howdy pilots, we've got an article by contributing author Chris Bucholtz this week.  Check out the full text here!

[Stonewall72]

Great read! Thanks!  I'll be sure to remember that maneuver

[madmanthan21]

Stonewall72, on 04 June 2012 - 05:11 PM, said:

Great read! Thanks!  I'll be sure to remember that maneuver

And i will be your wingman while doing it

[Stonewall72]

10-4  madmanthan21

[madmanthan21]

Roger

entering thatch weave - LOOK OUT There's someone on your six O_O

Edited by madmanthan21, 04 June 2012 - 05:24 PM.

[whitedragonking]

and this is why i like airplanes more then tanks. the number of tricks for planes to kill others is limitless.
in fact that strategy i was going to suggest that to my clan. cant wait to try it !

[Rasper1942]

That maneuver was very successful. There were also many others    some might even be invented for this game by players. the possibilities of flying are endless.

[MedicOnDuty]

Fascinating article. Until this I never really appreciated how important a good formation was and how well it worked when done properly.

On a different note, there was a documentary I watched some years ago that showed another interesting strategy US pilots used to deal with Zeros. In training, US pilots were instructed how to time their shots to hit moving targets, almost like a sniper anticipating where an enemy soldier will run and putting a round into his path. The Japanese pilots had no such training. So a tactic some US pilots used, as insane as it may sound, was diving straight across the firing path of a Japanese Zero fighter because the pilot couldn't adjust to hit him. And surprisingly, it worked.

[Mcgilla]

I was always into this kinda airplane stuff knowing the tactics and divisions are (to me anyway) facinating