On 12/16/04 14:45, in article , "John
Carrier" wrote:

SNIP

IME, the best BFM machine in the US inventory is the Hornet.

Certainly the best in a high alpha, min radius phone booth. OTOH, the
F-14B/D can move the fight inexorably upward to a kill. Hard to do,
wasteful of gas and time (to say nothing of what this kind of engagement
looks like to everyone else near the arena), but doable. In a real-world
multi-bogey fight, such a dazzling display would probably result in two
fireballs.

R / John



You've GOT to be trying to bait me with a comment like that. |:-)

Seriously, John, I've never been shot in a multi-plane engagement (2v2 or
less at the merge) because I was slow. Quite the contrary, I was too busy
shooting bogies.

Make the energy excursion quickly and intelligently. Take quick shots.
Lock both arms. Get the knots back. Move on.

--Woody