Hammer Head Manuver

Hammer Head, as flown in the Yak-52.  The Hammer head is a good way to rope an opponent that misjudges your energy.

Yak-50, mayday, leads to 337

The landing of a Yak-50 in a field after an engine incident.  You can see how much the pilot had to do, and in such a short time.  These are the situations where you really need to know your aircraft, and capabilities.  Not a lot of time to do calculations, or consult a chart.  Imagine how hard it would have been had he not had the GPS, and such good support from control.

But as they say, any landing that you walk away from is a good one.

P-38

I don't want to rewrite the Wikipedia article on the P-38, just sharing some pictures.   I think it is a beautiful aircraft, and have some new found interest in flying it on Aces High II.  It seems to fit in to so many roles and has far more upside's than down.   It is a plane, at least in the simulation, that requires patience -- the Porsche of WWII aircraft, "...it does not suffer fools gladly."  The power and the firepower more than make up for the short comings in maneuverability and speed.  Even in the late war arena it can more than hold it's own.

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