Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:12:02 -0500, Los <los@cris.com> wrote:

>This is MOST definately wrong. It's exactly the opposite. A good pilot
wil
>usually win over an inferior piloy in a better plane. Even some cursory
>study of air combat history or any discussion about Red Flag or Top gun
>will show that.

Not according to the gang on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim. The
problem with Red Flag and Top Gun is that they don't cover all
variables. They don't cover AWACs. They don't cover stealth fighters
or cruise missiles taking out the runways first. They don't cover SAMs
helping out one side over the other. There is a lot of tech that these
games don't teach. 

As for history, compare Me262s versus P-51s and Spitfire XIIIs. There
are major points where technology outruns raw talent. 

>instructors at ARed Flagg in F5s and A7s are constantly whipping dudes
in
>F18s and F14s and f16s.

Not constantly. The students take out the instructors more than you
might think. Top Gun in particular covers dogfighting more than stand
off missile fire. 

Allan Goodall	     agoodall@sympatico.ca

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