One more thing - the speed and altitude (energy) each plane has before the first pass is extremely important. If someone dives on you and then climbs, you've never going to be able to follow them, because you don't have the energy they have. All you can do in that case is try to avoid their shots when they dive on you, and try to make it toward friendlies, or frustrate the enemy into pressing the attack too far, and hence lose too much energy when they try to get a shot.
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