Wow, did I just have an interesting little match. I was flying the I-153 Chaika, against some guys 109E. I can out turn, and maneuver faster than he can (I-153 Chaika can do a 180 turn in 8 seconds flat in real life, and in game.) I couldn't chase him, so I made him come to me. When he tried to dive down on me, I turned out of his way, he went past, and started to climb. I opened up with my little MGs, and just tore into him. He got away sadly, but as I was climbing a bit, he came back around. Missed me again, but this time for some dumb reason, I followed him down, and my engine cut out. I was totally screwed at this point. No way of restarting my engine, and low on fuel/ammo. Lucky for me, I stayed in the air long enough, for him to come around again, his bullets flying over head as he pushed the stick down, and tried to get away again, but I unloaded all I could into him, and this time sent him screaming to the earth.
What an amazing flight that was. Probably be topped in my over all Top 10 list of amazing combat sorties on the Il-2 series?
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