Oil Leaks?

[Kirill Yudintsev]

Originally Posted by ThatYoungGameGuy

i think thats when you shoot the pilot. because nobody ejects either, maybe because the switches are where the pilot is. this would explain why they continue on straight but slowly down.

There are a lot's of reason when target become uncelectable. The most common are: you have damaged something important to enemy mission.
For bombers there are for example
* bomb doors
* bombs
* pilots
* handling or navigation equipment
etc,
or just bomber release it's bombs and cannot be target more.
When bomber cannot perform mission or\and report 'return to base' it becomes 'grey' target, that means that you ave completed your mission with this target, but this is not a confirmed kill.
When you kill pilots all indicators removed from target. That means that you not only do your job, but will get comfirmed kill (as this aircraft will fall down sometime for sure). Fighters usually haven't 'grey' state, and when you kill a pilot they usually stall in a few seconds.

PS Yes, it is INSANELY detailed and cool