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People that are using icons should not feel attacked when one that don't use them makes "a little fun" of them, after all, we all used them at some point .

Most of the time those who use "realist" settings are making "a little fun" just to make the other feel a bit "offended" in an attept to scratch his ego enough to make him join the other band .

The facts are:

1. Any plane can be identified at great distance by several things: position, direction of flight, shape (note that shape is last). If you are in a large furball... well... what are you doing there?

2. Any plane you are about to shoot at if you are not shure of his identity YOU ARE OUT OF GUNS RANGE!

3. Spoting a plane is pilots job.

A highly recommended book is "IN PURSUIT" : A Pilot’s Guide to Online Air Combat by Johan Kylander that you can find on this page (1.3 MB pdf) : http://web.comhem.se/~u85627360/

In Pursuit is a thorough anthology of all facets of the life of a fighter pilot. In Pursuit covers, in detail, all of the positives and negatives, the things to do and the things not to do in order to become a “Top Gun” as a fighter pilot.

I flew fifty-seven missions over Europe during WWII and I feel like I remember a little of what I was taught. I’ve learned a lot of things from reading Johan Kylander’s book “In Pursuit” that I wish I had known way back then. I would have been a much more successful fighter pilot.
Russell S. Kyler, Captain USAAF (1945), 56th Fighter Group

I have been looking for something like this since I started simming.
Barry "Bearcat" Knotts

Sorry for the bit OT .