03.07.2008, 06:04
As much as I enjoy flying offline, online flying brings a whole new dimension to the combat flight sim. The many hours I spent flying in my squadron were great. The ability to use TeamSpeak to verbally communicate with other members made the use of combat tactics much easier and allowed me to keep my hands on the stick and throttle instead of the keyboard.
I remember my very first online mission, a break-in mission to get me accustomed to flying in the squadron. Flying F4U-1's (Corsair I) in the Pacific, encountering a flight of Zekes, I kept them off of my tail and saw another member in trouble. I nosed over and into a hard turn to port, made a good guess at deflection and flamed the Zeke with one burst. I was congratulated on my marksmanship by the CO. A few minutes later I spotted a lone Zeke, down low. I rolled in on it, got behind it, and fell into the classic trap used by the Japanese. I never saw the Zeke high above until it was locked on my six and filled my crate with machine gun and cannon rounds. In my first mission I learned to use TeamSpeak, engage in squadron tactics, save a squadmate from certain destruction, get my first kill, and die in a blaze of foolishness.
I remember my very first online mission, a break-in mission to get me accustomed to flying in the squadron. Flying F4U-1's (Corsair I) in the Pacific, encountering a flight of Zekes, I kept them off of my tail and saw another member in trouble. I nosed over and into a hard turn to port, made a good guess at deflection and flamed the Zeke with one burst. I was congratulated on my marksmanship by the CO. A few minutes later I spotted a lone Zeke, down low. I rolled in on it, got behind it, and fell into the classic trap used by the Japanese. I never saw the Zeke high above until it was locked on my six and filled my crate with machine gun and cannon rounds. In my first mission I learned to use TeamSpeak, engage in squadron tactics, save a squadmate from certain destruction, get my first kill, and die in a blaze of foolishness.