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Old 02-15-2006, 18:19 PM   #68 (permalink)
HistoricalDavid
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Originally Posted by Grim Reaper
It doesn't really have to do with the plane that much, what if you put a n00bish pilot in a F-117a Nighthawk against a really top of the line pilot in maybe a MiG 23, I'd surely bet on the MiG 23 fighter to win. lol
If the engagement is at night, which is the F-117's preferred flying time, then that's probably wrong.

Still, if you're stupid enough to put a 'n00bish' pilot in what is still a pretty prized aircraft in the USAF inventory, you deserve to have him shot down.

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Originally Posted by Captain Drunk
But forget the Mig vs US fighter thing, even if you have an inexperienced young Aussie pilot say, in an RAAF F-111, he's bound to beat the best USAF F-16 or F-18 pilot just because of his machine. So it's not just the better pilot, but the plane hes flying.
I could have sworn the F111 is a bombtruck, not a multirole fighter like those two.

But who am I to argue with Captain Drunk?
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