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Old 18th Oct 2020, 10:25
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Originally Posted by PaulH1
Yes the Lightning turned very well. Mind you when flying low level intercepts and dogfighting, the fuel did not last very long!
"Muldoon" of the 74th was known to like to mix it with 20's Hunter FGA 9s. I once sat in 20's crew room watching miles of cine film with the pipper on Muldoon's cockpit.

And that's where I first heard that one should try to fight with the Lightning vertically, not horizontally.
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