Originally Posted by
pba_target
Phil_R - benign fights are the price you pay for using real life a/c. Personally I'd rather that and little CGI rather than have the whole thing CGI'd to death. Just my preference though. However, your observation is correct, it was benign by comparison to the real thing.
I think part of the reason for the apparently benign dogfights was the presence of bloody great IMAX camera on the wings of one or more of the aircraft? Possibly anyway?