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05-06-2006, 02:43 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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Country:  |  If you were a pilot, how many Kills would you be satisfied with?
You can end your career after a day if you want. It's up to you how long you want to stay and fight. It could be untill you decide to go home as a Veteran or until you die in combat as many a good pilot did.
Remember, the more combat missions you fly, the more likely you will be killed! And the thing is you can end your career when ever you like! So it's likely if you only fight a week, you won't become an Ace. If you fight three years, it may be up to 40 depending on how many battles you fought in.
Of course maybe this poll works better in WWI or WWII. Jets don't make many kills nowadays.
But since this is an imaginary poll setting anyway............You could be flying an F-22 and still go to 100 and beyond after our real world has run out of jets!
(Ok, ok, I'll quit with the polls.)
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05-06-2006, 03:13 AM
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#2 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | well how long're our careers? i'd be happy with about 5 or 6 a month
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05-06-2006, 03:50 AM
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#3 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | None I just love flying.
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05-06-2006, 06:32 AM
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#4 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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05-06-2006, 06:58 AM
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Country: | To be an ace would be satisfying anything else is just on top, although you would want to be the best (and too stay alive)..
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05-06-2006, 07:14 AM
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#6 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | This is kinda a silly poll/question, as it is wwwaaayyyy too generic in terms....
But to be specific, if I were a combat pilot in WWII, I would do my duty for my country and fly as often as the political leadership asked me to... 5 kills and over is all any fighter pilot could ever ask for, so 5+ kills is it for me as well....
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05-06-2006, 09:18 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Well I'm not greedy, so 100 will do me!
Honestly 5+ I consider quite an achievement.
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05-06-2006, 12:40 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Being a fighter pilot in World War II, I would do my duty and fly as often as required. I would, however, be happy enough with just surviving the war.
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05-06-2006, 12:49 PM
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#9 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | chances are i'd rather be in Bomber Command or Coastal Command anyway.........
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05-06-2006, 12:50 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| Id be happy with zero kills.
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05-06-2006, 01:27 PM
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#11 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Personally, thinking as I was now id want 100+ cos im a stubborn little so and so and id want to be the best.
But thinking in hindsight, I agree with D. Happy to just survive.
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05-06-2006, 02:58 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| I think I'd like to do the job I was given to my best ability. I protect my bombers/wingmen by shootin down as many as needed to bring my charges and myself home.
On the G/A side I want to destroy as many as possible on the ground or in the air while bringing my charges and myself home. The number of kills is secondary.
A pilot has to be aggressive, observant (85% were bounces that the kill never even saw) and lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time (no bogie's no kills, too many bogie's your the kill).
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05-06-2006, 04:48 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I would agree that I would be happy to survive, but on the other side of the spectrum, I would want to excede Bong in terms of number of planes brought down. I don't want to be the top leading ace for all the nations, just the leading ace for America. Yes, I would care about my team mates, and an enemy aircraft that shot one of them down would soon find themselves in a similar situation, except with more holes in the cockpit. | |
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05-06-2006, 04:57 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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Country: | What makes you so sure you could better your opponent? Let's face it, you'd be blasted out of the sky like 99% of us on here.
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05-06-2006, 07:42 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Strange poll. I suspect that, since every enemy represents a threat to your buddy, or someone on your side, I would want to eliminate everyone that opportunity presented. I'd be satified with all of them. | |
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