Simmer week-end!

My friend, Liviu, who is also an aviation enthusiast, came this week-end to Bucharest, so that we can enjoy together the benefits of Il-2 and share the experience accumulated since we last saw. We exchanged books and movies and, from the very beginning, I had the feeling that time was passing too slowly for the enormous quantity of information we needed to 'upload'.
Except for our experience-sharing, we also disagreed on a few matters. Liviu doesn't like Fw-190 and loves the Spitfire, but I told him that Fw-190 can be as good. I had to prove Fw-190 was flyable... I start the game and decide to finish my opponent in a head-on pass, or, at least, through a boom & zoom. I engage in a head-on pass, but I shoot just like an old lady fires a bazooka, and I miss and the Spit gets on my tail, I struggle like a madman to shake it off. The Spit fires but misses me and OVERSHOOTS! My chance now and I'll need all the luck in the world... I turn my Fw-190 in its direction and climb under its belly. But the Spit has already rolled upside down, so all I see is the enemy cockpit in front of me and I fire like crazy... The enemy pilot gets killed, the Spit is cold, no input on the ailerons and rudders. Yes! Fw-190 rocks! Liviu looks at me in anger and disbelief...

Before Liviu got to Bucharest, I'd had the chance to watch a very good movie - The Blue Max. The dogfight scenes are pure joy and the plot is more complex than it seems!

And... two great books that I bought this week:

'Dan Vizanty - Destinul unui pilot de vânătoare' (Dan Vizanty - The destiny of a fighter pilot) by Daniel Focsa... Vizanty was WW2 Romania's 13th top scoring ace.

'O pasiune de o viaţă - Amintirile mele ca pilot aviator' (A lifetime passion - My memoirs as an airplane pilot) by Mihail Pavlovschi, a WW2 Romanian renowned Ju-52 pilot.