World War 2 Dogfights The British Hawker Tempest Dogfight Vs Bf-109 | IL-2

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store Once again, apologizes for the lack of tacview in this one, I'll get it fixed for the next video. So as I said in the video I'm interested in bringing new Sims to the channel where we can explore different and new aircraft so I'm trying to introduce Il-2 into the channels rotation this will allow us to have an in-depth look at some different world war 2 aircraft and dive into the history a little more, Let me know your thoughts on this idea and please feel free to suggest other sims and games that may allow us to do this on the channel. Thank you all for watching, and a special thank you to B3AR828 for creating this IL-2 mission for me and making my life much much easier. Thanks guys Take care.

[@shinidigami]

I love the idea of bringing IL-2 into the mix. You might like the IL-2 Cliffs of Dover game, as the planes have the interactive cockpits like DCS.

[@emanuelgendusa3181]

what's the bracket that counts as "low alt" & also could you include variants in the title... like Tempest Mk V vs XXX... jus a suggestion

[@24george2424]

Very excited about more WWII fights. I would love to see you fly a P-39, employing high energy tactics as known from Aleksander Pokryshkin!

[@katanamast279]

Please do a FW 190 vs P47

[@IcePhoenix_1]

That 2nd round is the fastest I've seen GS kill someone. It seemed like a cake walk to him

[@dstavs]

GS: “I kinda wanna get into the Word War II thing...” YES PLEASE! Looking forward to it.

[@lorenrogers9269]

More WWII, I agree. And how about the Dornier Do-335?

[@rhysgoodman7628]

@@lorenrogers9269 Imagine a Do-335 and a Tempest in DCS…

[@christophercook723]

Too late is finished .Try and improve your appalling written English.

[@ferid9k]

Gs playing il-2? This is gonna be amazing

[@notaveragecr6041]

Damn right.

[@ryanbowers1502]

only for wwII content

[@sbouchillon]

I’m a 73 yo pilot who has hung up his shingle and put his shirt back on. I truly enjoy reliving my youth vicariously through your videos. Your voice over is unique among all the DCS players. Keep up the good work.

[@iatranger]

There's a tempest and typhoon next to each other in Hendon air museum in London and the first thing you realise when you see them is their sheer size compared to a bf109 . They are huge aircraft , like p47 huge .

[@moo9557]

You can find pictures with like at least 15-20 guys sitting on the wing of a tempest.

[@jamesricker3997]

The Me-109 was to small Not enough wing area, which led to some rather nasty handling characteristics and it could not carry enough fuel ammunition to do the job required of it

[@MrDaiseymay]

I'm surprised to read that. On a YT vid about the Typhoon, which has many former pilots talking of their experiences, It ends by showing a beautiful example in a French Museum, not sure where, and they claim it to be, the only complete example, in the world.

[@chogs1]

@@MrDaiseymay it’s in the RAF museum Hendon, I’ve just been there this week.

[@localbod]

​@@MrDaiseymay The one in the museum in Caen, is a replica made from some original parts. There are a couple of Typhoon rebuilds using real airframes. One of them is being done by Kermit Weeks' people at Fantasy Of Flight I believe. 👍

[@agdgdgwngo]

Oh the Tempest absolutely kicks arse. My own pilots note for the this would literally be: "Have fun", for me personally its the most powerful plane in IL2, just seems handle right, plus the 4 20mm cannons mince straight through everything with ease.

[@Viper81]

Nice! Man, I am really not into this Warbird stuff but the Tempest is one hell of a good aircraft and is truly worth watching. Here in Germany we are in a lockdown again and these dogfight videos let time go by a little quicker. Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the world of flightsims.

[@luizucchetto2528]

I love the Tempest in IL2 BOS! Those 4 canons simply tear apart any plane in its sights! Just not enough rounds!! Great video and fantastic idea to show more BOS content!

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

Very cool to see IL-2 Content! I'd be interested to see you flying the 109 in one of these dogfights. It's a very... unique performance envelope, because its advantages/disadvantages are highly contextual. A spitfire always has to turn fight, a 190 always has to boom and zoom, but a 109 is a turn fighter against P-51s, and an energy fighter against spitfires. I don't always have my best fights in the 109, but I always have my most interesting ones with it.

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

He has lots of 109 vids

[@Wavey1988]

I'm not sure if it's just me not being able to get on with it, but the 109 always feels a bit twitchier in the controls, I love the FW190 though

[@jobu88]

I remember some British documentary about the Tempest, and the pilots saying it picked up speed in a dive faster than any other plane since its airframe was so clean.

[@RapidFire740]

If you're looking to get into WW2, I would HIGHLY recommend IL2 Cliffs of Dover and the Desert Wings add-on. Team Fusion has done an incredible job of improving the base game and the official release has been excellent. Sure the graphics are dated, but I would say the flight models and full-fidelity interactive cockpits truly make it excel to DCS level of realism. I have some vids on my channel showcasing Cliffs action if you want to see more

[@baginatora]

The sound of machineguns and piston engines! I love watching and participating in such fights! Please, GS, do more of those!

[@iansluzalo2320]

Hell ya its so nice watching you do realistic dogfights instead of modern jet fighters that rarely if ever do any dog fighting. Love jet fighting with missiles but this is what gives people a chance to experience what happened to those fighter pilots of world war 2. The Tempest is so much better then the BF 109 though in turn and keeps up with speed. Next that would be exciting would be the FW 190 with the tempest? Love the channel.

[@timsullivan4566]

Tempest vs 109? Dream come true! Loved it - thanks SO much for this and the more to come! Yes! Yes! More WWII

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

my pleasure tim thanks for watching boss.

[@204pjfaherty]

Your presentation here was excellent and on par with all the work you've done recently. I'm really looking forward to more WW2 videos. The F4U Corsair was my favorite aircraft of WW2 when I was a kid. Bring that beauty out for a spin sometime. Keep up the great work here on your channel. :)

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

thank you very much, I really like the Corsair too I'll find a way to do a video on it one way or another.

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

It sucks because the only games that have it are the old il2 games that are pretty unplayable now unless you want to download lots of mods

[@kg_sroberth2238]

@@vielplaysdagames2298 BAT is a huge ModCollection, but includes WW1, 1918s-1938s (Golden Age), WW2, Korean War, 1950s-2000s. It also has a working onboard radar for WW2 night fighters.

[@patjenkins783]

Hogs rule!!

[@bradyoung8197]

The F4U and the P38 would make for some good content. Like you i have always liked the corn cob (F4U) an it's a close 2nd, but my fav has always been the fork tailed devil (P38), just always liked having 2 engines incase one gets shot up or fails, plus its just an awesome aircraft and pretty fast for its day as well with a runny nose an some lethal boogers lol Just my .02

[@24george2424]

Very excited about more WWII fights. I would love to see you fly a P-39, employing high energy tactics as known from Aleksander Pokryshkin!

[@ruynunez5645]

Those cobras are something else

[@adamwsaxe]

Right after Pearl Harbor, the AAF's "modern" inventory was made up of P-39s and P-40E Kittyhawks. During America's "hard year" (Dec 41 - Dec 42) obsolescent aircraft like the -39 and -40E often became fodder for experienced Japanese pilots in their lightweight, highly maneuverable aircraft. However . . . the experiences of the AVG--the Flying Tigers in China--operating even older versions of the P-40 laid the groundwork for energy-based tactics that literally kept the USA in the war for a year. The message from Gen. Claire Chenault of the Flying Tigers was clear--avoid a dogfight at all costs. Get above the enemy and dive on them. As you're climbing up after your initial dive, dive again as soon as possible. You're flying an all metal airplane with multiple fifty cals and (in the P-39) a 20mm cannon. You don't have to be the more advanced aircraft (or the more advanced fighter pilot, lol, !). You just have to exploit all the advantages of a typical pre-war American plane--which came down to exploiting it's weight / firepower for energy.

[@Void304]

Great to see you playing IL2 again.

[@TheScottShepard]

Great intro. Your enthusiasm shined throughout. Do what’s fun for you and we’ll appreciate it all the more!

[@dragoncarver287]

The thing about 20mm cannons. doesn't take very many hits to do some damage. They kind of cover more area during a burst so hits seem more likely. Nice comparison. My personal favorite is P-38. but that's me. cheers

[@entropyembrace]

I'm really happy to see IL-2 on this channel!

[@jeffreymorris1752]

This is good work, man.

[@flux-be7tr]

I read 'The Big Show" when I was a kid, and loved the Tempest.

[@douglasthompson201]

The Bantam War Books series was great reading!

[@benben2846]

yep, i read this book severals times and it makes me want to read it again ^^

[@sizzler2462]

I read “The big show”this year fantastic read and absolutely terrifying just read “wing leader” by Johnny Johnson it’s a very similar read

[@benben2846]

@@sizzler2462 Thank's...i look if there in french^^

[@SvenTviking]

Clostermann does exaggerate a fair bit. I dunno about the 3,500 hp tune up done on his sabre engine to chase V1s.

[@dugiv]

This is great, love the presentation! I think these older (slower) planes make for great content from a viewership standpoint.

[@Garthbrooks4756]

You're playing il2? Holy hell I'm happy

[@michaelbotkin7671]

This was great and I'm looking forward to seeing more WWII content! Love the channel!

[@stewartmorley2683]

Felt like that 109 pilot had many chances to turn things around and just didn’t take ‘em

[@HerraTohtori]

Bf 109 carrying gunpods in the second fight? "Well, there's your problem..."

[@bmt9998]

Growler this content is our bread and butter man, keep it coming. Love the WW2 stuff and you're good with guns so I always know I'm in for a treat when I see a new vid

[@andybaksh2818]

Dude your vids are amazing!! everyone of your vid I watch I always learn something keep it up man!!

[@nikomurrae6559]

Nice. I like the way this was presented. I'd love to see more WW2 content. I also like your jet content (especially the missile fights) so I hope you wouldn't stop doing that. As far as WarThunder goes, its sim element seems to be alright, but I don't know if the flight-models are all that accurate. It does offer an extreme variety of aircraft though, so it might be interesting for content involving odd-ball aircraft.

[@joepapp01]

So great to see more WW2 content, even if not DCS! Keep it up, man!! :D

[@NoelCraigNI]

Dam, I used to love IL2 back in the day, nice to see it again. Try the Yak 3, that things beautiful below like..... 5000 meters but it lacks ammo so get your sharp shooting hat on.

[@jonttul]

No Yak-3s in IL-2:GB yet.

[@NoelCraigNI]

@@jonttul Well... in absence of the Yak-3, the La-5FN would have been my go to alternative.

[@AloysiusDente]

Love the damage models in IL-2. And yeah the Tempest is a joy to fly, it's biggest weakness is being too powerful to the point where you overshoot or g-out, which isn't really a weakness lol.

[@EEE2431.-]

Its not a weakness, its a limitation of pilot with g lock and overshooting.

[@AloysiusDente]

@@EEE2431.- >which isn't really a weakness lol

[@opasquali5937]

Could you maybe play with a p38 next?

[@jackskudlarek3138]

That would be cool. Easy to find small fighters but no one ever does this outside of wt.

[@TheFlatlander440]

@@jackskudlarek3138 That and a DeHavilland Mosquito would be fun.

[@cowman1840]

P 38 vs bf 110

[@moo9557]

@@cowman1840 P-38 vs Bf-110 would likely be a fair fight in IL-2 but IRL the P-38 would win, The 110 was more built like a bomber.

[@thealpine2239]

I don't have IL-2, but the Tempest in WarThunder is easily one of my favorite planes

[@leighjones5551]

I would be pleased to see you move into il2 stuff, I have been subscribed to your channel for a good while and utilise your info and tactics, so it would be great to have some of that

[@Chally340]

I just love how calm you are as you shred enemies to pieces. Be cool as you hunt...

[@steelpanther88]

Best pros about tempest in my opinion are: 1) excellent allaround visibility bubble canopy, 2) killer guns, 3) high speed. I think you did an excellent job in the dogfight riding at the edge of the blackout. That really shows the good stick ability of the pilot. Some of those gunshots were clearly going to miss because of incorrect lead, though. I like to practice in single player also shooting snapshots where you have different plane of motion wrt. enemy aircraft. So that you let the enemy fly left to right across the full view of the canopy into the gunsight and you keep your own wings level. Sort of like "ambush method" for deflection shooting. Shooting at front quarter snapshots can also end the fight quickly without risking full headon. With jets the closure rate is so insane that front quarter shots are more difficult. For those in-plane deflection shots where the target goes under the nose, I think sometimes the AI sees that and make a tricky dodge when its not visible to you xD.

[@lorrinbarth1969]

Late in the war the allied pilots always worked as a team of four or at least with a wingman. I'd love seeing two good pilots working together in warbirds.

[@tnix80]

Most people don't know this but this is the best allied fighter of WW2. Just from its characteristics and from using it myself in sims. Post war, the griffon spits and p51H were great.

[@chancia23]

I recently saw a documentary on the Tempest and a WW2 pilot they interviewed said it was common they would black out 3 or 4 times a flight. It seemed like their biggest issue too.

[@trav2SS]

Fresh battles make my day 👌💯💯💯

[@kenhelmers2603]

Luv any WW2 you want to do :) I'll be more than happy to watch

[@SidiVici]

Love you playing IL-2!

[@jcason6295]

Love the WW2 idea! And as always great video bro

[@danielkoch9442]

Awesome video, really loved it. Pls do more ww2 dogfights

[@wtgmapguy]

Great video... I’d love to see some Pacific theatre action. Corsairs and Hellcats vs Zeroes

[@disappointment518]

That intro looks like it could be in a documentary! Keep up the good work!

[@davidca96]

the 109 series will always be my favorite plane of that era, its such a beautiful plane.

[@SvenTviking]

Have you some brain injury? The 109 is a lumpy thing with and ugly cockpit canopy and a tail fin that can’t decide whether it wants to be angular or curved. Then there are the tail plane supports. Ugly as sin.

[@mobius7089]

@@SvenTviking better than that godforsaken Mustang or that tumor of a spitfire

[@sugarnads]

@@mobius7089 you have ZERO taste.

[@mobius7089]

@@sugarnads lol that's my point, you shit on the 109 I shit on the allied aircraft. Except the Jug, she's beautiful.

[@TuesdayNightTaped]

P-51 vs Spitfire! Battle of the legends!

[@jonhimself77]

@@-Zevin- totally depends on the Mark of Spitfire.

[@mostevil1082]

​@@-Zevin- The Russians usually got older used Spitfires, it wasn't best at low speed and low altitude where they tended to fight, plus there's a load of Soviet propaganda to factor in. With Spitfires and Mustangs from the same time period running the same fuel the Spitfire should have the advantage. The P-51 was incredible considering it's range and pilot skill will play a big part, but it's oversold by those US history channel documentaries. It was very good and it had the range to go with the bombers, but by then the Luftwaffe was diminished and the Mustangs usually had a big numerical superiority. In every US warbird documentary I've seen it's the usual nonsense about "awesome power" and "greatest aircraft of the war", be that the P-51, P-38 or P-47. The pilots also seem to invent boom and zoom in each one too, which everyone was aware of and the German aces had been using since the start of the war (I think they did invent the silly name though). Pinch of salt required.

[@botchii3059]

@@-Zevin- Depends on which Spitfire. Spitfire Mk XIV was better than the P-51D in next to every way. It was faster, was more manoeuvrable, had much better climb, had a higher power-to-weight ratio, and had a higher service ceiling. The only area where the Mk XIV was properly lacklustre in was with its range, though that's tongue-and-cheek with Spitfires. Those kill figures I believe are also based off of claims, which are known to be exaggerated by an exorbitant amount. I believe there is also no record of total Spitfire kills.

[@botchii3059]

@@-Zevin- I know that; you hinted that a P-51 vs Spitfire dogfight would be in favour of the P-51, though the opposite would have been true. Spitfire was designed to gain air-superiority; P-51 was designed to give good high-altitude bomber escort. P-51 can not beat the Spitfire in a dogfight or energy fight. Spitfire can not escort bombers to 2500km.

[@botchii3059]

@@-Zevin- I stated earlier that the Spitfire Mk XIV had not only a better climb rate in comparison to a P51D, but also had a faster top speed, a higher service ceiling, and higher power-to-weight ratio. Mk XIV was a better air superiority fighter in general, and could beat the P-51 at dogfighting and energy fighting. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(Griffon-powered_variants) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang

[@PilotWannabe]

You mean seeing the perspective that you could bring to historic aircraft, air battles, tactics, and the men who flew them... followed by a demonstration and TacView analysis? Hell yeah!!

[@Darrylx444]

In addition to the typical fighter-vs-fighter stuff, I'd like to see some other types of PvP air combat on this channel too. I used to have some good times treetop-level-sharking 111s, 110s, and 87s in my trusty LaGG-3 with the 37mm HE rounds. Obviously you could edit out most of the long searching parts of the flight. Some simplistic examples on my channel. Or attacking a high-altitude AI B-25 formation in a 109/190/262, defended by Mustangs, etc. Or being part of a huge Stuka Party diving on enemy ground units with sirens wailing. Epic fun!

[@nicolassinclair3377]

Love this man!! Miss talking to you brother!

[@mhsuchti84]

You probably already figured that out by now, but you have to write tacviewrecord = 1 into the startup.cfg of IL-2 and press LCtrl + R when you're in the flight to get it recording. Also great video as always i enjoy your IL-2 Videos just as much as your DCS Videos.

[@opasquali5937]

Gs is so underrated... ..this channel is sick

[@Barrab4s]

Love these WW2 historical intro ! Luuv luuv luv IT! Más, por favour 🧐😎

[@rodzilla7310]

Make more of these WW2 fighter vs fighter vids! Great work!

[@Empirehog]

I miss IL-2, used to play it way back in the Forgotten Battles days!

[@Hail_Full_of_Grace]

My go to aircraft in IL2 , its such a stable gun platform , its smooth to fly and super fast with devastating guns and it enspires much confidence. Its a real beast of WW2 and maybe my favourite plane of the war.

[@grunt167]

I’m all in on more WWII warbird action. I love your videos and explanations.

[@opasquali5937]

Thanks for another banger!

[@scotty6346]

@Growling Sidewinder i love your il-2 content mate, So informative and interesting! Next weekend is set aside to fire this sim up and try out all the new content i bought in the Steam sale! Cheers.

[@wb-4117]

your vids are epic, keep up the good work!

[@stevetomassetti4420]

Love your channel! How about a matchup between a Chenault’s flying tiger P-40 and a Zero? Two very different aircraft that were matched up over China circa 1939.

[@nathaniel5756]

Just a note - most typhoon had a 4 bladed prop too! Needed it to make the msot of the Napier Sabre.

[@Mobius118]

IL-2 has explosions that are SO much more realistically pleasing than DCS.. it’s fun to see you branching out!

[@MrMan5014]

I believe someone from the UK just restored a Tempest with the Bristol Centaurs engine fitted…there were very few of that model made…they did a beautiful job on it!..I believe it’s the only example of one in the world!

[@callumbush1]

Sick bro!

[@chapanation856]

great presentation :-)I'm all for future il-2 and love the old War Birds !

[@aniruddhakashyap6906]

Hope to see more of night vision missions and dogfights, great work!

[@thefreestyler25.warthunder]

I really like these IL2 videos. Do more of these!

[@LesGorePL-1001]

Amazing P-51 Mustang, please next!! Keep it up 👍 nice 👍

[@legacychase3702]

Been watching since you started. Still loving the content. Keep going 💪

[@michaelnaisbitt1590]

The tempest is credited with over 22 Me 262s they were deadly at low to middle altitude and their firepower was something you wanted to avoid

[@N34RT]

".... silly silly games....." (I also appreciate you used the term/tactic "hi yo-yo")

[@nigelsmith7366]

Hi GS Greetings from New Zealand I have been studying the history of 486 squadron RNZAF I am a model maker and I have some very interesting reference material including the limited print squadron history "The Wild Winds"... 486 sqd was in the very forefront of the operational deployment of the Tempest

[@Blackcloud_Garage]

I really like the intro where you discuss the aircraft👍👍

[@dioad1739]

Thank you for your history lesson about the Tempest I knew very little about this great plane you are my favorite KZbin channel and I don’t even play the game, you post I click for the king of the sky.

[@zombiehunterking3347]

I like this stuff GS and I’ll watch more definitely. Maybe some DCS thrown in from time to time would be good too. Cheers for the entertainment.

[@davidian7787]

My Grandfather flew this after Hurricanes in WW2 and the Battle of Britain. Must have been ok as I'm typing this now. He was a wiry, no nonsense gentleman. You wouldn't mess with him. He was, like many of that generation, hard as nails to the bone. Even in his 80's, when he spoke, you listened. No side to him at all. The world needs more of him now.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

I listen to him unlike biden who has astheimer

[@_ace_defective_]

Oh my god IL-2! I'm really happy to see this, I hope we will indeed get more of this! War Thunder would be interesting if only because I think the way the game plays (mouse aim, third person) really changes things up a lot if you're not doing the sim mode, but otherwise I feel like it's generally worse than IL-2 in sim mode.

[@stefanblackadder5236]

I will watch all of it. I would love to watch you master the WW1 planes. It’s historically interesting and it’s where it all started.

[@jcjammer8972]

Further to my last, I have a request. The Tempest is my preferred plane in IL 2 for a number of reasons so I was sorry to see the Tacview failed you. But for (hopefully) future IL2 videos, I wonder if you could make the HUD option available on the screen so that we can see your speed and Gs during manoeuvres. Cheers.

[@AceCmbatguy25]

I don't fly DCS butlove watching your videos. However I do fly iL-2 and it's great to see you fly in it !

[@dannyboy5775]

Superb! Great idea for more WWII content.

[@88denji]

And here I am again, asking for you to fly the Bf109 in such a fight

[@ItsATrap614]

Loved it. Wouldn´t mind seeing more Il2 stuff in the future!

[@brianwheelock6540]

Love to see Bf 110G-2 and HS-129B-2 ground attack!

[@Cgtam7]

hey GS! try fighting in X-Plane11 or FSX acceleration. idk if they support tacview, but you can give them a try. idk much about fsx acceleration, but in X-Plane 11 you can set up multiple enemy planes and friendly planes as well (total 15 planes).

[@geramos109]

K4 put the balance on the 109 side again or at least equal

[@Ricardobrunete]

Great video, I think the WWII looks awesome in your channel. Would love to see you as well in a squad doing some cooperative missions!!

[@ДмитрийХабаров-ю1ъ]

This is very interesting actually! Learning about WW2 planes. They aren't as boring as one may think. And the graphics are awesome. They even made those little flames come out of the engines' exhaust pipes! That is so cool! As i commented before, i'd leave no more than 1/3 of the time for tacview. And as regards to history of a given airplane, maybe you should just make separate videos about each one. There's a lot of them in different countries and it's very interesting to know which ones faced each other in real battles and which were victorious. There is literally a ton of info you could provide! I think it would be very, very interesting.

[@Hunter_312]

Great stuff, man! Would love to see a video on the Fw-190 or the F4U.

[@alessandrofavaro7722]

Unfortunately this game doesn't have an f-4u yet, I'd love to see one coming

[@christopheralexander8763]

Would like to see you do some Flying Circus videos. I guess since it is IL-2 based TacView would work?

[@SteveMurnaghan]

Hey Man, love the channel and I'm excited to see you battle, and then break down, some WW2 dogfights!

[@velvetmark1]

Ace video! Yes please to more WW2 stuff! I really wish for a Pacific add on for IL2. That would be perfect...What's your thoughts on Rise of Flight WW1? Would be great to see you handle some of those classics

[@jcjammer8972]

Enjoying your WWII videos, do keep them up! I also grew up reading books on the air war, especially the Battle of Britain (even though I eventually became an infantry officer 🪖), so whatever you can deliver in IL-2 would be most welcome. ‘SUBSCRIBED’

[@Taocat1]

I too just got back into IL-2. Having a lot of difficulty though. It's been about 10/15 years since I switched from CFS2 with 1% aircraft to it. IL-2 has changed a lot. Anyone who wants to help would be greatly appreciated.

[@thewanderingguru4097]

Love the warbirds. Keep flying them!

[@kentwilliams4152]

I have been flying and greatly enjoying (Except I get smoked a lot) a combat flight sim called, “Aces High.” In former years I flew first “Fighter Ace” and later “War Birds.” Aces High used to have three arenas: Early War, Mid War and Late War. My favorite was Mid War since most flying was 1v1, but when Aces High up graded their server to Aces High III many folks couldn’t follow so AH now has but one Main Arena. Typically at night there will be from 100 to ~150 aircraft in the air at one time or in ground battles or air / sea battles. My understanding is that the flight models are quite accurate and their server is extremely stable. One last thing that is different from other Combat Flight Sims and that is that there are but three countries: Knights, Rooks, and Bishops. Also, regardless of country all but a few aircraft are available, and those are reserved for folks that have enough victories to have “Perk points” with which are used to access those very few planes.

[@patjenkins783]

Back when I flew AHII the “Tempy” was one of those perk planes. Meaning it was so dominant you had to earn it and if you lost it you lost the perks you spent to get it