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I changed "inferior" to "slower-turning" in the first paragraph. Throughout the entire Pacific Campaign all US fighters (and, if memory serves, all other common fighters in service anywhere else in the world) had poorer turning characteristics than the A6M Zero-sen, which was a dogfighter's fighter. Still, they were all more durable, had better dive and climb characteristics (P-40 Warhawk), had better performance at altitude (F4U Corsair), were simply faster (P-38 Lightning)... classifying aircraft as generally "inferior" is only effective when comparing apples to apples; doctrine usually plays a greater role. There's a reason why modern F-14, F-18, F-15, etc. pilots try to keep fights high and fast; if they get into even a MiG-21's flight envelope they'll lose because the "inferior" aircraft performs better at lower altitudes. --165.134.195.72 06:05, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I added a second illustration. As a newcomer to dogfighting manoeuvres, I was a little lost as to how such a move could benefit an evading pilot. The existing illustration with four fighters (and no attacker) didn't really help. It was only when I looked at one of the references that I understood the move. All it took was a good diagram... -- Discboy 15:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
