Easy. Tell him that you are going to turn the plane upside down and that if he doesn't love you he should undo his safety belt. You will find that everything will work out just fine.
Haha. Do not forget to mention your three aces in WW2. Good idea. That will teach that jerk to ask me to do anything for him...
I honestly have no idea how many Canadians were aces. I am just talking trash. It is kind of pathetic that I am trashing the Canadians. That is like making fun of the fat kid at the party.
I wouldn't worry too much about it. We are hard headed - well not me so much but most Canadians I have met since I arrived here know how to take care of themselves. And that includes my wife ............... you should see my black eyes.
We have 170-180 Raptors in our fleet. The Brits have only 60 Typhoons. This would not even be close to a fair fight.
Quite a few actually. I found this web site a while back, and it is quite interesting. I could go through and count them, but did not want to bother. http://www.acesofww2.com/Canada/Canada.htm
I bet 100 F-15 could whoop up almost anything out there the britts got. They got tons of missles with advanced radar. If we used F-18s or F-22s I doubt we'd loose a single plane.
I'm probably a bit biased since I am USAF myself, but our pilots train their pilots and not the other way around for a REASON.
To be fair.........a hundred USAF pilots against 100 RAF pilots given the same fighter plane. Who would win? Well i think it would be a close run thing, and would depend on some luck and the individuals on the day. Both countries pilots are extremely well trained. I remember years ago, must be at least 20-25 years ago, there was a programme series on UK TV, about how the RAF went about selecting and training their pilots......it seemed a very rigorous training programme to me, and even in those days it was said that it cost the country £1 million to train each fighter pilot. I'd imagine the USAF spends a similar amount on training its pilots. Mind you........if you search the web, you will find articles that both the USAF and the RAF have been embarassed in mock air battles with other nations. Apparently the RAF's mock battle with the Pakistan airforce ended up in victory for PAF..........and a US Navy air arm was decimated by the Israeli airforce. I know its shocking, but maybe we underestimate other nations capabilities?
I'm no air force expert, but I would have thought it unlikely that UK pilots would be in Harriers, since the Harriers were retired last year! The chances are, I guess, that the RAF would be mainly using the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft: The Harrier, as I understand it (as I said, I'm no expert, and frankly I probably know more about Spitfires and Hurricanes than Harriers and Typhoons anyway, and not that much about them!), was a great thing in its day, but it's day has now gone. The 'stop in mid air' that has been mentioned refers, presumably, to 'Vectoring in Forward Flight' that was apparently used very successfully as a tactic (more or less as described, i.e. relatively speaking 'stop' in mid flight so that the opponent shoots past) during the Falklands Conflict. That was nearly 30 years ago, though - I doubt such a tactic would be quite so useful against more modern aircraft! The Typhoon is a much more modern plane, and on an equal number basis against US Raptors I would imagine that they wouldn't be anything like as outclassed as the old Harrier! For the future, of course, the UK is involved with the US in funding of the F-35 Lightning II, so I guess they might well be using some of the same planes anyway.
Canadian pilots made a major contribution during the 'Battle of Britain', and throughout the WWII: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-British_personnel_in_the_RAF_during_the_Battle_of_Britain#Canadian_contribution
No, people underestimate how much being cocky in combat can negatively affect your performance. What a stupid thing to comment on. No (*)(*)(*)(*). Are you a pilot? Not necessarily. I am biased towards the F-15 by trade, but I would not doubt the abilities of the Brits' aircraft in combat. I have seen what they can do and they are just as impressive as the Mudhen. What advantage does the F-18 have? Alpha? Puh-lease. I know all about the Army's aversion to counting. It is all in jest, sir. 180? No. 166. Well, 0 right now. Also mind the parameters set in the OP. He said 100 vs 100.
I remember the mock fight against the Typhoon. The Eurofighter pilots were in violation of UK regulation.
Well, I did try to count them. I mean, I was a Marine. So I counted to 10, then ran into trouble. Then I remembered that the Army showed me I had more digits, and I was able to reach 20. My wife reminded me and I was able to reach 21, but there is no need to go there. But a quick and dirty "count by scroll" showed there to be over 200 pilots listed. And I simply did not see the point in counting them all for an exact count.
