This suggestion was initiated by Ovy, and Painless and me are cooperating here, as to see whether we can setup some form of training, where us IL2 pilots can improve on our air-to-air fighting skills...
Now it's not our goal to setup a surrogate for Joint Ops - that'd be a bit too much - but we do find a dedicated and serious approach is needed here.
So, should you be interested, we do need you to show up fresh and sober (clean underware too!) whenever a traning session is on.
Here's the initial idea for setup, it's not final yet.
Four chapters of Wingman Tactics:
1 - Dealing with basics ACM, The flight envelope, a plane pros and cons etc.
2 - 2 versus 1
3 - 2 versus 2
4 - Escort tactics, Air Superority (Possibly into Air War Tactics and Strategy, though that migh be a bit too much / too deep)
How many sessions one chapter will take is also unknown yet, but it's not to be as extended as JO was (5 sessions per chapter)
Sessions will be held outside the normal 1946-coop-windows! Probably on a Saturday afternoon GMT, but that's not fixed yet.
The idea is that if you sign up, you need to roll onto all four chapters, completing each with a good result, before moving on to the next.
(How that is going to be achieved still has to be determined!)
Ideally, you will be flying as a fixed pair, you will be training with the same wingman as much as possible.
Besides pil2ots who want to be trained, the training will also be requiring some experienced pil2ots to join, who know what it is all about, as we will be needing observers, pil2ots who can judge the performance of others, and who can tell the trainees which of their actions were good, and which require improvement.
Also, some capable fighter pilots that can play the role of opposition are needed.
This post here just to try and get an idea of how many of us would be joining a training like this.
So, who would like to participate?
As a Trainee?
As as an Observer?
As an Opponent?
As a Trainer?
As a Knowledge base to setup/fine tune the training?
Note: One cán participate in multiple roles, though that's mainly for the latter four... though this line up of roles may be way too large and overcomplicating things... lol
Note: Trainees need to be dedicated 100%, the other roles may be filled in more freely, but that will surely depend on the numbers interested!
Feel free to reply ... but keep any ideas and suggestions to a minumum for now, once there's sufficient interest, we will press on, and come up with a more detailed plan and planning...
Yours Truly,
Team DD_Rusty
(Currently DD_Ovy, DD_Painless and DD_FT)