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Written by Paddles   
Friday, 07 July 2006

Thought you guys might enjoy watching a track file I recorded where Kajr and I do some close formation skip-bombing. The track starts with us over Ondonga, then we fly North toward a small bay. There's a gunship in the bay and he don't like us one bit. We come in off his stern skimming the wave tops with Kajr leading and me breathing in his exhaust right behind him.

Miraculously, we are flying in between the AAA, but then Kajr takes a hit on his starboard wing...I thought he was a goner, but he keeps flying. We keep our course and get closer, and closer, and closer!... and right when it looks like we're both going to fly straight into the ship, Kajr drops his bombs and I follow suit. We pull out with millimeters to spare from getting shredded by the ship's mast rigging.

Here's a pic you can click on for a larger version.

Kajr in the lead with Paddles following. We just skipped 4 thousand-pounders into this ship.
 
Here's the track file: Kajr and Paddles Skip Bomb Attack [1.66 MB]
 
After we hit the ship, we turn inland and go after some tanks and buildings. Again, I'm following Kajr as he turns onto the line of tanks to make his first pass. The plan is for him to use rockets and I'll use my remaining bomb. Unfortunately, Kajr tried to force a bad line up to the target and augers in taking out a couple of buildings. I continue despite being close enough to his exploding aircraft to take some damage. I manage to clean up the remaining tanks and buildings.
 
:) 
 
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