The first game we split in to pairs on the 3 tables to battle it out using the basic rules in one on one dog fighting.
Table 1 Dickey and Pete
Dickey took to the air for Germany as Ernst Udet and Pete flew as the Canadian Billy Bishop.
They started heading straight for each other |
Jockeyed for position firing at every opportunity |
Then played chase |
Dickey proved the better pilot downing Pete's Billy Bishop |
Victory for Udet |
Table 2 Dave and Pete
Dave took on the persona of Herman Goring flying for the Kaiser and Pete took the role of Jim McCudden a British Ace.
The game started with both players trying to get in to position to get a shot |
Pete proved to be better at this than Dave |
As the above picture testifies Dave got one shot at Pete scoring 3 hits but Pete changed history by shooting down the future head of the Luftwaffe. |
The final table saw Ian as the Red Baron face off against Tony as Eddie Rickenbacker in a borrowed plane
Tony flew straight at the Baron who banked left to make sure he wasn't in Tony's line of fire |
Tony adjusted his flight plan while the Baron fluffed his move flying in the right direction but facing the wrong way |
The chase was on |
The Baron scores the first hits |
Both planes move in close with Tony's Rickenbaker scoring some hits |
Rickenbacker couldn't avoid the Baron's accurate flying and firing |
The longest running game 1 ended with a win for the Baron! |