Pilot personalities spotted online

[[DBS]Browning]

 

 

The Yank and Banker

Recognisable Traits

This species of pilot has two settings on his elevator: level flight and full up. 

Lead persuit of the only persuit for them as they relentlessly point their nose towards any hostile. 

Elevator trim is bound to the sick axis and this pilot flies HOFAS (hands on flaps and stick). 

Common Location

On the deck in the middle of a furball or in a spiral dive to the deck. 

Typically Flies  

I-16, Spitfire, Yak, Hurricane or late 109. 

Avoids the 190, La-5 and P-47.

 

The Taran

Recognisable Traits

This aviator takes target fixation to a new level and refuses to break off unless his adversary is dead. 

Common Location

About 3m inside the rear of their targets fusalage. 

Typically Flies  

Straight into you. 

 

The Heavy Breather 

Recognisable Traits 

Not to be confused those who have poor microphone sensitivity; this pilot's heavy breathing comes from the oxygen mask he requires to survive being at the edge of space. 

This pilot has reverse vertigo, feeling nervous at low height, and is obsessed with being the highest plane There is no limit to the height they will go to. 

Common Location 

Either climbing slowly, 80km behind their own lines, or covering the friendly ground targets from 7k up. 

Typically Flies  

P-47, MiG-3, P-51, FW-190

 

The Iron Wing  

Recognisable Traits 

This pilot keeps perfect formation a few centimetres from their leader without any concern for 'combat spread' or even personal space. 

Common Location 

Right next to you. 

Typically Flies  

Whilst tapping the screenshot button and recording tracks. 

 

The Stunt Bomber 

Recognisable Traits 

Who says a He-111 can't do a loop whilst dropping two tonnes of bombs and gunning down a Pe-2? 

Weight is just a number to this pilot. 

Common Location 

Flying a stunt show over the enemy target. 

Typically Flies  

Anything that can drop a big bomb and has a gun in the front. 

 

The Cobra 

Recognisable Traits 

Easy to identify when you attack their six, the Cobra will typically jerk into a wild stall, cut throttle and deploy flaps (and sometimes gear!) to try and force and overshoot. 

Common Location 

Static in the sky 

Typically Flies  

Fw-190 or anything with a sharp stall. 

 

The Hit and Run 

Recognisable Traits 

This pilot may appear to have lost the use of his ailerons and rudder. After picking a target, they typically fly straight at it in a dive, take a shot and then just... keep flying in the same direction. 

Common Location 

Frustratingly far away. 

Typically Flies  

Anything faster than their opponent. 

 

 

 

 

What other personalities come to mind? 

[SCG_ErwinP]

I identified myself 

[[CPT]Crunch]

Yank and banker is more of a pure pursuit, if they knew how to lead turn they might actually get somewhere.

 

The Spotter

Has exceptional and rare situational awareness and tactical ability, rarely enters the battle himself, when surrounded with a fairly good squad is the single most dangerous adversary in the virtual sky.

[SCG_ErwinP]

1 hour ago, [CPT]Crunch said:

Yank and banker is more of a pure pursuit, if they knew how to lead turn they might actually get somewhere.

 

The Spotter

Has exceptional and rare situational awareness and tactical ability, rarely enters the battle himself, when surrounded with a fairly good squad is the single most dangerous adversary in the virtual sky.

I know some of them
 

[RedKestrel]

Lads, is it strange that I fly the P-47 so much but am clearly a yank-and-banker?

 

Spiral dive is the pizza of evasive maneuvers - I can go for it at anytime.

[zdog0331]

The career pilot

Recognizable traits:

This pilot is rarely seen in the online arena.  Often times found in coop or single player games.  This pilot is easily identified by their profile saying "playing il2 sturmovik" yet not findable in any server in the dogfights section of the game.

Typically flies:

All aircraft.

 

The crewman

Recognizable traits:

This pilot is always asking you to join them as gunner.  They are often the single individual on any given server that is fighting tanks on the ground and will often complain about dive bombers crashing their planes into them as opposed to "fighting them on the ground"

Typically flies:

The panzer 3/4, Panther, Ferdinand, tiger, Kv1, Sherman, t-34, Su-122, and SU-152.

(typically grounded unless a large bomb drops near by or are thrown up into the air by the terrain)

[BMA_FlyingShark]

The unlucky (UL) pilot

Recognizable traits:

Has all the skills necessary to be a good pilot, does everything by the book, looks at tutorials on youtube over and over again, learns about planes but for one reason or another gets shot down all the time.

Typically flies:

Planes that require skill to fly (not your typical Turn n 'burner).

 

Have a nice day.

 

[356thFS_Melonfish]

The Target Drone
Recognizable Traits:
Usually found at altitude flying fat dumb and happy on autolevel. likely has their face buried in a map and wondering if he should have turned left at Albuquerque.
Typically only manouvers once they smell a burning engine, always locks gunner positions.

Common Location:
Between 2-3 km high, and 5-6km from their actual target.
Typically flies:
Whatever carries the largest bomb in the game.

I've been very guilty of this in the past...

[Lolrawr]

30 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

The unlucky (UL) pilot

Recognizable traits:

Has all the skills necessary to be a good pilot, does everything by the book, looks at tutorials on youtube over and over again, learns about planes but for one reason or another gets shot down all the time.

Typically flies:

Planes that require skill to fly (not your typical Turn n 'burner).

 

Yep, this is me. Never lucky all my life.

 

Edit: whats a dunning-kruger?

Edited November 25, 2020 by Lolrawr

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

The unopposed Attacker

Recognizable traits:

Will usually fly for the bigger Side, select his Route to avoid any Confrontation, usually the long way round, and usually hit hard in the Rear or do a Sneak Attack and Run for Home before the Fighter Screen notices.

Typically flies:

Anything that carries over 500kg of Bombs.

[Lolrawr]

21 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

The unopposed Attacker

Recognizable traits:

Will usually fly for the bigger Side, select his Route to avoid any Confrontation, usually the long way round, and usually hit hard in the Rear or do a Sneak Attack and Run for Home before the Fighter Screen notices.

Typically flies:

Anything that carries over 500kg of Bombs.

 

This is exactly what i was trying to do when i first flew online. It failed miserably.

[cardboard_killer]

That's the best way to win a war. Drop your bombs without getting killed.

[III/JG52_Otto_-I-]

11 hours ago, [DBS]Browning said:

What other personalities come to mind? 

I supposing that we the rest of the virtual pilots who loves to fly historically realistic air combat but enjoying each successed sortie that you don´t included here, ..are normal pilots?  

Edited November 25, 2020 by III/JG52_Otto_-I-

[SARFlytitus]

I'll definitely fly tomorrow!

Recognizable traits:

Frequent visitor to the following sections on the forum: skins, mods, mission Editor, screnshoots.

Typically flies:

Black cross Red Stars, Wacom or Huion tablets and Anything related to CS6

 

 

Intrepid Miner

Recognizable traits:

Unrivaled artist when it comes to dig deep smoking craters in every corner of the battlefield regardless of faction

Typically flies:

whatever tries to fly, crawl, navigate but inevitably shatters anyway

 

 

Normal Pilot

Recognizable traits:

Not available at the moment !Everything related to other simulators is CLASSIFIED

Typically flies:

Not available at the moment !Everything related to other simulators is CLASSIFIED

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by SARFlytitus

[RedKestrel]

1 hour ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

The unopposed Attacker

Recognizable traits:

Will usually fly for the bigger Side, select his Route to avoid any Confrontation, usually the long way round, and usually hit hard in the Rear or do a Sneak Attack and Run for Home before the Fighter Screen notices.

Typically flies:

Anything that carries over 500kg of Bombs.

Corollary to this one:

Barn-Door Closer

Recognizable Traits:

Usually seen orbiting friendly ground targets below 7000 feet, sometimes on the deck.

Favoured prey is the attacker that just hammered the target with all their ordnance and is scooting home. 

Chases anything drawing tracer fire until its dead or they lose sight - to the chagrin of the ground troops they've just abandoned.

Readily forms conga lines following some poor bastard who just wants to bomb helpless ground targets.

Typically flies:

The best' fighter available.

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

19 minutes ago, RedKestrel said:

Barn-Door Closer

Recognizable Traits:

Usually seen orbiting friendly ground targets below 7000 feet, sometimes on the deck.

Favoured prey is the attacker that just hammered the target with all their ordnance and is scooting home. 

Chases anything drawing tracer fire until its dead or they lose sight - to the chagrin of the ground troops they've just abandoned.

Readily forms conga lines following some poor bastard who just wants to bomb helpless ground targets.

Typically flies:

The best' fighter available.

 

Since these guy always use the bomb blasts destroying their ground to find targets and never intercept before the bombs can drop, I like to think of them as "$500 fine for not cleaning up after their dog" pilots.

 

2 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

The unopposed Attacker

Recognizable traits:

Will usually fly for the bigger Side, select his Route to avoid any Confrontation, usually the long way round, and usually hit hard in the Rear or do a Sneak Attack and Run for Home before the Fighter Screen notices.

Typically flies:

Anything that carries over 500kg of Bombs.

 

Guilty, but since Allies are usually the outnumbered team and generally don't fly the biggest Allied bomb load plane in the game, I'd rather be known as the the rare(r) variant of the species: "The Sneaky Bastard."  ?

Edited November 25, 2020 by 69th_Mobile_BBQ

[III/JG52_Otto_-I-]

39 minutes ago, SARFlytitus said:

Normal Pilot

Recognizable traits:

Not available at the moment !Everything related to other simulators is CLASSIFIED

Typically flies:

Not available at the moment !Everything related to other simulators is CLASSIFIED

LoL 

[Stoopy]

OMG I am an Iron Wing.   Thanks so much for the PSA leading me to this self-realization.   ?

 

[Avimimus]

The Jonathan Livingston Spitfire

Recognisable traits:

More interested in aerobatic or elegant dogfight manoeuvres than in victory. Knows a large number of well timed three-dimensional manoeuvres to keep out of the enemie's gunsight, but which otherwise give no advantages. Claims that they are toying with an opponent unnecessarily long in the name of 'chivalry' and giving it 'a fighting chance'. In reality, is too busy flying to actually get in a good shot. Possibly thinks they are imitating birds, prefers the French spelling of manoeuvres, and uses 'Salut' too much despite not being French.

Typically flies:

Anything that can out-turn but not out-fly an opponent, and which has a weak enough armament that they can't get a kill in a single pass (forcing still more elegant manoeuvres).

Edited November 25, 2020 by Avimimus

[peregrine7]

 

https://gfycat.com/similaranimateddartfrog

 

To contribute to the thread though:
 

The First Gen VR pilot

Recognizable traits:

Could be an excellent pilot, could be crap. Nobody knows because they keep flying through the middle of furballs thinking there's nobody around.

Common Location 

Diving on that one plane he saw in the middle of a 30 plane dogfight. Or on Discord ranting about Reverb G2 shipping.

Typically flies:

Any fighter aircraft

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by peregrine7

[Lolrawr]

The Underdog 

Recognizable traits:

This pilot refuses to fly anything but the least perfoming aircraft available on each map.

Common Location:

In a dogfight with one, preferably two superior aircraft, usually sealclubing them both.

Typically flies:

The weakest fighter available or an attacker/bomber in a fighter role.

[JimTM]

The Planned It and Bandit Pilot

Recognizable Traits
Flies a ground attack route guaranteed to result in a bandit "meet and greet"

Common Location
Enroute, straight from home base to the target or near big towns and down rivers along the way

Typically Flies
Into the valley of Death

 

Sometimes, I think the bandit "meet and greet" is all I do.  

 

See also: The unopposed Attacker (a.k.a., The Sneaker and Wreaker)

Edited November 26, 2020 by JimTM

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

The Aims For Roadkill Pilot

 

Recognizable Traits

Rams straight into any opponent plane they can get lined up on.  Somehow lands safely at home airfield with 0% damage and another kill for their stats page.

Is it luck?  Is it netcode? Is it magic extracted from ground-up Pegasus teeth?  The world may never know.

 

Common Location

Anywhere there's a lone enemy pilot and nobody looking.  

 

Typically Flies

Axis single-engine fighters (any model)

[BinakZaino]

On 11/24/2020 at 10:04 PM, [DBS]Browning said:

 

The Heavy Breather 

Recognisable Traits 

Not to be confused those who have poor microphone sensitivity; this pilot's heavy breathing comes from the oxygen mask he requires to survive being at the edge of space. 

This pilot has reverse vertigo, feeling nervous at low height, and is obsessed with being the highest plane There is no limit to the height they will go to. 

Common Location 

Either climbing slowly, 80km behind their own lines, or covering the friendly ground targets from 7k up. 

Typically Flies  

P-47, MiG-3, P-51, FW-190

 

 

 

Wait, wait, wait. People actually fly the MiG-3 voluntary in multiplayer? Wow, every day I'm learning something new around here.

[=EXPEND=CG_Justin]

The Aluminum Waster

 

Recognizable Traits

Flies to the same target over and over, alone, regardless of enemy opposition. Typically prefers to be shot down because they can't be bothered with such follies as actually returning to the home base of origin, because its just easier to get a shiny new ship. Wash, rinse, repeat....

 

Common Location

The same target, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over.................................

 

Typically Flies

IL-2 or Peshka

[Bremspropeller]

16 hours ago, 69th_Mobile_BBQ said:

Guilty, but since Allies are usually the outnumbered team and generally don't fly the biggest Allied bomb load plane in the game, I'd rather be known as the the rare(r) variant of the species: "The Sneaky Bastard." 

 

So YOU're the guy who takes that poor old U-2, loads it up with bombs, exceeding three times the empty-weight, taking off accross the field (generally heading towards the fighter spawn point), hoping you'll eventually lift-off (the earth is round, right?). Needless to say, you're so elated about breaking ground that flying a barrell-roll through that open hangar seems like a good idea.

[Groove_GFA]

6 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

So YOU're the guy who takes that poor old U-2, loads it up with bombs, exceeding three times the empty-weight, taking off accross the field (generally heading towards the fighter spawn point), hoping you'll eventually lift-off (the earth is round, right?). Needless to say, you're so elated about breaking ground that flying a barrell-roll through that open hangar seems like a good idea.

 

Ha! Speaking of exceeding take-off weights, I feel like I probably did this a few days ago by accident online. Loaded up the U-2 with a heavy load and forgot to reduce the fuel. Boy, was she ever sluggish. I flew to some German troops just as some IL-2s were finishing their ground attack runs. I was: a) surprised I got to the target in the first place in daylight, b) successfully killed a number of targets without being shot down by AA fire. Didn't make it home unfortunately, I think the IL-2s drew the attention of a player in a 109 that ended up shooting me down with relative ease as a target of opportunity. Not sure if he got the IL-2s, but good times!

[Diggun]

6 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

So YOU're the guy who takes that poor old U-2, loads it up with bombs, exceeding three times the empty-weight, taking off accross the field

...i feel so seen.

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

7 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

So YOU're the guy who takes that poor old U-2, loads it up with bombs, exceeding three times the empty-weight, taking off accross the field (generally heading towards the fighter spawn point), hoping you'll eventually lift-off (the earth is round, right?). Needless to say, you're so elated about breaking ground that flying a barrell-roll through that open hangar seems like a good idea.

 

Nah, that's the  Ti-i-i-ime is on My Side  pilot!  

[ShamrockOneFive]

13 hours ago, BinakZaino said:

 

Wait, wait, wait. People actually fly the MiG-3 voluntary in multiplayer? Wow, every day I'm learning something new around here.

 

I'll happily do that any day

[RedKestrel]

18 hours ago, JimTM said:

The Planned It and Bandit Pilot

Recognizable Traits
Flies a ground attack route guaranteed to result in a bandit "meet and greet"

Common Location
Enroute, straight from home base to the target or near big towns and down rivers along the way

Typically Flies
Into the valley of Death

 

Sometimes, I think the bandit "meet and greet" is all I do.  

 

See also: The unopposed Attacker (a.k.a., The Sneaker and Wreaker)

Lo, though I fly into the Valley of the Shadow of 30mm HE death, I fear no Axis pilots, for I can always respawn.

[SYN_Luftwaffles]

The Fuzzy No-Neck

Recognizable Traits
Flies anything with a rear-gunner because they're using Gen 1 VR and too lazy or otherwise unable to check their six

Common Location
Circling friendly bombing targets

Typically Flies
Pe-2, Bf-110

[Feathered_IV]

The Peek a Boo

Recognisable Traits

 

This species of player joins a server, then exits immediately after their appearance has been noted in the on-screen HUD messages.  They will then proceed to reconnect and quickly exit again every couple of minutes, in an apparent attempt to surprise and delight the other players.

 

Common Location

 

The lower left corner of your screen

Typically Flies  

 

Never appears to have flown anything

 

[Lusekofte]

You forgot about me. Always believing no-one seen me until my screen go black 

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

The "OH THANK GOD IT'S A 1943 PLANESET!""

 

Recignizable traits 

 

Only appears on campaign servers with rotating plane sets when nothing less than the Fw-190 A-3 or G-Model 109s become available. 

 

*Rare variants of the species do participate in '41-'42 planesets by constantly complaining how bad the planes are in chat.  

 

Usually an ace in a 109 G2 - can't fight out of a wet paper bag in a 109 F2.

 

The 'Murica! variant of the species refuses to fly less than the P-38, P-51, P-47 D.28  or the Tempest begrudgingly. (Usually can't keep a P-39 or P-40 motor from blowing just after takeoff).

 

Secretly wishes that they could trade in all the content they bought to complete their collection but, never use, because it's "early war garbage."

 

Common Location(s)

 

Only servers that are running a mission with the planeset that offers "1943 or beyond planes"

In chat complaining about early-war planesets.  

Absolutely nowhere until "OH THANK GOD IT'S A 1943 PLANESET!"  Then there's a server flood.

 

Typically Flies

 

DCS when the servers are not running an "OH THANK GOD IT'S 1943!"  planeset. 

[Lolrawr]

The "It's only GAIM" pilot aka for fun gamer.

 

Recognizable traits:

Only plays for the fun of it, never bothered to learn anything or integrate into a comunity. He plays whatever he wants however he wants. Usually doesn't give damn.

 

Common Location.

Usually found in the nightmares of hardcore gamers/pilots.

 

Typically Flies:

The wrong plane for the job. He judges planes by looks, because reading stats is not fun, and if its not fun why play? Its only gaim afterall.

 

[Sky_Wolf]

The Deputy

Recognisable Traits

The Deputy, or Piloticus coverensis, takes as his principle goal the protection of his wingmen and other allies (e.g. bombers and ground attack aircraft) from the enemy. Listed as "Endangered" by the World Warfare Fellowship (WWF), P. coverensis is rarely seen but frequently called upon for support, typically by ground attackers who for the life of them can't understand why "NO ONE IS COVERING ME... HE'S ON MY SIX... I NEED... [explosion, static]."

Common Location

Tilted 45 degrees horizontal, thinking about what it would have been like flying during the world war, looking for allies to save.

Typically Flies

Whatever his wingman is flying.

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Lolrawr said:

The "It's only GAIM" pilot aka for fun gamer.

 

Recognizable traits:

Only plays for the fun of it, never bothered to learn anything or integrate into a comunity. He plays whatever he wants however he wants. Usually doesn't give damn.

 

Common Location.

Usually found in the nightmares of hardcore gamers/pilots.

 

Typically Flies:

The wrong plane for the job. He judges planes by looks, because reading stats is not fun, and if its not fun why play? Its only gaim afterall.

 

There I was. I was getting worried I was not noticed

[Feathered_IV]

Even Steven

 

Recognisable Traits

An absolute slave to symmetry and cannot abide two teams of less than equal number.  Spends most of his flight time typing admonitions into the chat to get people to change sides.

 

Common Location

 

A server with 3, 5, 7 or 9 players etc.

 

Typically Flies

 

Typically flies in a left bank while his head is in the keyboard

[Hirachi]

THE DIVINE WIND

 

Recognisable Traits

Yells Banzai on radio and power dives on ground target prefer Allies shipping.  Head on attack at bombers with no intention of pulling away. Primary values in the way of the samurai and Bushido code loyalty and honor until death.

 

Common Location

 

Anywhere there is Allies shipping.

 

Typically Flies

 

Anything that can strap a 500kg bomb under or bigger. Preference given to Zeros specially M5 model 52 lol