putting a little life into those dreary dogfights

[Thomas Benedict]

Here's one that's fun for the whole family.  When you're out of ammo
and fuel, you have to land to get more.  During a dogfight, seeing
someone line up on a runway makes this little flag pop up on their
radar image: "Sitting Duck" or alternatively "Missile Fodder".

One way to get around this is to land sideways.  All you have to do is
touch your gear to the ground and make a good landing, and you get
more fuel and ammo.  Your opponent never sees you lining up for the
landing, because it's obvious that you can't land sideways (right?).

Here's a hint:  You can come in nice and low if you use ground effect.

Tom Benedict
benedict at chaos.utexas.edu
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics

P.S.  Yes, it's possible, no I can't do it.