Thanks to "the good guy" for making me think of this with his thread.

My solution to the bomb keepers Vs. drop on takeoff argument. (Such a heated one but the droppers have succeeded in calming my anger and I can understand them better now, thank you.)

I would gladly trade in my guns for 3 or 4 bombs in this bomber, which you can find in the practice missions. Then I would be grateful to have some light, nimble escort fighters protecting me and there would be no hard feelings.

Maybe it would require that you can change aircraft types in-between spawns, but I think this could really make dogfight richer and give new life to the bombing oriented game modes.

Of course the bomber would be slow like a noob plane and have no guns.

It would be great if you could say, "hey Jimbo, ace who kills four hangers with one huff, why don't you respawn as a bomber and we'll escort you?" I think that'd be really nifty.

What you describe in nimble fighter cover is what I hope for for the times that I've chosen to respawn as a tank. There's the slow, multi-hangar destroyer that needs fighter cover!

But I rarely get it. Nimble fighters just fly off after planes well off the beaten path, allowing enemy planes to backfill and poach the tanks. So, lesson learned (again), I get back in an airplane for a bombing run with some exciting chases.

Manfred

Lol! To bad I only pulled that off once....what a lucky shot. Bombers would be cool tho!