I should clarify a couple of things about my post:
1. It is totally a braggart's post, and for that I apologize... I am (relatively) certain

that these stats will not last long... you will notice that my total kills are considerably less than 10000... when the merge with df1 happens, I am going to fall (my best wr in df1 was 980, so it should be an abrupt and immediate decline). Never mind the fact that as it currently stands, there are many, many, many talented flyers currently playing in elite (much better than me) who are closing in fast (e.g., rez, sharpshooter, eagle, kunuckles, dunc, lunas wolf, bluefighter, and the list goes on...).
2. Apart from the bragging, I was also trying to show how quickly a noob like myself (less than 5 months playing) can excel in elite... for all the newer members of TFL, I think you are likely to be better prepared if you make the switch now, before the merge happens, to be well situated as a 'force to be reckoned with' when it does happen. Why learn/improve your shooting abilities without the bullet drop, given that the bullet drop is going to be an unavoidable feature of the game soon.
3. @Lunas Wolf... you are:
a. Right to say that I should play less
b. A great pilot to fly with and a fierce opponent to fly against
c. And someone to whom I owe an apology... I should have specified in that first pic that you weren't playing the game, but were instead engaged in an hilarious and impressive exhibition of 'stunt landings'... those nine deaths were all 'crashes', not 'kills' and do not reflect your abilities to fight in any way.
4. Finally, one point about elite that I omitted from my prior attempt to cajole/encourage you all to switch; the character of the pilots currently playing. My flying time in elite has been (almost) universally positive... all opponents and teammates are amazing flyers, and they are all able to crack jokes and have fun without the drama... whether its the Misfits (bullet, CC, lt. Dan, mongo, squeaky, and most recently Pagan flying as 'Merry Meet', I think), the Wolf Pack (Lunas, Dunc, Cypher, Viper), GI (rez, sharpshooter, eagle, pinkstar), NLR (McFate, bluefighter, Jacob1000) or any of the assortment of others (bstrachan, frits, tango56, kunuckles, teganap, vhuntress) with whom I have had the pleasure of flying in elite, the games are always amazing (barring lost connections, which do happen a little too often). So if you're fed up with/annoyed by the drama that can sometimes appear in df1, you won't find any of it in elite (at least not yet... here's hoping never

).
See you in the skies!
TFL - TOUGHER THAN THE REST