So the James Mears memorial was my first combat experience ever. I think I've only flown an F2D plane 3 times before this event. I warned everyone I flew against that I didn't know what I was doing! Everyone was more than accommodating.
My first match was against Arnie. He was awesome, and was explaining what to do while we flew. I ended up turning in front of him and bell cranked myself!
My second match was against Andy Mears. He let me borrow a handle. George was pitting for me so I had a great engine run. I was doing ok, and learned the hard way how to correctly pin elevators on.....