They tend to be more prominent in Real Robot shows, where the mecha themselves are fairly equal and the pilot's skills are more important, than in Super Robot shows, which place more emphasis on the power of the mecha, and the pilot is important for bringing their burning passion to the battle, rather than skill.Īn ace pilot will likely display all sorts of Improbable Piloting Skills, such as the High-Speed Missile Dodge. Ace pilots are common in fiction, most prominently in mecha shows and any Space Opera featuring space fighter planes.
note Indeed, most Air Force combat training is in how to avoid getting shot down. As well as anyone has been able to determine, aces are born, not trained.
The term is most commonly associated with aircraft pilots, but other types, such as tank aces, also exist. In World War II, only about 5% of pilots made ace, and they were responsible for 50% of all air-to-air kills. This is harder than it sounds even in conflicts like World War II, where aerial combat occurred on a vast scale, the average fighter pilot had zero confirmed kills from the day he got his wings to the day he bought his farm. In Real Life, an ace is technically a pilot with five or more kills. Wikipedia, on Hans-Ulrich Rudel, aka The Eagle of the Eastern Front
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