[corkoman]

wouldnt it be wild if by some twist of technology there was an advantage to propeller planes in future combat roles? Perhaps missile avoidance etc.

The close-engagement dogfight would be based on the skill of the pilot or controller for prop-drones. I suppose that this is romanticizing war but...

But the air combat sims (games) are more engrossing with WWI or II aircraft than fast-movers.

[Caulkhead]

Well, a jet fighter has been shot down by a prop-driven aircraft - a Royal Navy pilot in the Korean war downed himself a MIG, Lt. Peter Carmichael of 802 NAS on 9th August, 1952 who was flying from H.M.S. Ocean.

On the whole I can’t see the flyboys giving up their jets any day soon!