In air battles, mostly realistic battles, as someone who uses american planes, such as the P-51D, and
P-47, I have had to deal with BF-109s or Yaks that are at least one kilometer above me, even after a good climb. I am not the best pilot, but I have tried some strategies that try to evade their energy attacks. One particular strategy is compressing. Here is a link to a video below of what I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DWzIjeIHOn4
(Video credit goes to hav3nwt, go check out his channel!)
If any of you guys can, can you please give some tips on compressing? :)