....glad it ain't just me. I would drive myself nuts trying to orient towards the sound of the approaching aircraft and never seeing them until they were practically on top of me, very annoying! After a few events like that I wised up and go deep rather than try to slug it out with an aircraft.
In those few duels I've had with aircraft I've noted that they are clearly visible way into the distance once they decide to break off. So as Webster says it's something in the coding which affects their 'spawning' only on the approach and not on the 'retreat'. Another dev oversight but fortunately not a show-stopper.
