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I remember a WW2 gun camera film on youtube where the guy is strafing a parked bomber and the perspective is up, ie he is literally closer to the ground than a parked plane. The mishap rate must've been something else.
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aphid_licker posted:I remember a WW2 gun camera film on youtube where the guy is strafing a parked bomber and the perspective is up, ie he is literally closer to the ground than a parked plane. The mishap rate must've been something else. It's always weird to hear about something that I thought was just a stupid thing we did in Battlefield 1942 actually happened in real life. Next you'll tell me that pilots would intentionally take out lone standing infantry by hitting them with their wings 
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Someone, somewhere MUST have tried it, but I doubt its a doctrine or anything.
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AirmanJoe69 [ROADKILL] xXxAdolfLover39xXx
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aphid_licker posted:I remember a WW2 gun camera film on youtube where the guy is strafing a parked bomber and the perspective is up, ie he is literally closer to the ground than a parked plane. The mishap rate must've been something else. Does ground effect come into play if you fly that low? If you're flying level at some stupid altitude like that, will it make it slightly harder for the plane to dip down further?
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Platystemon posted:The amazing thing isn’t that the plane could stay in the air with a propeller like that; it’s that it could stay in the air while carrying the pilot’s massive There, that's probably more accurate. Also, having just recently watch Thunderbolt I would say it's about a 90% chance that the pilot was massively hungover or still drunk.
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Platystemon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPbxIrprato He must have went to another airport because he couldn't face looking like such an idiot at that one.
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Platystemon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPbxIrprato Why did he go around with messed up props 
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May 4, 2017 15:19
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He didn't even go around he straight up flew 100 miles home like a dummy.
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Buttcoin purse posted:It's always weird to hear about something that I thought was just a stupid thing we did in Battlefield 1942 actually happened in real life. Next you'll tell me that pilots would intentionally take out lone standing infantry by hitting them with their wings Or their buddies at the airfield! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UntN_cZUQg8
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a dingus posted:He must have went to another airport because he couldn't face looking like such an idiot at that one. He flew something like 75 miles to his home airport with the props looking like this: 
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Buttcoin purse posted:It's always weird to hear about something that I thought was just a stupid thing we did in Battlefield 1942 actually happened in real life. Next you'll tell me that pilots would intentionally take out lone standing infantry by hitting them with their wings Or that someone evaded a chasing fighter by flying straight up, opening the canopy, and shooting a bazooka at the plane behind him
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wolrah posted:He flew something like 75 miles to his home airport with the props looking like this: The last time this came up in the thread someone found the plane for sale listing on controller with just the comment "needs props"
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aphid_licker posted:I remember a WW2 gun camera film on youtube where the guy is strafing a parked bomber and the perspective is up, ie he is literally closer to the ground than a parked plane. The mishap rate must've been something else. The sad part is tons of airman died after the war in cornfields hotshoting in crop dusters.
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hobbesmaster posted:The last time this came up in the thread someone found the plane for sale listing on controller with just the comment "needs props" Yeah, if you google the tail number you'll find a bunch of threads linking to it. The posting is obviously no longer up. It seems that plane was sold to someone in Texas and is back in the air.
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hobbesmaster posted:The last time this came up in the thread someone found the plane for sale listing on controller with just the comment "needs props" Don't you have to tear down the engines and check bearings when something like that happens?
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0toShifty posted:Don't you have to tear down the engines and check bearings when something like that happens? Yeah, the cranks could well be done.
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0toShifty posted:Don't you have to tear down the engines and check bearings when something like that happens? AS-IS, WHERE IS
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Duke Chin posted:AirmanJoe69 [ROADKILL] xXxAdolfLover39xXx in 1942 I played with a guy who was good enough to roll 90 degrees and get you with the wingtip. once upon a time, he tried this as I was putting down landmines near a capture point, resulting in - technically speaking - an air-to-air landmine kill as his wing clipped and detonated it while it was in mid-drop. And yes, the killfeed was "psion [landmine] whats_his_name." Psion fucked around with this message at 20:52 on May 4, 2017 |
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One-banging an attack plane with an at grenade is still my greatest AA related achievement in battlefield. Just tossed it over my head as I was getting strafed and the fucker flew right into it.
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evil_bunnY posted:One-banging an attack plane with an at grenade is still my greatest AA related achievement in battlefield. Just tossed it over my head as I was getting strafed and the fucker flew right into it. I got accused of hacking in Desert Combat *sooooo* goddamned often because I learned how to properly lead and shoot down aircraft with an MBT tank gun. Their fault for flying level. Also, dammit, San Francisco... http://blog.sfgate.com/cmcginnis/2017/05/04/russian-mystery-plane-at-sfo/ "OMG SOMETHING UNEXPECTED, WILL THIS AFFECT MY PROPERTY VALUES?!?!?" Anyone who's a proper 'aviation geek' should know these things are one of the only ways to transport GEnx engines. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 11:10 on May 5, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I got accused of hacking in Desert Combat *sooooo* goddamned often because I learned how to properly lead and shoot down aircraft with an MBT tank gun. Their fault for flying level. I want to write in and say it's related to the UN delivering supplies to FEMA for use at refuge  nutcases
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drunkill posted:FOD on runway http://wardocumentaryfilms.com/aviation/rare-raf-aircraft-rips-runway-pieces-takes-off/ This is why you always read the GIANT report
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One of the people I play GTA:Online with is a good enough pilot to regularly nail players on the ground with a prop or landing gear.
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Saw an Osprey rolling into Boeing Field's north end today on my way to work. I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've seen one props-up and hover-scooting around in person. I've seen a pair doing level, fast flight headed out west before. Not sure if it was the weather conditions around here but it was actually quite a bit quieter than I was expecting.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I got accused of hacking in Desert Combat *sooooo* goddamned often because I learned how to properly lead and shoot down aircraft with an MBT tank gun. Their fault for flying level. I did this with a heavy tank in BF1. At least twice. It's mostly luck.
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It happened at few times in WWII. It was such a wide reaching war with so much combat that every crazy physically possible thing you can think of probably happened at least once.
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Prop Wash posted:http://wardocumentaryfilms.com/aviation/rare-raf-aircraft-rips-runway-pieces-takes-off/ I guess the airport authority won't allow him to come back...
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Jonathan Demers posted:I guess the airport authority won't allow him to come back... They should't have used dried cow dung as a surfacing material.
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One of my first airshow lessons was delivered by a vampire. Don't stand behind the jetpipe, even if you're like 70m away.
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Jaguars! posted:One of my first airshow lessons was delivered by a vampire. this sounds much cooler than what actually happened
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There are probably kids today who got their first life lessons in general from "Vampires" and those would be even more of a letdown.
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Paw-propping.
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Duke Chin posted:AirmanJoe69 [ROADKILL] xXxAdolfLover39xXx Harry Ramsbottom, best bot name ever.
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There needs to be a WW1 movie now with a mechanic bear who helps to start the props
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) They already can carry boxes of ammunition..
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Nerobro posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) It's too bad there's no pictures of the captain of the British transport after being told they wants to bring a loving bear on to his ship.
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Nerobro posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) The constant nightmare of the milhist thread Got a question if anybody knows the answer. In World War 2, did anybody work on aerial refueling aside from the Germans? I'm working on a infodump post and I'm surprised 1) how far the Germans actually were in its development, and 2) that nobody else even thought to mess around with similar systems.
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