[Milsurplus] U-2 and SR-71A

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:52:09 -0600

When I was stationed at Eglin we had a F-105 shoot itself down while on the 
range.
The mission was to strafe a railway locomotive and climb out.  The only 
problem was
that the staffing went OK but on the pull out the rounds that ricocheted 
hit the
aircraft and caused engine failure.  The pilot punched out and was OK but the
result was one deal F-105

At 02:22 PM 1/29/2003 -0500, David Edsall wrote:

>Mike,
>
>The projectiles fired by the F-10 would, initially at least, have a velocity
>equal to their muzzle velocity plus that of the aircraft.
>In order to be hit by its own slugs, the plane would have to catch up with
>them (possible), and follow their trajectory, which seems to me to be
>unlikely, as the slugs would follow a downward trajectory as soon as drag
>and gravity took effect.  In other words, the pilot would have to make an
>effort to be shot down by himself.
>Does that make sense?
>David Edsall, W1TDD
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mikea" <[email protected]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] U-2 and SR-71A
>
>
> > Wasn't it an F-104 that shot itself down by running into the
> > stream of slugs that it had discharged?
> >
>
>
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