[R-390] What a beautiful sight, slightly OT

James Shanks [email protected]
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:02:59 -0500


Minigun???

Hey Boomer it's not a Minigun, it's a Rotary 30MM CANNON firing as you 
stated depleted uranium rounds to take out any sort of armor in it's path.
AKA A hydraulically powered Rotary cannon. Mr. Gatling's big brother he 
never even dreamt about. The Minigun fired a 7.62 MM rifle round at 2-4 or 
6,000 rounds per minute. miniguns are generally electrically powered versus 
the cannon sized big boys toys. Had the chance to see what three miniguns 
could do when Spooky made one pass over an area crawling with enemy troops. 
Just like mowing down corn. They all go down.
Hi-tech gunsight on Spooky too gunsight circle painted on pilots left side 
window, pull trigger with all three weapons online and 18,000 rounds per 
minute later it was over.

         I noticed today the Iraqi's are claiming we're using "Illegal" 
weapons now, Spooky grand Daddy. The US Air Force Reserve AC-130H series. 
The Ultimate in reach out and touch someone (from afar!!).




James Shanks
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At 05:41 PM 3/31/2003 -0500, Todd Bigelow - PS wrote:

>Scott, Barry (Clyde B) wrote:
>
>>Not sure what an F4U is, but we had an airshow here this weekend 
>>featuring the Blue Angels.  They did some pre-show stuff for the press 
>>and I work very near the airport.  I think it was my first time to see 
>>them.  Watching those guys doing formations over the area was awesome.
>>
>>I didn't see it before the show, but they had an F14 Tomcat at the 
>>show.  That thing was pretty cool!  Also had some of those twin-engine 
>>types that they are using in Iraq now (A-100??).  Pretty chilly day, but fun.
>Ah, yes....the A-10 Thunderbolt a.k.a. 'Warthog'. What a plane. Saw my 
>first one up close in the late 70s/early 80s when it came down the runway 
>about 50 ft off the ground without a sound until it was *there*, then went 
>straight up as the pilot pulled back on the stick. Tail bears a striking 
>resemblance to the twin tail of the B-25 Mitchell. Titanium 'bathtub' 
>cockpit to protect the pilot from ground fire. Hard to believe they wanted 
>to muster these birds out in the mid-90s. Actually it's not, considering 
>the mindset then.
>
>That would sure be my choice of today's rides. Something about the looks, 
>the mission, and those depleted uranium rounds spitting out of the mini 
>gun in the nose....
>
>Hey Barry, didn't you ever watch Black Sheep Squadron? They had a buncha 
>F-4Us. They also had some really good close ups of military BAs as well as 
>a few civilian sets in the radio shots. Most amusing was a shot in the 
>cockpit of someone changing frequencies with a much more modern tuning 
>head. 50s/60s style avionics look.
>
>Boomer,  KA1KAQ
>
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