Originally posted by Jigster:
That's why I said under 
Actually the longest I've heard with frquency are 2-3 seconds. I have also heard cases where when attacking bombers and other heavily planes that fighter pilots would forget to let go and just hose the thing, ala a 7-8 second stream. And ayup there go the barrels
- Jig
Come to think of it I believe it was "Tex" Hill talking about prolonged fire when giving a speech at Scholes Field. He was talking about the AVG and how he (or maybe it was another AVG member, I don't exactly remember) was attacking a Japanese bomber that just wouldn't go down...he lined up and completely hosed it down for eight seconds, out of frustration at which point the guns "ran down" and quit firing.
- Jig
