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Title: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: valdals on July 11, 2008, 09:59:07 AM
this morning i witnessed along with two other defenders a set of lancasters dive on a v-base hit a hanger do a immelman twice without losing a drone. he eventually killed all 3 hangers. plus the lancasters we hard to hit with a wirble beyond 800 meters that was also wierd. the 3 lancs were finally shot down. 1 by me and two by another defender. comments?
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: mensa180 on July 11, 2008, 10:00:59 AM
Thanks for sharing this thrilling tale of adventure, please post more.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: hubsonfire on July 11, 2008, 10:14:21 AM
I am glued to my seat! More fascinating and inspiring tales of combat, please!
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Xasthur on July 11, 2008, 10:15:04 AM
Standard. Happens all the time. Bit dweeby but I know a few guys that do this regularly and with high degree of accuracy.

Lancs frequently pulled all sorts of crazy corkscrew maneuvers (with bombs still slung up) to evade German fighters. Crew members came back with broken arms and legs for the violence of the maneuvers.

Whilst suicide carpet bombing is a great way to ruin everyone's fun really quickly (and thus dweeby, in my opinion) the sharp maneuvers probably aren't that far out of the aircraft's war-time envelope.

The Hurricane's ability to dive with the biggest, baddest and heaviest American steel is more puzzling to me.

 :noid

Also, if you're trying to mow down lancs in a weeble wobble, you're in the wrong GV.

Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: valdals on July 11, 2008, 10:18:11 AM
Standard. Happens all the time. Bit dweeby but I know a few guys that do this regularly and with high degree of accuracy.

Lancs frequently pulled all sorts of crazy corkscrew maneuvers (with bombs still slung up) to evade German fighters. Crew members came back with broken arms and legs for the violence of the maneuvers.

Whilst suicide carpet bombing is a great way to ruin everyone's fun really quickly (and thus dweeby, in my opinion) the sharp maneuvers probably aren't that far out of the aircraft's war-time envelope.

The Hurricane's ability to dive with the biggest, baddest and heaviest American steel is more puzzling to me.

 :noid
true but that guy kept all his drones. i can understand a single lanc doing it but all 3 in formation. id lose my drones every time.

Also, if you're trying to mow down lancs in a weeble wobble, you're in the wrong GV.


Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: uptown on July 11, 2008, 10:39:50 AM
 :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: CAP1 on July 11, 2008, 10:59:23 AM
this morning i witnessed along with two other defenders a set of lancasters dive on a v-base hit a hanger do a immelman twice without losing a drone. he eventually killed all 3 hangers. plus the lancasters we hard to hit with a wirble beyond 800 meters that was also wierd. the 3 lancs were finally shot down. 1 by me and two by another defender. comments?

deal with it.

as for not hitting them at 800 yards....well, it was probably more your gunnery than anything. i can't hit anything from a wirble.....


Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Yeager on July 11, 2008, 11:22:02 AM
Lancs frequently pulled all sorts of crazy corkscrew maneuvers (with bombs still slung up) to evade German fighters. Crew members came back with broken arms and legs for the violence of the maneuvers.
source?
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: kilz on July 11, 2008, 11:39:37 AM
noobs thats all i got to say is noobs











next thing you know is he is doing the samething :noid
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Max on July 11, 2008, 11:49:48 AM
It must be Friday.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: CAP1 on July 11, 2008, 12:00:40 PM
It must be Friday.

speaking of which......wasn't swoop doing a friday babe too?
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Xasthur on July 11, 2008, 12:24:48 PM
source?

That is a good question. IIRC it was a story from a Lanc navigator.

I don't chuck around nonsense and I remember clearly reading a particularly in-depth account from a Lanc crew. Now that I think about it, I suspect that it was an aviation magazine. Not FlyPast but something similar and it was definitely a crew account.

It's the sort of thing that sticks in your mind... I was amazed that the pilot could do such a thing with such a massive aircraft.

If I've got time I'll dig around through my old mags and see if I can find the correct issue.


Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Pannono on July 11, 2008, 12:34:02 PM
hehe i do that
i fly out a while then do an immelmann, dive for speed,  then calibrate again lol. im pretty accurate, but ive only noticed it done with lancs
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 11, 2008, 06:46:51 PM
I'm on pins and needles just waiting for valgal's next exciting saga.  He should start a blog to keep us informed of his exciting stories.


ack-ack
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Becinhu on July 11, 2008, 08:10:27 PM
And this one time...at Aces High camp...I stuck a Spixteen in my @%#%$. What? You don't think I know how to make myself dweeby?
 :noid
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: fuzeman on July 11, 2008, 08:13:29 PM
I'm on pins and needles just waiting for valgal's next exciting saga.  He should start a blog to keep us informed of his exciting stories.


ack-ack

Maybe we could get a daily total of breaths taken, how many chews it took to finish each meal, and the total number of kernals that weren't chewed properly.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 12, 2008, 02:04:52 AM
Maybe we could get a daily total of breaths taken, how many chews it took to finish each meal, and the total number of kernals that weren't chewed properly.

We could only wish...


ack-ack
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: BaldEagl on July 12, 2008, 03:53:12 AM
Thanks for sharing this thrilling tale of adventure, please post more.

 :rofl :rofl :rofl   That made my day!
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: SD67 on July 12, 2008, 04:17:46 AM
Used to do it all the time. It's no biggie.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Rosscoe1 on July 12, 2008, 04:24:05 AM
I had fun fighting 109 once... squaddie in the nose turret... was just like a normal fight except i was bigger... got a few hits on it but in the end died.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: SlapShot on July 12, 2008, 08:47:10 AM
this morning i witnessed along with two other defenders a set of lancasters dive on a v-base hit a hanger do a immelman twice without losing a drone. he eventually killed all 3 hangers. plus the lancasters we hard to hit with a wirble beyond 800 meters that was also wierd. the 3 lancs were finally shot down. 1 by me and two by another defender. comments?

Oh, and I'll bet you didn't stop calling him a "cheater" on 200 for 10 minutes or so.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Masherbrum on July 12, 2008, 08:51:42 AM
Oh, and I'll bet you didn't stop calling him a "cheater" on 200 for 10 minutes or so.

My guess is it was closer to a half an hour. 
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Ack-Ack on July 12, 2008, 02:18:40 PM
My guess is it was closer to a half an hour. 


Until he got all tuckered out and fell asleep, at which time his mommy gently picked him up and took him to bed for his nappy time.  I can almost envision the angelic sight now.


ack-ack
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Becinhu on July 12, 2008, 09:40:18 PM
It's more like she grabbed his collar, put him in his kennel, and put the padlock on. The last time she forgot to lock it he probably pee'd on the furniture and chewed up her best pair of pumps.
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Pooh21 on July 13, 2008, 01:27:59 PM
It's more like she grabbed his collar, put him in his kennel, and put the padlock on. The last time she forgot to lock it he probably pee'd on the furniture and chewed up her best pair of pumps.


this is no place for your kinky fantasys
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: mike254 on July 13, 2008, 08:42:46 PM
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Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: pope14 on July 13, 2008, 08:43:08 PM
hey val i will teach you how to do it for lets say 100 bucks deal?
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Kweassa on July 14, 2008, 12:44:36 AM

 If Lancs doing immelmanns are funny, then one should see the clip of Boeing 747s doing barrelrolls.

 

 
Title: Re: immelman performed by lancasters
Post by: Becinhu on July 14, 2008, 01:27:49 AM
Actually Pooh, most of my kinky fantasies involve Bea Arthur, a pair of salad tongs, and a bottle of Ripple.
 :noid