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Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Sandman on April 09, 2002, 02:28:29 AM
...to shoot a chute from a perk ride?

Got one with a Tempest tonight. Almost as thrilling as the first chute I ever got.

I'm gonna have to get one with a 262. Hell... maybe I can get someone to cuss at me on channel 1. :D
Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Animal on April 09, 2002, 02:38:27 AM
amateurs
Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Qnm on April 09, 2002, 02:44:25 AM
Cue Freud:
Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: milnko on April 09, 2002, 09:52:16 AM
I got disco'd last night for the 3rd time, so decided to hanger the bird and flip on the TV.

Got on just in time to see a P-51 show on the Discovery Wings channal.

Chuck Yeager was talking about his experiences as well as a few other WW2 P-51 fighter pilots.

One pilot retold his tale of shooting up a German chute because the German had been strafing B-17 crewmen as they hung from thier chutes.
He stated that the six .50s really tore the German up, didn't leave much left when he emptied his guns on the guy.
Also said his fellow pilots were concerned when they saw him doing it, as they worried soon everyone would do it, Axis and Allied.

Towards the end of the show Yeager told of his downing a Me262.
Said he saw it on final approach as it was landing then closed to about 200 yards, opened up with his P-51's six .50s, and after blowing the jet's right wing off watched it cartwheeel into the ground.

Yeager's comment was; "It wasn't very sportsman like, but, what the hell."
Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Ripsnort on April 09, 2002, 10:24:05 AM
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Originally posted by Qnm
Cue Freud:


Or Pavlov? (Shoot chute, watch dog druel...)
Title: Re: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Widewing on April 09, 2002, 12:27:12 PM
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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
...to shoot a chute from a perk ride?

Got one with a Tempest tonight. Almost as thrilling as the first chute I ever got.

I'm gonna have to get one with a 262. Hell... maybe I can get someone to cuss at me on channel 1. :D


Generally I don't shoot chutes. But, there are exceptions. I have seen guys land, but not return to their tower. So, I figure that this indicates one of two things. Either it is a newbie who doesn't know how to return to the tower, or some guy feeding real-time reports to his comrades. I always assume the second case to be true and strafe his butt immediately. All spies must die.....

My regards,

Widewing
Title: Does it make you feel guilty...
Post by: Tac on April 09, 2002, 01:12:08 PM
n1k chutes and 25k+ bomber chutes die.


Just ask the n1kdweeb who'se chute I strafed with my 262 in the middle of a furball.