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Old 2nd August 2006 | 11:48
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18-Wheeler
 
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Originally Posted by Chiliarch
Not if you keep the dot on the target! It is quite likely that a C152 won't have the power to both accelerate to 120 kts and keep the dot on the target, so as has been said before, you have to work within the limits of the ac, and you may run into an obstacle if the resulting flight path is too extreme. Otherwise, the only circumstance in which you won't hit the target is if it too quick to catch.

We're talking about a very large and very stationary building here.
The Pentagon.
Hani, the terrorist, may not have hit his desired target, but he certainly hit the broad side of a barn.
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