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Old 15th Dec 2012, 15:11
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Fareastdriver
 
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Still, it secured my posting to tankers
When I was doing my Valiant course at Gaydon a senior navigator was explaining the theories of bombing to us pilots. He drew a diagram that showed that if a bomb was released during a corrective turn the bomb would fly in an arc away from the aircraft therebye increasing the error. I challenged this augument on the basis that the bomb would follow the tangent to the turning circle so would land nearer the target regardless. There then followed a long argument beteween the OCU Bombing Instructor and a U/T co-pilot.

I ended up on tankers as well.
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