Low-Level bombing
Eight feet Ten feet, 80 ft, 100 ft ? All a bit higher than 20" then. Someone chicken ?
Practice LLB was always considered tremendous sport with 25lb S&F practice bombs. 480 kts 80 ft level, walk the sight up to the target and pickle – It was either a "target" or a rather large "over." Don't ask about the AAA or the tall mast when it's for real.
For real, the idea is, the real bomb should get caught in the solid vertical extent of the target so it stops and goes off only after you've got clear - you might be allowed a delay fuse, but no retards for us then.
One day someone decided this should be tried on the splash target with full size iron bombs.
Our hero duly punched off four 1000lb inerts using the Explosive Release Units.
Goofers on the rounddown watched them drop, hit the water and bounce back up, way higher than the delivery aircraft, having slowed just enough to just miss his tailend.
What a lucky boy. Guess the delivery hadn't been fully thought through.
Only slightly off thread. LFH
Last edited by Lordflasheart; 28th Apr 2013 at 19:10.