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Shrunct - a Thursday Prompt aviation story
Sometimes things just sort of reach out and grab you by the neck.
There's a lot of weird things in this world.
Vixyy
There's a lot of weird things in this world.
Vixyy
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"During the war he was a fighter pilot, racking up four kills. That’s one short of being an ace; so,
no one really paid him much attention." - this line made me smile, though going by the story he only shot down one enemy plane? The Shrunct got the rest? ;)
What is your opinion regarding the foo-fighters that were reported during the war?
no one really paid him much attention." - this line made me smile, though going by the story he only shot down one enemy plane? The Shrunct got the rest? ;)
What is your opinion regarding the foo-fighters that were reported during the war?
*laughs... I was thinking of foo-fighters yesterday. I came across them when doing the book on the Battle of Britain. Everyone (these days) immediately think of them as flying saucers and such.
The actual use of the word was to cover an unidentified aircraft. The British bombers flew primarily at night. At night, you can see any kind of light for a good distance - such as an exhaust stack flame. So... if you saw something like this, and it was heading towards England, they would call in and report an inbound foo-fighter.
On the same note, I also read that the Spitfighter did not make a good night fighter. Its exhaust stacks were high up and visible to the pilot and glowed with such brightness it destroyed the pilot's night vision. They actually painted them with black lead paint, which helped some but not all that much.
Vix
The actual use of the word was to cover an unidentified aircraft. The British bombers flew primarily at night. At night, you can see any kind of light for a good distance - such as an exhaust stack flame. So... if you saw something like this, and it was heading towards England, they would call in and report an inbound foo-fighter.
On the same note, I also read that the Spitfighter did not make a good night fighter. Its exhaust stacks were high up and visible to the pilot and glowed with such brightness it destroyed the pilot's night vision. They actually painted them with black lead paint, which helped some but not all that much.
Vix
Ah that makes sense, thanks V! And lauded as it is the Spitfire had a lot of flaws, it couldn't sustain negative G's for example, at least the early models, not that any pilot with common sense would be doing that anyway. Personally I feel sorry for the Hurricane, which contributed as much if not more to victory but wasn't as pretty.
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