"AJ" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what engine strength has to do with it, if anything at
all. My concern is having someone shooting down from a plane. Just
seems like a scenario ripe for disaster to me.



They have been doing it for years.

This topic comes up from time to time, and for me it always recalls this
particular report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...LA058& akey=1