Jim Macklin wrote:
The FAA commercial maneuver known as Turns On A Point. It
is done by using pivotal altitude.

and using pitch to adjust for wind. A fun and rewarding maneuver.

So, what is pivotal altitude for AC-130 flying at what? 200+? knots

The faster, the higher, the better, I would guess.



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| ("Jay Honeck" wrote)
| The recent obliteration of the Somali chapter of Al
Queda by an AC-130
| gunship (See
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ac-130.htm if you
| don't know what one looks like) got me wondering how,
exactly, one
| would pilot such a craft during an attack.
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| http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16576458/
| Ooooh, so close.
|
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that big stuffed
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| Montblack
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