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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
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Gators was an attempt at humor,but even normally brave people shy away
at
the thought of being a gator's dinner.
I was out in Florida retrofitting some old 727s in '92 and I found fried
gator tail to be delicious.
But the chance of hitting something critical still is very small,and the
frontal area of an airplane is still pretty small and a moving target.
Still not an easy task.
Hitting a target moving at 120 kts with a bullet would be pure luck.
Snipers have ignited the fuel tanks of APCs at ranges over a mile with 0.50
cal. sniper rifles.Hitting a 747 at a range of a few hundred yards should be
no problem - especially with a semi-auto rifle with a 10 round magazine.One
could do it while the aircraft is on the ground.Would an airliner like the
747 survive an explosive,incendiary round hitting a fuel tank? One would
think that the fumes in a near empty tank of an aircraft who has just landed
would ignite immediatly.
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