Mary Shafer wrote:

On Sat, 1 May 2004 11:42:36 +0200, "Emmanuel Gustin"
wrote:


The problem was that people with a real skill in airborne
gunnery were extremely rare. Most gunners and pilots were
very, very bad at estimating range and lead without some
assistance (underestimating it by half was common), and the
probability they would hit their target was correspondingly
low.

Is this, by any chance, why skeet shooting is so popular at base gun
clubs? Art shoots skeet at Nellis and meets all kinds of fighter
pilots. I shoot a 1903A on the rare not-just-skeet days at the EDW
gun club and see a lot of pilots with shotguns.

Mary

Yes...skeet clubs were formed years ago on
almost all military airbases...they're free
access (afik) and are quite popular, that was
the reason given to me for their existence,
and although they're likely not as useful for
their original purpose as they once were,
their popularity has given them a reason for
being. Lot's of fun.
--

-Gord.