Bomb hits tailplane on release

Paul Housley wrote:

A while ago, I saw video footage of a bomb being released from a
fighter-bomber under test conditions. It was on an aviation
documentary. The high speed camera then shows it climb up and destroy
the tailplane. I don't think they quite got their trajectory calcs
right!

A couple clips in the DVD titled "Terror in the Skies" from Madacy
Entertainment could fit that description. (The rear label also
mentions a copyright by Liberty International Entertainment.) I saw a
reference on the Web to Vol. V, so there must be a series of DVDs. The
one I have has no volume number; maybe it's the first one.

The subtitle is "Military Air Disasters" ("CONTAINS UNBELIEVABLE NEVER
BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE!") and it shows quite a few mishaps, from WW2 to
present. However, it also has weapon tests, gun camera footage, etc.

I think the film editing is terrible. Instead of presenting each
incident in its entirety, they chop up the footage and interleave it
with other stuff. E.g., there's a Vietnam era shot of howitzers
firing, then they cut to a drone blowing up over a range after being
hit with some totally different weapon. Later in the video you see the
same explosion a couple more times.

There's no narration, just a heavy metal soundtrack. The subtitles are
extremely sketchy, basically just identifying the aircraft ("F/A-18",
etc.)

If you can get past all these shortcomings, there is some interesting
footage.

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Paul Hirose
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