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May 10th 04, 08:18 PM
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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 -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer 
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