(Dan_Thomas_nospam wrote)
He misses the ME-109 because the recoil of firing the bullet
accelerates the B-17 just a bit, so that the bullet, travelling at a
little less than the bomber's speed actually briefly follows the bomber
as it falls.

Plus there is a constant speed with the B-17. The bullet needs to accelerate
to reach that same speed. g


A related question: Haven't there been cases of supersonic
fighters shooting themselves down when they caught up to the shells
they'd fired forward?

'If I drive the speed of light, and turn on the headlights - would anything
happen?' Steven Wright ...and maybe also "The Lazlo Letters" (1977) by Don
Novello.


Montblack