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To: doorgunner69

After rolling in on a ground attack, as they climbed out, they would roll inverted. I asked a pilot, years later, why. He said that it was easier to pull positive gees, rather than negative...


12 posted on 04/05/2015 8:21:36 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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To: jonascord
After rolling in on a ground attack, as they climbed out, they would roll inverted. I asked a pilot, years later, why. He said that it was easier to pull positive gees, rather than negative...

I think they also liked to keep track of the other planes in the flight and where they were on their runs. Looked like it could get crowded if more than one flight was working a target.

14 posted on 04/05/2015 8:29:01 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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