[conservatism_IS_compassion]

firing in a very high G turn? - Tenacious 1

The opposite, I think.

Pilot error.

Grumman Test Pilot Don Evans

( http://www.grummanpark.org/content/don-evans-grumman-test-pilot-–-flight-no-8 but for some reason making a link to it doesn’t work right)

told of making the mistake of raising the nose of his Sabre and firing a clearing burst to validate his guns’ functionality on the approach of a combat situation.

He then brought the nose back down - with the result that he overtook his own “ammunition,” as this article puts it, and damaged his own plane.

[Delta 21]

This.

[Tenacious 1]

He then brought the nose back down - with the result that he overtook his own “ammunition,” as this article puts it, and damaged his own plane.

I don't know how to run all the calculations, but....

A platform traveling at a speed of X fires a projectile with a muzzle velocity of y creates a missal with an initial velocity of X+Y. Let's add some theoretical math.

F-16 traveling 600 MPH

Muzzle Velocity 2,200 F/S (1,500 MPH)

Initial muzzle velocity relative to the ground = 2,100 MPH

He did NOT "catch up" with a bullet that had been properly fired from a perfectly functional system (weapon + platform). Even if he were at MACH 2 (about 1,500 MPH), he couldn't overtake his own ammunition (I think)