To: marcusmaximus
Talk about “putting one in the pickle barrel”.
That was the way WWII bombardiers spoke of their skill in pinpointing targets from 20,000 feet in their raids over Germany.
Drones can get in so much closer than B-17 Flying Fortresses.
14 posted on
06/08/2024 11:38:07 AM PDT by
alloysteel
(Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
To: alloysteel
(That was the way WWII bombardiers spoke of their skill in pinpointing targets from 20,000 feet in their raids over Germany.)
All thanks to the Norden Bombsight.
20 posted on
06/08/2024 11:50:04 AM PDT by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: alloysteel
That was the way WWII bombardiers spoke of their skill in pinpointing targets from 20,000 feet in their raids over Germany. More often than not, those bombardiers were kidding themselves; the bombsights were not as nearly as accurate as they were led to believe.
52 posted on
06/08/2024 2:06:05 PM PDT by
Captain Walker
("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
To: alloysteel
To this day, the bomb release button is called the “Pickle Button.”
54 posted on
06/08/2024 2:23:32 PM PDT by
FtrPilot
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