Bob wrote:TEOTWAWKI wrote:Well Bob the old Jugs P 47s were the first planes to shoot themselves down...they could out dive the speed of their own bullets...hope that helps in a real world way....
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I didn't know about that. So if the aircraft is traveling faster than the speed of the bullet, then the bullet it fires will not get out ahead of the aircraft?
Question. Since today's modern jet aircraft all travel faster than bullets, when they're doing so, how do they shoot another airplane with their machine guns when in a dogfight?
Your bullets travel in an arc...it is possible to dive under them with a fast enough plane.