Amazing story! I certainly would like for it to be true.
Link, from the F&S article comments section, to "airforce-magazine.com" article from '96:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Mag...0796valor.aspx
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Amazing story! I certainly would like for it to be true.
Link, from the F&S article comments section, to "airforce-magazine.com" article from '96:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Mag...0796valor.aspx
Cool story, but I doubt it is true.
Zero stalls at less than 70 mph, has a cop ever hit a speeder running a checkpoint?
True or not, this story is more credible than half the stories you read about on gun forums...
I can believe it, after all, I'm sure stranger things have happened and everyone gets lucky.
Small arms fire does occasionally get lucky and hit a plane, remember Flight of the Intruder? But in this particular case I am wondering if it was not some sort of coincidence with a mechanical failure on the Zero at the same moment it was shot at--if the story is even accurate at all.
While not likely, anythings possible... Its a damn cool story though. It kind of reminds me of Red Baron, who was supposedly killed from a single gunshot wound fired from the ground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen
I see a "Myth Busters" episode on the horizon!