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RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'??
Posted by: John Griffiths ()
Date: June 20, 2001 05:33PM

<HTML>JD,

>>Being a crewman on a P3 Orion and being in countless exercises, and given conditions it\'s easy. They\'re not behind a wall! Can you see 200\' in the fog? Many times you can. The fact remains most u-boats were sunk by aircraft, no matter what the damned depth. I am an aviation ordnanceman. I\'ve set thousands of depth charges, mines, loaded bombs, zuni rockets, 20MM, shrike, sidewinders, walleyes, napalm, CBU\'s, DST\'s, chaff, and any other thing you can think of. Also, alot depends on What you are looking for. Look for your keys, you pass many things, you\'re looking for your damned keys. Look for subs, you\'ll find \'em. What will fool you are some biologicals, like whales. <<

No-one is knocking your experience but the crates they flew in WW2 were nowhere near as advanced as the Orion! Neither, for that matter, were the weapons.

The modern depth charges are far advanced from the basic kit that was fitted in WW2 - so that\'s not a fair comparison! More boats were sunk on the surface than were ever sunk at depth by an aircraft!

Can you see 200\' in fog? Aye - with radar! :-) Seriously, the old eyeball Mark 1 played many tricks on many people at many times. I am not doubting you could see a sub at 200 feet from half a mile up in the sky but - and I have to stress BUT - you\'d have to be extremely lucky. Extremely.

Carrots in the mess before fly off?

Then again, you naval aviatrixs have always been known to believe you\'re the best - and that is meant as a joke!

Aye,

John</HTML>

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Crews JD Thomas, USN (ret) 06/19/2001 12:16AM
RE: Crews Roy Prince 06/19/2001 01:40AM
RE:200ft..? Ted Armstrong 06/19/2001 07:40AM
RE:200ft..? JD Thomas 06/19/2001 11:28AM
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RE: where and when Rainer Bruns 06/19/2001 02:53PM
RE: where and when jd thomas 06/19/2001 03:42PM
RE: where and when Tim 06/19/2001 10:58PM
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RE: U-boat vs A/C Tim 06/21/2001 12:25AM
RE: where and when Tim 06/19/2001 11:04PM
RE: where and when JD Thomas 06/19/2001 03:00PM
RE: where and when JD Thomas 06/19/2001 03:01PM
RE: 200\'?? Rainer Bruns 06/19/2001 01:24PM
RE: 200\\\'?? JD Thomas 06/19/2001 02:58PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\'?? Rainer Bruns 06/19/2001 03:19PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'?? John Griffiths 06/19/2001 03:40PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'?? jdthomas 06/19/2001 03:51PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'?? Jim 06/19/2001 04:02PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ JD Thomas 06/20/2001 09:03PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'?? Rainer Bruns 06/19/2001 04:41PM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ JD Thomas 06/20/2001 09:14PM
RE: 200 Rainer Bruns 06/21/2001 12:38AM
RE: 200\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'?? John Griffiths 06/20/2001 05:33PM
200 ft is too deep kurt 06/19/2001 05:54PM
RE: 200 ft is too deep J.T. McDaniel 06/20/2001 12:09AM


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