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Tonka and tucano close call....

Postby Mictheslik » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:49 am

Made the news this lunchtime....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7892448.stm

Pretty fine I'd say :P

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Re: Tonka and tucano close call....

Postby OVERLORD_CHRIS » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:49 pm

Not that big of a deal, the fighter pilot saw him coming and moved :P
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Re: Tonka and tucano close call....

Postby Craig. » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:54 pm

Urmm the problem is, he didn't see him till the last second.
This is a very big deal as your talking the differance between a lucky miss and 4 dead being all of half a seconds worth of reaction.
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Re: Tonka and tucano close call....

Postby matt2190 » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:59 pm

Here is an even closer one. Click

Shows why it is a good idea to avoid MOA's.
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Re: Tonka and tucano close call....

Postby Steve M » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:17 pm

Here is an even closer one. Click

Shows why it is a good idea to avoid MOA's.


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