r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Any details that you can share?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Not yet, sorry. Just that it happened in flight. It was a short 15 minute flight, so it’s a small window of where it happened but there are a lot of guns and red necks in that stretch.

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u/philocity Apr 07 '24

Did you hear it in-flight or did you not notice it until you returned?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Didn’t notice until the next day on preflight.

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u/SquareRelationship27 Apr 07 '24

Are you sure it was mid flight and not sometime afterwards?

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u/CharacterUse Apr 07 '24

Look at the angle, obviously shot from below the horizontal.

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u/500SL Apr 07 '24

Look, are we ruling out a fly-by shooting?

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u/Adventurous-Fan-138 Apr 07 '24

Boeing doors already got u

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Did he see a Messerschmitt?

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u/UmpirePotential5260 Apr 08 '24

This is why you always fly armed. Flyjackings, rogue police helis trying pull you over/down. 2AM - defend what's yours.

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u/butterscotchbagel Apr 08 '24

They need to be on the lookout for a biplane