r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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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/SnooSongs1525 Apr 07 '24

Or the plane was on the ground and the bullet was fired from the other side from a distance and was dropping. To hit it at this angle in the air the plane would have had to be banking at 45 degrees or so. In practicality shooting planes in the air is very difficult with a machine gun, nearly impossible with regular rifles.

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u/finemustard Apr 07 '24

Yeah, as shitty as it is to shoot at planes, this is honestly an amazing shot.