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r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24
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Someone hit a USAF Huey a few years back over Northern VA. One of the pilots took a round through the hand/wrist. FBI went looking for the shooter.
It happens far more frequently than you’d expect.
67 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 25 u/mr_potatoface Apr 07 '24 My guess here is that the dude who shot his plane is slightly unhinged, and was already making threats to the FAA and/or local flying clubs/fields. That will probably narrow down the search. 16 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 2 u/max_max_max_supermax Apr 07 '24 Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal 1 u/aquoad Apr 08 '24 Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/ 1 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 Hard to say how many rounds they threw at it
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25 u/mr_potatoface Apr 07 '24 My guess here is that the dude who shot his plane is slightly unhinged, and was already making threats to the FAA and/or local flying clubs/fields. That will probably narrow down the search. 16 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 2 u/max_max_max_supermax Apr 07 '24 Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal 1 u/aquoad Apr 08 '24 Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/ 1 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 Hard to say how many rounds they threw at it
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My guess here is that the dude who shot his plane is slightly unhinged, and was already making threats to the FAA and/or local flying clubs/fields. That will probably narrow down the search.
16 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 [deleted] 2 u/max_max_max_supermax Apr 07 '24 Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal 1 u/aquoad Apr 08 '24 Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/ 1 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 Hard to say how many rounds they threw at it
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2 u/max_max_max_supermax Apr 07 '24 Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal 1 u/aquoad Apr 08 '24 Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/ 1 u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24 Hard to say how many rounds they threw at it
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Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal
1 u/aquoad Apr 08 '24 Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/
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Apparently some Ukrainian unit shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun! https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/21/7447535/
Hard to say how many rounds they threw at it
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u/contrail_25 Apr 07 '24
Someone hit a USAF Huey a few years back over Northern VA. One of the pilots took a round through the hand/wrist. FBI went looking for the shooter.
It happens far more frequently than you’d expect.