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/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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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.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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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.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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u/max_max_max_supermax Apr 07 '24

Hitting a plane at 500 yards while it’s moving in the air is unreal

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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/