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Accidents will happen
Around summer 1989, a three-foot-long practice bomb was accidentally
dislodged from a Navy fighter je that was on a training mission. The wayward ordnance, which was inert, came to rest in the backyard of William Larsen's Middleburg, FL, home. The bomb gouged a foot-deep crater in the earth, but, fortunately for the Navy, no one was injured in the mishap. Anyone have more info? Mike |
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a concrete block three feet long used as a bomb substitute would weigh no
more than maybe 50 pounds. Doesn't make a deep crater when falling from an aircraft at a lowlevel penetration mission. "No Spam" wrote in message ... a foot-deep CRATER??? An entire 12 inches?? On 5 Mar 2005 20:13:17 -0800, " wrote: Around summer 1989, a three-foot-long practice bomb was accidentally dislodged from a Navy fighter je that was on a training mission. The wayward ordnance, which was inert, came to rest in the backyard of William Larsen's Middleburg, FL, home. The bomb gouged a foot-deep crater in the earth, but, fortunately for the Navy, no one was injured in the mishap. Anyone have more info? Mike |
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"Jeroen Wenting" wrote in
: a concrete block three feet long used as a bomb substitute would weigh no more than maybe 50 pounds. Doesn't make a deep crater when falling from an aircraft at a lowlevel penetration mission. A 50 pound mass travelling 100+ mph should make a hole deeper than just a foot. A 14 pound bowling ball from the 6th story of a beachfront hotel went deeper than that many moons ago. Dave in San Diego |
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"Dave in San Diego" wrote in message
| "Jeroen Wenting" wrote in | : | || a concrete block three feet long used as a bomb substitute would || weigh no more than maybe 50 pounds. || Doesn't make a deep crater when falling from an aircraft at a || lowlevel penetration mission. | | A 50 pound mass travelling 100+ mph should make a hole deeper than | just a foot. A 14 pound bowling ball from the 6th story of a | beachfront hotel went deeper than that many moons ago. | | Dave in San Diego A bowling ball dropped from a 6th storey building has a fairly vertical component to its trajectory. Whereas, a practice bomb dropped at low level would have a much higher horizontal vector. I'm only guessing, if the plane was over a backyard, it was possibly on finals or in the pattern at the very least. At a forward speed of 200 kt, the forward momentum would (possibly) make the bomb bounce out of the hole at a 30 degree angle. The 'foot deep' crater could then also be described as a 'foot deep' skidmark. It would help if we knew how long the crater was ;-) That's only an opinion, your mileage may vary. -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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"Jeroen Wenting" wrote in message ... a concrete block three feet long used as a bomb substitute would weigh no more than maybe 50 pounds. Incorrect, a concrete block 3ft long and 6" square will weigh over 100 lbs. If its 1ft square it'll weigh 400 pounds Doesn't make a deep crater when falling from an aircraft at a lowlevel penetration mission. But does from medium/high level ! The RAF used concrete filled laser guided bombs to take out precision targets in Basra , it destroys the room but no the rest of the building. Keith |
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Dave in San Diego wrote:
A 50 pound mass travelling 100+ mph should make a hole deeper than just a foot. A 14 pound bowling ball from the 6th story of a beachfront hotel went deeper than that many moons ago. But keep in mind the difference between sand and Florida clay. Middleburg, by the way, is/was the home of Slim Whitman, and is just north of where Bo Diddley hails from. -- Noah |
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In article ,
"Keith W" wrote: "Jeroen Wenting" wrote in message ... a concrete block three feet long used as a bomb substitute would weigh no more than maybe 50 pounds. Incorrect, a concrete block 3ft long and 6" square will weigh over 100 lbs. If its 1ft square it'll weigh 400 pounds Doesn't make a deep crater when falling from an aircraft at a lowlevel penetration mission. But does from medium/high level ! The RAF used concrete filled laser guided bombs to take out precision targets in Basra , it destroys the room but no the rest of the building. Keith They are really great for tank plinking, too. When the bad guys put a tank next to a hospital or school, the concrete bomb taked out the tank without touching the building next to it. |
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I think we're missing the point here guys. He asked for more info about the
incident and so far nobody has provided any. |
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 10:40:19 +0000, Keith W wrote:
The RAF used concrete filled laser guided bombs to take out precision targets in Basra , it destroys the room but no the rest of the building. I'm sure it works brilliantly, but for some reason, I find the idea of throwing laser guided stones at the enemy vastly amusing. Beautifull bit of out-of-the-box thinking. Rob |
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