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...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:22 pm
by MikeKozlowski
...The Battle of Palmdale. Two F-89
Scorpions versus a single F6F
Hellcat drone. Didn't end the way the USAF thought it would.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale
Mike
Re: ...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:20 pm
by Poohbah
One of my projects on the someday list is to do this in Command: Modern Operations.
Re: ...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:35 pm
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
Early warning that drones are surprisingly hard targets...
snark:
I'm surprised didn't get to stage of back-seater opening canopy and letting fly with service pistol...
/
After=action report: "Guys, can we re-fit those old gun-pods ??"
Re: ...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:30 pm
by MikeKozlowski
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:35 pm
Early warning that drones are surprisingly hard targets...
snark:
I'm surprised didn't get to stage of back-seater opening canopy and letting fly with service pistol...
/
After=action report: "Guys, can we re-fit those old gun-pods ??"
Nik,
The Scorpion was originally designed for a unique Martin-built turret with 4 20mm cannon that could swivel....
It was actually tested and apparently worked pretty well, but was extremely complex and hideously expensive,
so to the trash heap it went.
Mike
Re: ...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:49 pm
by Drunknsubmrnr
Doesn’t that look a lot like the B-52G’s tail mount?
Re: ...Sixty-nine Years Ago....
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:30 am
by Johnnie Lyle
MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 10:30 pm
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:35 pm
Early warning that drones are surprisingly hard targets...
snark:
I'm surprised didn't get to stage of back-seater opening canopy and letting fly with service pistol...
/
After=action report: "Guys, can we re-fit those old gun-pods ??"
Nik,
The Scorpion was originally designed for a unique Martin-built turret with 4 20mm cannon that could swivel....
It was actually tested and apparently worked pretty well, but was extremely complex and hideously expensive,
so to the trash heap it went.
Mike
Something on that plane actually worked?
I remember Stuart describing it as a question of whether the wings fell off, the engines failed or the rockets exploded before the pilot could RTB.