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Air Demolition Derby
Get old jets that are barely flying, put a bunch of daredevil pilots in them and have them try to knock the other guys out of the sky. | |
An aerial version of those auto demolition derbies where
old
cars drive around in an arena trying to wreck the
competition.
You'd need some rules, can only hit wing tips and
empennage bits, but it would be quite something to watch.
The spectator stands would be a safe distance away from
the action so everybody would probably watch with
binoculars and a series of large view screens projecting live
video shot with camera equipped drones.
A bit of history.
https://en.wikipedi...wiki/Aerial_ramming
[doctorremulac3, Feb 13 2020]
Ohka
https://en.wikipedi...Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka
"Cherry Blosom" Very poetic way to die... [8th of 7, Feb 14 2020]
[link]
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I'm in! I'll take an A-10 thankyouverymuch. |
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Harrier GR9 ... <snigger/> |
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Is this a slowest aircraft competition? |
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Possibly; in the absence of weaponry, sheer agility may be a distinct advantage.... |
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I like the idea of safety rules, seeing as how they work so well
in car demolition derbies. But, just in case, maybe modify
the planes to have ejector seats. |
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That's the same word twice, actually... |
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// modify the planes to have ejector seats. // |
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Do you have any idea of... oh, never mind. |
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//Do you have any idea of... oh, never mind.// |
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When it's the last inning and the bases are loaded, that's the time to pick the pitch to swing at*. |
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*Thankfully, we know nothing about baseball or softball, but a little effort with a search engine turned up that sentence. |
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In 1945, the Japanese launched tai-arai ("body-bashing") attacks against B-29's, with very limited success; the Superfortresses were heavily armed, flew in defensive "boxes", but most of all too high for air defenses to be effective. |
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It was an airborne version of the Shimpu (kamikaze) attac, and fared no better. If they'd had their own version of the Reichenberg (examples were shipped to Japan) or adapted the Ohka, they might have had more success. The Me163 would have been equally... interesting.... in that rôle. |
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Think that was a dud and speaking rocket powered death
machines, the Japanese had a rocket powered plane
called the Cherry Blossom (way to come up with a scary
name guys) that was supposed to be released from a Kate
medium bomber and fly into US ships. On a humorous
note, the first squadron of these was shot down in its
entirety on the way to their first attack. None of the
"cherry blossoms" even got a chance to launch. I'm not
aware of any other attempts to use these. |
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//the planes to have ejector seats - Max// I'm sure
there's a place for the idea of Ejector Seat
Jousting. |
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I'm sure there was a film where a pilot ejected, and emerged
through the floor of the plane directly above him. |
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//emerged through the floor of the plane directly above
him// |
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Just occurred to me the Japanese were very poetic with
their naming of stuff. Divine wind for suicidal death
bombers, the cherry blossom rocket powered manned
bombs.
We called our fighters Hellcats, Lightnings, Avengers etc.
Seems we were motivated more by anger than aesthetic. |
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Perhaps that's why they lost ? |
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Yes, that's the translation of "Ohka". <link> |
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There were single nd twin-seat training versions produced. The irony of a flight trainer for a suicide weapon is something of an oxymoron. Nevertheless, numerous kamikaze pilots survived their early missions, because they could not find a "worthy target" - in which case they had instructions to return to fly another day. |
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"Well, private Sumimasen, that was an outstandingly good
landing. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave the kamikaze
squadron." |
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//Nevertheless, numerous kamikaze pilots survived their
early missions, because they could not find a "worthy
target" - in which case they had instructions to return to
fly another day.// |
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(air wing commander) Lt Remulacson! You have returned
from your kamikazi mission alive! Explain yourself! |
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(Lt Remulacson) Sir, I was unable to find a worthy target. |
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(air wing commander) Intel reports that pilots in your
squadron sank two destroyers, damaged 3 aircraft carriers
and one battleship! |
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(Lt Remulacson) Yes, OK choices for them but not up to
my high standards. I just have to go with my superior
kamikaze pilot instinct on
such things. The target has to be perfect. This just wasn't
that day. |
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(air wing commander) This is the 5th such mission that
"just wasn't that day." |
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Hey, this needs my constant laugh track generator. |
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Sounds like the "Today is not that day !" meme is due for another outing ... |
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