Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Rule of thumb (this one actually works) one in sixty-----one inch offset in a 60 inch drive shaft equals ONE DEGREE----and if you are flying one degree off course for 10 hours at 600 MPH you will miss your (pick one) destination,target,checkpoint,refueler,etc by 100 miles, corse if the bomb is big enough-----

Jerry, I think this story has a moral::: If you can't fly straight, carry a big bomb????

PS--Used to love to watch them drop them great big "daisy cutters"!!!! Instant LZ free of jungle critters....


Didn't mean to derail the thread, sometimes it's amazing how my mind works, or doesn't!!!!!!!!!!