Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.USS NEVADA, painted in high-vis red-orange for the "Test ABLE" atomic weapons drops at Bikini Atoll. Test ABLE was conducted at 9:00 on July 1, 1946. Weapon Gilda was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group. Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons.
The battleship USS NEVADA had been designated as the aim point for ABLE and was painted red, with white gun barrels and gunwales, to make her stand out in the central cluster of target ships.
Yeah…typical…ALWAYS blame the FO…Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.
If Navy dive bombers can sink 4 carrier in 2 days with relatively miniscule iron bombs, HTF can anyone MISS a battleship with a NucWep?Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.
Apples and oranges. Gilda was dropped from….what? 10,000 feet or higher? I don't know…If Navy dive bombers can sink 4 carrier in 2 days with relatively miniscule iron bombs, HTF can anyone MISS a battleship with a NucWep?
BzB
The miss resulted in a government investigation of the flight crew of the B-29 bomber. Various explanations were offered, including the bomb's known poor ballistic characteristics, but none was convincing. Images of the drop were inconclusive. The bomb sight was checked and found error free. The mystery was never solved.
Per above, evidently "The Government" determined that it did suck, 'cause back then, CYA had not been 'invented' yet!C'mon…a CEP of 2130' from a "level drop" at high altitude doesn't exactly suck. I doubt that many of the "Sky Spot drops" in Vietnam were very more accurate...
I have an 18-200 (which she was using). Strongly recommend.. and a bit of post editing as well.
C'mon…a CEP of 2130' from a "level drop" at high altitude doesn't exactly suck.
Took me a bit to wrap my mind around this. I assume the "formation leader" is on top, then "meat in the sandwich" flies form on him, and "bottom bread" flies form on numbers 2 and 1. Tricky...View attachment 13506
Setting the Way-Back machine today.
F2B aircraft pictured in formation over Northwest Florida during a training flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, on March 20, 1933, eighty-one years ago today.
Awesome training scenario...I took these at today's cliff ops~
I took these at today's cliff ops~
Entire set link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37032073@N06/sets/72157642657242585/with/13291620074/
Doesn't eat much, tho, right?You should have left him there, I always saw that guy dozing off in some random corner on the boat. The guy is worthless, tax payer dollars, wasted.