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05-23-2004, 07:13 AM
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#91 | | Master of Ewes
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We'll call it a target drone for the Germans
| of just target practise................
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05-25-2004, 10:44 AM
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Country: | It was used for live fire exercises, at least you get some form of combat experience against an enemy pilot, even if it is in one of the most awful combat planes ever to fly.
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05-26-2004, 02:13 PM
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#93 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | just something that always bugs me, what was the role of a target tug??
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05-26-2004, 02:14 PM
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| The plane would be used to carry a practice target, basically a large sheet, on a cable that trailed out from the rear of the plane.
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05-26-2004, 02:44 PM
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#95 | | Master of Ewes
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05-26-2004, 11:47 PM
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| Basically, it was usually called a sleeve but resembled a bed sheet.
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05-28-2004, 12:47 PM
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Country: | Like those banner carrying planes, with the banner trailing out the back. That'd been pretty hairy for the pilot in the tug, if the practicing pilots were just crap.
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05-28-2004, 12:50 PM
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Country:  | i imagine there must have been a few examples where the target tug got hit?
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05-28-2004, 01:37 PM
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#99 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i've never even heard an account of a pilot doing target practice like that, was it common practise??
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