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  • #31
    hell, I probably got more radiation exposure than him for reactor plants.

    one thing I'm curious though. How could there be that much a delay of the bomb? How long long could it possibly stay in the air? I'm too lazy to figure out the terminal velocity and all that. Anyone know what elevation they dropped the bomb?

    I always wondered how the plane wasn't knocked out of the sky from turbulence.

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    • #32
      According to wiki,
      was dropped from 9855m and detonated at 600m.
      It was just ballistics, no parachute or anything.

      9200m in about 50s for an average speed of 184m/s

      Sounds reasonable.

      Again, the plane was 17 km away when the bomb exploded, far away that the shockwage wasn't big enough to knock it down.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Dis
        hell, I probably got more radiation exposure than him for reactor plants.
        Your radon exposure is probably way higher

        I always wondered how the plane wasn't knocked out of the sky from turbulence.
        They had a flight pattern after the drop that gave them distance - if I remember right it was something like dropping down and gaining speed - too drunk/tired to find the book with the details.
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        • #34
          Brave man, flying a single unescorted bomber deep into enemy territory...
          No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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          • #35
            They knew the Japanese didn't scramble against small bomber groups due to lack of fuel.

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            • #36
              Yes, agreed but you never know when you make assumptions in war. Think back in history how many caused diasters.
              It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
              RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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              • #37
                Originally posted by The Mad Monk
                Brave man, flying a single unescorted bomber deep into enemy territory...
                There were 6 other planes with them

                Or maybe I misread and you think it'd have been easier if he could have flown several bombers at the same time

                RIP Paul Tibbets who really got called upon to do a rather nasty deed.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Nikolai
                  While I have heard of the Bomb, I have never heard of Paul Tibbets. Was he well known in the US, only for flying a plane with the first a-bomb, or did he do something more?

                  A routine search on "Paul Tibbets" would have turned up a very large number of references, so, yes, that would qualify for Dead Pool.
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                  • #39
                    What is this dead pool?
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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Nikolai
                      What is this dead pool?
                      http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=171509
                      "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                      "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                      • #41
                        Remember Pearl Harbor.

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