Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!tellab5!laidbak!mcdchg!att!cbnews!military From: zimerman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Jacob Ben-david Zimmerman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Side arms for Fly boys. Message-ID: <1990Oct16.011121.11666@cbnews.att.com> Date: 16 Oct 90 01:11:21 GMT References: <1990Oct15.033827.12908@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 13 Approved: military@att.att.com From: zimerman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Jacob Ben-david Zimmerman) RE jet pilots with sidearms: I heard that the revolver is a quick way of destroying equipment if your plane is downed. In WWII fighter pilots carried them. In case of a forced landing, one or two shots into the fuel tank produced a nice raging inferno. I imagine that one or two shots into electronics would be effective as well. ___________ |-Here comes your father. || | -Henry V || ||acob Zimmerman!+> INTERNET === | BITnet