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Subject: Side Arms For Fly Boys.
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Date: 29 Oct 90 03:30:34 GMT
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From: p14.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org!Dan.Daetwyler (Dan Daetwyler)

 AB> wanted something that would shoot, I guess.  And the Air Force wanted
 AB> something that amounted to a light-machine gun to give their pilots for
 AB> when they were shot down over commieland.

 >>From what I've read/seen/heard, most pilots/aircrew prefer to carry
 AB> revolvers instead of autoloaders because they tend to be lighter.

For at least one group of Artillery Liason (Cubs -- Maytag Messershmidts) pilots, the preferred personal weapon was the WWI "trench gun".  That turns out to be a sawed off 12 guage pump shotgun.  Procurement was a bit "informal", but all of us "legs" knew that if you could come up with this weapon, you got "free" flights anywhere you wanted to go.

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