Quote:
Originally Posted by Piotrsko
The rail gun at EDW is still there and rumored to be upgraded
Would be a 3fer: sonic, attention getting by shutting down aviation in so Cal, LAUNCH another tesla into space
Wait you were there back then, did they get that much altitude?
|
Nope! never a glimpse.
I did experience the Vulcan cannon in the F-15.
As the FNG, I mentioned a great sound that I'd heard east of the the dogleg turning towards NASA's hanger at the end of 'contractor row.'
I thought is was some sort of horn announcing Union breaktime or something.
I was disabused of that notion when they explained the 20mm cannon and it's rate of fire.
There were these dirt revetments bull-dozed up on the desert floor, and McDonnel Douglas were using them to site in the Vulcans. Amazing to a twenty-something who'd only seen a .22 and .223 in action.
