hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (02/23/86)
In article <9762@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes: > >As long as we're talking about people who don't know anything about >airplanes, I have long been bothered by the way "Airwolf" likes to >shoot AGM-65 Mavericks at other aircraft. The Maverick is a television >guided air-to-surface missile. It is only effective against stationary >or slow-moving ground targets that are unable to move beyond a >missile's limited field of view before being struck. I suppose I >shouldn't be surprised. >-- > Are you making this up as you go along? > > Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 > UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil > ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com It also bothers me that somebody in hollywood thinks that you can hang a chain gun off a landing gear pod. Har har har har...(gee, makes you wonder how he manages to tote munitions into that `cave' all the time!) On a side note, maybe we should start mailing letters of protest to the producers of Airwolf; in all those `missed missile' shots, I'm almost certain that they've wiped out a rock-climbing route or two, no? -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department <disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu "Godzilla has been spotted in Sector 5!"
bde@ihlpl.UUCP (Ewbank) (02/28/86)
> >As long as we're talking about people who don't know anything about > >airplanes, I have long been bothered by the way "Airwolf" ... > > It also bothers me that somebody in hollywood thinks that you can hang a > chain gun off a landing gear pod. Har har har har...(gee, makes you wonder > how he manages to tote munitions into that `cave' all the time!) Well, I like the show, but must admit I was more than somewhat disgusted when watching the pilot -- seems that Airwolf was programmed in BASIC. ugh! -- -- Bryan Ewbank, 312/979-4296, !ihnp4!ihlpl!bde, ih 6M-523 / AT&T Bell Labs / Naperville, IL 60566