[HN Gopher] A Grumman F11 Tiger Shot Itself Down
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       A Grumman F11 Tiger Shot Itself Down
        
       Author : _whiteCaps_
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-08-10 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.planeandpilotmag.com)
        
       | senkora wrote:
       | > He flew west in 1997 at the age of 74.
       | 
       | I've never heard that euphemism before. I quite like it.
        
         | I_Byte wrote:
         | This article, while not specifically about the euphemism,
         | details it's origin and use among pilots.
         | 
         | https://captain-al-speaking.com/2018/12/06/flying-west/
        
       | btown wrote:
       | Ah, this happened with bullets, not missiles. Because the missile
       | knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows
       | where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't,
       | or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it
       | obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses
       | deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile
       | from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and
       | arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently,
       | the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and
       | it follows that the position that it was, is now the position
       | that it isn't.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ
        
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