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Mac790

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I was cruising around the internet, and I've found a strange story at Vansairforce.net, it's about a guy whose plane had been a target for some dumb idio... He had a lot of luck a bullet missed his fuel tank by 6", and the pilot by 4'.
Full story here
Bullet Holes - VAF Forums

Seb

btw I was thinking about a few layers of Kevlar at the bottom of a plane many times, maybe it wasn't extremely silly idea.
 

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