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There is a picture of the inside of a cargo plane with 50 Thompsons upright , to fire down through the floor , in 5 rows of 10 , each with a 50 or 100 round drum . Puff the magic dragon ETO style .

Chris

 

I believe it is illegal to fly a plane with mounted guns , they have to be hand held .

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Wouldn't see a problem here in Texas.

Lot's of hog hunting is done here from helicopters.

 

Exactly what I was going to say, but your state would have to allow full auto hunting, Texas does not as I understand it.

True for game animals, hogs are open season in Texas.

 

 

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I've seen videos of hogs being shot with a "Pig" out the side door of a helicopter. Pretty sure it was in TX. 7.62x51 is much more appropriate for that task than .45ACP

 

I didn't mean to imply that they were shooting hogs with Thompsons.

Just saying that shooting out of aircraft is legal here in Texas AFAIK.

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So if a guy was to shoot the tommy gun from a plane.. What should the target be?

Water will give you the best visual feedback. And the most dramatic, Tannerite aside. Of course there are safety concerns shooting at water but one has to assume that your piece of private property is quite large and not vary well stocked with humans and other such critters. If you don't have water then sand or dust gives a decent 'splash' especially with a 45 ACP. You could set up some balloons in different spots and have a go at them. One thing, no matter what you shoot at, DON'T SHOOT THE PROPELLER!!!!!!

 

Please take a video or two and share with us your experience.

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If you had a friend with a small plane and your own property to shoot at does it sound legal?

 

I have a friend who did this, though I would not recommend it. You can read the newspaper article about it.

 

https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/no-charges-filed-as-faa-closes-investigation-on-machine-gun-shot-out-of/2316020/

 

David

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Then lots of articles about it being illegal to shoot down drones

 

If you're on the ground, and the drone is in the air, aren't you shooting up the drone? :lol:

 

(Sorry, either I've had too much coffee or not enough.)

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This should do it for you.

 

Sturmovik.....Phil

 

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My trandslations: Automated firing platform for Tu2Sh bomber / The automated platform is lowered for reloading

 

'Hedgehog' firing platform for the Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 aircraft, fitted with 88, PPSh-41 submachine guns. "Many of these aircraft were piloted by members of the nine Soviet female combat squadrons in WWII".

 

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/innovative-flawed-fire-hedgehog.html

 

Stay safe

Richard

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Wouldn't see a problem here in Texas.

Lot's of hog hunting is done here from helicopters.

 

Exactly what I was going to say, but your state would have to allow full auto hunting, Texas does not as I understand it.

True for game animals, hogs are open season in Texas.

 

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I've watched Pigman and Ted Nugent shoot hogs with a full auto before. Very cool.

Dan, you need to do this. Do it into a muddy field so you get a better "splatter" effect.

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