Even if grammar is wrong, and those are flares, it's still a plane with a 105mm howitzer that shoots a 105×372R shell.
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Those shells weigh about 200lbs and go at a speed of 770m/s. it would take the shell 15.8 seconds to hit the ground if plane is at 40,000 feet.
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The shell has a acceleration of 48.75
m/s*s. The impact force would be 4,421.625 Newtons.
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That force is roughly equal to a 2012 Hyundai Genesis hitting you going at 90 mph
Possibly the Spooky. "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was the colloquial name for the AC-47 Spooky, an early Vietnam era aircraft of similar design.
In 1968, it was replaced by the AC-130A gunship, the same platform as above. The "A" model was retired in 1995, but the platform continues to see service as the (H) Spectre, (U) Spooky II, (J) Ghostrider and (W) Stinger II.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130
If so, they are designed to prevent death.
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Those shells weigh about 200lbs and go at a speed of 770m/s. it would take the shell 15.8 seconds to hit the ground if plane is at 40,000 feet.
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The shell has a acceleration of 48.75
m/s*s. The impact force would be 4,421.625 Newtons.
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That force is roughly equal to a 2012 Hyundai Genesis hitting you going at 90 mph
In 1968, it was replaced by the AC-130A gunship, the same platform as above. The "A" model was retired in 1995, but the platform continues to see service as the (H) Spectre, (U) Spooky II, (J) Ghostrider and (W) Stinger II.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130