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Originally Posted by Kutscha
Since when does the stated 70* dive become a 90* dive?
"Richard Hallion in 'Strike from the Sky' state the Pe-2 was used as a 70degree dive-bomber"
I guess it can be said the RAF had dive bombers since the Spitfire could be dived at a 60* angle. There is also your claim, tcolvin, that the Typhoon also did vertical dives. So what are you running on about that the RAF did not have dive bombers?
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You, Kutscha and Franek, cannot be saying that a dive bomber is any bomber that can dive. You both must believe that to qualify as a dive bomber it must be stressed for pullout, have an automatic pullout system, dive brakes, and a method of delivering bombs outside the propeller arc.
So if you both believe this, then why equivocate over whether dive angles were 60, 70 or 90 degrees?
The Pe-2, Ju87, Vengeance and Skua were dive bombers and could dive vertically. Why do you fight against accepting that simple fact?
Be honest, now. What is your problem?
Tony