deflection shooting
leading the target

Well try to fly high enough for deflection shooting.

This is sometimes also called "deflection shooting" and requires skill and practice.

Marseille became known as a master of deflection shooting.

"The principles of deflection shooting against wildfowl and airplanes were exactly the same," he said.

The former, which "shot" pictures instead of bullets was used to practice the art of deflection shooting.

Didn't anyone tell you about deflection shooting?

He had been known to be an extremely talented pilot and was especially accurate at deflection shooting, even from long distances against moving targets.

At this time, counter fire from the ground was far less effective than it became later, when the necessary techniques of deflection shooting had been mastered.

Deflection shooting, just like eoine for pheasant or Dartridee.

During these exercises he mastered deflection shooting.

Then the cadets were taught to apply their knowledge practically by teaching them aeronautics, deflection shooting, and thinking in three dimensions.

O'Hare's initial maneuver was a high-side diving attack employing accurate deflection shooting.

Renouf chased the tumbling, blazing carcase and got some useful practice at deflection shooting.

Deflection shooting.

He then used deflection shooting with deadly accuracy on enemy pilots at close range, resulting in an astonishing economy of ammunition expended per kill.

Deflection shooting was difficult at that time as the Spitfire V had only a ring and bead for an aiming device.

Fernandez was a crack marksman, one of the best in the Air Force at that time in the art of deflection shooting.

Beurling dedicated himself to improving his skills, especially in deflection shooting, which proved to be vital to survival in the deadly skies of Malta.

His first victory of 1917, over Captain Daly, inadvertently taught Voss the knack of deflection shooting.

Friedrich Körner (36 victories) also recognised this as unique: "Shooting in a curve (deflection shooting) is the most difficult thing a pilot can do."

The Battlehawks 1942 manual includes details Fighter Tactics instructions, such as deflection shooting or how to perform overhead approaches from the same or the opposite course.

Unlike Hans-Joachim Marseille, who was a marksman and expert in the art of deflection shooting, Hartmann was a master of stalk-and-ambush tactics.

A fellow Spitfire pilot said of Beurling, "He was so successful for many reasons, but the two most important were his eyesight and his knack for deflection shooting.

His keen eyes, ability to size up a situation and position himself and his flight to advantage, and his ability at deflection shooting made him a great danger to the enemy.

His relentless concentration on aerial fighting led Beurling to develop a marked skill at deflection shooting and together with his "situational awareness", he was soon recognised as a deadly fighter pilot.

Con brought the shotgun up to his shoulder and sighted, leading the target.

One was leading the target while the other was slightly lagging. '

These attacks will look like they come from a trusted source, leading the target to fall for the trap and clicking a link or file.

This gunsight calculated the correct angle of deflection to use when leading the target.

This is called "leading the target".

The star-jellies are unused to leading the targets," Tuvok reported from aboard his mount. "

Now you can focus on leading the target (advancing the gun ahead of the target) and to keep the muzzle pointed at the bottom or below the target.

The control mechanism usually has other functions, such as applying super-elevation and leading the target according to its velocity, making it a fire-control system, and some guns are entirely automatic.

The men had thrown them ahead of a vehicle in a passing American convoy, leading the target by putting the grenade where they expected the vehicle to be in a moment.

Deflection is a technique used for effectively propelling a projectile at a moving target, also known as "leading the target", i.e. shooting ahead of a moving target so that the target and projectile will collide.