To: NRx
2 posted on
07/15/2018 1:40:12 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That looks an awful lot like a Constellation. Is that what it is?
5 posted on
07/15/2018 1:52:40 PM PDT by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That is a Lockheed Constellation with the triple tail and the arched back. The Boeing 377 was a blunt nose affair looking a little bit more like a B-29.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Connie...one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built.
My dad had to help crank down the landing gear in a TWA Connie, landing at SFO, back in the day.
The cranking mechanism was in the passenger compartment, presumably above the gear, and the men would take turns on the cranks.
14 posted on
07/15/2018 2:34:52 PM PDT by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built
15 posted on
07/15/2018 2:38:48 PM PDT by
Spruce
To: 2ndDivisionVet
19 posted on
07/15/2018 3:01:40 PM PDT by
jaz.357
(Blithering Intellectual.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
wrong airplane.
That’s a Lockheed Constellation.
42 posted on
07/15/2018 9:19:11 PM PDT by
oldbill
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My uncle took his first flight on one of these. Talked about it until the end. On his way to California with the Army.
47 posted on
07/16/2018 5:40:52 AM PDT by
Texas resident
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