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Cold Blue' Shows the B-17 Bomber Like You've Never Seen It Before
Popular Mechanics ^
| 16 May 2019
| Chuck Thompson
Posted on 05/19/2019 1:32:38 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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Trailer at the site.
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:32:38 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: NewJerseyJoe
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:34:08 PM PDT
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Rummyfan
need to check your <img src=>
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:35:13 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: tomkat
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:43:09 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
The Movie,
“Memphis Belle”
Seemed a Good Depiction.
I’m sure it was a B-17.
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:52:06 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(Despised by the Despicable!)
To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:54:20 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
05/19/2019 1:57:28 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rummyfan
That one works, thanks .. it might get me into a theatre for the first time in a looooooooong time !
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:01:17 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Rummyfan
In his book, Adolph Galland said the nickname “flying fortress” was a very strong psychological impression. He said the Germans tried very hard to get the phrase “flying coffins” into usage. It didn’t work.
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:30:55 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: IncPen
To: yarddog
He said the Germans tried very hard to get the phrase “flying coffins” into usage.That nickname was already taken by the B-24.
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:40:19 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: NewJerseyJoe
The B-17 has always been my favorite combat aircraft. A more potent symbol of righteous American might there never was(save perhaps for the B-52). And a great platform for unforgettable nose art. Such classics as scantily clad ladies with names like "Sack Time'' and "Miss Bea Haven"".
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:46:12 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
To: Rummyfan; All
12 o CLOCK HIGH Really does a good job of covering considerations given into the tactics and the logistics used on bombing runs
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:52:49 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting for the record hoping some might read and pass around)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:57:24 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: jmacusa
Hahaha...I was in a antique store today, and there was a large assembled model of a B-29 hanging from the overhead with the moniker “Humpin’ Honey” with a Betty Grable posed woman on it!
I have heard that near the end of the war in the Pacific, guys were painting darn near anything they wanted on their planes because people were past giving a crap...don’t know if that is true or not.
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posted on
05/19/2019 2:58:03 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("And she woulda made it, too...if she hadn't been wearing her Lucky Ham." RIP Tim Conway)
To: onedoug
To: rlmorel
90% of what the USPS delivers is trash.
I stopped collecting my mail over 10 years ago.
I’m not required by any law to accept any mail from anyone.
Therefore, I don’t.
You want to get my attention?
Send it “Certified or registered” signature required.
I’m not signing for sh*t.
Try again.
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posted on
05/19/2019 3:05:42 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Somebody was flying either a B-24 or a B-25 over my house last week. I could hear radial engines and saw twin vertical stabilizers when I went out to look. Didn’t see the number of engines though.
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posted on
05/19/2019 3:11:34 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
To: Rummyfan; Big Red Badger
About 8 years ago, the B-17 used in the “Memphis Belle” movie flew directly over my house at low altitude.
Coolest thing ever.
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posted on
05/19/2019 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Zeneta; shelterguy
Heh, I am going to guess your post was to shelterguy on the thread about the USPS going broke...
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posted on
05/19/2019 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("And she woulda made it, too...if she hadn't been wearing her Lucky Ham." RIP Tim Conway)
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