1 posted on
01/25/2007 7:56:23 PM PST by
holymoly
To: holymoly
Great plane (the B17) but highly overrated ... if it wasn't for the movie "Twelve O'Clock High" it would have been just another bomber .... the B24 flew higher, faster and carried a larger bomb load. Plus, the cockpit was tricked out with padded seats, the fire control system was enclosed ... no machine guns hanging out in the airstream at -60F ....
But the B17 was tougher ..... the B24 had this nasty habit of just blowing up due to fuel leaks ....
(I read the books - I'm in aviation school going for my Airline Transport License ... I'm already a commercial pilot)
/R/ Jane
2 posted on
01/25/2007 8:11:48 PM PST by
SkyDancer
("The Americans on Flight 93 did more to counter terrorism than the Democrats have done in 4 years")
To: holymoly
... forgot to add it (the B24) flew further ....
3 posted on
01/25/2007 8:12:59 PM PST by
SkyDancer
("The Americans on Flight 93 did more to counter terrorism than the Democrats have done in 4 years")
To: holymoly
One of Sunday School students flew the B-24 over Germany near the end of WWII. Oh the stories he tells about flying the bird!
4 posted on
01/25/2007 8:15:36 PM PST by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: holymoly
During WWII, my late Father was an Instructor for B-24s. Later on he became an Instructor for B-29s in New Mexico.
8 posted on
01/25/2007 8:39:41 PM PST by
Petruchio
(* Censored *)
To: holymoly; All
The Collings Foundation is a pro outfit and this is a great display. I attended one about 6 years ago and it was a wonderful experience. At that time, you could board the aircraft and move about,though not thru the cockpit. The B17 is much, much smaller than I had imagined. I would have had a hard time as a waist gunner....the fuselage is too narrow back there.
Friends who took a flight said it was definitely worth it.
At the show I attended there were WWII vets there to talk to. Watching and listening to a B-17 cruising by was quite memorable, too.
13 posted on
01/25/2007 8:57:46 PM PST by
skeptoid
(BS, AE, AA)
To: holymoly
A B-17 and the box it came in.
15 posted on
01/25/2007 9:02:34 PM PST by
Plutarch
(Reckless spending is not conservative.)
To: devolve
16 posted on
01/25/2007 9:03:08 PM PST by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: holymoly
Thank you for the schedule. I will try to see them when they come to Louisiana or Mississippi.
19 posted on
01/25/2007 9:09:51 PM PST by
BBell
To: holymoly
My dad was a tailgunner in B24s out of Spinizola Italy. He lied about there not being any action while he was there, I now have the groups records. Which he hadn't passed away, those boys must have been damn scared flying in those crates.
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