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To: samuel_adams_us
Actually, accouring to CNN..it realy was a B-17..it was able to achieve the extraordinary range for the A-Bomb mission, because the plane had a very big

TAIL WIND!!!

220 posted on 08/11/2003 9:03:43 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050
That and it's jet engines were very conservative on fuel!! Yep, thats it.
223 posted on 08/11/2003 9:12:10 AM PDT by samuel_adams_us
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