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LongBlade

March 07, 2013, 11:41:57 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

TheCommandTent

#1
March 07, 2013, 01:52:41 PM
Great pictures thanks for the link!
"No wants, no needs, we weren't meant for that, none of us.  Man stagnates if he has no ambition, no desire to be more than he is."

bob48

#2
March 07, 2013, 01:55:22 PM
Great pictures LB, thanks.

Jeez, just imagin having to spend hours in the ball-turret on a B17.
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'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

LongBlade

#3
March 07, 2013, 05:07:03 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 07, 2013, 01:55:22 PM
Great pictures LB, thanks.

Jeez, just imagin having to spend hours in the ball-turret on a B17.

...just to be taken out first. I cannot imagine.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

bob48

#4
March 07, 2013, 05:13:10 PM
I've read some pretty harrowing accounts of guys being stuck in ball turrets that could not be retracted due to damage, and the aircraft having to make belly-landings.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Steelgrave

#5
March 07, 2013, 06:13:50 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 07, 2013, 05:13:10 PM
I've read some pretty harrowing accounts of guys being stuck in ball turrets that could not be retracted due to damage, and the aircraft having to make belly-landings.

I had a friend who joined up at age 17 and was the rear gunner on a B-17. His plane was shot down over Germany on his very first sortie and he spent the rest of the war in a German concentration camp. I always think of him anytime I see a B-17.

LongBlade

#6
March 07, 2013, 06:17:13 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on March 07, 2013, 06:13:50 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 07, 2013, 05:13:10 PM
I've read some pretty harrowing accounts of guys being stuck in ball turrets that could not be retracted due to damage, and the aircraft having to make belly-landings.

I had a friend who joined up at age 17 and was the rear gunner on a B-17. His plane was shot down over Germany on his very first sortie and he spent the rest of the war in a German concentration camp. I always think of him anytime I see a B-17.

I can see that. Who wouldn't?
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Jack Nastyface

#7
March 07, 2013, 06:44:57 PM
One of the airmen aboard the "Flying Flit Gun" took this picture of a B-17 that had struck in a mid-air collision

Now, the problem is, how to divide five Afghans from three mules and have two Englishmen left over.

Steelgrave

#8
March 07, 2013, 06:46:26 PM
Some of those B-17's made it back to England with horrific damage, but still made it back. It was a helluva plane.

mirth

#9
March 07, 2013, 06:50:19 PM
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on March 07, 2013, 06:44:57 PM
One of the airmen aboard the "Flying Flit Gun" took this picture of a B-17 that had struck in a mid-air collision



That is an amazing pic and one I had not seen before. Thanks Jack.
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Steelgrave

#10
March 07, 2013, 07:10:08 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 07, 2013, 06:50:19 PM
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on March 07, 2013, 06:44:57 PM
One of the airmen aboard the "Flying Flit Gun" took this picture of a B-17 that had struck in a mid-air collision



That is an amazing pic and one I had not seen before. Thanks Jack.

You gotta wonder if some poor ba$tard was manning that rear gun and praying the tail didn't fall off with him in it.

OJsDad

#11
March 07, 2013, 08:32:21 PM
I started watching Memphis Belle last night.  Hadn't seen that movie in a long time.  It hadn't started at 10:30, I would have watched it all.
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

LongBlade

#12
March 07, 2013, 10:14:08 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on March 07, 2013, 06:46:26 PM
Some of those B-17's made it back to England with horrific damage, but still made it back. It was a helluva plane.

An interesting contrast with the F-35 thread, no?

I have read reports about the A-10 and thought a similar thing: that thing is tough as nails. Crazy we don't stick with a proven platform like that.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

GDS_Starfury

#13
March 07, 2013, 10:41:14 PM
we are sticking with the A-10.  theyve been re-winged a bunch of times now.
the Air Force was going to retire them but when they dropped the first one in the crusher the A-10 broke it.
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Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

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Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

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mirth

#14
April 28, 2013, 09:20:51 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus
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