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Post by Richard Wesley on Mar 22, 2010 8:46:21 GMT 12
Party poopers.
Dave, could we please get all the realists on this site banned... long live the dreamers!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2010 9:32:36 GMT 12
I agree with them, so no bans I'm afraid.
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Post by Tonys18 on Mar 22, 2010 11:10:57 GMT 12
Any idea who found that plane? Or who recoverd it?  |
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Post by avro683 on Mar 22, 2010 12:53:15 GMT 12
I read something about a documentary coming out soon on it's recovery. Looks really interesting..!
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Post by 43willys on Mar 22, 2010 17:13:49 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2010 17:31:07 GMT 12
Great shots Mike. The paintwork is amazingly preserved on that roundel.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 22, 2010 19:18:51 GMT 12
Better get it home and start preserving or she will corrode away! They may have sprayed something on it ;D to slow it down. Well I would! Yeah Dave that roundel is amazing isn't it?
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Post by 43willys on Apr 17, 2010 19:06:20 GMT 12
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Post by hardyakka on Apr 17, 2010 21:45:49 GMT 12
In the best tradition of cooking shows, here is one I prepared earlier...  This is what they look like when the restoration is finished. Recipe. Take two noisy, roundy, whirly, windy things...  (Add two more on the other side for easier rudder control) Toss in a shiny, glassy, nose radome-y thing for looking at the ground... and aiming noisy, boomy, droppy things...  ...and finally whisk in a breezy open-y thing on top for 150knot ventilation...  Thanks to the American EAA, I have 0.2 hours of B17G time in my log-book. These photos were taken in 1995. Since 9/11 I don't know if they still let just any old random kiwi bloke pay to get his hands on the controls of a four engine bomber... |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Apr 17, 2010 22:05:27 GMT 12
Only 150 knots?
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Post by Dave.K on Apr 18, 2010 10:09:35 GMT 12
The old suicide lower turrent sure is close to the ground.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Apr 18, 2010 18:23:51 GMT 12
I'd happily trade a few hundred 172 hours for one B-17 hour! I'm sure that doesn't add up economically, but you get my point.  |
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Post by hardyakka on Apr 20, 2010 0:32:48 GMT 12
Yep. That was economical cruise on the Fortress. You could go faster but the fuel consumption became astronomical and the EAA didn't want to overstress their baby. Conservative throttle settings were called for...
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