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I have seen the D S picture, I was wondering if there are any operational pictures out there or inside the aircraft pics.

Does anyone have any information on the Eagle Radar used on B17 and B-24's. I believe it is APQ-3 or 7. We have an a B-17 in the hangar that had the modification but nothing is left as it was sectioned for use by the movie studio. The only surviving sign of the mod is the heavy longerons under...

I'm restoring a B-17 recovered from Dyke lake in Labrador and am also in need of seats and stands for the cockpit. The originals must have been removed at the time of the crash.

Douglas GA by Valdosta has a small museum about the CPT squadron that was there. There also might be a B-25 and C-47 on the ramp and P-40 in the hangar.

I was there 2 years ago. A couple I worked with moved to Hawai to work at the museum, one designed alot of the displays and worked in the restoration shop. On Dec 7 we went to a ceremony they had at Ewa airfield. All that was left was an overgrown runway and hangar foundation.

Does the Gunners Information File have any data on it?

The waist area in the B-25 is narrower.

US pilot training took a bit of time. In one of Micdrows posts somewhere it states how many weeks each course took as well as how many hours flown. Roughly about 60 hours each flown in Primary, Basic and Advanced plus how ever many hours in combat transition course for the type aircraft. So...

In WW2 they had Primary, Basic and Advanced flight training using the Texan for advanced. Post war the Navy and Air Force used the Texan as their primary trainer, later being replaced with T-28 and T-34 (both tricycle gear). Around 1960-61 the Air Force went to all jet trainers (T-37 and T-38).

For the Texans, insurance companies want a certain number of tailwheel hours and then a certain number dual in the Texan.

At one time we had 3 in the shop. Well more of one fairly complete, one crash and burn fuselage section and a cockpit/tail section.

Although they did have a point. The cinematography was great....it was the script and acting that sucked!

They pulled another from China Lake after Fifi. I beleive it is in Wichita being restored by Boeing retiree's. The nose art was "Doc" of the seven dwarves.

The book "Flying Buccaneers" has alot of B-25 and A-20 info. It's about the air war in the Pacific. It's an older book and is probably out of print but a great read if you can find it.

Welcome,Germany and Poland are beautiful countries. My granmother was Polish, but born in Berlin. I also took airborne training in Wroclaw.