Interesting Story

• Oct 15, 2008

• #1

B-17engineer

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A Half-Century-Old Lesson: Fly the Airplane!

I was looking up Rudder Pedals and this came up and I read it I thought it was vert interesting

 

• Oct 15, 2008

• #2

GrauGeist

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WOW...incredible story!

Thanks for posting the link!

 

• Oct 15, 2008

• #3

Airframes

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Incredible account, B17. Thanks for posting it. It's a pity that some of the low-lifes of todays society can't read accounts like that, maybe they'd realise, as we on this forum realise, what that generation had to go through to ensure our freedom.

 

• Oct 15, 2008

• #4

Soren

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Looping a B-17 is no small feat that's for sure.

 

• Oct 15, 2008

• #5

Njaco

The Pop-Tart Whisperer

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Fla-eee-dah!

Incredible account, B17. Thanks for posting it. It's a pity that some of the low-lifes of todays society can't read accounts like that, maybe they'd realise, as we on this forum realise, what that generation had to go through to ensure our freedom.

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And to think hundreds of crews went through this almost every day of the war like it was normal! Just kids. Greatest generation for sure!

 

• Oct 15, 2008

• #6

Soren

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A great generation for sure, but the greatest ? I'm not sure about that.

 

• Oct 16, 2008

• Thread starter
• #7

B-17engineer

Colonel

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Thanks as soon as I saw the part where they went into the loop my jaw dropped.

 

• Oct 16, 2008

• #8

runningdog

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May 20, 2008

East Dorset, South of England not Vermont.

Makes you think.........

Thanks for the link, it looks like an interesting site.

 

• Oct 16, 2008

• #9

timshatz

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Soren said:

A great generation for sure, but the greatest ? I'm not sure about that.

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Against the Baby Boomers, it works.

 

• Oct 16, 2008

• #10

Soren

1st Lieutenant

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timshatz said:

Against the Baby Boomers, it works.

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• Oct 17, 2008

• #11

b17sam

Airman

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Mar 21, 2005

Gainesville, Florida

www.b17sam.com

Great mission report. Pulling a B17 out from 400 mph indicated was stupefying! Thanks for the report. For more reports and pictures, click on B-17 B-24 Pictures Information 8th Air Force Flying Fortress Liberator Ploesti Schweinfurt Merseberg Berlin missions

 

• Oct 17, 2008

• Thread starter
• #12

B-17engineer

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Hey,
Thanks a lot for that link!

 

• Oct 17, 2008

• #13

Aaron Brooks Wolters

Brigadier General

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Great post B-17.Thanks!

 

• Oct 17, 2008

• Thread starter
• #14

B-17engineer

Colonel

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Revis Island.

No problem