Interesting Story

[B-17engineer]

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

 

[GrauGeist]

WOW...incredible story!

Thanks for posting the link!

 

[Airframes]

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.

 

[Soren]

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

 

[Njaco]

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.

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!

 

[Soren]

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

 

[B-17engineer]

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

 

[runningdog]

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

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

 

[timshatz]

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

Against the Baby Boomers, it works.

 

[Soren]

Against the Baby Boomers, it works.

 

[b17sam]

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

 

[B-17engineer]

Hey,
Thanks a lot for that link!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Great post B-17.Thanks!

 

[B-17engineer]

No problem