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Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/28/2013 11:25:35 PM

MineSweeper

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The Flying Fortress looks tiny.

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 12:09:10 AM

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It looks like a "D" model, is that right?

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 12:28:08 AM

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looks like a G with the nose turret....not sure though

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 12:48:43 AM

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Pretty sure thats a G. D model didn't have a top turret.

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 1:08:34 AM

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And had a tail that looked like it would fall off!

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 1:40:51 AM

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I remember crawling through a B-17 and was shocked by just how small it was having been around modern Fighters and bombers. I seem to recall the bomb bay being something akin to a kitchen table in size. The idea of being in something so small while being shot at was unreal. It's scary to think just how new aircraft are. I grew up with people who were alive before there were airplanes. The first plane my dad saw was during WW2.

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 3:48:28 PM

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Imagine... 110 years or so of flight, and imagine if the Wright Flyer was in that picture. Think of that comparison, and imagine what the next 100 years might produce.

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/29/2013 6:25:59 PM

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I worked around F-14's while in the Navy and remember my first visit to the Memphis Belle. I was shocked to read that the wingspan of the B-17 was actually less than that of a modern (granted, larger than most) fighter.

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RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 - 4/30/2013 8:03:27 PM

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Crawling around a B-17 really was a surprise for me. At five foot eight I'm not huge but I felt claustrophobic in that plane.

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