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

The Flying Fortress looks tiny.[;)]


http://www.boeingblogs.com/randy/


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dr.hal -> RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 (4/29/2013 12:09:10 AM)

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



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

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



oldman45 -> RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 (4/29/2013 12:48:43 AM)

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



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

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



pmelheck1 -> RE: Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787 (4/29/2013 1:40:51 AM)

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.



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

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.



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

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. [X(]



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

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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