Thread: B-17 lost today
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Old 10-02-2019, 11:57am   #7
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That really is a shame, as they're not making any more.

I recall watching one at an airshow many years ago, & thought it was interesting when the pilot, or whoever, slid back the side window, elbow hanging out, so he could watch as each engine started up. Not unlike myself starting one of the various hoopties I've owned in my life. Such basic machines by today's standards, piloted, in many cases, by teenagers.
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