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3rd photo

second photo, Scott feel free to edit this anyway you want.

Joe

Merry Christmas! I thought I would share a few Pictures I have. The first are just a few images from a Wright Aeronautical Binder that have direct bearing on the Urbana B-17; or so I have been told. It is interesting to me that the engine being tested was originally planned for the B-52. The whole b...

Bill,

If you contact me around May, I can kick in 100$ for the cause.

Christmas, Birthdays, and taxes right now!

Joe

Hang the expense; I was thinking the same thing about the three B-29s that Disney used to do that movie: "Last Flight of Noah's Ark". My First cousin's husband was the Disney Exec in charge of Overseas productions. If I had just been a bit older. As it was I was having trouble finding room for an ex...

I spent a lot of my childhood with my Grandfather in Nevada. There a "Desert Rat" is a kinda curmudgenly character that manages to survive no matter what is thrown at it. And; one that always comes back.

Sounds a lot like the Fort.

Joe

It does not come back as a serial of one of the French IGN planes. Nor does it appear in any list I have seen. Nor, do I think, that it is a good seriel for a B-17. Replace the first digit with a "3" and it would be good for a B-17G-B0

I would love to see a pic of this plane

Joe

Scott, Thank you for taking the time out to reply to my post. The answer was well thought out and informative. (grin) I wish you had used the same reasoning in the book! I think it was just the use of the word "old" that hit me. Does make you wonder though, why she went over to England in the first ...

As a long time B-17 Fanatic it was my extreme pleasure to purchase the "The Final Cut". I fully enjoyed it. However; I question a statement made in the section that dealt with the history of N17W. "that an old B-17F would be deployed to combat in Europe is difficult to envision". At the time of the ...