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anyone here?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am
by Nathan Milarta
Is this forum active anymore? No one posts.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:17 am
by aerovin2
We're (I'm) still here, waiting for the teeming masses.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:43 am
by Nathan Milarta
hey man,...Im Nathan from WIX.
Still kinda bummed I can't call it a bendix turret anymore.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:19 am
by aerovin2
Well, check back to the B-17 News in a week or so because I've put together more stuff on that turret discussion you might find interesting. The gist is that the B-17C was slated to get remote turrets but Sperry & Boeing could not develop the system fast enough, and the remote turrets also missed the B-17D and only the lower one got into the B-17E, being replaced by the manned turrets for the rest of the program. The remote turrets (GE developed) were then slated for the B-29.
Turrets
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:24 pm
by DryMartini
That should be a great update!
I've often wondered about writing a book or
something to quash misstated B-17 facts, such
as the flap size increased on the B-17B, or
that it was a Bendix lower turret on the B-17E.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:03 pm
by b29flteng
I just joined, so I don't have a lot to say right now.
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:31 pm
by Craig59
Quality, not quantity.
posts
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:15 pm
by hang the expense
Craig59 wrote:Quality, not quantity.
So true,so true.
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:14 am
by flatgate
Newbie flatgate here. My Dad was 15th AF. He got his 50 missions as a Bombardier and went on to a long career in the USAF, including 1500 combat hours in the B-52 over S.E. Asia.
My B-17 interest was piqued by a ride in the Sentimental Journey a few years ago at RIW, WY.
I got to set in "Dad's Office" for take-off!
Cheers,
flatgate
Newbie
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:28 pm
by hang the expense
Welcolm Flatgate.Hope you like B-17s cause thats all we talk about for the most part.Really nice pic there as well.It was a rush was it not?
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:52 am
by gary1954
Looks like that position was made for you Flatgate