Page 1 of 1
Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:52 am
by aerovin2
Sorry for the service interruption for two days there. It appears to be back up and running now after some file conflicts. I am in the process of slowly revamping the main Aero Vintage website and this is part of the travails and tribulations.
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:01 pm
by terveurn
18684843282_7a26a24b09_o.jpg
So, just a little bit of trouble ??
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:06 am
by DryMartini
You have a serial # on that B-17E?
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:53 am
by terveurn
From the Texas State archives
18068930093_9bfed7db5f_o.jpg
18689613805_2958743d62_b.jpg
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:59 am
by aerovin2
Three off from 41-2595.
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:58 pm
by terveurn
aerovin2 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:59 am
Three off from 41-2595.
I know I need a seeing eye dog, but that looks like 41-2592......
from osborne
41-2592 Del Pendleton; Cheyenne 6/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; Eglin 18/8/42; ass 30BS/19BG Pyote 11/1/43; c/l base and burnt out w/Joe Finnegan 22/2/43, WO.
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:44 pm
by aerovin2
Doesn’t look like a crash landing. Looks like fueling or maintenance incident.
Re: Forum Was Down; Now it is Up
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:42 pm
by terveurn
top turret / O2 fire.
Find it interesting that all B-17's pretty much burn the same way -- gasoline gets trapped in the trailing edge of the wings and once that goes-up, there is only one way to put it out (well two, the other is just to let it burn).
The recommended WWII procedure for a wing fire is to chop a hole in the trailing edge, and shove the nozzle into the wing and fill it with foam.