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Kids these days will never know….
So, push starting, sometimes by yourself was pretty straightforward for a manual tranny. Make sure you are in third and not low. You can also push start an automatic but you have to be going about 35 mph for that to work. So there is this story about a guy who had to get his Desoto automatic...- B52G8rAC
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Sort of like a Yankee version of the St. Johns river, huh?- B52G8rAC
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This is a schematic of the B-50A. No underwing tanks. That doesn't prove anything since they could have been added on later iterations. https://www.skytamer.com/Boeing_B-50A.html- B52G8rAC
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Nope, he was discharged from the US Army Air Forces in 1946. I think that picute is actually a KB-50. Notice the underwing pods (that contained fuel and the AR drogues). The KB-50 was later fitted with underwing pods with jet engines. I am trying to find a comparison photo. It may be that...- B52G8rAC
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I haven't seen it yet. Its on Prime, right? I need to squester some time to watch it by myself because other members of the family don't generally enjoy flying and combat shows when I am in the room. I have a hard time suspending disbelief over obviously ignorant scripts and stuff.- B52G8rAC
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And OBTW, I was in the 2nd and 8th Air Forces. Second to None.- B52G8rAC
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My FIL was in the the Mighty 8th. Had a lifelong disdain for Ira Eaker becasue, Daylight Precision Bombing without escorts. I had the privilege of interviewing General Eaker when I was at Squadron Officers School and was very excited to share with him. His response was less than enthusiastic.- B52G8rAC
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Nope. He never made it overseas, only 16 when the war started and his mom wouldnt let him enlist until he was 18. By the time he had finished training in the Fort and B-29 the war was over.- B52G8rAC
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So, I changed my avatar. My FIL flew the B-17 and got shot down over Germany. Spent 2 1/2 years in a POW camp. My father was a flight engineer in both the B-17 and B-29 and of course y'all are aware that I piloted the BUFF. Saw this picture today and thought it was apropos.- B52G8rAC
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So, since you mentioned the National Anthem and standing etc. I was attending ROTC summer camp the first time I saw "Patton" in the base theater. The opening has the General walking in and someone calling the room to attention. The whole audience, admittedly a lot of kadets, popped to...- B52G8rAC
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All that goes without saying.- B52G8rAC
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Try flying 22 hours missions so you can sleep in your own bed after the fight. You'll change your tune, Mister.- B52G8rAC
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FIFY. The risks we took "playing" are roughly the same as being deployed to Syria.- B52G8rAC
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Random, sometimes funny, gif and post padding thread #5
This makes sense in the current context:- B52G8rAC
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Random, sometimes funny, gif and post padding thread #5
Figaro, Figaro- B52G8rAC
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