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For the warbird lovers part 2 (Read 249 times)
Nov 30th, 2003 at 1:41pm

Omag 2.0   Offline
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Yep, second post - but a whole different plane: the Boeing C97 Stratocruiser.

You need serious mussle to get this one in the air, but what a nice lady she is. Listen to the hum of those engines! It comes with a decent VC! - found on perfect flight 2000

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A peek on one of the workhorses
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Reply #1 - Nov 30th, 2003 at 1:54pm

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Great shots, gruesome plane Grin
 

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Reply #2 - Nov 30th, 2003 at 1:55pm

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tats one fat lady!! Shocked Roll Eyes j/k

nice shots!! but i'll stick to the mustang Grin

the engines had to be blody noisy when they were on the t/o run on the real one eh?
 

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Reply #3 - Nov 30th, 2003 at 3:19pm

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omag:
She is definitely not as pretty as her progenitor, the B-29, but a really nice set of pctures, IMHO #3 & #4 are the best.

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Reply #4 - Nov 30th, 2003 at 3:28pm

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I read that it was impossible to flare the Stratocruiser on landing. It always touched down nosewheel first. Wonder if the FS9 version is that authentic?

PS. The legendary Imperial Airways/BOAC chief pilot Captain O. P. Jones refused to fly them & resigned over it.
 

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Reply #5 - Nov 30th, 2003 at 3:31pm

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Awesome pics, and as Mark said, gruesome plane Grin Grin
 

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