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B-17 "Thunderbird" (Read 267 times)

Jun 6^th, 2007 at 9:10pm

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A couple of photos I took at a local Veterans Day airshow a year or two ago.

Taxiing for takeoff

Holding short 17R

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Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2007 at 10:16pm

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Hmmm... did they forget the bomb bay doors, or was it just for ventilation? Grin

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Reply #2 - Jun 6^th, 2007 at 10:22pm

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beaky wrote on Jun 6^th, 2007 at 10:16pm:

Hmmm... did they forget the bomb bay doors, or was it just for ventilation? Grin

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I'm not quite sure actually. He was taking off after the show had come to a close so it wasn't for demonstration, that I know of anyway. It could have been for ventilation considering the Texas heat and humidity. If I remember correctly, they closed them just before takeoff. I don't remember why I didn't take any photos of the takeoff.

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Reply #3 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 1:21am

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THUNDERBIRD! I've been inside that B-17. It's down now, needs a new engine Cry

I'm sure the doors are open for ventilation, it gets REALLY hot inside the cramped interior

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Reply #4 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 2:04pm

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Very nice...

I was expecting to see either the Thunderbird's flying with it, or it painted like a Thunderbird jet sadly Grin

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Reply #5 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 2:09pm

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Isak922 wrote on Jun 7^th, 2007 at 2:04pm:

Very nice...

I was expecting to see either the Thunderbird's flying with it, or it painted like a Thunderbird jet sadly Grin

No unfortunately not. Thunderbird is the name of the airplane. Although that would be pretty cool. I do have a pic of an F-15 flying with a P-51 that I'll get around to posting eventually.

Well, I gotta go save the world from yet another student pilot.

Later

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Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2007 at 3:54pm