Re: NNG My Salute to The Veterans with restored Planes

dougvv Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the video. Wonderful stuff. I had not
> thought of it before, but the old propeller planes
> seem to have more character than the amazing jets
> (SR71).
>
> Sort of like steam and diesel locomotives - steam
> seems to be living and breathing.
>
> My Dad (flew B-25s in WWII) said that the twin
> engine P-38s were not quite as liked as other
> single engine fighter planes. He told me that the
> two engines rotated in opposite directions so that
> they might have several P-38s on the ground with,
> say, the right engine good but there were no left
> engines around and they had to stay on the ground
> until more some lefts became available.
>
> Doug vV

The same goes with props Doug. Quite the valuable commodity today. If you ever found a warehouse full of them, you'd be set for life. Some go for $30,000 a blade.