Re: NNG or SG: Touring with vintage aircraft
| July 28, 2015 04:42PM |
Ned;
This is one of the Ex-RAF/Indian AF aircraft. In reality it is the only flying B-24 bomber left. The commemorative Air Force has a transport version they fly that they have been restoring to B-24A standards, but currently it does not have a full bomb bay.
18,600 B-24's were produced. That is the highest production number of any military aircraft ever produced in the United States.
This is the mechanic/flight engineer's view as we taxi in to Casper, WY.
Someone needs to stand up here as there is no view of the wingtips from the cockpit. I owed him a favor so let him fly part of the leg from Cody to Casper and let him do the landing.
Just like steam railroading, the coolness factor is off the scale...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/2015 04:46PM by Dave Peterson.
This is one of the Ex-RAF/Indian AF aircraft. In reality it is the only flying B-24 bomber left. The commemorative Air Force has a transport version they fly that they have been restoring to B-24A standards, but currently it does not have a full bomb bay.
18,600 B-24's were produced. That is the highest production number of any military aircraft ever produced in the United States.
This is the mechanic/flight engineer's view as we taxi in to Casper, WY.
Someone needs to stand up here as there is no view of the wingtips from the cockpit. I owed him a favor so let him fly part of the leg from Cody to Casper and let him do the landing.
Just like steam railroading, the coolness factor is off the scale...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/2015 04:46PM by Dave Peterson.
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