B-29 Flies Again!

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Steal Your Face, Mar 6, 2017.

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  1. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    :lol:

    If I used Wikipedia I would have gotten the name right, smart guy.
    Dinner, Mar 18, 2017
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  2. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    I love the B-24, even better than the B-17! I don't remember ever seeing a B-52 fly but when I was in bomb loading school I saw on in a hangar - very impressive!
    oldfella1962, Mar 18, 2017
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  3. Dr. Krieg

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    Agreed on the B-24. My hometown AFB had a B-52 squadron (until the 90's), now it's all KC-135's and ANG F-16's. Those shits flew around constantly.
    Dr. Krieg, Mar 18, 2017
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  4. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Biggest thing I ever saw on the ground was probably an AN225 when it was in Toronto, I think it was 94. Dad was still ATC there and could move pretty freely throughout the place so we were able to walk around it inside the one hanger that could accommodate her.
    Spaceturkey, Mar 19, 2017
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  5. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Oh yeah, the way you write, we're supposed to believe you can read?
    Lanzman, Mar 19, 2017
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  6. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    That was a very round about way of saying you were wrong.
    Dinner, Mar 19, 2017
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  7. Dayton Kitchens

    Dayton Kitchens Banned

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    Wasn't there only one of those built? Meant to carry the Soviet space shuttle orbiters by taking an AN-124 Condor and adding two engines and a fuselage plug to enlarge it
    Dayton Kitchens, Mar 19, 2017
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  8. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    YUp.. mind bogglingly tall when you're standing beside one.
    That, and the insane amount of undercarriage...
    Spaceturkey, Mar 19, 2017
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  9. Dayton Kitchens

    Dayton Kitchens Banned

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    IIRC those huge Soviet cargo planes all have considerable "rough field" capabilities.
    Dayton Kitchens, Mar 19, 2017
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