Rich wrote<<I can imagine the fear that thing [a B17] could strike in someone on the receiving end of its load. I told my buddies >>
Now imagine a 1000 of them - with 700 escort fighters. The destruction of a raid like that must have been incredible - yet many factories, refineries, etc. were producing at max output within days of a raid. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:37 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Cool airplanes today > Just got home from the Sunday Ultimate game, right after we finished > playing and were sitting around, I hear a drone from afar and see a big > 4-engine prop plane coming, it flew over at about 800ft -- was a B-17, > which I think belongs to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. > Earlier I had seen what I think was a B-25 but did not get a good look > as it was a mile or so away. > > That was pretty cool, I can imagine the fear that thing could strike in > someone on the receiving end of its load. I told my buddies that I had > a neighbor lived up near Boston who left Georgia Tech mid-way through > his engineering school to go fly B-17s from England, he was there when > the war ended (and his stories about the parties after, a young handsome > fly-boy Yank...). He was afraid of heights, even a little ladder, but > would strap that thing on and go flying into flak and fighters and > everything else. > > --R > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
