I went across that bridge in a car a few decades ago on my way to visit relatives in Minn. Not sure what I would have done if I had seen a B47 coming from the right. Probably need to stop and change the tighty whites as soon as I got to solid ground!VFT Today.
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It would be a good time to quote Jeremy Clarkson of "Top Gear", "Some poop came out".I went across that bridge in a car a few decades ago on my way to visit relatives in Minn. Not sure what I would have done if I had seen a B47 coming from the right. Probably need to stop and change the tighty whites as soon as I got to solid ground!
Cool. but I miss the old radial powered crop dusters. I think they were called Agri-Cats.I try to drink coffee every morning at Billard airport in Topeka. There`s one of these based there. Cool to watch it take off and spray the corn fields that are on the airport grounds.
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There are some great restoration photos and videos out there on Mossies. I especially like the way they formed the plywood for the fuselage.
Hi 46th,There are some great restoration photos and videos out there on Mossies. I especially like the way they formed the plywood for the fuselage.
Every time I see film or photos of the cliffs of Dover I get goosebumps thinking of our allied pilots returning home from their missions. God bless all those who did their part in that horrible war.Hi 46th,
seems that sometime in 1942 an RAF liason officer landed his Mossie at a recently established US bomber base is Southern England just to make sure the "Yanks" were doing OK.
Brit asks what are these aircraft?
they are B-17s crew of 11, mostly made of aluminum, they'll 2 tons of bombs to Germany at 200mph, what's that thing you flew in here?
That's a DeHavilland Mosquito, crew of 2, mostly made out of plywood, it'll carry 2 tons of bombs to Germany at 400mph.
Well, get it off my runway before my boys see it, because they'll all want one.
Hope he doesn't mind the loss of hearing he will have if he keeps running that engine without any hearing protection!GUY MARTIN (TT Racer) MERLIN ENGINE
I've always been good about that. My hearing is better than normal even after about 40 years on the flight line full of screaming turbines.Wish I had started using it when I was a kid. Tinnitus ain't fun.
It is strange that he is still alive He dismounted a Honda Fireblade at the Isle of Man TT hitting a false Neutral in the GearboxHope he doesn't mind the loss of hearing he will have if he keeps running that engine without any hearing protection!
"What?", said the helicopter aircrewman...Wish I had started using it when I was a kid. Tinnitus ain't fun.