Re: a big boy, and starting that engine
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 06:58:45 -0700
They'll be at the Livermore, CA Airport Sunday through Tuesday if
anyone is interested.
On 5/23/07, Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The recent WWII bomber visit to the San Francisco Bay Area also
included a B-17G Liberator, and a B-25 Mitchell. The Liberator was
the mainstay of the U.S. Army Air Force, and the RAF used a few, too.
The Liberator was majestic in flight:
http://tinyurl.com/2m6u24
http://tinyurl.com/2mf3ss
and in landing:
http://tinyurl.com/2om22e
The B-17 was originally designed in the late 1930s, and its lines show it:
http://tinyurl.com/35jke5
Some of the present-day crew were unusual for the airplane:
http://tinyurl.com/2v2jvd
The B-25 Mitchell was best known for the one-way bombing attack James
Doolittle's squadron made on Tokyo, the first long-range bombing
effort made by the U.S. after Pearl Harbor.
There seemed to be a little trouble starting engines for the Mitchell:
http://tinyurl.com/2sftg8
http://tinyurl.com/37u6wk
But everything worked eventually:
http://tinyurl.com/2l9r34
All comments welcome.
Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com
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The recent WWII bomber visit to the San Francisco Bay Area also included a B-17G Liberator, and a B-25 Mitchell. The Liberator was the mainstay of the U.S. Army Air Force, and the RAF used a few, too. The Liberator was majestic in flight: http://tinyurl.com/2m6u24 http://tinyurl.com/2mf3ss and in landing: http://tinyurl.com/2om22e The B-17 was originally designed in the late 1930s, and its lines show it: http://tinyurl.com/35jke5 Some of the present-day crew were unusual for the airplane: http://tinyurl.com/2v2jvd The B-25 Mitchell was best known for the one-way bombing attack James Doolittle's squadron made on Tokyo, the first long-range bombing effort made by the U.S. after Pearl Harbor. There seemed to be a little trouble starting engines for the Mitchell: http://tinyurl.com/2sftg8 http://tinyurl.com/37u6wk But everything worked eventually: http://tinyurl.com/2l9r34 All comments welcome. Mark Bohrer Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge www.mountain-and-desert.com ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.
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