Mark, Looks like $10 well spent! Wish I could have made it. The photo labelled "Nose Gunner's Office" seems to be a bombadier station. Do you know if the bombadier also controlled the nose guns? Amazing history behind these machines; part of the "greatest generation", truly. Bob --- Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Three big WWII bombers spent the weekend at Moffet > Federal Airfield. > While $425 for a 1/2-hour ride on one was a bit > steep, $10 for a tour > inside was just right. So I brought cameras and more > lenses than I needed. > > Look inside and you'll understand how dedicated the > young airmen had > to be to fly these planes over Europe and Asia in > 1944-45. Some > gunners had nothing but canvas between them and cold > air and enemy > fighters. There were none of the comforts you're > accustomed to in > commercial air travel today, no insulation between > the aircraft's > steel skin and the outside air, no > comfortably-padded seats. You can > see pipes containing oil and hydraulic fluid, to > move landing gear, > rudders and other control surfaces. Everything was > designed and built > quickly in wartime. > > Crews flew 50 missions before being furloughed home, > if they > survived. Allied fighters finally had the range to > accompany bombers > by 1944, so these big guys had the escorts they > lacked in the early > years of the war. > > http://tinyurl.com/evc5w > > I apologize for frozen props in the two flight > shots. I captured them > with a 500mm f/4L IS lens - handheld. So I needed a > fast shutter > speed for sharpness. > > I could have done all the ground images with 24-85mm > and 16-35mm. And > a separate flash for fill would have helped with > interiors, but the > EOS 20D's built-in flash was adequate. > > All comments welcome. > > Mark Bohrer > Precision Copywriting > www.precision-copywriting.com > (408) 866-9405 > > Technical copy in plain language > = CEOs buying from you > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.2/357 - > Release Date: 6/6/2006 > > > > ========================================================= > 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. > Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.raflexions.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.