Captain Cuttle Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Flak Bait, What a story https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/world-war-ii-bomber-took-more-enemy-fire-most-others-and-always-came-home-180974690/ 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 I see a TBM Avenger from a Florida air show has crash landed in the sea just off the beach, mechanical problems apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ron Ron Ron Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 “Ditched” is the correct description. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 17/04/2021 at 21:42, Captain Cuttle said: Flak Bait, What a story I am no military historian, and really haven't studied war or war machines in recent times, but about 50 years ago I was lent a book called the Mighty Eighth, about the US Eighth Army Air Force. One chapter was titled Martin's Maligned Madame, about the B26, from which I inferred she was not the plane of choice for aircrew. 200 missions says otherwise - the plane that gets you home is a good 'un. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Ron Ron Ron said: “Ditched” is the correct description. Thanks Ron, you would think that being ex RAF i should have remembered that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Cuttle Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Save The Skymaster Group based at North Weald ran two of the four engines on their C54-Q N44914 on March 28th 2021, the first time in almost twenty years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Cuttle Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 10:08, Captain Cuttle said: Thanks Ron, you would think that being ex RAF i should have remembered that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Talking Pictures this week, Friday 3.35am IWM Fly With The RAF in the 1970s Also Saturday 6am, A Sunderland in Civvies 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Something a bit different. Twin radial engine coaxial rotor helicopter doing a bit of crop dusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Wonderful, could only be Russian, not as noisy as the TU 95 but not far off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said: Talking Pictures this week, Friday 3.35am IWM Fly With The RAF in the 1970s Also Saturday 6am, A Sunderland in Civvies Probably not all piston engined but hey ho! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 17/04/2021 at 15:42, Captain Cuttle said: Flak Bait, What a story https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/world-war-ii-bomber-took-more-enemy-fire-most-others-and-always-came-home-180974690/ Hmmm, I just saw this thread. Very interesting, my parents may have a very tiny bit of something to do with "Flak Bait" as Dad worked in one of the tool rooms (cribs, he called them) at the Martin plant and Mother worked in an office there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 21:40, Captain Cuttle said: Latest videos of both exterior and interior of the aircraft and progress to date, 112 spark plugs at £23 a pop!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Cuttle Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 03/06/2021 at 19:54, J. S. Bach said: Hmmm, I just saw this thread. Very interesting, my parents may have a very tiny bit of something to do with "Flak Bait" as Dad worked in one of the tool rooms (cribs, he called them) at the Martin plant and Mother worked in an office there. Some interesting stuff on a B-26 in current issue of Aeroplane magazine. An outfit called Aero Trader who mainly restores B-25s also had many rarities passing through their hangar in Chino. One was a very early B-26 Marauder serial no.40-1464 belonging to Kermit Weeks. This very rare survivor was one of three that from the 28th Bomb Group that all force landed in British Columbia on the same day in January 1942 after running low on fuel. Aero Trader spent 6,000 man hours on it, not really restoring it but sorting out propeller problems, hydraulic issues etc. They didnt rate it as being very good apart from its looks. If you had an engine failure on take off and the gear was down you couldnt fly out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 23 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said: What a fabulous piece of engineering. Like DC3 on steroids! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Just recently visited the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile Alabama. The museum does not apparently receive any State funding and unfortunately appears to have suffered through lack of attendance during Covid. There is a nice modern building housing a number of interesting piston and jet aircraft in very good looking condition but outside are aircraft and fighting vehicles deteriorating somewhat. The B-25J Mitchell had no glazing so open to the elements. There was an interesting jet line up of F14, F15, F16 and YF-17, transformed by MacDonnell Douglas into the F18. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 hours ago, admiles said: What a fabulous piece of engineering. Like DC3 on steroids! This is a DC3 on steroids! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Good series by Dan Gryder called Probable Cause, this is just one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gq_9I6YnNM&list=RDCMUCJHAQ9u9jYutXJQUmzxC-Dw&index=1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Jimmy Stewarts Final Mission in a BUFF, what a life he had! https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2021/03/19/brig-gen-jimmy-stewarts-final-mission/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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