I Wish I could Have Been There
06-07-2010, 08:00 PM
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I Wish I could Have Been There
06-08-2010, 12:49 AM
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That was excellent!!! That had to have made Disc or Hist channel you would think.
06-08-2010, 10:11 AM
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In many ways I grateful I wasn't there. I do not know if I would live up to those guys guts. Many thanks to the guys who sacrificed and made the USA a safe place for me to love and cherish.
06-08-2010, 06:36 PM
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06-08-2010, 10:08 PM
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That's awesome that they could do that flyover. Maybe we could get them here at the Bellingham Museum of Flight. I'd love to HEAR them!
Those men are one of a kind. Courage beyond belief!
Those men are one of a kind. Courage beyond belief!
06-09-2010, 06:40 PM
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B-25's used a Wright R-2600 Cyclone with a single stage two speed supercharger. In a B-25 it made 1700 hp.
P-47 and Corsair used a Pratt & Whitney R-2800.
The P-47 had a turbocharger feeding into its single stage single speed supercharger. The Corsair had a 2 stage supercharger I think it was 2 speed as well.
If you want a great account of the Doolittle Raid read "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo". It was written by Ted Lawson who was pilot of the B-25 launched from the Hornet named the "Ruptured Duck". They crash landed into China and with the help of the Chinese were able to evade the Japanese and be repatriated. Lawson had a cut on his leg that went to the bone and had his leg amputated in China by a Chinese doctor and a surgeon on the flight Dr. Tom White.
The book is his account of the raid and is an excellent read. The movie by the same name follows along fairly well and is good.
Parts of the actual B-25 are in a museum in Tokyo.
Check out the Doolittle Raider's site at www.doolittleraider.com
P-47 and Corsair used a Pratt & Whitney R-2800.
The P-47 had a turbocharger feeding into its single stage single speed supercharger. The Corsair had a 2 stage supercharger I think it was 2 speed as well.
If you want a great account of the Doolittle Raid read "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo". It was written by Ted Lawson who was pilot of the B-25 launched from the Hornet named the "Ruptured Duck". They crash landed into China and with the help of the Chinese were able to evade the Japanese and be repatriated. Lawson had a cut on his leg that went to the bone and had his leg amputated in China by a Chinese doctor and a surgeon on the flight Dr. Tom White.
The book is his account of the raid and is an excellent read. The movie by the same name follows along fairly well and is good.
Parts of the actual B-25 are in a museum in Tokyo.
Check out the Doolittle Raider's site at www.doolittleraider.com
06-09-2010, 09:11 PM
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Kurt,if you want the war birds in Wa.,it's about $4,000.00 an hour for a B-17.Av gas runs approx.3.75/4.25 per gallon.War birds are not known to be economical to fly or maintain.DaveB help me out here.The maintenance schedule is what 3/4 hours for every hour in the air?
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