I took a vacation day today ...

[Riverkilt]

Great pics,

Thanks Scott and Haukenhaien,

My dad was a combat fighter pilot, but after he was stateside as an instructor he also trained B-25 pilots down in Texas.

I have been inside a B-17 on a ground walk through. What impressed me more than anything was how THIN the metal was...seemed like aluminum foil to me...fragile....

Ron

[ccga3359]

Great pics,

I have been inside a B-17 on a ground walk through. What impressed me more than anything was how THIN the metal was...seemed like aluminum foil to me...fragile....

Ron

you're telling me I toured the Bell helicopter factory in Mirabel, Quebec. They were still building the Heuy variant with aluminum so thin I think I could poke my finger through it. The same can be said for 50's era fighters and they were capable of the speed of sound! I admire those that fly/flew these craft but in combat! That would take cajones that I couldn't imagine.