And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Last time I was at Wright Patterson AFB Museum there was a B-36 inside. If one ever gets a chance to go there, please do. Plan on spending all day. You will never forget it. I've been there many times over the decades.
I had the privilege of working with a man who co-piloted one of these. At the time, I did not appreciate the enormity of his service. I can only imagine that there were many levers and gauges involved in flying that plane.
I'd rather take the B-47 in the background. Though the seats were relatively uncomfortable, from what I've read. That seemed to be a Boeing requirement, some thought.
B-36 was/is this big because the weapon it was designed around was that big. the weapon was the size of a tank car and as heavy as a locomotive and it could carry just two of them. No inflight refueling and would fly until this time tomorrow.
Last time I was at Wright Patterson AFB Museum there was a B-36 inside. If one ever gets a chance to go there, please do. Plan on spending all day. You will never forget it. I've been there many times over the decades.
ReplyDeleteThat's the size of the crew required to change spark plugs after every mission.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a Jimmy Stewart movie.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is why:
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The original "Aluminum Overcast".....
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ReplyDeleteI had the privilege of working with a man who co-piloted one of these. At the time, I did not appreciate the enormity of his service. I can only imagine that there were many levers and gauges involved in flying that plane.
ReplyDeleteThe dials, knobs and levers were left to a flight engineer that had his own panel just aft of the pilot and co-pilot.
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6 turnin' and 4 burnin'....
ReplyDeleteI'd rather take the B-47 in the background. Though the seats were relatively uncomfortable, from what I've read. That seemed to be a Boeing requirement, some thought.
ReplyDeleteB-36 was/is this big because the weapon it was designed around was that big. the weapon was the size of a tank car and as heavy as a locomotive and it could carry just two of them. No inflight refueling and would fly until this time tomorrow.
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