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.
On second search... It looks like there is the potential to load up to 3,600 gallons. There are "Tokyo tanks" and bomb bay tanks. Even without the bomb bay tanks, there would still be a 2,780 gallon capacity. https://airpages.ru/eng/mn/b17_17.shtml
So doing some quick, cocktail napkin math, a fully fueled B 17 had 2,000 gallons of aviation fuel?
ReplyDeleteMore maff, 2000 gal @ 8.5lbs per = 17,000 lbs just for fuel?
ReplyDeleteav fuel weighs 6 lb / gal
DeleteWe should have just let the Germans be and saved the planet instead from bad oil companies.
ReplyDeleteAnd the current Woke generation. Heck, we probably would be spared the moon barking of Greta The Mad Swede Thunberg.
Deleteyou are correct and we would not have to read your stupid comment.
DeleteMight be some rounding involved... B-17 has a fuel tank capacity of 1,700 gallons. https://nj1015.com/files/2012/08/B-17-Fact-Sheet.pdf
ReplyDeleteOn second search... It looks like there is the potential to load up to 3,600 gallons. There are "Tokyo tanks" and bomb bay tanks. Even without the bomb bay tanks, there would still be a 2,780 gallon capacity. https://airpages.ru/eng/mn/b17_17.shtml
ReplyDeleteAl Gore would've had a fit.
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