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.
Like to take a B-17, totally stripped of all possible weight and still fly safely, find out how fast it will go. Compared to most 4 engine bombers, its pretty slick looking, got a rather small fuselage cross section, decent wing loading, good engines.
Not if your were underneath as the target.
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I hear the theme from 12 o'clock High in my heart!
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Like to take a B-17, totally stripped of all possible weight and still fly safely, find out how fast it will go. Compared to most 4 engine bombers, its pretty slick looking, got a rather small fuselage cross section, decent wing loading, good engines.
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