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Re: [OM] OT: B-17 Crash it was 909

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: B-17 Crash it was 909
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 08:54:10 -0500
Here are a couple of mine from a few years back.  Bob Collings (started the
foundation that owns the plane) is a graduate of Valparaiso High School.
The bombers always stop at Valpo's airport on their way back from Oshkosh
because of that.

http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13757
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13760
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13751
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2547

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:33 AM Nathan <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Any photos, with Olympus equipment or otherwise?
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
>
>
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> YNWA
>
>
> > On 03 October 2019 at 15:24 christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> >      Same here.  I suspect that the pilot(s) reacted incorrectly, which
> is to apply rudder and roll away from the bad engine.
> >
> > >
> > >I find this a bit strange. I can't imagine a single engine failure
> would
> > >down the AC, unless it was accompanied by a fire. Look at all the times
> > >those planes returned home on two engines. I got a flight in a B17
> once,
> > >to an airshow. On departure from the show, a freshly overhauled prop
> blew
> > >a seal, and we had to turn around and return to the airport, Harlingen
> tx.
> > >The pilot said if it was just the crew aboard, he would have flown back
> to
> > >Ft. Worth on three, but since there were passengers, he chose to return
> to
> > >the field. So we returned there on a dash 80, pretty boring after the
> > >4 hours on the B17.
> > >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> >      - Hunter S. Thompson
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