CAF visit to Smyrna TN in July 2013 B-29 P-51 B-17

[Mad Russian]

FiFi is from here. Midland, Tx is here home field. So we get to see her fly around a lot.

It's tough being that close to her all the time.

Good Hunting

MR

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: rjopel

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

One thing that always amazes me is how SMALL a B17 looks when sitting next to a B29!

Take a look at the B-29 sitting next to a B-36.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-36a ... ll1948.jpg

Understood, but you always think of a B17 as BIG ... and it was ... until the B29 came along.

Would have been cool to get a B-17, B-29, and B-36 next to each other like that. Did a google search and found this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... A&dur=3067

[kaleun]

I used to fly from Opalocka and for some reason often saw a B-17 and a B-24 of the CAF (It was called the Confederate Air Force then)flying from there. There was also a DC-3.
Nothing sounds like those old radials.

[sanch]

My father's job was to keep these instruments working while on Tinian.

He had many good stories about the war; I wish I could remember them all.

[geofflambert]

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[nashvillen]

You are one funny Gorn! That is hilarious!

Actually, she was enjoying about as much as I. I just think she was getting tired of posing in front of them. She loves planes and the WWII ones fascinate her.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

You are one funny Gorn! That is hilarious!

Yes, you can see, even the B-29 engine is laughing!

Reminds me of old cartoons, like Mr. Railroad engine or Mr. Tugboat.