Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

Well, sort of. But there isn't much footage of the XB-19 around.

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3 comments:

Tod Germanica said...

Cool old plane although, like the B-17, its prewar proposed use as maritime ship killer proved a complete bust in WWII, hitting moving vessels from 24,000 ft proving impossibly difficult. Looks like a C-47 wing on steroids. Love the mid-Atlantic accent of one of the announcers, the standard half British tones beloved of that day and also Madonna still. Looks like if you lost power on takeoff you'd crash into oil derricks at Santa Monica back then. This made me check the lyrics of the propaganda song Rosie the Rivitor. I always thought it referenced the B-19 bomber. But per the innertoobz it reads 'P-19'. Huh? We never produced a P-19 'pursuit' plane. Disinformation?

4/17/2022 10:58 AM
rdale said...

Quite the airplane; that first landing looked pretty exciting! I remember a Bugs Bunny cartoon where, for some reason, he exclaims "Look! It's the B-19!" Too bad it wasn't preserved.

4/17/2022 1:49 PM
Old NFO said...

Interesting piece of history! Thanks!

4/17/2022 10:03 PM

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