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

"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, A/K/A Dolt-45,
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

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

Martin B-26:



A lot of men were afraid to fly it. The Army Air Force sent a team of WASPs to demonstrate the airplane around the various air bases.
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2 comments:

montag said...

The original version had a 10 ft shorter wingspan which made landing speed very high. I read one pilot say to get that speed you had to aim it at the ground and pull up at the last minute. Too many newby pilots couldn't do that.
Eddie Rickenbacher was brought in to check it out and pronounced it a great plane to fly but if you wanted new pilots to fly it, it would need 10 more feet of wing. It was done and it became one of if not the best twin engine bomber of the war.

8/27/2023 6:40 PM
Old NFO said...

Montag beat me to it. And yes, it became a great aircraft that ended up being used in Vietnam, and as a waterbomber into the 1980s!

8/27/2023 8:56 PM

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