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64Trvlr said:
I got a little time in a TBM Avenger and an SB2C Helldiver back in the 90s when I was flying a lot. It was pretty cool to be cruising along at 8000-10000' agl, roll and head almost straight down with the dive brakes out. It makes you really appreciate what the pilots went through in WWII when they went against Japanese ships.
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The Son of Bitch 2nd Class has a terrible reputation
 
FelixstoweF.2 said:
Very cool-- are you a Pilot ?
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I went to college to be an airline pilot, but 9/11 happened my first week of school so that kind of changed the trajectory a bit. I stayed in ground ops and got a business degree and have since left the aviation industry after 20yrs in it. I soloed and have around 100hrs, my only real regret is not wrapping up my private license when I had my chance.

Have no intention of going back UNLESS it's as a semi retired part time job fueling airplanes at a small airport, drinking coffee and annoying everyone, basically a paid airport bum lol. I'm still a huge airplane geek though.
 
Slander said:
I went to college to be an airline pilot, but 9/11 happened my first week of school so that kind of changed the trajectory a bit. I stayed in ground ops and got a business degree and have since left the aviation industry after 20yrs in it. I soloed and have around 100hrs, my only real regret is not wrapping up my private license when I had my chance.

Have no intention of going back UNLESS it's as a semi retired part time job fueling airplanes at a small airport, drinking coffee and annoying everyone, basically a paid airport bum lol. I'm still a huge airplane geek though.
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That's awesome. I am working on a private license I have about 15hrs in. I want to get multi engine IFV certified .. But it will take time. Not commercially speaking just for the fun of it. I want to build actually a Curtiss H-2 type flying boat for fun.

This is the replica that the Curtiss museum in Hammondsport, NY built I'm kinda obsessed with it.
 

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64Trvlr said:
I talked to several pilots that flew them and heard lots of good and very bad stories regarding them. I couldn't turn down 15 or so hours in one, I liked the TBM much better.
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I 'd be flying it too. But it was always a plane that had a bad rep. The TBM is a great plane too. I would be the first in line to fly either one.
 
FelixstoweF.2 said:
That's awesome. I am working on a private license I have about 15hrs in. I want to get multi engine IFV certified .. But it will take time. Not commercially speaking just for the fun of it. I want to build actually a Curtiss H-2 type flying boat for fun.

This is the replica that the Curtiss museum in Hammondsport, NY built I'm kinda obsessed with it.
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Amphibs are really cool, have you had a chance to fly in one yet? If you have a chance go fly you'll enjoy the hell out of it.

I was fortunate enough to get some time in a Widgeon, an Albatross and a PBY-5 Catalina.
 
64Trvlr said:
Amphibs are really cool, have you had a chance to fly in one yet? If you have a chance go fly you'll enjoy the hell out of it.

I was fortunate enough to get some time in a Widgeon, an Albatross and a PBY-5 Catalina.
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No, I'm trying to get some time on one very soon.

There is a Grumman Albatross at little Air Port in the city of Wappinger Falls NY and I would love a chance to fly it.
 
64Trvlr said:
Amphibs are really cool, have you had a chance to fly in one yet? If you have a chance go fly you'll enjoy the hell out of it.

I was fortunate enough to get some time in a Widgeon, an Albatross and a PBY-5 Catalina.
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That's awesome, I love the flying boats from Grumman. We also had a goose based at the airport I worked at in college and man that's a beautiful machine. They sold it to a company that was going to start making reproduction copies of it and the new owners crashed it on a lake shortly after buying it on a demo flight and it sunk.
 
Slander said:
That's awesome, I love the flying boats from Grumman. We also had a goose based at the airport I worked at in college and man that's a beautiful machine. They sold it to a company that was going to start making reproduction copies of it and the new owners crashed it on a lake shortly after buying it on a demo flight and it sunk.
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That's a sad story.. Why did you tell me that story. I am now going to cry.
 
Slander said:
I went to college to be an airline pilot, but 9/11 happened my first week of school so that kind of changed the trajectory a bit. I stayed in ground ops and got a business degree and have since left the aviation industry after 20yrs in it. I soloed and have around 100hrs, my only real regret is not wrapping up my private license when I had my chance.

Have no intention of going back UNLESS it's as a semi retired part time job fueling airplanes at a small airport, drinking coffee and annoying everyone, basically a paid airport bum lol. I'm still a huge airplane geek though.
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You really should finish up your license. It will probably not cost much now. You can let it languish for years after you have it and then go back and get up to speed easy.
 
FelixstoweF.2 said:
Never saw combat against Commies.

THe F-4 Phantom II that I posted earlier that killed Commies, the AD-1 Skyraider, the A-4 Skyhawk, the A-6 Intruder, F-100 Super Saber, F-86, P-51 saw combat in Korea, a F-4U-4 Corsair also saw combat in Korea, along with the F-2 Banshee, B-29 saw combat in Korea, A-26 renamed the B-26 and again A-26 in Vietnam as the A-26K ... F-101, F-104, and F-102 all Vietnam. The F8F with the French in Vietnam and Korea with the Navy... The Connie did AWACS in Vietnam. RB-57D and F models , the B-57 also did a lot of low level strikes. The F-105 and B-66 and RB-66 Destroyer... Just to name a few.
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You forgot a couple
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Lots of Brrrrrrr from these, pluss some thumping.
 
Not my picture but it belongs here....

Painting the Playboy Bunny on the vertical is epic. Too bad the whole world got butt hurt since then.

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The guy in the back row, left side was my grandad, Pilot of the Tail Wind B24 (Serial 44-40467) in the South Pacific.
He's been gone for 9 years now. Here are a few words he had to say about his service:

I was a member of the 72nd Squadron. My missions began from Morotai, the first was to Palawan on 15 Dec 44. During January and February 45, we flew many missions to Luzon, Negros, and Corregidor with occasional trips to Borneo. In March, we moved up to Samar and most of our missions were within the Philippines; however, did go to Kuching, Borneo, on our longest mission, 15:10. My 41st and final mission was to Sibu on 24 May 45. Cerrutti transferred to another crew early in our tour and was lost in a takeoff crash. I had flown an initial mission with an experienced crew, so my tour was completed one mission prior to the other members. On their final mission, the B-24 in which they were flying experienced multiple engine failures over Brunei Bay off the west coast of Borneo. Elmes and Chauvin did not survive the bailout; after a few hours in the water, the other crew members were rescued by a PBY piloted by Warner Britton. "Britt" was a member of the 2nd Rescue Squadron, also part of the 13th AF, operating out of Zamboanga.

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The guy in the back row, left side was my grandad, Pilot of the Tail Wind B24 (Serial 44-40467) in the South Pacific.
He's been gone for 9 years now. Here are a few words he had to say about his service:

I was a member of the 72nd Squadron. My missions began from Morotai, the first was to Palawan on 15 Dec 44. During January and February 45, we flew many missions to Luzon, Negros, and Corregidor with occasional trips to Borneo. In March, we moved up to Samar and most of our missions were within the Philippines; however, did go to Kuching, Borneo, on our longest mission, 15:10. My 41st and final mission was to Sibu on 24 May 45. Cerrutti transferred to another crew early in our tour and was lost in a takeoff crash. I had flown an initial mission with an experienced crew, so my tour was completed one mission prior to the other members. On their final mission, the B-24 in which they were flying experienced multiple engine failures over Brunei Bay off the west coast of Borneo. Elmes and Chauvin did not survive the bailout; after a few hours in the water, the other crew members were rescued by a PBY piloted by Warner Britton. "Britt" was a member of the 2nd Rescue Squadron, also part of the 13th AF, operating out of Zamboanga.

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absent companions...
 
Levigarrett76 said:
what was the fundamental difference in b17 and b24?
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I've been inside both at airshows, and the 24 is roomier inside. Have to crouch or duckwalk in the B-17 and can stand upright in a B-24 to the waist guns. The B-24 is more aerodynamic, with larger fuel tanks, so they fly higher, faster and farther than the B-17. Ford's Willow Run plant ran 24-7 producing 6972 B-24's. A complete bomber every 63 minutes.
A total of 18,482 were made, making it the most numerous heavy bomber ever built.
 
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