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Offline Widewing

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A really great shot of a B-26B
« on: July 11, 2003, 12:27:00 PM »


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Widewing
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Offline SFRT - Frenchy

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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2003, 02:10:32 PM »
I was on this BBS quite some times already, but still nice to look at it again.
Dat jugs bro.

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Offline Replicant

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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2003, 02:16:17 PM »
NEXX

Offline frank3

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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2003, 02:46:17 PM »
you're right! it is an awsome pic :eek:

No room for being cloustrofobic in that nose :)

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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2003, 04:43:04 AM »
Lucky thats not a non smoking Marauder!

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Offline BenDover

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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2003, 09:55:07 PM »
looks like he's got a studmuffin in his mouth to me.

Offline davidpt40

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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2003, 11:53:43 PM »
That plane really does look like an aluminum coffin to me.  Its so cramped and confined, and how in the world do the pilots bail out without getting chopped up by the props?

Offline Furball

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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2003, 05:48:06 AM »
first thing i thought when i looked at that picture, was how vunerable the crew look! pilot better be on the lookout for HOing nikidweebs
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Offline BenDover

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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2003, 08:30:21 AM »
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Originally posted by davidpt40
That plane really does look like an aluminum coffin to me.  Its so cramped and confined, and how in the world do the pilots bail out without getting chopped up by the props?


I think they could feather the props, but the bail hatch was proburly behind the engines anyway.

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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2003, 12:09:44 PM »
I think bail hatch is, just like in the B-17, below the aircraft

Nice pic of B-26 too :D

« Last Edit: July 13, 2003, 12:20:58 PM by frank3 »

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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2003, 02:57:08 PM »
was there no gunsight (reflector or iron) for the pilot or copilot?

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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2003, 10:36:05 PM »
Isnt that a reflector gunsite in front of the pilot?  I can make out the shape of a square piece of plastic.