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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: croduh on September 15, 2008, 07:50:39 AM
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Has it's ups and downs ;)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z144/croduh/b17bomblostelev.jpg)
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Has it's ups and downs ;)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z144/croduh/b17bomblostelev.jpg)
Not to be the downer, but Im sure you know where that crew ended up...
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Do you think that bomber could make it home with just one horizontal stab?
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If I remember correctly, the bomb severed the cables to the horizontal stab and went down.
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If I'm thinking of the same incident, I don't think any of the crew survived. :salute
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Not really a winky face matter...
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If I'm thinking of the same incident, I don't think any of the crew survived. :salute
They didn't. :salute
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They didn't. :salute
That B-17F of the 332 squadron, 94 BG had its remaining elevator jammed in the nose down position. R/T chatter indicated that the pilots were going to try break it free. By the time they realized it wasn't going to move, they were nearly in a vertical dive at high speed. They had only about 1/2 minute to decide. No parachutes where seen before it broke up.
More than a few B-17s can home with a horizontal stab missing. As long as the elevator is free, it's flyable.
My regards,
Widewing
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That B-17F of the 332 squadron, 94 BG had its remaining elevator jammed in the nose down position. R/T chatter indicated that the pilots were going to try break it free. By the time they realized it wasn't going to move, they were nearly in a vertical dive at high speed. They had only about 1/2 minute to decide. No parachutes where seen before it broke up.
More than a few B-17s can home with a horizontal stab missing. As long as the elevator is free, it's flyable.
My regards,
Widewing
Yeah, B-17s have survived much worse. I recalled reading about that bird not making it though.