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[Hastur]

For WW2 planes, I'd have to go with the P38 as my favorite. A lot of folks think its ugly, but I think it looks awesome. I like the Warthog as well, and most people have the same asethetic opinion


That photo was taken during the Doolittle raid.

Reminds me of the Black Widow model I had as a kid.

They recently found one and salvaged it.

Good podcast about it here.
http://ww2podcast.com/ww2-podcast/66-no ... ack-widow/

The P-61 was built in response to the Blitz on Great Britain, in 1940. The RAF were in need of a night fighter and they confirmed with their US counterparts on the specifications. The result was a twin tail plane with a crew of three, it was specifically designed to house a radar to zero the aircraft in, at night on their target.

Only four now survive.

Joining me is Russell Strine from the Mid Atlantic Air Museum, in Pennsylvania, who are currently restoring one, the intention is to get it in the air once more.

[Montegriffo]

Dad was a radar technician in the 60s and 70s so it's possible he bought the model because he'd worked on one.

[Speaker to Animals]

Dad was a radar technician in the 60s and 70s so it's possible he bought the model because he'd worked on one.

Radar technician in what? Was he avionics in the RAF?

[Montegriffo]

Dad was a radar technician in the 60s and 70s so it's possible he bought the model because he'd worked on one.

Radar technician in what? Was he avionics in the RAF?

I think it was mostly army postings. We'd lived in Singapore, Malta and Germany by the time I was 10. He was a civilian working for the military. I don't know exactly what he did but he knew a lot about valves and transistors.

[Speaker to Animals]

Dad was a radar technician in the 60s and 70s so it's possible he bought the model because he'd worked on one.

Radar technician in what? Was he avionics in the RAF?

I think it was mostly army postings. We'd lived in Singapore, Malta and Germany by the time I was 10. He was a civilian working for the military. I don't know exactly what he did but he knew a lot about valves and transistors.

Valves? Maybe magnetrons.

[Montegriffo]

We did have a magnet that you had to pry off a radiator with a crowbar.

[TheReal_ND]

Good way to keep scale in check I guess.

[Speaker to Animals]

He was mainly working with waveguides, magnetrons, etc. I was a flight controls guy, so my radar experience is limited.

[Montegriffo]

He did have a story about going inside live computers the size of a room, to replace valves, with high voltage circuits all around him.
I wish I'd asked him more about it.

[C-Mag]

They were shooting the Enola Gay cockpit scenes in the B17

Are you Sure ?

Was Enola Gay a B29 Super Fortress?

Yes, the Enola Gay was a B29 Super Fortress................ My question is that they were filming cockpit scenes in a B17. They don't look even close.

Trivia: The B29 cockpit was the model for the Millenium Falcon cockpit.