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by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:47 pm

A B52 ... flying the Vietnam barrage flak and missiles .. clunk ..

.. whamo .. hiss ... Aircraft Commander (pilot yells were hit .. were hit ) quickly instructs the co-pilot to shut down No.3 engine , the Major (co-pilot ) he looked back at the Aircraft Commander ( pilot ) ... ... .. ? and said which side 'Sir'

by **Timmo** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:11 am

haha reminds me of this one:
Thereâ€™s a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running â€œa bit peaked.â€

Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.

â€œAh,â€ the fighter pilot remarked, â€œthe dreaded seven-engine approach.â€

by **Charl** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:03 pm

Actual reports submitted by US Air Force pilots with the maintenance crew replies:

Problem: Number three engine missing.............................(OK it would've been a prop...)
Solution: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

kiwibarguy wrote:
QUOTE (kiwibarguy @ Jul 23 2008, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The first prototype flew on October 2, 1951.

Nope first flight was 56 years ago, question still open...

by **kiwibarguy** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:36 pm

I found it in one of my aircraft books

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:27 pm

kiwibarguy wrote:
QUOTE (kiwibarguy @ Jul 25 2008, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I found it in one of my aircraft books

so much contradiction , mistakes in print , being the most secret of secrets in its time , the B52 has its own in hiding its age

by **NZ255** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:07 pm

Yup, that's the year I had...1952. Is that the reason for the name B-52??? Not sure, oh and Ian, I'll take that as an answer although very cleverly disguised...

Over to you.............

by **Charl** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:52 pm

Haha, Wingman thought he'd got away with it...
Arrrr

the B52 Arrrr ... come on guys ....... with 52 other aircraft historians of maybe we'll wait for 52 newbies to guess

the B52 has its own in hiding its age

and just then, the music stopped, and you got him!
Good one, Nick

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:40 pm

I think kiwibarguy.... you have the next Question ... I have so many books that contradict one source to another , many i have here chop and change dates , the worse example ive seen is a JU87 and they mention it as a ME109 .

Early morning rollout of the XB-52 29th Nov 1951 and its first flight was on Oct 2 1952
2nd prototype rollout of the YB-52 weeks after but flew first before the XB in April 15 1952 , both types had the tandem cockpit layout .

CHARL , mate that is Brilliant ... i want to use this

COOL

by **Charl** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:36 am

Plagiarism...pure plagiarism.
There oughtta be a Copyright Law preventing people from stealing back their own original work...

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:15 pm

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jul 27 2008, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Plagiarism...pure plagiarism.
There oughtta be a Copyright Law preventing people from stealing back their own original work...

, thats it i,ll take ya to court ! , i would loose tho

, .... were is MATTTLOCKkkk!

by **kiwibarguy** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:33 am

Woo hoo i love 'benefit of the doubt'! O.k
In the Battle of Britain 'Hindrup Sergeant F G' flew with which squadron? Yes he is a Kiwi!
I thought i would choose a random pilot as all deserve to be remembered!

by **Charl** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:59 am

Charge of the Light Brigade...

by **Naki** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:52 am

600sqn

by **kiwibarguy** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:07 pm

Top notch Sir! It's your turn i believe!

by **Naki** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:10 pm

Yea I cheated and used Google - found a web site of all the Allied airmen KIA in the BoB - there were a lot - and many NZers

Okay sort of related to the BoB question - how many Spitfires are currently flying in Australasia - and for a bonus mark how many Hurricanes are currently flying in Australasia?

by **Charl** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:14 pm

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Jul 29 2008, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...how many Spitfires are currently flying in Australasia - and for a bonus mark how many Hurricanes are currently flying in Australasia?

Now that'll keep us busy, Google returns: emergency to the Australian market in the 1980â€™s. Today, the Stanilite 10W SPITFIRE. TM. continues as Australiaâ€™s most advanced recessed emergency with NEW ...

by **Timmo** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:27 am

what do you mean flying right now? At this instant?

by **Naki** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:47 am

Spitfires & Hurricanes that are currently actively flying in Australasia (not rebuilds, statics or stored)

by **Naki** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:07 pm

BUMP - come on guys - someone at least have a guess!

by **Charl** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:39 am

Replicas aside, I'd hazard the Alpine Fighter Collection has the only flyable Hurricane, assume it's still here.
Am I right?

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