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[Texasgordo]

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FB-111A 69-6510 with the 509BW, in transit to the old range on Noman's Isle loaded with 18 inert BDU-50 MK82 AIR (BSU-49 ballute retard) analogues. Actual target run-in was made with wings c.54deg sweep @c.M0.8.

 

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Nellis mid '80s, 9 EF-111As of the 390ECS 'Wild Boars', out of Mountain Home, during 'Red Flag'.

 

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[pronstar]

One of two operational WWII gliders (of this type) in the US.

Wood frame. As minimalist as you’d expect a glider to be.

We’re renovating the trailer just enough to make it roadworthy.

Belongs to a business client, her husband is an Air Force tanker pilot and they’re both aviation enthusiasts.

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Clam-shell thrust reverser problems.

 

[RedArmy]

These B-17's made it home, doubtful all of the aircrew did though.

This was a result of a mid-air with a Luftwaffe fighter. The favorite tactic of the Luftwaffe was to fly head on through the formations at high speed with guns blazing. The German plane was destroyed in the collision. By the way, the tail gunner was in his position when the collision happened and was trapped there due to the floor of the fuselage being ripped out! Read the whole story here: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/ww-ii-b17-survival-story.html

 

[Texasgordo]

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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Brown pants edition....

 

[Brains]

Ken Block. Watch his videos, they're awesome.

 

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Now that is a shade tree!

 

[baboon]

These B-17's made it home, doubtful all of the aircrew did though.

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This was a result of a mid-air with a Luftwaffe fighter. The favorite tactic of the Luftwaffe was to fly head on through the formations at high speed with guns blazing. The German plane was destroyed in the collision. By the way, the tail gunner was in his position when the collision happened and was trapped there due to the floor of the fuselage being ripped out! Read the whole story here: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/ww-ii-b17-survival-story.html
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I have a bunch of pictures of a bomber graveyard late in the war in France my dad took.

 

[avvidclif]

My late uncle was a tailgunner in WWII. He said the ME262's were so fast they couldn't track them with the guns. He got shot down and spent some time in a resort(?) courtesy of the German forces. Lovely place, he said after 6 weeks he could stand flatfooted and shit over an 8 strand barbed wire fence.

 

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My grandfather was a bombardier and then a navigator in a B-17. He was one of the lucky ones who made it home safely.