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I have a bit of time in a 17 [ Fuddy Duddy ] and they do fly nicely and was able to get behind the wheel of a 24 once for a short time. The 17 is a mild mannered gentleman, The 24 is rude, crude, noisy and vibrates like crazy. |
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11-05-2021, 03:37 PM | #23 | |
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11-09-2021, 04:56 PM | #24 |
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Stumbled across this image today, evidently he was a happy man after finally convincing his father to replace the Model T.
Image is taken from the Ford Industrial Exposition in NY, January 1928. https://www.thehenryford.org/collect...lide=gs-280697 Capture2.jpg -Tim
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He told me all it was was a big fuel tank with bombs and it didn't hold up like the B-17. It was common for them to have the wings break off at the fuselage. He also said that it was real physical to fly, and they'd have to help him out of the pilot's seat at the end of a mission he was so cramped up. If it hadn't been for Edsel we wouldn't have a Model A Ford. Edsel and Bob Gregorie were responsible for the BEAUTIFUL 1930's Ford Flathead V-8 cars. Henry was a drivetrain/chassis man and didn't give a hoot about looks, colors, or interiors. Henry was real mean to Edsel because he was trying to 'man him up'. What a jerk. After Edsel died, Henry broke down realizing what he had done to his only son. |
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11-10-2021, 01:11 PM | #26 |
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The B17 could take a lot of battle damage and that's what brought the old man home after it was all over. He never got shot down but he was involved in a landing wreck that killed more than half of the crew he was with. I've known several of his squadron mates that did get shot down and spent the rest of the war in POW camps. They all stayed close after the war and had yearly reunions. The B24 guys did too. They all played there part in that hazardous job. |
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