Memphis Belle to fly again

Interesting to see the tach on the copilot side like that. I guess when in combat the engineer is to busy up in the turret to monitor gauges.
 
Perhaps it could be used to see if there was a runaway turbo when they're up at 20k feet or even since they were individual turbo controls it would allow them to be synced up. I know on the G's where they had the turbo control knob you could calibrate them individually.
 
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We have the original factory flight and service manuals and the surprisingly frank and quite "novello" like guide with the forward by "Hap"Arnold. In these publications, the equipment levels are quite basic. A lot of field service work was carried out with the resulting head-spinning number of variants. It appears to have settled down a bit with the introduction of the "G"series.:engel016:
 
bazzar said:
It's going to be a tight race! My money's on the Belle at the moment:engel016:
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Good to know.
I'm near of the finish of "A Higher Call" with main role B-17F and 109th (or better to say pilots of this machines). Interesting book!
Maybe not very famous like "M.Belle" but nice story too.... Good idea for the repaint also.

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That is one painting I think is .. I wish I was the one who or did it , really makes you want to put your boots on, simply love that story and real superb piece off history course we all know the result .. Movie material , even make the girls cry .
 
Only thing missing with that sound track half way through was the firing off the guns and the bursts of flak:biggrin-new:
 
YoYo said:
Good to know.
I'm near of the finish of "A Higher Call" with main role B-17F and 109th (or better to say pilots of this machines). Interesting book!
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Started 'Masters of the air' a few days ago, about the Eighth Air Force. Good read too.
 
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