Windswept

11 responses to “Windswept”

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   pegleg000

   May 23, 2009 at 2:53 am

   A definite Slim Pickens moment 😉

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   BWJones

   May 23, 2009 at 3:01 am

   Awesome….. so….. very awesome.

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   Shamagu

   May 23, 2009 at 3:28 am

   Unbelievable. Congrats, looks like a thrilling ride. Wow.

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4. 

   jitze

   May 23, 2009 at 8:45 am

   A couple of years ago at the same venue and same plane, this is the gent who gave me a cockpit briefing – one of the last pilots to fly one in anger over Europe
   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jitze1942/1998690280/in/set-72157602729089961/]

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5. 

   TomiTapio

   May 23, 2009 at 10:26 am

   Ha! Is this what joy looks like? Good stuff.

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   WF&DT

   May 23, 2009 at 1:18 pm

   You lucky bastard.

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7. 

   Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co

   May 23, 2009 at 6:56 pm

   Hahahah what a great experience!

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8. 

   nhr

   May 24, 2009 at 8:37 am

   
   > that right elbow is very strange.

   Strong winds will do that to you. Protecting your eyes would be a good idea

   Your B-17 was probably flying at around 120 knots. The rightmost picture below, taken in a US Navy wind tunnel, shows what would happen at 265 knots, which is approximately the maximum design speed of a B-17.

   

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   The Rocketeer

   May 26, 2009 at 1:12 pm

   What a great opportunity. This is on my bucket list, by the way.

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10. 

    angry shock

    Jan 17, 2011 at 4:55 am

    missed this one!

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11. 

    jurvetson

    Sep 19, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    Looking the other way… Inside and out

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