B-24!!!!
Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:29 pm
Check it out..
Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:49 pm
COOL! Where did this come from?
Thanks for sharing,
Thanks for sharing,
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:37 pm
The Consolidated Stork brought it...
RR
RR
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:48 pm
Judging from the looks of the paper, it's from a magazine or newspaper.
Mudge the speculative
Mudge the speculative
Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:21 pm
Gotta love those "A" models. 
Gary
Gary
Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:11 pm
You guys sure that's not an "LB-30"? 
Jerry
Jerry
Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:24 pm
It's not British. 
Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:29 pm
Gary,
Check out how the bomb sight is mounted high up in the nose glass structure. It looks like it was secured to each side of the optical glass frame.
Cool shot,
Taigh
Check out how the bomb sight is mounted high up in the nose glass structure. It looks like it was secured to each side of the optical glass frame.
Cool shot,
Taigh
Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:37 pm
Looks like someone copied from my original! 
This ones mine:
This ones mine:
Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:40 pm
Yeah, I noticed that. It looks like a "Z" bracket or something, elevating it. That makes more sense than the mount we made for the sight in 927. Of course, we didn't have much to go by, picture or drawing wise, so the fact we got it installed at all (especially in the time crunch we were in) is a miracle. But it's cool to see that the bombsight in the picture on this thread is also one of those big, clunky Sperry sights like the one we have.
Definitely a cool picture. Thanks for posting, Scepter!
Gary
Definitely a cool picture. Thanks for posting, Scepter!
Gary
Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:40 am
Cool pic!
What's the story on those blunt gearboxes? A fairing of some sort to improve engine heating (or cooling?)
SN
What's the story on those blunt gearboxes? A fairing of some sort to improve engine heating (or cooling?)
SN
Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:06 am
may I throw in this photograph ?
Martin
Martin
Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:30 am
Steve Nelson wrote:Cool pic!
What's the story on those blunt gearboxes? A fairing of some sort to improve engine heating (or cooling?)
SN
Those are actually a poor attempt at an afterbody, of sorts. They were designed to help the cooling air be directed to the cylinders, but didn't do so well. They eventually just took them out, like on the PBY's or Ol' 927.
Gary
Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:40 am
Swiss Mustangs wrote:may I throw in this photograph ?
Martin
DANG!
Ok...at the risk of upsetting Mudge again
Where was the first picture found, what type of publication, etc....
and Martin...Dang that's a nice picture...where did it come from?
Zane the "obviously" curious
Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:33 am
I found this pic and one of a B-17 on the back side of a framed picture that a bought at a garage sale. It was from a magazine from the 40's I guess.
