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somebody forgot to use thier turn signal... :oops:

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"Capt. Bob, former PBY pilot, did not adapt well to flying land based aircraft..."

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The Navy's plan to adapt the B-29 into a submarine got off to a shaky start when the prototype was found to have serious leakage issues. Subsequent testing revealed the airframe was completely inadaptable to the mission, which is pretty much what everyone had said from the beginning. (Except the bureaucrats, who demanded a multi-function asset, able to perform seemingly incompatible tasks.) Surprisingly, the issue was not with the concept itself, but rather with the fact the Navy deemed it impossible to bomb at 20,000 feet from 350 feet below the surface of the ocean. The project was soon abandoned, but not before four crews got soaking wet in a valiant attempt to prove the government does not screw everything up(they failed)
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Looks like the Last Flight of Noah's Ark
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Jack,

Is that Suribachi in the background? Looks as though number four wasn't turning at the time...

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Y'all crack me up! :lol: Great captions there.

It looks like someone has already been in the gun turret, I assume to "safe" the guns, when this picture was taken.
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Dang, I just can't come up with a really good caption this morning. :oops:

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I swear that frigging boat ramp was around here someplace!

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"Despite the fact the tail was able to be folded, the wingspan itself made carrier operations hazardous, and the occasional overshoot of the deck inevitable."
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Jack,

Is that Suribachi in the background? Looks as though number four wasn't turning at the time...


some of the planes on the runway in the background will race your heart a bit.

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Is that Suribachi in the background?

I'm not sure. This could be airfield #1 but I'm not sure how close to the water it was :?:

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