JB-17G

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 02/17/2016 at 22:19 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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A Mod ified B-17 used to test early turboprops.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > f86sabre 02/17/2016 at 22:36

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If I become mod, that pun will be punishable by 500 lashings.

Hot Takes Salesman > f86sabre 02/17/2016 at 22:37

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Hahahahahaha

That is still a cool B-17, despite the cheap punnery.

f86sabre > Hot Takes Salesman 02/17/2016 at 22:39

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My puns don't come cheap. Nothing in the aerospace business does.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 02/17/2016 at 23:07

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I see your JB-17G and raise you a Lancaster with a Rolls-Royce Dart in the nose.

Also, I see what you did there.

RallyWrench > f86sabre 02/17/2016 at 23:27

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That had to sound weird.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 02/18/2016 at 08:25

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I just looked at this photo again and realized that it says USAF on the wing. First time I’ve ever seen that on a B-17. And it has the contemporary roundel, too. Neat.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > f86sabre 02/18/2016 at 08:27

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If we still had annotations I’d point out that your airplane has some kind of weird growth on its nose.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 02/18/2016 at 10:20

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ttyymmnn, noticing the critical things :D

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 02/18/2016 at 10:21

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I like to pretend that I have an historian’s eye for detail. Even if it takes two tries.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 02/18/2016 at 10:22

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just shows your addiction. pretty sure each of us on this car forum know the stupid differences between the mid-year refresh on our car of choice that literally no one else notices.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 02/18/2016 at 12:08

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I see your Lancaster and raise you an Avro Lincoln with a two stroke, supercharged, turbocharged, turbocompound diesel Napier Nomad in the nose, naturally driving twin contra rotating props.

It was also equipped with an afterburner (because why not?) and when running properly was able to power the plane unaided.

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 02/18/2016 at 12:19

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Why not indeed. That’s awesome.