Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/19/2018 at 08:47 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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Greetings from the Department of What Might Have Been. 

Hamtractor > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 08:56

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Hard to beat the sound of four b ig-ass radial engines tearing through the sky, but I’ll be damned if that ain’t the sexiest B-17 I ever did see!

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 08:58

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The prettiest B-17 that ever was. Man those V-12 fairings  look good.

beautimouse > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 09:01

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L o o k h o w b i g t h e R 2 u n i t s w e r e i n t h o s e d a y s . . . .
; )

facw > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 09:07

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That definitely looks awesome. Messing around with the B-17 at that point probably didn’t make much sense, even if there were engine shortages. I am wondering if the 307 would look better with those nacelles. My initial thought is probably not, simply because it’s hard to imagine the 307 looking better than it did:

ttyymmnn > beautimouse 07/19/2018 at 09:12

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That made me laugh, but then it got me thinking. George Lucas was a student of film, and he reportedly based some of his shots in Star Wars , particularly the scenes of the Millennium Falcon escaping from the Death Star, on 12 O’Clock High . It would not be beyond the realm of possibility that R2's domed head, and his location behind the pilot of the X-Wing fighter, was influenced by the dorsal turret on a B-17.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 09:31

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And let’s not forget the Millennium Falcon cockpit either...

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 09:32

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Nice - are those Me rlins or turboprops?

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/19/2018 at 09:47

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Allison turbosupercharged V-12s.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 10:09

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Ah, yes I always mix up the Allison and Packard ( Merlin) V12s.

Gorgeous aircraft!

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/19/2018 at 10:16

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I think the Allison tends to get lost in the Merlin’s shadow.

gmctavish needs more space > ttyymmnn 07/19/2018 at 12:05

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If you have to replace radials with something, it doesn’t get much better than four V12s.

The Compromiser > beautimouse 07/19/2018 at 21:30

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Its for all the vacuum tubes.

beautimouse > The Compromiser 07/20/2018 at 20:36

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Ha!  Good one.