Lots of opportunities to kill yourself 

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 02/19/2019 at 21:10 • Filed to: None

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All run with cables and mechanical linkage. Oops, did I set the idle mixture lock?.....

f86sabre > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 21:38

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And yet, it worked pretty well. 

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 21:50

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Facinating, I saw a special on the Constellation, that thing was also a beast to keep happy. 

RacinBob > f86sabre 02/19/2019 at 22:29

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Yes it did. It does a huge amount of things you take for granted today. Our grandparents weren’t no dummy’s 

ttyymmnn > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 23:36

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That’s why God created check lists.

ttyymmnn > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 23:38

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Twenty. One. Gallons. Of . Oil.

Urambo Tauro > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 23:41

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BRB, gonna steal me a B-25.

DipodomysDeserti > RacinBob 02/19/2019 at 23:43

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Wow, look at those guys with their fancy engines.

-my grandpa

phenotyp > ttyymmnn 02/20/2019 at 00:10

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In EACH RESERVOIR. 

ttyymmnn > phenotyp 02/20/2019 at 00:16

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The P-47 had 28 gallons of oil . This is what happens when you get a leak. The pilot is holding his flight helmet in his left hand.

facw > RacinBob 02/20/2019 at 05:28

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Our grandparents also lost aircraft in numbers that would be considered unacceptable today. If you read about any of the big bomber raids, the numbers that had to ditch or turn back due to mechanical problems tends to be quite high.

RacinBob > facw 02/20/2019 at 08:19

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Agreed, also I believe I recall that something like 1/2 of all losses were in training exercises.