Gee Bee and Doolittle

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 08/19/2020 at 16:52 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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For no reason at all, here is a pic of Jimmy Doolittle and the legendary Gee Bee. A plane that was basically an engine and minimal wings and flight controls. An F-105 for the piston era. 

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 08/19/2020 at 17:04

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You never need a reason to post a picture of Jimmy Doolittle. The Gee Bee got a write up in last week’s TDIAH.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 08/19/2020 at 18:19

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I need to give that a read.

I know one of his granddaughters. Maybe great granddaughter. She was one of our vendors. 

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > f86sabre 08/19/2020 at 18:29

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There’s a Gee Bee replica at the New England Air Museum in CT. When I see how tight the cockpit is and realize that if anything goes pear-shaped in flight, it’s a fabric-covered coffin.

https://www.neam.org/shell.php?page=aircraft_collection_detail&name=granviller1

f86sabre > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 08/19/2020 at 21:50

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The pilot is  basically the cushion for the engine in a crash.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > f86sabre 08/19/2020 at 22:17

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I’d say  the engine is the cushion for the pilot. Unless he crashed going backwards?