Planelopnik: B-26!

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 03/27/2015 at 15:59 • Filed to: None

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Heard the unique drone of twin engines above me Wednesday afternoon and looked up to see a B-26!

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/27/2015 at 16:09

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Enhance......

That twin tail leads me to believe you saw a B-25, not a B-26. The Marauder had a single tail. I think there is only one airworthy Marauder left.

BrainForest > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/27/2015 at 16:09

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Good eye!

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 03/27/2015 at 16:19

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Could have been a B-25. I was focused on track practice when it flew over, so spent most of the brief overflight watching a high-jumper while simultaneously trying to dig my phone out so I could take the picture. On my first glance it was directly approaching and I couldn't make out the tail, on my second (and last) glance, it was heading toward the sun. I was lucky to grab the photo.

The WWII planes were always my favorite at the air show. I was always partial to the P-38.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/27/2015 at 16:33

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I'm an air show junkie, and I much prefer the old prop planes to the modern planes. Jet fighters are cool, but there's nothing like the sound of those old radials beating up the field.

TheRealBicycleBuck > BrainForest 03/27/2015 at 16:35

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That compliment goes to ttyymmnn for catching the twin tails.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 03/27/2015 at 16:36

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Low passes by a P-51 are hard to beat!

Low passes by jets are just deafening.