"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
05/08/2015 at 22:13 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
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A couple of WASPs and their B-17.
ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
05/08/2015 at 22:22 |
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Out in Sweetwater, TX, west of Abilene on I-20, is the
WASP Museum
. It’s housed in an old hangar on the grounds of what used to be Avenger Field, where the WASPs trained during WWII. I can only imagine how desolate it must have been 70 years ago, because there isn’t much in Sweetwater now. I’ve been to the museum a couple of times. It’s small, but the staff is dedicated, and they are hoping for a major renovation—if the money comes through. Here’s a link to the pictures I took the last time I was there. The aircraft are both privately owned, and still fly regularly.
http://tshaff.smugmug.com/Aviation/WASP-…
For Sweden
> f86sabre
05/08/2015 at 22:22 |
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No crash helmets smh
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f86sabre
> For Sweden
05/08/2015 at 22:41 |
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I'm sure they weren't flying at high altitude or they dressed appropriately when they did.
desertdog5051
> f86sabre
05/09/2015 at 03:46 |
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As a lover of air cooled, rotary engines, you posted a closeup of the engine. Do you know if the cooling fins are machined, cast or pressed on the cylinders?
Side note: Continental Motors, they made a ton of those things. Go Kalamazoo.
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f86sabre
> desertdog5051
05/09/2015 at 06:35 |
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Cast I think.