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Photowalking Utah Hill AFB Museum
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Neat Stuff (Score:2)
My grandfather was a bombsight mechanic during the war, so I found this part especially interesting. He's described to me the steps they went through to make sure that the bombsights were kept safe and secret.
I think he had a pretty good deal set up for the war, he both got to contribute directly to the efforts in a meaningful way, while also being kept by and large out of the line of fire (you can imagine they wanted the bombsight mechanics fairly well protected since the capture of any one of these guys
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There is some fascinating history behind the Norden bombsight. I'd love to write a book on it complete with diagrams and pictures if one does not already exist.
If you can, you should scan and post your Grandfathers notebook on the Internet. That would be tremendous...
Canberra and Liberator (Score:2)
It's interesting to note that my syndicate partner in the old Auster Autocrat we have used to *own* a Canberra. He bought it when it was decommissioned, and a group of them set about keeping it in flying condition for the airshow circuit. Also, since I lived in Houston, I used to see the NASA ones flying from time to time. IIRC, they have wingtip extensions.
If you're familiar with multi engine aircraft flying, you may know about "redline speed", the slowest speed at which you can keep the aircraft under con