From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017041910313479272-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I was basically into the theory of it, the mechanics.  When I was young, I   
   > fell for the belief, common among my friends, that that stuff was all high   
   > brow intellectual. And in being that, far better than the " country "   
   > music I played.   
      
   > Now I know better :-)   
      
   Music is about the Vibe, which means you've *got* to be into it!   
      
   > Those engines certainly have their own sound.   
      
   Radials, particularly the double radials, sound great ;)   
      
   The Lockheed Constellations and Douglas DC-6s & DC-7s sounded fantastic,   
   particularly on takeoff!   
      
   > I was trying to decide if that was the case as I watched the movie.  The   
   > desert there looked like hard packed sand, with just a thin veneer of   
   > dusty sand on top. The trucks didn't sink in at all.  So, if they moved it   
   > and then slightly reburried it, they did a good job making the ground   
   > around look untouched. Could have been done that way tho. So who knows.   
      
   They can do quite a bit with just a little on a movie set.   
      
   > I have some old pics.  Maybe hunt those up and enjoy the memories.  Got to   
   > touch and SR71 once also :-)   
      
   HOW did you ever manage to get to do that???   
   I'd be happy just to see one fly by!   
      
   On the other hand, at Chicago's Air and Water show, I did get to see an Avro   
   Vulcan, AV-8 Harrier, a couple of B-1s, and even an F-106 Dart.   
      
   > The back area of the B25 wasn't that cramped, save the tail gunner's   
   > space.  I'm thinking, I could just stand up in it.  The owner /pilot told   
   > me they had strict height and weight limits on crew during wartime. I   
   > would have been too big. Can't recall if it was my height ot weight that   
   > was the issue. Going from my bad memory, the heigh limit was like 5'4" or   
   > something crazy like that.   
      
   Low weight and small, 'short' stature requirements were common for certain   
   members of bomber crews because of such cramped conditions. On the other   
   hand, even though I'm quite 'wiggly' ;), I was able to practically disappear   
   behind the instrument panel of a Honda Accord while I was installing the   
   prototype speakers in a custom sound system in it when I used to work in   
   that field. Kind of freaked everyone out that I could get into such a tiny   
   space and they asked me how I was ever going to get back out, to which I   
   replied that I'd simply reverse the process I used to get in ;)   
   But I don't think I'd care to Stuff myself into a B-17's ball turret, even   
   if I could ;)   
      
   > The other things I remember was that the props were right outside the   
   > pilots andcopiolots windows. I mean .... right there .... as in a few feet   
   > away on the other side of some thin aluminum. If one of those came off and   
   > cut thru the plane, it'd give you a haircut.   
      
   I wonder how much of a problem that actually was in practice. And turbofan   
   engines can do plenty of damage in similar situations.   
      
   > Now that I think about that, in the movie, there was a shot of the   
   > starboard engine smoking. That view isn't what the copilot in a B25 would   
   > see. Not at all. He'd look out and be nearly looking edge on at a HUGE   
   > prop, rotating only about a foot behind him.   
      
   As usual, they probably used a different plane thinking that no one would be   
   into aircraft enough to know or care...but they're wrong ;)   
   But what really irks me no end is misrepresenting planes when viewed from   
   the outside i.e. putting German markings on a P-51 does NOT make it an Me   
   109!!!   
      
   > Again, you and I must do the same things. If those old warbirds are   
   > around, I go see them.   
      
   I'm an aircraft fanatic! Music is one things I Totally Love doing, the other   
   is Flying!!!   
      
   > What struck me about the B17 was how - not very big - they are. Huge wide   
   > wings, huge engines, but overall very low to the ground. And they look to   
   > be made of a lot of cloth or something. Why I think that, I don't know.   
   > It's been a long time since I saw one upclose.   
      
   They're big enough, but of course, that depends on what they're compared to   
   )   
   And the Boeing 307 Stratoliner is a Gorgeous airliner version of the B-17.   
      
   > Time.  The band had a gig somewhere, and I had to be there.   
      
   That's Terrible!!! May I Never be forced to chose between Music and Flying,   
   because I Love them Both just too much!   
      
   > Those disappearances make for interesting stories.  Truth, ...... pirates   
   > and amature crews account for most of the missing.  A few others might be   
   > storms or equiptment failure. In the Flight 19, or was it 17, the problem   
   > seems to be that the flight leader got lost.  But since it was a training   
   > mission, all the others ( his juniors ) followed his commands, right to   
   > their deaths.   
      
   Flying can NEVER be taken lightly! One Must Always prepare for being Certain   
   of not getting lost, along with ALL the other safety issues, Every time!   
      
   > stole that plane.  Or, some military shot it down and for public relation   
   > reasons doesn't want to admit that. No way I believe it just flew off and   
   > no one tracked it.   
      
   If they fly into radar, they'll be tracked.   
      
   > Playing pressure is the same, scalloped or not.   
      
   But with the neck scalloped away, pressure on the strings effectively   
   'bends' them.   
      
   > The hammer on style requires a VERY straight neck, and very low action.   
   > It'll let you play very fast, at the cost of you have to pick the strings,   
   > when you do, very gently or they will buzz like crazy.   
      
   Jim   
      
   That's one  of those situations where there's really no way around it.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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