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Stormin' Norman (norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium) 2018/06/22 20:42

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On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:54:12 -0500, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@verizont.net> wrote:

>Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote in
>news:mf4qidt07u2ohab9t9p25sbba2dmlrv9ea@4ax.com:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:38:28 -0500, Mitchell Holman
>> <noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>>
>> Every picture I have seen of a G4M while taxiing depicts the captain
>> standing on his seat looking out of the overhead hatch.  What I have
>> read indicates the Betty had very poor pilot visibility and that the
>> captain would stand in the hatch and give instructions to the
>> co-pilot.
>
>
>    A fairly common practice in the bombers
>that had hatches.....
>
>

Certainly understandable with long nose, tail draggers.


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