In article <gkq9ldd6q16c5n12ksfss5et7iu3dc08jm@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 22 Jul 2018 07:23:42 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqp1LuHjBnY
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>A beautiful, clear video, like a window on history.
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>I remember reading that flying the Liberator was a sweat drenching
>workout, exhausting. Apparently they had very, very heavy controls.
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After graduating from flight school, my father came down with rheumatic fever
during WWII...as a result, he was deemed unfit to fly combat missions but was
kept in as an instructor...flew as a B-24 instructor. Being short (like me) he
needed cushions to not just raise him a little but to push him forward a little
to fully reach the pedals!!...eventually racked up over 10,000 hours in twenty
years before being grounded for having a heart attack (2 1/2 pack/day smoker!!).
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