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Old March 13th 04, 02:47 AM
ArtKramr
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Subject: B-17s at Low Level
From: "Dave Kearton"
Date: 3/12/04 6:12 PM Pacific Standard Time
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"WalterM140" wrote in message
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| And if it was me
| flying I wouldn't be any lower than I had to be.
|
| Right.
|
|
| I have read about a B-17 that had to raise a wing tip to miss a church
steeple
| as it beat feet across Belgium egressing the continent. But since I have
to
| mount the model on a base, it can't be more than about 20 scale feet
above the
| ground.
|
| Walt




Sounds interesting - would love to see it when it's done.




Cheers


Dave Kearton




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