Restored B-17 Flying video

"N93332" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote in message
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Fun video. I wish the filmaker could have gotten up to the top turret.
http://www.wotelectronics.com/B17.wmv


There is a funny part when the camera person, in the bombardier's seat in
the B-17's nose, slowly zooms in on a river bridge. I laughed.

Great video! I just wished it had more views from around inside the plane
besides from behind the nose gunner seat. Is that a B-17H?


It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org



My father and I took a ride on Collin's B-17 a couple years ago when it
was up at ANE. It was the first time in over 55 years my dad had flown in
a B-17 (www.100thbg.org). I have a video of that great experience but
haven't converted it to play on a computer yet.


Let us know if you get it converted and made available on the web!

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I tried to give Jay first dibs on this video, but apparently he doesn't
want it.

You did? Sorry, I must not have received your dib...

I've received a BUNCH of new videos lately, though. I may have just
missed yours. (I get between 50 and 75 emails per DAY nowadays...)


Sorry... didn't realize that you get that many emails. Yeah, I sent it Oct
30th. and figured that it would be a nice addition to your video page.




It's a fully restored B-17 and the video (shot about 1 week ago) shows
the engines starting, takeoff, flying and the landing. It's 56 meg and
almost 14 minutes long. Pretty cool video.

56 megabytes? Man, Jav has told me that we've got unlimited server space,
but *that* might push even him over the edge!




Like someone had suggested, it could be edited quite a bit. I don't know if
you would need to get in touch with the film maker on that or not. Not quite
sure how the copyright laws work. If so, I could probably get you in touch
with him.

Also, ya'll probably saw this link already, but I just saw it a day or two
ago. Aerobatic maneuvers from inside and outside of the aircraft. It's
pretty cool too. Not sure it there is sound because my I moved my pc and
haven't hooked my speakers back up yet.
http://www.raymondstacy.com/pics/hv.wmv

Like someone had suggested, it could be edited quite a bit. I don't know
if you would need to get in touch with the film maker on that or not. Not
quite sure how the copyright laws work. If so, I could probably get you in
touch with him.

I'd be glad to host a "lite" version of it!

Although this group's own Jav Henderson has never complained about me
sending gigantic files (he kindly provides free hosting services for our
website), I hesitate when it's a file that's bigger than my first computer's
hard drive -- by a factor of two!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Like someone had suggested, it could be edited quite a bit. I don't know
if you would need to get in touch with the film maker on that or not. Not
quite sure how the copyright laws work. If so, I could probably get you
in touch with him.

I'd be glad to host a "lite" version of it!

Although this group's own Jav Henderson has never complained about me
sending gigantic files (he kindly provides free hosting services for our
website), I hesitate when it's a file that's bigger than my first
computer's hard drive -- by a factor of two!



I can't say that file is double the HD of my first PC. I had the 40 meg HD
that "you will never fill up"... haha. What a joke! Don't know how many
times I had to delete files for more space.

Paid $2200 way back when for a 286-12mhz, upgraded to 1 meg ram, 40 meg Hd,
VGA monitor and a 9 pin printer. Not even a modem or a mouse!

"C. Massey" wrote in message
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It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org

Ok, thanks! Missing top turret? It looks like it's there... From the video
it didn't show the whole plane. Great pictures of 8 B-17's (and others) on
http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/p...P/FrameSet.htm

My father and I took a ride on Collin's B-17 a couple years ago when it
was up at ANE. It was the first time in over 55 years my dad had flown in
a B-17 (www.100thbg.org). I have a video of that great experience but
haven't converted it to play on a computer yet.


Let us know if you get it converted and made available on the web!

My brother has the tape from the video camera and my parents have a VHS copy
of it. I'll borrow one of them and try to get it converted.

-Greg B.

("C. Massey" wrote)
It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org


http://www.wotelectronics.com/B17.wmv

Top turret looks like it's there in the first 30 seconds of the video. What
isn't there is a small navigation(?) dome between the windscreen and the
nose.


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
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("C. Massey" wrote)
It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org


http://www.wotelectronics.com/B17.wmv

Top turret looks like it's there in the first 30 seconds of the video.
What isn't there is a small navigation(?) dome between the windscreen and
the nose.



Yeah... that's what I was thinking about. I knew there was something missing
up there! Trying to go off of my memory, which is a very dangerous thing to
do, especially right now! I am in the middle of replacing the flooring in my
house, and not thinking straight.

Sorry...

"N93332" wrote in message
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"C. Massey" wrote in message
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It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org

Ok, thanks! Missing top turret? It looks like it's there... From the
video it didn't show the whole plane. Great pictures of 8 B-17's (and
others) on
http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/p...P/FrameSet.htm

My father and I took a ride on Collin's B-17 a couple years ago when it
was up at ANE. It was the first time in over 55 years my dad had flown
in a B-17 (www.100thbg.org). I have a video of that great experience but
haven't converted it to play on a computer yet.


Let us know if you get it converted and made available on the web!

My brother has the tape from the video camera and my parents have a VHS
copy of it. I'll borrow one of them and try to get it converted.


Sounds great. I don't know why, but I have always loved the B-17 as well as
the DC-3's.

Maybe my love for the DC-3's is because that is one of the first planes that
I ever rode in. From Texas to Maraciabo, Venezuela about a dozen times back
in the mid 60's.

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:54:10 GMT, "C. Massey"
wrote:

It is a G model. I believe the top turret is missing on this model. More
info and pictures at http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org

Not so. All models of the B-17 that saw combat (flew bombing
missions) had top turrets. The one in the film has one too. Am I
missing something here?

Corky Scott

I can't say that file is double the HD of my first PC. I had the 40 meg HD
that "you will never fill up"... haha. What a joke! Don't know how many
times I had to delete files for more space.

Paid $2200 way back when for a 286-12mhz, upgraded to 1 meg ram, 40 meg Hd,
VGA monitor and a 9 pin printer. Not even a modem or a mouse!

Bwa-ha-haaa!

My first computer had NO hard drive (an Atari ST). My first PC has a
whopping 20 meg drive, which seemed IMMENSE at the time....

Then, in 1988-ish, I paid $3800 for a Compaq 386-SX, which we networked
(!) to two other computers in our office. Man, we were CUTTING EDGE.

I think my current watch has more computing power than that PC did...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"