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Old 11-23-2020, 09:27 PM
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Old 11-23-2020, 09:31 PM
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So bore us Mike!
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Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02170, with test pilot Willard Bartlett Boothby, 24 October 1942. This is the twenty-fifth production F4U-1. (Rudy Arnold/National Air and Space Museum NASM-XRA-1294)
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The USS Hornet CV 8 leaving San Francisco Bay 2 April 1942 after loading 16 of Jimmy Doolittles B25's at Alameda Naval Air Station
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Just a few hundred million dollars worth of B17's sitting there at todays current flyable value. I believe there are only 10 or so still airworthy B17's left.
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Old 11-23-2020, 10:16 PM
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Just a few hundred million dollars worth of B17's sitting there at todays current flyable value. I believe there are only 10 or so still airworthy B17's left.
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Today, 46 planes survive in complete form, 10 of which are airworthy, and 39 of which reside in the United States.
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very cool pics, Thx for posting. Any F14 Tomcat fans out there.?
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