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02-04-2008, 09:32 PM
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I read a article in a Military Aviation magazine about a B-17 that was converted after the war to Turbo Prop engines. The guy had two he was going to convert but the first one crash if I remember right and the second was never done. I think the use was for firefighting. Does anyone having any pictures or information on this plane? Thanks
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02-05-2008, 06:18 PM
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02-05-2008, 06:34 PM
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02-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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02-05-2008, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ccheese  Good find, Paul..... thanks...
Charles | Thanks Charles,
Cool picture ToughOmbre, hadnt seen that one before. Thanks
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02-05-2008, 07:35 PM
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02-05-2008, 08:54 PM
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Country: | Thank you for finding these pictures. This is a very interesting aircraft. I found the magazine that the article was in. It was July 2006 issue of Fly Past. I assume that posting a scan of the article or photos would be a no no?
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02-06-2008, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tf34mech Thank you for finding these pictures. This is a very interesting aircraft. I found the magazine that the article was in. It was July 2006 issue of Fly Past. I assume that posting a scan of the article or photos would be a no no?
Sean | Posting pictures and quoting the source of the photo is fine. There are instances where you can not find the source. Usually they are posted as unknown and if a source found is usally corrected by another member.
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02-06-2008, 09:45 PM
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03-06-2008, 10:48 PM
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Country: | The converted B-17F used Rolls-Royce Dart turbines same as what were on the Vickers Viscount....They had named her "The Batmobile" prior to her crash. | |
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03-08-2008, 08:13 AM
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Country: | One of the Forts used for the tests is now "restored" as "Liberty Belle" and was done by Tom Riley at his former base in Kissimmee, FL. I saw the plane back in 03 when I was there and have a few pictures--I'll try to find those and post them. If I'm not mistaken, Air Classics magazine had a nice write-up not too long ago about the plane as well as the history of the 5-engine project.
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03-08-2008, 07:11 PM
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Country: | Wow! Yeah, I guess the B-17 would have been a little "overpowered" with four turboprops; as a guess, I would say the turboprops put out about twice the SHP as the "standard" Wright Cyclones.
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