TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on May 20, 2007 13:48:58 GMT -5
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Post by HometownHoya on May 20, 2007 21:21:26 GMT -5
Great pictures! I thought I saw the B-15 fly over campus during my lacrosse game. Wish I would have gone, looked like a great time
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TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on May 21, 2007 10:51:18 GMT -5
What's a B-15?
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Post by HometownHoya on May 21, 2007 13:05:45 GMT -5
Sorry F-117 (the nighthawk), getting my military airplanes confused, B-15 was a WWII era bomber
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on May 21, 2007 14:42:02 GMT -5
Sorry F-117 (the nighthawk), getting my military airplanes confused, B-15 was a WWII era bomber That's a bit of a stretch. The XB-15 was a huge pre-WWII prototype bomber that was almost 50% bigger than the B-17 (which was the famous WWII bomber). It was way ahead of its time, but that fact doomed it because there weren't any engines powerful enough to give it a reasonable speed, so only one was built. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_XB-15(Yes, I am unbelievably anal about aviation-related things) |
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TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on May 21, 2007 15:58:35 GMT -5
Stig,
Me too and I was a ground-pounder. If I knew now what I knew then, I probably would have been AF.
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Post by HometownHoya on May 23, 2007 22:43:09 GMT -5
Well looks like you got me again...but technically it was a WWII era bomber, although it was never comissioned, thanks for refreshing my knowledge on it, I thought I had seen something on the history channel about it
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