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A B-17...
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:09 pm
by DaddyHoggy
...flying fortress just flew over my house at an alt. of about 500ft.
Completely blown away - what a rare treat for a Sunday afternoon.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:17 pm
by CptnEcho
Indeed. Glad you were not its target.
Re: A B-17...
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:22 pm
by goran
DaddyHoggy wrote:...flying fortress just flew over my house at an alt. of about 500ft.
Completely blown away - what a rare treat for a Sunday afternoon.
Wish I was there...
Re: A B-17...
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:25 pm
by Chaky
DaddyHoggy wrote:...flying fortress just flew over my house at an alt. of about 500ft.
Completely blown away - what a rare treat for a Sunday afternoon.
Where's AA missle, when you need one?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:18 pm
by goran
It would be a shame to shoot down such a beautiful plane...
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:28 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Indeed!
The B-17 was the biggest Airfix model I had hanging from my ceiling when I was a kid - it was in the 1:48 scale section (I was very picky: couldn't mix 1:72, with 1:48 or 1:32 - big no no) - fully articulated guns, undercarriage and propellers. So to see one actually flying (seem them static) was just a childhood dream come true.
The one over my house was green - ala 'Memphis Bell' style.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:00 pm
by Commander McLane
gorans wrote:It would be a shame to shoot down such a beautiful plane...
Something tells me that this thought was not part of the reasoning of German Flak in let's say 1944...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:18 pm
by goran
Commander McLane wrote:gorans wrote:It would be a shame to shoot down such a beautiful plane...
Something tells me that this thought was not part of the reasoning of German Flak in let's say 1944...
But there were so many back then...
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:50 pm
by wackyman465
That shore is a purty plane there... Ya know, a modified version wouldn't look too out of place in Oolite..?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:27 am
by CptnEcho
Good idea. I'd add that ship to my oxp folder.
I hope the gunners don't shoot the tail off, though.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:38 am
by wackyman465
you could have the gunners as turrets! ooh. and have the engine exhaust come out of the engine cowlings sans props... ooh purty.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:22 am
by Sarin
Haha...WW2 mod for Oolite? All ships replaced with aircraft? Perhaps it will be better to use just various strengths of plasma cannons as guns, and no homing missiles...would be hilarious.
Now...who is gonna model all those aircraft?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:52 am
by Cody
I'll have a P51 Mustang please!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:55 am
by DaddyHoggy
Bagsie MK.IX Spitfire
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:12 pm
by Cody
And a nice old Dakota as a freight hauler.
