Sept 20, 2010: Growing Old Gracefully

xoxoxoBruce · 09-26-2010, 07:47 PM

Yes, counter rotating props but the engines were the same. The GM Allisons just had to change the firing order to run the opposite way.
Oh, and it won the Pacific war, so it's got that going for it.

spudcon · 09-27-2010, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes, counter rotating props but the engines were the same. The GM Allisons just had to change the firing order to run the opposite way.
Oh, and it won the Pacific war, so it's got that going for it.

I thought the Enola Gay won that.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-27-2010, 11:14 PM

How do to think the Enola Gay, or any of those Superfortresses, got any further than Midway?

09-26-2010, 07:47 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, counter rotating props but the engines were the same. The GM Allisons just had to change the firing order to run the opposite way. Oh, and it won the Pacific war, so it's got that going for it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-27-2010, 11:14 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How do to think the Enola Gay, or any of those Superfortresses, got any further than Midway? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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