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Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made.
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Posted by txblu on January 30, 2005 at 20:45:00 from (209.151.113.0):
In Reply to: Re: (O/T)B-36 peacemaker largest bomber made. posted by Paul in Mich on January 30, 2005 at 14:14:02:
I'm assuming Curtis Pitts was running radials and maybe bi-wing radials (barnstormer). There is an acrobat that has a private strip up on lake Texoma who comes down this way sometimes. As you say, those old radials are unique and this guy knows how to fly....deliberate stalls and all; absolute vertical climbs (not many jets will do that). And then there are the days when the "Confederate Air Force" comes thru on their way to an air show somewhere....... I run out of the house every time I hear one go by and remember the days of old. Mark
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