Hay George! Cockpits
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That video you posted of being in a Zero cockpit sent me down the rabbit hole. How lucky are we to have such HD videos, like this one at the 8:00 mark? Go full screen if you can. Flying in a 1945 B-29 Superfortress.
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Neat stuff.
This might be a video I posted before you re-joined TNCR.
Here's a video of a heart/vascular surgeon with whom I worked. He's the guy in the left seat.
Link to videoHe always said it was terribly cramped and terribly loud. Drove like a truck, he said.
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Ray said that his hearing was affected, left ear more than right.
Also, he said that there's nothing cooler than cruising along at about 120 knots, sliding the window open and resting your elbow on the windowsill.
The Barbie III was one of the few that had a cannon installed in the nose - yeah, a real cannon. This particular one never flew overseas, but was used as a trainer.
After Ray and his friends (The "Weary Warriors") bought and restored it, he would take it up about once a year with some staff from the OR for a spin around the 'burbs.
That's Ray, standing with the nurses from the OR.
It was very, VERY, expensive to fly and maintain.
I edited the earlier video to one that's on Youtube. It has some history of the B-25H.
Here's a tour with Ray...
After takeoff, Ray's in the right-hand seat.
Link to videoMore than you want to know, but here's the Barbie's history: