Jessie The Jeep

My Willys/Hotchkiss article in its complete state would be a useful addition. Steve

M*A*S*H ?

That's great. Thanks for the pointers. Steve

Thanks! What about sites that wifey would appreciate????? ( ie non-military ) Steve

and here's the other two....... On one pic, you can see the shadow of the B-17 on the tree it's passing over, and it's VERY close!

This is low flying in a proper airplane!! Real airplanes have props and a wheel at the back! The flying was performed for the 1968 film "1000 Plane Raid". It's even more spectacular seeing the 'Buzz Job' in the film.

Yep, my wife doesn't have a handbook either!!!!!!!

This summer, I'm taking my jeep to the Ursel show in Belgium with the NE MVT. The rest of the gang are heading home after the show, but Lynne and I are driving on to Holland and staying another week. Other than the Bridge at Arnhem, what other WW2 sites do you think are worth a visit ( and where are they?? ) We are staying in Delft, apparently, so sites within a modest radius would be most suitable. Steve

We often wonder why you bother!

Can't you just use your browser HOME button to take you back to the first browser screen that opens when you first log on to the net? Steve

They're safer than a modern airliner!!!! C-47's are I believe the only airplane flying without a wing spar life, that's why they just keep going and going. It's all down to the multiple spar design. All other airframes reach their specified hours fatigue life, then off to the smelter! Steve

The Two Ronnies!

Why??? C-47's are great planes to fly in. My last C-47 flight was sadly 22 years ago! Steve

I remember Maurice buzzing Thorpe Abbotts tower a few years ago, and sent several people to the floor! I'm sure he was coming up the peri-track at 20 feet! maybe it just felt that low!! Steve

Here's some pictures from last years event........ http://historicmilitaryvehicles.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=38&topic=1649.0 Steve

I think it was Ray Hanna who was flying the Spit at the time. Ray, an expert at low flying, was also responsible for flying his Spitfire under the bridge in the 1988 LWT mini series, "Piece of Cake". The bridge was 100 feet span, the Spitfire spanned 36 feet. At 200mph, it was a very small target and the prop was only a couple of feet from the water under the bridge. Steve

Shame on you! :roll:

Notice in the background of this pic A B-17 is 74ft long, which puts the tanker approx 60ft

If I were to buy a truck, I could quite fancy an airbase Gunnery Trainer vehicle. Most I believe were field mods to Jimmy sized trucks, with a powered aircraft turret fitted in the back. They drove around the base so that gunners could track air and ground targets from a moving turret, rather than being static on a gunnery range. Steve

I'll be there for both! Steve

"Freedom Isn't Free"

My jeep ranges between 25 years older than me to 37 years younger than me! Steve

I took the jeep on a D Day tour last year too. Chatted to quite a few people on the way. Steve

Whether you need to scroll sideways I think very much depends on your monitor size and resolution. On my new laptop which is widescreen, there are large white borders to either side of the main info panel, but my old 1024x768 res laptop screen didn't show these borders. If your monitor has a screen res of less than 1024x768 ( ie 800x600 ) it is likely you will have to scroll sideways to see everything. Steve

How about something B-17 related from more recent times?? Here's a couple of my own videos from the late 1990's. We'll start out with a bit of a C**k Up. Here's B-17 'Sally B' at Flying Legends '97 making a grass runway landing. The crew were practicing a grass runway landing on their home field because they were going to Europe the following week and would need to land on grass. Unfortunately, nobody told them, and they didn't think to look at the grass runway first. Just on the threshhold, there is a slight rise in the grass where it slopes up from the concrete perimeter track. It isn't a hill, but did make a big difference to this landing. Touching down right on the rise launched the B-17 back into the air by about 30 to 40 feet with low airspeed. You can actually see the wing tips flex!!! They made the correct recovery by applying power on the inner engines only and stretching the bounce to a hard, but controlled landing. Having been in this position with my B-17, stretching the bounce is the only option. Applying 'go around' power would have resulted in a large and possibly uncontrollable torque reaction to the left which could have had messy results. Here's the video The second video is from a show at North Weald, and shows 'Sally B' taking off, simulating engine fires with smoke and then a Very Short Field Landing, just like the flight manual says - Tail high, loads of weight on the wheels so the brakes can be used hard without skidding. Steve