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From: Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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Subject: Re: Short Stirling... - b-17 entry.jpg
Date: 5 Jul 2018 17:56:38 -0700
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In article <c5nsjd9grjho5folumcv9kc1ak47opk7qj@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 4 Jul 2018 17:42:46 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>In article <llmqjdh1k5mbfa20124dis4l7o9500a063@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>>On 4 Jul 2018 05:56:18 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>>wrote:
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>>>From your post:
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>>>"There were several incidents in which heavily damaged aircraft, such
>>>as one Stirling which suffered a head-on collision with a
>>>Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter over Hamburg, were able to continue
>>>flying and safely return to base."
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>>>An impressive aircraft.
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>>FWIW, the only entry way in that I see is the door in front of the tail...then I
>>guess it's a crawl or hunched walk up to the cockpit...and since it's a tail
>>dragger, the cockpit seats must be at least 17 or 18 feet up...considerably
>>higher than a B-17.
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>I believe you are correct about the entry door, although there were
>several escape hatches for the pilots and crew. I wonder what the
>engineering rationalization was for making these aircraft so high at
>the nose?
With few exceptions, I've found British aircraft design to be ruthlessly
functional with less attention paid to grace or beauty...at least to my eye.
Both the B-17 and Stirling were initially designed in the 30s but the Boeing
design seems to show more attention to streamlining.
Of course, Britain was more on a war footing than America with fewer resources
and less time available.
...just my two cents worth.
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>I happened across a video which shows the crew entering and walking
>around in the fuselage:
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC-vhYHbhgE
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