On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:17:18 -0800, Stormin' Norman
<norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote:
>>> Are those medicine balls in the foreground? What the heck are they
>>> doing there?
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>> Good question. Showing off the cargo
>>capacity of that area, I think.
>>
>>
>Heh, funny.
Ah ha! Found the answer, they are flotation devices, from this
article:
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2016/december/01/spruce-goose-dominates-oregon-museum
"A flotation system included inflatable beach balls stashed between
ribs and a pair of Franklin engines on the flight deck provided juice
for the avionics, hydraulics, and other systems."
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