[ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

I thought the wing pased through the fuselage as ne piece.
Jay





-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: Arc5 <Arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 2:14 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.


Anyone who has had a chance to touch the side of a B-24 or its PB4Y-* 
rethren know the fuselage is a *huge* mass with paper thin aluminum 
kin.  Combine that lack of fuselage strength with comparatively low 
orsepower and a Davis wing that had very poor low speed characteristics 
nd was basically tacked onto the sides rather than having a central 
ing spar, and you had an uncomfortable feeling anytime you took one 
p.  Yes, there are huge supporters of the aircraft who will cry foul 
ith such an assessment, but those who were skeptical its flyability in 
unusual" flight attitudes are probably in the majority.  An old friend 
n B-29s actually refused a trip back to the states in one at war's end 
ecause of its reputation in the Pacific...and was relieved that he did 
o when the aircraft he was supposed to be on crashed on takeoff.  Yup, 
nly a single data point, but it was evidently a common perception in 
he Pacific Theater.
   - Mike
On 5/1/2011 3:09 PM, Michael A. Bittner wrote:
 "Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten 
ut of it?"

 A veteran of the Polesti raid was on the Military Channel the other night. He 
ndicated that the B-24 had very bad ditching characterisitcs.

 Mike, W6MAB
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Kenneth G. Gordon
    To: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
    Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:59 AM
    Subject: [ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.


    One thing that has always bothered me about the LBG incident was why did
    they all bail out?

    Was the B-24 so dangerous in a water landing that no one could have gotten
    out of it?

    When found, three of the props were feathered, indicating, obviously, that
    they were very dangerously low on fuel.

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