[GreenKeys] Enola Gay images available...

[Don Robert House]

Very neat Craig.  Thanks for sharing.
Don


On 17 Oct 2006, at 4:31 PM, Craig Sawyers wrote:

> I just got back from a 3 hour ride on the only B-24 that is
> flying - owned and
> toured by the Collings Foundation.

Here's an odd thing.

Years ago I worked with a guy called Alan Harry.  He mentioned that his
father was a retired engineer who did consulting.  I stored that  
information
away, and several years later called him to help out in the design of a
structure.

He was a guy in his late '70s, and sported a business card that said  
Norman
Harry, OBE (UK, you understand).  Oh - says I - what did you get the  
OBE for
Norman?  Designing the droop nose on Concorde, says Norman!  That got my
attention, big time.

Anyway, it turned out that he was a WWII pilot and aircraft designer,  
and
was one of the few remaining active flyers who could handle historic
aircraft.  Anyway, he was invited to inspect a Lancaster bomber in  
France
for authenticity.  He wormed his way into the rear gun turret, and  
looked at
the machine gun swivel mechanism.  He said "I suddenly realised that  
I had
originally designed the darned thing.  And the next thought was that I
wouldn't have designed it like that now!  I had to hold myself back and
concentrate on authenticity, rather than re-engineering it."

Craig

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