I didn’t intend to make this an All Mark Felton Weekend, but these came up in my feed, and I have friends as interested in aircraft as I am in tanks. So here are the number of surviving World War II fighters and bomber, and how many are still airworthy.
When we watched Twelve O’Clock High (which I highly recommend), we marveled that there were still enough B-17s around when they made the movie that you could crash some just to get it on film. Alas, that’s no longer the case…
Tags:aircraft, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-29 Superfortress, history, Mark Felton, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, Spitfire, video, World War II
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A Friday night video that caught my eye:
“Pilot Cédric Ruet escaped the frightening accident without serious injuries.”
Tags:aircraft, Fail, Military, Spitfire, video, World War II
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