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u/Anxious_Big_8933 5d ago
What a beauty. I swear almost every twin engine design from WW II is so damn pretty.
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u/Critical_Seat_1907 5d ago
There was a timeless art in the designs of that era. Like tall ships from the age of sail. Every generation will see those ships and these planes and fall in love with them all over again.
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u/EquivalentDelta 4d ago
The technology was just advanced enough that a good-looking plane could be high performance, but not so advanced that the technology dictated “ugly” aesthetic necessities.
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u/5h4tt3rpr00f 5d ago
100%. In an era of many truly iconic machines, the twin-engine fighters / bombers were the best.
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u/TankSaladin 5d ago
Surely you fans remember the 1970 movie “Catch-22,” which included 16 or 18 airworthy B-25s. There are some incredible scenes in that film, which was not a “war movie” per se, of the planes taking off, landing, and flying in formation. I can’t imagine where the studio found air crews to fly them all.
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u/Terrible_Log3966 5d ago
Our local former NAS had a raised embankment. I vividly remember looking down on a B-25 once. Those were good days
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u/Sea_Damage9357 5d ago
Weren’t these absolutely beastly difficult to pilot? I’ve read that pilot skills for these planes were at a premium.
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u/mexchiwa 5d ago
Not really 25s, you’re probably thinking of B-26 Marauders
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u/No-Rush396 5d ago
B-26' Marauders were real 'hot' buggers, high wing-loading and very tricky to land on one engine.
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u/Affectionate_Cronut 3d ago
No, they were a bitch to taxi on the ground, though. The brake on the nose wheel is super sensitive, so you’ll see low time pilots doing the nose bob dance as they creep along the taxiway.
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u/copperstarbill 5d ago
My grandfather had 3. One (44-30692) ended up in Mexico City on Display sometime in the ‘80’s.
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u/Makahoku 5d ago
Well, dorsal turret is moved forward so it’s either a H or J. But she doesn’t have the .50 cal blister packs on the sides of the fuselage. An H model? Still love them.
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u/No-Rush396 5d ago
That sure is a lovely plane. Greeat to see it where it belongs - in the air! Has a very distinct sound to it as well.
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u/Guilty-River9086 3d ago
My grandad, grand mother, my dad and siblings were airlifted from Port Moresby in one after the war.
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u/WarmAdhesiveness8962 1d ago
I got to go for a ride on one and gained even more respect for the guys that flew them in combat.
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u/puffballz 1d ago
Recently started appreciating these more deeply as I realize that old-timers are right on many things. Old cars, old planes. Of an era that quality and simplicity were respected and valued
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u/AGentlemanLooksAt50 5d ago
Nice low pass and climb out. Will never tire of hearing a B-25 fly by, always love the sound of those radials.