Jim Logajan wrote:
Dan wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote:
Here is an interesting link
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm
Impressive set of photos! The B-17 with the single engine turboprop
seems IMHO to really accentuate the B-17's wings. More so than usual,
that is.
It's a fake, look where the engine nacelles would be. The person who
runs that site was told a couple of months ago in
rec.aviation.military and refuses to update it. The actual aircraft
was used to test engines in the nose, but the picture in question was
photo shopped.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Thanks for the heads-up. I googled the N-number on the wing and it appears
to be the same test aircraft as the one labeled "BOEING B-17 TESTBED WITH 5
ENGINES" on that same page. Also appears he

http://aerofiles.com/boe-b17turbo.jpg

and here, among other places:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17re...4485734-2.html

Any idea if some of the others might be bogus?

Take what's on that site with a few grains of salt. Arndt also
believes in secret Nazi disc aircraft, a secret Nazi underground u-boat
base in Antarctica and a host of other wonderful things. Some of his
theories are a hoot.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired