Senin, 23 Oktober 2017

Aviators: Testing B-29s on the Fly

Flying Superforts fresh from the assembly line could be a dangerous job. Copilot Norman Jacobshagen raised the alarm at the end of the three- hour test flight. After flipping the switch to lower the B-29’s landing  gear, he called over the intercom, “Ken, the indicator light isn’t coming on.”Jacobshagen flicked the switch up and down …

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