Comments on: The B-24 Liberator When America Was Great https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: Dave W Baldwin https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/#comment-924 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:27:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2401#comment-924 In reply to Fernando Gutierrez.

I was so pleased with the roll out of the television series regarding the great ones ending with Ford. My hope is those shows will inspire. If you take the energy and pride those guys and all of their employees exherted matched with the tools we have today (and just around the corner), we can really do something.

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/#comment-923 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2401#comment-923 In reply to pointsnfigures.

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One of the most interesting things about these planes is that they were designed and prototyped in about 12 months. Really fast.

The P-38 and P-51 were some of the best planes ever built and they were done in about 9 months.

If they had had a bit more collaboration the final designs would have been a bit more flyable. In those days the answer was always to strap on more horsepower. Drag increases with the square of speed so getting faster was expensive as it relates to drag.

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]]> By: pointsnfigures https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/#comment-922 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:19:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2401#comment-922 Amen on tough to fly. That was one of the pieces of information that I found fascinating in “Unbroken”. B-17 and B-25’s were more fun to fly. B-24’s were stodgy old horses. Going up to Oshkosh on August 2 to hopefully get a hop in a few planes. Pancho’s B-24 will be there I am sure. Here is a photo of the one we have at the National World War Two Museum: http://www.nnwwiim.org/images/usf-liberator-405×321.jpg This is a cutaway of the front cabin. You can go in and walk around. Although, it’s tight.

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/#comment-921 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:15:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2401#comment-921 In reply to Fernando Gutierrez.

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The BRC has lost some of his parts like when the BRC was converted from points to an electronic ignition. Anyway, I think I have 14,654 parts not including the convertible top parts which keep coming off.

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]]> By: Fernando Gutierrez https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-b-24-liberator-when-america-was-great/#comment-920 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:15:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2401#comment-920 Whenever I read about such incredible people as Henry Ford I feel really really small!! And when I take into account that his achievements were made without most of the tools we’d use today for the task then I just can’t process it.

BTW, how may parts does a BRC has?

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