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Old 08-23-2007, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by R Leo View Post
You should be in the nose of one at take off. That's loud.

At the show in HHeads, they were giving rides in a B17. The line was too long so I had to settle for a ride in a C47

I can only imagine the sound level in a B17 when all four engines are at takeoff power!

Kinda makes sense that all those vets had big cigarette pack hearing aids in the sixties and seventies
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