We went to the Udvar Hadzy Center week before last. Took these 2 pictures of the Enola Gay.





Gary Adams
IPMS #5495

"If flying were the language of man, then soaring would be its poetry". anon.

Bock's Car at the UASF Museum (I know everyone here knows that's the bird that dropped the Nagasaki bomb) Hal

Hi Hal,

With the USAF museum about an hour away, I've visited Bock's Car many, many times over the last 40 years.....too many to count.

Cheers,

Gary Adams
IPMS #5495

"If flying were the language of man, then soaring would be its poetry". anon.

I visited the B-29 "Sentimental Journey" a few times when it was at the Pima Museum in Tucson, AZ during the 1980's and Box Car when I went to the Dayton IPMS contest in 1988. Rodney-IPMS #21268

Send email off line for a photo of it.

lll

Hi:

I looked at my two photos of "BOCHSCAR" and the letters seem to be in upper case and with no spacing between BOCHS CAR.

Who say's that you can not learn something new now and then.

Thanks..........and now I know it's not BOX CAR........RJW

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Don't recall the date of the photo..taken during the TICO (Valiant Air Command) airshow in Titusville, FL


It's only a hobby..it's only a hobby..it's -

That should read "vein" rather than "vain".

Unless he was charging so much per autograph that "vain" is more appropriate

There was a fee I wasn't willing to pay at the time and therefore don't have his book OR his autograph.

Now, if I could just get you to correct all the OTHER misspellings and incorrect grammar that abound (and that I ignore), I wouldn't feel so bad.

It's sorta like the cop who nails you for speeding on the interstate and you say to him, "why'd you single out just ME...? Everybody else was going the same speed..?"


It's only a hobby..it's only a hobby..it's -

........"Did ya ever go fishin'?, Ever catch 'em all?"

Cheers,

Gary Adams
IPMS #5495

"If flying were the language of man, then soaring would be its poetry". anon.

... who I think wouldn't know any better

Seriously, proper use of the language is in rapid decline.
How often do you see edited(?) items, print and online, containing errors by supposed professionals like vain/vein, reign/rein?
Or my very favorite: "should of" Grrrrrr

who's bothered by spelling/grammar/usage errors in forum posts. I generally bite my tongue, but still ...

..the difference between knowing your s*** and knowing you're s***.


(rats! edited for spelling.)

the one that's getting more prevalent is "could of" and "would of", and that's really getting under my skin. Hal

I guess people who like to spell correctly are sort of like modelers who try to achieve accuracy! Yes, I'm aware that the statement can be interpreted more than one way...

Never did figure out how to make smileys on this forum,
bob

colon and close paren for this

semicolon and close paren yields

colon and open paren for a bad day

Thanks, and keep minding your p's and q's! [Note: that doesn't seem to be a correct use of apostrophes, but it is the way I usually remember seeing the phrase rendered]

bob

Now I find myself "correcting" people (and I shouldn't do that). But sometimes my two index fingers work faster than my two brain cells. And thanks for putting me in the category of folks who should have known better.


It's only a hobby..it's only a hobby..it's -

I saved the photo of the pilot and put it next to my B-29 "B-CAR" photos.

What was the pilot's name?

Does anyone know how/why they choose such a odd name for said B-29?

Rodney
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named after her regular pilot, Bock. For the Nagasaki mission, Sweeney flew, and Bock flew in "The Great Artiste", Sweeney's normal assigned plane. "Artiste" flew on both A-bomb missions as escort, and carried much in the way of electronic equip to measure the effectiveness of the 2 bombs.radioactivity, etc. "The Great Artiste" is still extant, and on display on one of our Air bases, but I forget which. Hal

Hal,

Thought the same thing but found this out:

"In November 1945 it returned with the 509th to Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. On September 3, 1948, on a polar navigation training mission, it developed an engine problem after takeoff from Goose Bay Air Base, Labrador, and ran off the end of the runway when attempting to land. Heavily damaged, it never flew again and was eventually scrapped at Goose Bay in September 1949, despite its historical significance.

A replica of The Great Artiste is on static display at the "Spirit Gate" of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, now home base of the 509th Operations Group. The aircraft, originally B-29 44-61671, which served as an SB-29 "Super Dumbo" rescue aircraft during the Korean War, was refurbished to depict The Great Artiste and moved to Whiteman after the closure of Pease Air Force Base in 1991."

Cheers,



Gary Adams
IPMS #5495

"If flying were the language of man, then soaring would be its poetry". anon.