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johnfowles · 01-13-2010, 05:09 PM

tut tut Omer
I was busy drafting a reply to your original post with a girl on an aerolane and you comprehensively ruined my repartee by changing your post.
fortunately I had opened the original picture:-

Well now Omer that is something else other famous ladies adorning aeroplanes include the famous "MemphisBelle"
A boeing B17 Flying Fortress

and the "Enola Gay"

A Boeing B29 Superfortress pictured here with the pilot beiore taking off to drop the very first atomic bomb on Hiroshima Enola Gay Tibbets was the pilot's mother's name
and "Glamorous Glennis" named for the wife of Chuck Yehger who flew the Bell X1 to become the first person to officially break the sound barrier

01-13-2010, 05:09 PM	#46
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: How many aviation fans are there on this forum? tut tut Omer I was busy drafting a reply to your original post with a girl on an aerolane and you comprehensively ruined my repartee by changing your post. fortunately I had opened the original picture:- Well now Omer that is something else other famous ladies adorning aeroplanes include the famous "MemphisBelle" A boeing B17 Flying Fortress and the "Enola Gay" A Boeing B29 Superfortress pictured here with the pilot beiore taking off to drop the very first atomic bomb on Hiroshima Enola Gay Tibbets was the pilot's mother's name and "Glamorous Glennis" named for the wife of Chuck Yehger who flew the Bell X1 to become the first person to officially break the sound barrier __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 01-13-2010 at 05:30 PM.