B-17 Anchorage to Seattle-Tacoma Part 2

[SaVas]

Nothing I could do, I had to shut down #3, so we were down one engine, and engines 1 and 2 were on their last leg...Things were not looking good for the old lady, or us.



Within minutes my copilot notified Seattle-Tacoma that things were dire and we would not make it to Seattle as our altitude was dropping fast. They notified us of a fire clearing near a small airstrip called Emma



Down to one engine, I began the shut off procedures for the last remaining engine. Gear was jammed, hydraulics were out, it was a mess. One of the locals, a guy named Fritz and another fella named Dave took these next shots, and as you can see, it wasn't pretty.



Coasting in #4 was idling down. Maybe we would do a soft landing with minimum damage, though I knew the undercarriage would need extensive work if that would even be possible



We were down, alive, and skidding to a stop, dust kicked up behind us.



Whew. Maybe she would be salvagable after all.



The end

---Stephen

PS Still learning the imaging software, but I am making progress

[Nexus]

Great story Stephen, and the pics were splendid to booth  :)

Any ideas of what the glideratio is on one of those fellas? The form drag is pretty heavy with the 3 props just hanging there, so I assume it's not that much  ???

[SaVas]

[quote]Great story Stephen, and the pics were splendid to booth

[Ben_M_K]

Nice sotry! Nice plane!

[ATI_7500]

Did you feather the props? Might have improved the glide ratio at least a bit.

[JBaymore]

Savas,

Hope you got the poor ball turret gunner out of there somehow  ;)


best,

...................john

PS:  Nice little story + photos.

[Gixer]

Great story and series of pics.

Is this addon available as pay and then download?  I cant find it on the shelfs here in the Uk yet  :(

[SaVas]

[quote]Great story and series of pics.

Is this addon available as pay and then download?