For the warbird lovers part 2

[Omag 2.0]

Yep, second post - but a whole different plane: the Boeing C97 Stratocruiser.

You need serious mussle to get this one in the air, but what a nice lady she is. Listen to the hum of those engines! It comes with a decent VC! - found on perfect flight 2000





A peek on one of the workhorses


Keep climbing



Oops, forgot to turn on the smoke

[ozzy72]

Great shots, gruesome plane

[Threadkiller]

tats one fat lady!! :O j/k

nice shots!! but i'll stick to the mustang

the engines had to be blody noisy when they were on the t/o run on the real one eh?

[fido]

omag:
She is definitely not as pretty as her progenitor, the B-29, but a really nice set of pctures, IMHO #3 & #4 are the best.

                      Fido  ;D

[Hagar]

I read that it was impossible to flare the Stratocruiser on landing. It always touched down nosewheel first. Wonder if the FS9 version is that authentic?

PS. The legendary Imperial Airways/BOAC chief pilot Captain O. P. Jones refused to fly them & resigned over it.

[GeForce]

Awesome pics, and as Mark said, gruesome plane