Another airplane with a unique sound was the B-36. There were a few at
Wright during the 51-53 period that I was there. My wife worked in Building
14, under one of the approaches to the Area B side, and a B-36 on approach
would almost drive the secretaries under their desks.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Paul Laughlin" <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> I was assigned to a MATS detachment at Paterson as a radio mechanic. We
> had the transcontinental passenger run and they were using C-47s since
> all C-54s had gone to the Berlin Airlift. That trip on the B-25 was in
> one of those Base Flight aircraft. A couple of our pilots that lived in
> California checked one out to fly home for Thanksgiving. For some
> reason, Base Flight said that they had to have a flight engineer on that
> long of a flight. A friend of mine, who was also from Cal, was
> qualified and asked me if I wanted to go along. A fun weekend. A day
> late getting back, but no repercussions. On the return trip, it was fun
> to lay up in the nose while we kind of birddogged up through the
> Sierras. Beautiful in November. I was discharged the day after
> Christmas, that year. Reenlisted the next August and stayed to retire
> in '68.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
>
> On 5/9/2012 12:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>> Were you at W-PAFB? When I arrived there, in the summer of 1951, there
>> were
>> a number of B-25s on the Wright Field side, used by rated crews to get in
>> their time each month. That is where I first encountered their unique
>> sound.
>>
>
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