Langley was on the right (not Wright) track. He had several powered models that flew but is scaling up, had problems. Two crashes of his “Aerodrome” Langley gave up! Curtiss picked up the pieces and after some major reengineering had the ****** flying 11 years later.

Here is a link to some of that interesting history.
http://www.flyingmachines.org/langaer.html

Yes, in enlarging a digital file, it is interpolating the pixels, whether by cameras’ brain or by pc software, it has just been my experience that Photoshop (where there are different controls in the interpolation for enlarging of files) has done a better job than camera’s built in software. There are also some stand-alone bits of software that do the same. Cameras’ built-in has gotten much better in the last couple years and unless you are enlarging to a BIG print, it may be a mute point!

Here is a link to some comparissons for doing this kind of thing.

http://www.digitaldarrell.com/Article-InterpolatingDigitalImages.asp

NO RAW, looked it up…..but the camera can be operated in full manual mode. Good for a little point and shoot! Also noticed while looking into this model, that there is an adaptor and telephoto lens available for it! Makes it a 368mm. Not bad for a point and shoot.

Another thing on digi’s….ONLY use the optical zoom. Do NOT use digital zoom.

At least in my experience, it is always better to enlarge in photoshop than to force the camera to try it’s hand at it! Of course, the technology has been changing rapiidly and I have not done a lot of research on point-n-shoots lately.

Photoshop is a VERY big world. I’ve been using it for nearly ten years and it is still a big scary program. It is best to break it into little pieces to learn at a time.

1: shoot the best, biggest shot you can shoot, in RAW if your camera can handel it.

2: never change your origianal pic file, make a copy of it before making any changes(save a second copy of every picture on a second hard drive-not just a different partition of the same drive)

3: Play with it, don’t be afraid of trying different things(that is why we play with a copy)

4: Lots of tutorials out there…just pick one thing at a time to work. Color balance, contrast, curves…or just start with the Auto adjust and go from there.

5: Make sure you have a monitor that has good color or you could be giving yourself a BIG headache.

6: Ask questions, be specific, there is a lot of knowedge on this forum, or join a photo forum, lots of them out there.

few different Bellancas to choose from in ’34, Pacemaker, Skycruiser, Skyrocket. See pics and stats @

http://www.shanaberger.com/bellanca.htm

I have read that the 17 sometimes flew with only 9, not bringing the bombardier/navigator being that they were flying and bombing in tight formation and the position was unnecessary. But if you fall from formation……so if it says 9 crew KIA, I would not do the math and assume one got out.

I’ve also googled for it…found the same image twice and neither were any help. One used as a generic “their B-17 was shot down but all the crew bailed out safely”, I don’t think so in this case. The other caption was in spanish, but something to the effect of the Luftwaffe destroys another B-17 in Germany.

It looks to me like it took a hit by a large calibre flak, 88 or 128, direct hit, shearing off the nose and #2 engine. Abrubt and violent.

The call letters and tail ensignia on the surrounding A/C seem to be painted over, censored, which makes tracking the incident even harder. There is the serial number in the lower right corner that might be tracable in the National Achive. That is about as far as I can get with it.