yeap, a tuboprop is better than a turbofan at low altitude, not to mention extra 2 engines but I guess the ability of operating at lower costs and the ability of the platform to develop into an ELINT aircraft to replace the EP-3 sway the Navy over to boeing.

Also wonder if it is as resistant to “collisions” as the EP-3 ?? 😉

Back to the caption contest ….

“This remote controlled reverse-thrust is great for backing into tight airplane parks….”

Mr Jimmy Stewart takes the cake here.

Strategic Air Command is nothing less than spectacular and they can never make a movie like that ever again.

B-36’s rumbling through my surround sound….hmmm,…wet dream material !!!

He was also great in Spirit of St Louis as Charles Lindbergh.

I believe that having a real pilot as an actor gives the aviation movie so much more credibility as they actually know what they’re talking about (a certain Mr Affleck couldn’t even tie his own shoe laces). 😀

The concept was for them to be reused if possible. A great many however were reduced to matchwood due to crashes and collisions.

Wasn’t there a slingshot-type recovery built for snatching the Horsas on the ground by a Dak snagging a wire ?

Actually looks pretty darn fine to me.

The guys that flew these were definitely underrated and unsung heros in my opinion.
I take my hat off and salute their contribution.
Must have taken extreme guts to fly one of these that according to sources in the know glided like bricks.

Cheers
Chris
“Remembering those that fought at D-Day”