+daddyairplanes Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/18/fuel-tanks-se-asia/?fb_source=pubv1#.UjnfNj9brTI new ground object anyone? 1 Quote
+Crusader Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 the same happened with WWII US fighter tanks dropped over Germany my dad and some friends converted a droptank into a boat and mounted some old stove into it to have a "steam engine" they went up and down the local river with that thing( rowing, of course) andmade plenty of black smoke with the "engine" back then ( 1946..), all clothes were usually dried outside behind the housing areas. down by the river in this case. the local housewifes were not amused when the local boys came by with their stinking, black smoke emitting boat. so one night the boat was "modified" by adding several new holes.... in the bottom. that stopped the black smoke raids. 2 Quote
MigBuster Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/18/fuel-tanks-se-asia/?fb_source=pubv1#.UjnfNj9brTI new ground object anyone? Great story that! Quote
JediMaster Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 You have to wonder if any ever did any significant damage on impact, especially if they still held fuel at the time. I don't recall hearing a single story from any conflict about it, though. Quote
KJakker Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 My grandfather had a story from WWII. He and another GI saw a USAAF plane drop a bomb in their direction and they dived for cover. When the "bomb" hit the ground it bounced, at which point he realized that is the an external fuel tank. Quote
+CrazyhorseB34 Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 I would love to have one of those! Quote
FalconC45 Posted September 18, 2013 Posted September 18, 2013 I have seen race cars made from P-51 drop tanks but a boat is too cool. Falcon Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted September 19, 2013 Author Posted September 19, 2013 I would love to have one of those!Well with the internet you could get a hold of them. THAT would be an interesting business to start with a VA loan! Quote
Fubar512 Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 A small industrial park that was located near the town where I grew up, used sectioned and cement-filled drop tanks from P-47s as gate posts. They were originally manufactured at that site. Quote
Lexx_Luthor Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Falcon, yea this is good ~> www.barracudamagazine.com/belly.htm Quote
FalconC45 Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Falcon, yea this is good ~> www.barracudamagazine.com/belly.htm Yea. pretty cool origin story huh? Quote
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