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Wow thanks for sharing that. I am a TWA brat. My father flew for them over thirty years starting on Connies and retiring on the L-1011.
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My dad was TWA until TWA was no more...he snet me a few images of this aircraft, but none of the interior stuff...thanks for the extra info!

They also operated a P-61 at one point for weather research...I'd love to see a few imagew of that one as well.

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It looked really cool and comfortable until we got to Frankenstein's operating table with Igor crouching in the background! :D

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I'm trying to figure out where the bomb bay was.

Is it the area with "Frankenstein's operating table." Or the area where "Igor" is "crouching." :lol:

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.
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Super cool. My Dad, Brother, Father in Law, & Mother in Law all worked for TWA. Never knew they had a B-17.
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TWA held the civil type certificate on the B-17. With their final demise, who holds it now?

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My 195 is painted in TWA colors and has embroidered TWA wings where the compass card should be-fine, except I come from a PAA family. My dad would have a heart attack if he knew! Clippers rule!
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