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Old 09-30-2005, 07:57 PM
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William Robison
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Default RE: B52 without ailerons?

[b]I've crawled through PBYs, but never flown one. But I can't believe the roll response could be as bad as the B-52.

People who have flown the PBY variants tell me the worst thing about them is a failure shortly after take off - all the fuel weight in the wings makes the plane's surviving the landing a matter of luck. No, they didn't have any means of dumping fuel.

Bill.