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Of interest to Pilots of the Pagoda SL Group ....
« on: December 08, 2014, 21:56:46 »
..... even to many others I assume :)

The footage of this old film is truly amazing, and we have to give the Ford Motor Co. a lot of credit  for the
incredible amount of ingenuity used to manufacture these planes on an assembly line.

The pilots that flew them for the first time were gutsy guys.  A real piece of history This was 6 months BEFORE Pearl Harbor ! 
Henry Ford was determined that he could mass produce bombers just as he had done with cars, so he built the Willow Run
assembly plant in Michigan and proved it.  It was the world's largest building under one roof at the time.

This film will absolutely blow you away - one B-24 every 55 minutes . . . and Ford had their own pilots to test them.
 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0

                                                                                                       
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Fast forward in time ... AIRBUS 350
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2014, 17:22:01 »
DD 2011 SL 63 AMG and my 69 Pagoda 280 SL

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Re: Of interest to Pilots of the Pagoda SL Group ....
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2014, 02:23:54 »
Both are very impressive --- Thanks for posting.

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