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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge5/12/2016 10:42:14 am PDT

re: #396 thedopefishlives

They better be careful with that; those engines are notorious for heat death. If they’re gonna rev ‘em up, they’ve gotta get good airflow. Apparently, taking off in a B-29 involves opening the throttles wide, keeping her as low as practically possible, and praying you get up to speed before the exhaust valves melt.

I was gonna say—I hope the engines have been “inauthentically” modified to some extent. No other aircraft with the reliability of the B-29 has ever been accepted for series production. But…they needed an aircraft to bomb Japan with from too far away—and heaven forbid they use Avro Lancasters.