The Swoose (name stands for "half swan, half goose") was involved in some of the first combat missions in the Pacific Theater. Originally called "Ole Betsy", she was heavily damaged by fighter attack. They pieced her back together with some borrowed parts, hence the name "Swoose".
The Swoose is the only surviving intact B-17D. She features the early vertical stab and blister waist positions.
She was brought back to the states to do some goodwill tours, then ended up at the NASM, where she was in storage until 2008. She is now undergoing restoration at the National Museum of the USAF. If you take their 'behind the scenes' tour, you can see her.
1. Alsomitra macrocarpa
2. The original patent was abandoned after a year or two which resulted in at least 14 manufacturers copying the design.
3. An early ‘bird’
4. Monoplane with a truss.
5. Wing warping.
Yes. “Fill in the blank” Taube. Once the patent was abandoned By Etrich (apparently when Rumpler simply stopped paying the license fee to Igo Etrich), it seemed like everyone and their brother-in-law was making a Taube version. The wing plan was derived from the Zanonia macrocarpa (Alsomitra macrocarpa).
From Wikipedia:
“The fruits or pepos are football-sized (about 300mm diameter) and bell-shaped, suspended high in the forest canopy, and are densely packed with large numbers of seeds. Remarkably the seeds have large, papery wings and when ripe they fall from the underside of the fruit and glide long distances.[1][2]“
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