Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 03, 2024

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    Da'Dad  8 months ago

    Obviously two different movies, DNA tests and B-17s don’t mix. As for a crippled bomber trying to make it back to England, that is a scene in virtually all B-17 movies, but my gut says it’s Memphis Belle

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    Hank Yarbo  8 months ago

    See “The War Lover”, 1962. Steve Mcqueen and Robert Wagner.

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    Dirty Dragon  8 months ago

    “Masters of the Maury Povich Show”

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    admiree2  8 months ago

    The “Master Povich Air Show”.

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    Rhetorical_Question   8 months ago

    Fazed and Confused?

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 8 months ago

    I’m going to guess so, the B-17 was a beast.

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    markkahler52  8 months ago

    Please don’t play B-17

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    Nighthawks Premium Member 8 months ago

    B-17?—-BINGO!

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    Pete.Keillor  8 months ago

    Dad was strafing a rail yard in Germany in his P-51 when he felt two big impacts in his rudder pedals. He was momentarily afraid he’d been hit in the belly of the plane, which is where the coolant lines ran, which would have resulted in a seized engine in short order. He firewalled it on out of there, looked back, and saw two big holes in the rudder which wouldn’t bring him down, so relaxed somewhat.Cruised on back to Duxford, landed, taxied to his hard stand, and cut the engine. When the last blade of the big 4 blade prop stopped straight up, he was looking at a big hole in the blade with about 2" of metal either side of the hole. He said he was too weak kneed to climb out for a while.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member 8 months ago

    She changed the channel while you slept.

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    nosirrom  8 months ago

    My wife used to watch the TV show Elementary. She said that Jonny Lee Miller’s voice was more effective than Sominex.

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    flagmichael  8 months ago

    “A DNA test proved it wasn’t his baby.” Another reminder that we shouldn’t ask questions we don’t want the answer to.

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    Charles Ransdell Premium Member 8 months ago

    Masters of the Air is about a WW2 B-17 wing. It’s well done and available for streaming. I think it’s an Apple production.

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    assrdood  8 months ago

    Excellent example of male vs. female taste in movies.

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    DawnQuinn1  8 months ago

    My father flew the Canadian version of the B-17 over Germany in WW II. Canada’s plane was called a Lancaster, the Brits called theirs a Wellington ( a Welly), all basically the same plane.

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    royq27  8 months ago

    Masters of the Air meets Dr. Phil…

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    trainnut1956  8 months ago

    No, the B-17 didn’t make it back to base. It was still up there circling the beach like that spitfire that was up there for most of the two hour recent Dunkirk movie, even though it was out of fuel.

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    mjpalmer  8 months ago

    The same movie with two different interests in the different threads of the woven story.

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    christelisbetty  8 months ago

    You snooze, you lose.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  8 months ago

    The good and bad of channel surfing.

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    Tetonbil  8 months ago

    I have had all to many of those nights this winter! Come on Spring!

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    thudsonz  8 months ago

    “Remains of Army Air Forces B-17 gunner identified” Air Force Times, Oct 26, 2019. They used DNA for the identification. Probably not what Arlo was talking about, but I felt obligated to look for something that could connect them…

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    mistercatworks  8 months ago

    B-17s were lost at an appalling rate – almost as many to mechanical failure as to enemy action. The high number of sorties scheduled did not allow for proper maintenance between flights, even if parts were available. If you want a real idea of World War II, READ “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller. Flight crews were also not given time to recover between sorties. Mental health was not a priority.

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