tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2810172200834457504..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: An historic aviation fly-pastPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59843588822833711102012-05-02T18:15:44.721-05:002012-05-02T18:15:44.721-05:00And most of the B-25 pilots and crew had severe he...And most of the B-25 pilots and crew had severe hearing loss since there was no sound insulation and the radial engines' exhaust pipe(s) were beating a savage tattoo on the thin aluminum just inches from their heads. The headsets were for communication and not noise-cancelling. I went up in one a few years ago and even with shooting Peltors over my ears, it was LOUD!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76124619443138227712012-05-01T08:40:56.472-05:002012-05-01T08:40:56.472-05:00A few years ago our son, as part of a school histo...A few years ago our son, as part of a school history class project, participated in a re-enactment of Doolittle's Raid, He and his buddies built a mockup of a B-25 cockpit, scrounged together something resembling the uniforms of the time, wrote the script, and performed it in public. A few days later they got a phone call from one of the then-surviving Raiders. He lived in the area and saw a news story about the re-enactment. The kids (and their parents!) got to visit him and hear first-hand stories about the raid and its aftermath. What a thrill -- and honor. He still talks about it today.CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.com