Entries from April 2007

April 19, 2007

• 3400 Horsepower Motorboat

I grew up on my Dad’s tales of glory in the skies over the Pacific when he was with the 5th Air Force, 417th Bomb Group flying the Douglas A-20 ‘Havoc’. One tale I recall in particular was about flying low enough for the props to leave wakes in the water, so-called ‘motorboating’. Modern flight [...]