Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"...too much beer one night with a bunch of buddies"

Source: The tongue-in-cheek explanation from the late Jack Bally for the inspiration that led to the magnificent 1/3 scale B17G replica... 'Bally's Bomber.' Jack passed away this week at age 79 after completing his 17 year B-17G project just a few years back... and after he got to see it featured at Oshkosh in 2018. Bally used scaled-up model airplane plans to build the Bally Bomber. The single-place airplane has a wingspan of 34 feet, 7 inches and is 25 feet long. It is powered by four Hirth 80 horsepower engines rated at 45 horsepower due to modifications, cruises at 110 knots and stalls at about 50 knots. Bally said that during the construction process, he was visited by several WWII B-17 pilots, "and those were some real good stories."

FMI: www.ballybomber.com, www.prestonschilling.com/obituaries/Jack--Allen-Bally?obId=15143272#/obituaryInfo