Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I learned to fly in a Super Cub Oh lo those many years ago, but am not at all current. Airplanes were the obsession of my youth. The B-26 had the reputation of being "hard to handle" or something like that. In a less enlightened age than ours, this naturally suggested a comparison with, er, difficult women. I've logged hours in the J-3, a Taylorcraft BC-12D, a Cessna 120, a Luscombe Silveraire, an Aeronca C-3, and Aerocoupe 415C (if I recollect), a Piper Tri-Pacer, and a Stearman PT17. Chandos At 04:49 PM 4/18/02 -0700, you wrote: > Do we have any aviation buffs here? > >The bumblebee comments have prompted this. > >During the early days of WW2, the Martin B26 Marauder was >sometimes compared with a bumblebee. It was also called >"The Flying Prostitute" > >Who knows the origins or rational for that nickname? > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html