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Fighter Pilot Podcast

FPP129 - B-24 Liberator

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

History, Society & Culture, Leisure, Personal Journals, Aviation, Government, Technology

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

A discussion on the unheralded, yet highest produced aircraft in U.S. history, a heavy bomber designed to go faster, climb higher, and carry more payload than even the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

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0:09.5

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0:13.7

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0:18.3

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0:23.2

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0:27.7

visit nu.edu-forthslash-v-e-t.

0:35.3

For a three-friendly 0-0-5 58-digital group, 0-0-5 63-running north target now 176-46 tracking,

0:43.0

2-6-0.

0:48.1

Forget Shark Week. Here on the Fighter Pilot podcast, it's Bomberbuff on the fourth,

0:55.0

14th and 24th of December. We'll feature a different bomber topic from the Cold War era General

1:01.5

Dynamics FB-111 to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Strategic Bomber flight tests. Never mind

1:10.1

the announcements. Listener questions can wait. Let's get straight to it. With your host,

1:15.7

former US Air Force F-16 pilot, Trevor Boswell.

1:24.4

Hey everyone, it's Boat and I'm interrupting the start of this final installment of Bomberbuff

1:28.7

2021 for a couple of quick announcements before we get to the grand finale. First up,

1:34.4

I wanted to pass along a big thank you to our guest host Primetime for taking the reins on the

1:39.3

first couple of episodes for Bomberbuff this year. It's definitely not easy conducting interviews

1:44.0

as I think I've probably stated a few times here and there and I think he did a great job of

1:48.1

focusing on the technical aspects of the FB-111A and bomber flight tests. A lot of cool information

1:54.3

in there. Primetime, great job and we look forward to what the future brings. Now, I've been

1:59.2

fortunate to interact with a bunch of guests these last man. I guess now 14 months crazy and I'm still

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