110% better - makes a much better desktop image now and a definte 10 from me.

WOW............ nothing to say but a 10 from to and to my favorites.

Cheers David

Thanks again PhilcUK!

Nice shot, v. different

That is a really good shot! Got anymore of this bird or the 24? The 17 was a really tough work horse. My dad was an air frame mechanic in WWII on a B-24 Army Air Base in England. When the Gerrys got so thick and we were loosing so many bombers our guys took the bomb racks out, closed up the bellies and added several more 50 caliber guns on some of the planes. These planes became real death wishes for the Gerrys. Each plane had it good and bad sides. The 17 was significantly slower than the 24 and the 24 pilots didn't like to run with them, especially once the bomb loads had been delivered and they were headed home to England. The 24 was hard to fly but faster than the 17. The 17 could take severe punishment and still make it home. The hump over into China is littered with 17's trying to fly at that high of altitude. The 24 could get up and over. There was real meaning to the crews headed back to England when they could finally the White Cliffs of Dover. They knew they were almost home and successful once again in beating the odds. We owe an unrepayable amount of respect and gratitude to all those who fought and preserved our freedom in WWII.

"There'll be blue skies over the white Cliffs of Dover,
tomorrow just you wait and see.
There'll be love and laughter and peace forever after,
tomorrow when the world is free.
The shepherd will lead his sheep.
The valley will bloom again,
and Jimmy will go to sleep in his own little room again.
There'll be blue skies over the white Cliffs of Dover,
tomorrow just you wait and see.
There'll be love and laughter and peace forever after,
tomorrow when the world is free."

That song was a message of hope for brighter days ahead when the dark clouds of war would finally be blown away. Thanks for the great pic! Cheers! /irkstl