I was cruising the Photo Gallery, and ran across these:
11 guys, right?
I went to Wiki, and confirmed that:
Specifications (B-29)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
General characteristics
- Crew: 11: (A/C)Airplane Commander, Pilot, flight engineer, bombardier, navigator, radio operator, radar operator, blister gunners (two), CFC upper gunner, and tail gunner
- Length: 99 ft 0 in (30.2 m)
- Wingspan: 141 ft 3 in (43.1 m)
- Height: 29 ft 7 in (8.5 m)
- Wing area: 1,736 ft² (161.3 m²)
- Empty weight: 74,500 lb (33,800 kg)
- Loaded weight: 120,000 lb (54,000 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 133,500 lb (60,560 kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Wright R-3350-23 and 23A turbosupercharged radial engines, 2,200 hp (1,640 kW) each
- * Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0241
- Drag area: 41.16 ft² (3.82 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 11.50
OK, 11 guys.
Then I saw this:
5th line:
Crew Weight 1300 LBS.
Now, I know when we signed up for this forum, we were all told that there would be no math, so... well, you're just going to have to trust me on this....
an allowable crew weight of 1300 lbs divided by a crew of 11 yeilds an average crew weight of 118 lbs.
118 lbs each....
.... when was the last time YOU weighed 118 lbs??? When I was a freshman in high school, I wrestled at 138 lbs.... and that was my FIGHTING weight... after spending two days running in a plastic sweat suit and spittin' in a bottle to make weigh-in....
118 lbs????
Where'd they find those little guys??
good grief.
-whatever
-Lou