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Flying the Edge of America - - David Millett, Julia Buss
Wednesday evening, April 21, 2010
In the summer of 2008 our speakers flew their small, single engine, airplane around the edges of the contiguous United States of America. Along the way, they encountered America's small towns, National Parks, and National Monuments. On the most dangerous and exciting adventure of their lives they flew into unanticipated ghastly weather, thunderstorms, and brushed with hurricanes. In the end, they discovered a land much more complex than they had imagined, far larger than they could believe, and more beautiful than they dreamed possible.
Julia and David have traveled around the world twice. Between them they have visited almost every state in the USA, and traveled to every continent on the planet, including Antarctica. Their passions are hiking, snow-skiing, SCUBA diving, writing, and travel. Julia is a nurse. She came to America from England in 1991 for a six month work contract. She fell in love with San Francisco and she decided to stay. David is retired from 25 years in Information Technology. He has 20 years experience piloting light aircraft, holds an instrument rating, and flies for the Angel Flight West organization (www.angelflight.org). He keeps a journal of his and Julia's travels at (www.davidmillett.net) and is a destination writer for the (Examiner.com).
Location: SCOE
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Pacific Coast Air Museum
2230
Becker Blvd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-575-7900 Phone
707-545-2813 Fax
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| Type: |
Attack bomber |
| Crew: |
Three - pilot, bombardier, and gunner |
| Engines: |
Two Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engines. |
| Dimensions: |
Span 70ft, Length 50ft, Height 18.5ft |
| Weights: |
Empty 22,370 lbs, Loaded originally 27,000 lbs, later increased to 35,000 lbs with 38,5000
lbs maximum overload. |
| Performance: |
Maximum Speed 355mph, service ceiling 22,100 feet, range with full bomb
load 1400 miles. |
| Armament: |
Bombs, 4000 lbs internally and up to 2000 lbs under wing. Later this was increased to 6000
lbs total bomb load. Up to eight .50 Caliber machine guns were located in the nose, two
each in the dorsal and ventral turrets, and six .30 Calibers in the wings. |


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