15/01/2023 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Colorado (CO)
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Mesa County. By Kaia Hofmeister. Near the Grand Junction Airport, a 1945 torpedo bomber, once used in World War II, is hiding away at the Rocky Mountain Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). Bob Thompson, representative of the Commemorative Air Force, explained the work being done on the sunny Sunday afternoon of Jan. 8, 2023. What we’re doing today is putting an engine back on our airplane. It sounds like a pretty simple operation, but as you can see, it’s a pretty complex thing,” Thompson said. The engine weighs approximately 1900 pounds and holds the capacity of 1900 horsepower — a work of art for the 1940s. The engine came from California and is the third engine to be installed on this plane. The airplane is a TBM Avenger, which is a world war two Navy bomber,” Thompson said. “There were 10,000 of these built during the war, and only about 20 or 30 are [in] existence today in the world. And we’re fortunate to have one here in Grand Junction — and it’s been here for 20 to 30 years.” While the plane was designed 80 years ago, it was designed to have a large capacity. The airplane itself is a torpedo bomber, and was designed to carry a 2,000 pound torpedo and drop it on enemy ships in the Pacific where most of the activity took place in World War II,” said Thompson.
Source: nbc11news.com
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