Comments on: Reverse Engineering a Pub Quiz http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/ Random thoughts from a far off place Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Steven http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-6855 Steven Wed, 02 May 2007 09:12:58 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-6855 Ronald, Fat Man was just over 10 foot long, and little Boy was only a little shorter (source: Wikipedia), so it seems unlikely that the bombs in your photo were atomic. Have a look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fat_man.jpg" rel="nofollow">a photo of Fat Man</a>. It's pretty much unmistakeable, as it's much fatter than normal aircraft delivered bombs. I've also never heard the name Big Boy used before in reference to the Manhattan Project, although there was an aborted design called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_2_nuclear_bomb" rel="nofollow">Thin Man</a>. Ronald,

Fat Man was just over 10 foot long, and little Boy was only a little shorter (source: Wikipedia), so it seems unlikely that the bombs in your photo were atomic.

Have a look at a photo of Fat Man. It’s pretty much unmistakeable, as it’s much fatter than normal aircraft delivered bombs.

I’ve also never heard the name Big Boy used before in reference to the Manhattan Project, although there was an aborted design called Thin Man.

]]> By: Ronald Cochran http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-6849 Ronald Cochran Tue, 01 May 2007 18:48:44 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-6849 Confusion on the issue of Big Boy and Fat Man and Little Boy. I have an old photograph of a Army Officer standing beside a Bomb that looks to be about 10 foot tall, holding a 2 ft long bomb, with a 3 ft long thin bomb standing on his other side. Writing on the back; "Tom and Mr big Boy & Baby Bomb." Photograph has a # 856 stamped on back also. Was the original name Big Boy? Confusion on the issue of Big Boy and Fat Man and Little Boy. I have an old photograph of a Army Officer standing beside a Bomb that looks to be about 10 foot tall, holding a 2 ft long bomb, with a 3 ft long thin bomb standing on his other side. Writing on the back; “Tom and Mr big Boy & Baby Bomb.” Photograph has a # 856 stamped on back also. Was the original name Big Boy?

]]> By: Chris Mills http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-5323 Chris Mills Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:02:00 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-5323 Atomic Bomb Little Boy - Original Footage Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul more... Tibbets of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and was dropped three days before the "Fat Man" bomb was used against Nagasaki. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/392814/atomic_bomb_little_boy_original_footage/ Atomic Bomb Little Boy - Original Footage
Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was
dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of
the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul more…

Tibbets of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first
atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and was dropped three days
before the “Fat Man” bomb was used against Nagasaki.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/392814/atomic_bomb_little_boy_original_footage/

]]> By: Stephen http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-3850 Stephen Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:23:26 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/02/22/133/#comment-3850 What a strange combination. Nuclear bombs and darts. What a strange combination. Nuclear bombs and darts.

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