Re: race phrases

[Dick Carlson <atrltd@earthlink.net>]

>  "Flaps
> up-balls out" 
Ahah, another good one to speculate on the meaning of balls-out. This
would be a bomber reference, having the airplane trimmed out for combat,
with the wing flaps up (would have been down for takeoff) and the ball
turrets with machine guns, out in their combat positions. The belly ball
turret frequently retracted on bombers to allow ground clearance while
landing.
-- 
Dick Carlson
Age & Treachery Racing, Ltd. - Kansas City
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