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  0 0 I'd have to go with Episode #1 "Ghost Train", with a wide eyed young Lukas Haas (the episode was released the same year as his appearance in Witness with Harrison Ford) and Roberts Blossom as Old Pa, the family's live-in grandfather. It had a real big screen quality Spielberg movie feel to the production of the final scene when the train runs right through the family's new home. Interesting to Note: Roberts Blossom just passed away this July 8th (two months ago) at the age of 87 Correction to your description of "The Mission" plot: The cartoonist gunner in the episode was trapped in the belly turret of a B-17. Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Television 8 months ago | Report 2 comments by O my captain and Russ Campbell, NWEBS… 0 0 Wasn't the solution a frantic sketch as they landed that got the wheels down for them, or something? A bit fantastic, but then, that's the point, wasn't it? O my captain commented 8 months ago | Report 0 0 The landing gear would not descend for landing and the ball turret mechanism was disabled so could not rotate to allow the gunner to enter the aircraft. They tried getting an unfolded parachute through a small hole to the gunner to use in a bailout from the turret but it ripped. The aircraft was going to have to belly land and hence crush the ball turret and gunner. He was a cartoonist and sketched the airplane with these garish red and yellow landing gear and huge balloony tires. When they tried the gear again just before landing down came the fantastically colored gear and the B-17 landed. They hurriedly got the guy out of the turret before the gear evaporated and the airplane pancaked to the ground with a crash. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~josephkennedy/sperry_ball_turret.htm Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented 8 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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