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 ==Request for editing of the Flaming Mamie entry in the B-25 article== 
 Bill, I am reproducing the entry you have made in the Wikipedia article on the B-25. First of all, it is an interesting and relevant episode in the story of the B-25. However, there are two serious issues here. First, it could be construed as ""original research"" which would mean it would be automatically deleted from a Wikipedia ""encyclopedic"" article and secondly, it is just too lengthy a submission, compared to the rest of the article. It may be best edited down by yourself. The other method is to establish this story as a separate or sub-page to the main article which unfortunately removes it from the B-25 page. I have made some editing changes to your story, as well, but mainly to have it read more in a standard style that is used for Wikipedia articles.  

 I think you could make the most cogent revisions since you know the story intimately: 
 ==De-icing tests== 
 In 1942, two B-25Cs were converted to test aircraft in order to investigate de-icing and anti-icing equipment; these planes were redesignated XB-25E and XB-25F. The XB-25E (nicknamed ""Flamin' Maimie"") used engine exhaust gases circulated through chambers in the wing to melt ice. The XB-25F used insulated electrical coils to heat the metal surfaces. Both were tested extensively until 1944; the XB-25E system was extremely reliable and more practical than the XB-25F system. 

 While the results of the tests on the XB-25E were promising, no aircraft during World War II was built to utilise that system, although it is commonly used today. Most propeller-driven planes used by the United States Air Force use so-called ""piccolo tubes"" that run along the leading edges of the wings. Hot air bled from the engines is blown through these tubes, and melts away any ice formations on the wings. 

 The further history of the XB-25F is unknown, but the sole XB-25E (42-32281) was crashed in a test program to develop fire extinguishing systems for aircraft. ""Flaming Mamie"" got her name from the fact that an engine caught fire every time they started it up. The nose art of the plane showed a mechanic in a winter flight jacket running  away from a fire with a  extinguisher in his  hand. 

  
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