B17 Flying Fortress.
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steviejasp said:
Wow, really? I never knew that!! I'll have a look....
Yup, that's how I was able to take that photo.Flew with the Collings Foundation on one of their many stop-overs in their annual around the USA Bomber Tour.
Details here:-
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm
aeropilot said:
Yup, that's how I was able to take that photo.
Flew with the Collings Foundation on one of their many stop-overs in their annual around the USA Bomber Tour.
Details here:-
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm
Blimey, thanks for the link. That looks very affordable! Might have to seriously look into that.Flew with the Collings Foundation on one of their many stop-overs in their annual around the USA Bomber Tour.
Details here:-
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm
Eric Mc said:
In 1989 she one of the B-17s used in the film "Memphis Belle" and was repainted in a lighter shade of olive drab and received markings to make her look like the original Memphis Belle (the original Memphis Belle was a B-17F - which didn't have the chin turret.
Slightly OT; My Grandfather was a B-17 pilot during the war. He said that Memphis Belle got the ops side of things about spot on. The only thing they didn't communicate properly was quite how cold it was at altitude.
WreckedGecko said:
The only thing they didn't communicate properly was quite how cold it was at altitude.
there used to be a guy who lived down our street who was a Halifax pilot, I asked him once how they coped with the cold, he said the rest of the crew suffered, but he was fine, as heaving the thing through the skies kept you nice and warm!he was a real character, only passed away a couple of months ago and he had some great stories
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