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10-23-2008, 07:14 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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 | flying the Liberty Belle from Douglas-georgia to New Orleans  dream come true |
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10-23-2008, 07:17 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| nosie windy thing but still totally awsome |
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10-23-2008, 07:21 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| sorry..some came up double here.... |
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10-23-2008, 07:25 PM
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| my favorite picture of Liberty Belle.. taken after three long days with hard work prepearing the B-17 for a tour in USA..including crawling inside the wings to rewire the flaps.. but all in all it was worth every sweatdrop |
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10-23-2008, 07:38 PM
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| “Archive”   Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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| The liberty bell is an awsome B-17. Seen her a couple years back. Though Ive never been lucky enough to fly in one. Maybe one of these days. Till then Im happy to crawl through them. Few pictures I took at this years EAA Airventure on a B-17
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10-23-2008, 07:53 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| lovely pictures. The B-17 is truley something unique..i fell in love with it at the age 7 when watching the TV-serie " will meet again " i have not been to EAA since 1993 ( then it was 4 B-17s at the show..aluminum overcast, NineOnine, texas ranger and thunderbird. seeing all 4 taxing ( and hearing..feeling the air shake ) was just awsome..and to see them in formation almost gave me a heartattack `the feeling of flying the B-17 is something else.. one really has to be patient with the lady.. to much rudder and it turns.. as i found out.. i turned..nothing really happened and i turned more and then it came like a lanslide..tried to compensate by turning a bit the other way..nothing happened,, turned more and then i came..to much..so i bicycled quite a bit before i got it right.. but then it was just a dream to fly when one learned to wait for the lady, steady as a mountain |
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10-23-2008, 08:06 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| a sad song..that was valid back in the early 80`s..so glad that changed.. 10 little fortresses ten little fortresses, all was going fine `til one got bombed and then there was nine nine little fortresses homing rather late one ran out of gas and then there were eight Eight little fortresses caught in satan`s heaven One meet messerschmitts, then there were seven Seven little fortresses lost without a fix One hit a hilltop and then there were six Six little fortresses, one went in a dive Winding up in the brine, then there were five Five little fortresses , with one late for war A prop woulden`t feather, then there were four Four little fortresses high above the sea One got its tail knocked off. then there were three Three little fortresses, looked like winning through One became a flying bomb, then there were two Two little fortresses, their combat days done One wasent safe to fly and then there were one One little fortress survived for quite a run the french let it fade away, so there were none |
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10-23-2008, 08:19 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| did you know that the first B-17 bomber that was lost in europa during WW2 was in norway--it was flown by the english.. the early C version,still huge parts laying up there in the mountain.. it was shoot down 8th september 1941 by two Bf 109 T2 from 13/JG 77 |
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10-23-2008, 09:16 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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| Nice pics guys! Love the "Forts"! TO
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10-23-2008, 09:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Appalachian Foothills in Virginia
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| Truly, thanks for posting the pics. I know what reference book I'll be flipping through before bedtime tonight now. |
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10-24-2008, 08:04 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | The B-17 was definitely a looker when it came to bombers. I missed every visiting tour this year because of work.  But I plan on making up for that next year. I did catch Fuddy Duddy at Chino though. 
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10-24-2008, 12:13 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| thanks for the nice pics. that is really a colourful B-17  ) never seen thatone live.. need to catch up with that one day alsofamous last word.. ABORT ?? negative--she`ll smoth out... |
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10-24-2008, 12:16 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway
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| good ol nineOnine back in 1993 at EEA |
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10-24-2008, 12:29 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| Eric, if I recall, the Collins Foundation B-24 offers you the opportunity for some stick time, but it will cost you a couple grand.
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10-24-2008, 12:46 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| I'm not sure, but I don't think they give stick time in that airplane because of insurance purposes. You can purchase a ride, but I don't know about sitting in one of the front seats.
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