 | My flight in a B-17 Flying Fortress.| Aircraft Pictures Discuss My flight in a B-17 Flying Fortress. in the World War II - Aviation forums; Went on a flight a few months back and figured I'd post up a few photos.
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11-18-2007, 08:26 PM
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11-18-2007, 08:39 PM
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11-18-2007, 08:47 PM
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11-18-2007, 09:03 PM
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Country: | I've seen that one and the other Collings Foundation birds. I'll get a ride on one of them eventually...
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11-18-2007, 09:19 PM
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11-18-2007, 10:09 PM
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| I flew on 9-0-9 back in 1994 and the B24 in 1995.
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11-19-2007, 02:20 AM
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11-19-2007, 04:00 AM
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Awesome stuff 
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11-19-2007, 11:20 AM
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11-19-2007, 12:02 PM
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One of these days, I just gotta take a ride in a fort 
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11-19-2007, 12:40 PM
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Back in the early '50's, we had two of them at NAS Norfolk, when I was
in VC-62. One was set up for VIP (party) transport, the other for SAR.
I flew in both of them many, many times. We called them PB-1's. It is
quite a bird !!
Charles
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11-19-2007, 05:02 PM
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11-19-2007, 11:36 PM
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You are one very lucky guy! I am totally envious! Great pictures too. | |
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11-21-2007, 05:10 AM
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11-21-2007, 12:04 PM
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| One thing thats hard to describe about flying in these old warbirds is the noise and vibration.
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