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03-16-2006, 11:34 AM
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| Oh okay well those sound like good places. The one in South Dakota that i went to wasnt an inside out tour like yours with the pictures. But we got to see the outside and we could climb up by the wheel well but we couldnt actually walk around in it. We could poke our heads through the bombbay doors too. Hmmm ill see if i have pic from there. Hmmm well ttyl
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03-16-2006, 11:49 AM
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Wow I have to say thank-you Eric that was great, I mean I have seen some pics of their insides but that was amazing. Thank-you again for doing that. It made me feel like a was really in one. Do you know how many bullets those two ammo clips held for the bottom ball turret? It looks like it would not be alot. But Thank-you again for the time you spent doing that.
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03-16-2006, 11:57 AM
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Country:  | If you watch the EAA and Colings Foundation sites, they have a calendar and locations for their tours. If I remember correctly, they charge about $5 to be able to walk through it. Money well spent and it helps fund the tours.
For the EAA B-17 tour: http://www.b17.org/tour/
For the Collings Foundation tour (B-17, B-24 and B-25 added this year) http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm
It doesn't look like the Arizona Wing of the CAF is taking "Sentimental Journey" on tour this year. 
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03-16-2006, 12:17 PM
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Country: | Thanks, $5.00???? Wow thats cheap for such a tour threw part of history. I would pay 10 times that much to walk threw one.
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03-16-2006, 12:44 PM
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#35 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Glad you enjoyed the walk-through. I had been thinking about doing it for a while, this thread got me inspired to get it done. Not sure what the capacity of the ammo boxes were, but I am sure in the thick of things, it was never enough.
And yes, $5 is nothing to walk through one of these birds. The history alone is incredible. I will probably take my son for his first viewing of one of these when they come. I will probably wait for the collings birds so that he can see 3 historic birds at one time.
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03-18-2006, 03:24 PM
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| Thats a good idea.
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04-11-2006, 04:08 PM
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| As one who was there I enjoyed all the comments. The formation shots were really good because it showed how close in we flew. We were all young at the time , it didn't seem too cramped. However, in the pilots seat I couldn't wear the fleece lined jacket because of lack of room. I wore the thin flying jacket over coveralls. I just want to emphasize the extreme cold, -50 to-60 below at 25000 feet with no heat, that was the worst part of flying missions.
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