B-17 Fuddy Duddy - Aircraft of World War II

Micdrow · 05-29-2007, 07:06 PM

Question for some of you out there. Anybody know the status of the B-17G Fuddy Duddy. Once she was sold she seemed to have disappeared off the map. I was hoping that who ever had bought her would keep her flying on tours.

Thanks in advance
Micdrow

pbfoot · 05-29-2007, 07:08 PM

If you look at Evangliders pics you'll see her in SoCal the guys in WNY are still pissed about her departure

Micdrow · 05-29-2007, 07:11 PM

Yeah I new she was in California, but you cant find anything on here any more. Flight schedule and such. Seems like a shame that since it was fully flyable by the EAA before she was sold. Last tour that I know of that she was on was with the EAA as a substitute for Aluminum Cloud after here mishap.

evangilder · 05-29-2007, 09:15 PM

It is right now down for inspection after the bird strike at Chino on Saturday at the show. It hit a turkey vulture that left a 1 foot hole in the leading edge of the wing that will require clean up and inspection of the spars before it will fly again. Last I heard, it was about a $10,000 bird strike.

The owner keeps it down in Long Beach normally, if memory serves.

Micdrow · 05-30-2007, 06:56 AM

Thanks Evengilder, Wow what a bird strike. Any idea on where a flying schedual is on the aircraft or web page?

evangilder · 05-30-2007, 10:03 AM

No idea. It will likely be down a few weeks while they get the inspection and make the necessary repairs. I thought I grabbed some literature from them last year, but can't seem to locate it. Let me see what I can dig up.

R-2800 · 05-30-2007, 05:54 PM

That sucks that it hit a bird and quite expensive too.

Heinz · 05-31-2007, 03:33 AM

I hear the birds rebuild will be quite difficult

bad taste sorry........

Its a shame about the B 17, I hope all goes well!

evangilder · 06-02-2007, 09:28 AM

I have a shot of Fuddy Duddy just after the strike on jetphotos.

JetPhotos.Net Photo » N9563Z (CN: 83563) Private Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress by Eric Van Gilder

Micdrow · 06-03-2007, 11:33 AM

Cool Pic, looks like it would be a hard place to repair.

Thanks evangilder

blu3y4 · 06-22-2007, 10:03 AM

very nice pic

evangilder · 06-22-2007, 12:04 PM

I forgot to mention that Fuddy Duddy has been repaired and is back in the sky. The repair job looks great and you can't tell at all. The only damage appears to have been sheet metal. That was good news.

pbfoot · 06-22-2007, 04:12 PM

Believe it or not thats not her first strike I was talking to a few of the previous crew from Fuddy Duddy and they had a bird strike over Atlantic City or Maine and the bird entered the nose and was guts and gore all the way to the tail

Givemebreak · 01-05-2008, 01:04 AM

Hello all,

I was searching on the Fuddy Duddy and came up with this great site.

A little story....

I will have to do some more research and look through some old photos but my grandfather flew this incredible aircraft. I am 34 now but around 20yrs ago? When they rebuilt this B17 to look like the Fuddy Duddy I was there. The original crew went down with the original Duddy but my Grandfather was part of another crew that flew this bird. They gather all the survivors and got them down to Geneso NY for the first flight as the Fuddy Duddy. I still remember looking around the inside of this plane and watching it take off with the crew. It was an amazing sight to see. They were all on the news that evening as well.

I will have to go to my moms and look for some pics.

My grandfather and father have both passed from cancer so unfortunately I have is whats left in my memory of it. I will get what I can for pics and scan them and post them. I do remember that 1 ring around the prop was unpainted for some time, but appears that is all done. What a great looking plane.

Jeff

EDIT: Well look at that!
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Fuddy Duddy, 2008 Calendar by Brian Lockett (Calendar) in History

I will just have to buy one up!

B-17engineer · 01-05-2008, 08:04 AM

THey have website with pictures this prolly wont be a help but

http://www.eaa96.org/gallery/B-17_tourstop

05-29-2007, 07:06 PM	#1
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,852	B-17 Fuddy Duddy Question for some of you out there. Anybody know the status of the B-17G Fuddy Duddy. Once she was sold she seemed to have disappeared off the map. I was hoping that who ever had bought her would keep her flying on tours. Thanks in advance Micdrow __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

05-29-2007, 07:11 PM	#3
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,852	Yeah I new she was in California, but you cant find anything on here any more. Flight schedule and such. Seems like a shame that since it was fully flyable by the EAA before she was sold. Last tour that I know of that she was on was with the EAA as a substitute for Aluminum Cloud after here mishap. __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

05-29-2007, 09:15 PM	#4
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	It is right now down for inspection after the bird strike at Chino on Saturday at the show. It hit a turkey vulture that left a 1 foot hole in the leading edge of the wing that will require clean up and inspection of the spars before it will fly again. Last I heard, it was about a $10,000 bird strike. The owner keeps it down in Long Beach normally, if memory serves. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-30-2007, 06:56 AM	#5
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,852	Thanks Evengilder, Wow what a bird strike. Any idea on where a flying schedual is on the aircraft or web page? __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

05-30-2007, 10:03 AM	#6
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	No idea. It will likely be down a few weeks while they get the inspection and make the necessary repairs. I thought I grabbed some literature from them last year, but can't seem to locate it. Let me see what I can dig up. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

05-29-2007, 07:08 PM	#2
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	If you look at Evangliders pics you'll see her in SoCal the guys in WNY are still pissed about her departure

05-30-2007, 05:54 PM	#7
R-2800 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 541	That sucks that it hit a bird and quite expensive too. __________________ www.airvictorymuseum.org "All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time." V-DUB!!!!!!! My 71 Beetle is now.....in two pieces....

05-31-2007, 03:33 AM	#8
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,740	I hear the birds rebuild will be quite difficult bad taste sorry........ Its a shame about the B 17, I hope all goes well! __________________

06-02-2007, 09:28 AM	#9
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	I have a shot of Fuddy Duddy just after the strike on jetphotos. JetPhotos.Net Photo » N9563Z (CN: 83563) Private Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress by Eric Van Gilder __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

06-03-2007, 11:33 AM	#10
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,852	Cool Pic, looks like it would be a hard place to repair. Thanks evangilder __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

06-22-2007, 10:03 AM	#11
blu3y4 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canberra Posts: 20	very nice pic

06-22-2007, 12:04 PM	#12
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,809	I forgot to mention that Fuddy Duddy has been repaired and is back in the sky. The repair job looks great and you can't tell at all. The only damage appears to have been sheet metal. That was good news. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

06-22-2007, 04:12 PM	#13
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	Believe it or not thats not her first strike I was talking to a few of the previous crew from Fuddy Duddy and they had a bird strike over Atlantic City or Maine and the bird entered the nose and was guts and gore all the way to the tail

01-05-2008, 01:04 AM	#14
Givemebreak Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Hello all, I was searching on the Fuddy Duddy and came up with this great site. A little story.... I will have to do some more research and look through some old photos but my grandfather flew this incredible aircraft. I am 34 now but around 20yrs ago? When they rebuilt this B17 to look like the Fuddy Duddy I was there. The original crew went down with the original Duddy but my Grandfather was part of another crew that flew this bird. They gather all the survivors and got them down to Geneso NY for the first flight as the Fuddy Duddy. I still remember looking around the inside of this plane and watching it take off with the crew. It was an amazing sight to see. They were all on the news that evening as well. I will have to go to my moms and look for some pics. My grandfather and father have both passed from cancer so unfortunately I have is whats left in my memory of it. I will get what I can for pics and scan them and post them. I do remember that 1 ring around the prop was unpainted for some time, but appears that is all done. What a great looking plane. Jeff EDIT: Well look at that! Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Fuddy Duddy, 2008 Calendar by Brian Lockett (Calendar) in History I will just have to buy one up! Last edited by Givemebreak; 01-05-2008 at 01:34 AM.

01-05-2008, 08:04 AM	#15
B-17engineer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,684	THey have website with pictures this prolly wont be a help but http://www.eaa96.org/gallery/B-17_tourstop

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