 | Women's B-17 sale| Aviation Discuss Women's B-17 sale in the World War II - Aviation forums; Stumbled across this, This is one sale I wish my wife could have purchased for me for Christmas.
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12-25-2006, 12:36 PM
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Stumbled across this, This is one sale I wish my wife could have purchased for me for Christmas.
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12-25-2006, 01:47 PM
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Great find!
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12-25-2006, 01:54 PM
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12-25-2006, 02:35 PM
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12-25-2006, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus  I wonder what year that came out, and what $250,000 would be worth today... | I believe last year the B-17G Fuddy Duddy was sold for around 3.2 to 3.5 million.
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12-25-2006, 03:16 PM
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wonder what year that came out
| prolly 1945-47 maybe
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12-25-2006, 04:45 PM
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| B17's were built untill 1945.
If it was a war bond tour (read the fine print) it would have been 1943 or early 1944.
Once the B29's were in production, the govt wasnt eager to buy new B17's.
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12-25-2006, 08:37 PM
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| Good job Blackwolf!
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12-25-2006, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus I wonder what year that came out, and what $250,000 would be worth today... | If it was 1943 it would be $2,913,294.80 according to this site... AIER - Cost of Living Calculator
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12-26-2006, 05:40 AM
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12-26-2006, 08:53 PM
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keep it at the local airport?
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