Lost a piece of history :(
Well, one of the all-time most bad ass aircraft was lost today...one of the last few airworthy B-17s. This was the Liberty Bell. Some of you may remember me posting pics of a B-17 not too long ago, and I'm sad to say...it was her :( I'm glad I got to see, hear and watch it fly pretty recently. I got to go inside and look at everything and marvel.
More pictures that I took here- http://www.flickr.com/photos/3026821...7626831862777/ http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/...d51144c5_o.jpg Liberty Bell in-flight by AnonymousNamelss, on Flickr R.I.P. http://media.kval.com/images/110613_B17_crash.jpg |
The only loss that made me sadder was that crew that pulled a nearly new b29 out of the ice, got it ready to ferry, and had it catch fire as they were taxing out.
Story is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird |
Oh that sucks. To think that one person's shortcut fix destroyed it...
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damn that sucks. :(
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That's one less of an awesome aircraft. I've gotten to see one fly before at the EAA airshow, very cool...just imagine being the poor bastard on the ground when 300+ of those were flying overhead.
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Originally Posted by jbresee
(Post 737351)
The only loss that made me sadder was that crew that pulled a nearly new b29 out of the ice, got it ready to ferry, and had it catch fire as they were taxing out.
Story is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird |
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