B-29 In Sasrasota for display 2nd march thru the 6th
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I was a ww2 buff when I was a kid with all my model Airplanes.
I got a chance to crawl around a B-17 years ago and was overwhelmed by what the men that flew them must have felt.
Very raw and tight, you can only imagine how loud and cold it must have been flying in one back in the war..
Father, was a Bombardier in a B-17. 8th Air Force out of England and all missions were over Germany. Was one of the lucky one's to make it home. Not without many Scares.Originally Posted by tommymonza
Someday when I have a few bucks to blow, I am going up in that thing.I was a ww2 buff when I was a kid with all my model Airplanes.
I got a chance to crawl around a B-17 years ago and was overwhelmed by what the men that flew them must have felt.
Very raw and tight, you can only imagine how loud and cold it must have been flying in one back in the war..
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We rode the B-17 last August at willow run. Originally Posted by phughes69
The sounds of those old warbirds will send a shiver down your spine. We have the Yankee Air Museum at Willow run up here in the Metro Detroit area that has several military planes. I was at an air show there a few years and listening to the B-17 was amazing. Listening to the B-25 Mitchell's flying overhead, i could not have imagined the fear that was struck into the hearts of the Chinese when they were flying overhead after Doolittle raid on Toyko.
Bucket list stuff. Amazing ride.
My grandfather made 32 missions in the "lucky lady". We took my dad and I'll never forget it.
