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04-03-2011, 11:24 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Navarre
Posts: 1,527
M.O.C. #9765
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Old Airplane Buff's
I want to come back as a B-17 turret gunner.
http://vimeo.com/18135369
Enjoy, Click on the icon right of the HD for full screen.
Mike
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04-03-2011, 12:00 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Casa Grande
Posts: 5,369
M.O.C. #6333
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As a "modern era" pilot I would have given anything to fly one of these beauties. Closest I got was a DC6...Only for a short period and no landing, darn it......
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04-03-2011, 04:17 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Eastern
Posts: 1,155
M.O.C. #7270
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Mike that is a beautiful plane I also love the looks of a B-29.
Bobby
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04-04-2011, 01:07 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: New Bern
Posts: 4,370
M.O.C. #8728
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Just beautiful!!!!
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04-04-2011, 04:17 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Orange
Posts: 224
M.O.C. #9806
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You have to admit that they were the sharpest looking bombers during WWII (along with the B-29).
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04-04-2011, 08:02 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brownsburg
Posts: 1,186
M.O.C. #5634
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At my age there are some body parts I could do without to fly one of those beauties along with a Mustang.
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04-04-2011, 04:24 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Libby
Posts: 98
M.O.C. #9080
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I had the pleasure of touring both of those beauties back in December. The Sentimental Journey (B-17), was in the maintenance hanger with the in board right side engine off being rebuilt and other items being repaired. I still had the pleasure of being able to get up inside her and look around. Not an easy task as I am 6'6" and I doubt if the B-17 was designed for anyone over 5'10". But it was awesome anyways.
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04-04-2011, 04:25 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Concord
Posts: 575
M.O.C. #3543
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As an Air Force veteran who worked on fighter jets (F-4, F105, F-106) I have to admire those bombers from WWII. My uncle was a gunner on one of those for awhile until he got moved into the OSS.
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04-04-2011, 04:47 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 3,335
M.O.C. #10496
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Thanks for the heads up on this video Mike!
My uncle Lee was a waist gunner on the B-17 (the position just behind the star on the fuselage)
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04-04-2011, 05:19 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 2,751
M.O.C. #7753
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If any of you get to the Savannah, Ga area stop in at The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler. It is less than a mile from Camping World. They have restored a B-17 inside the museum as well as the nose of a B-24 Liberator. You should do it in the next year or so as most of the volunteer guides are former crew members and they are getting very old. The tours they give are awesome....
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