B-17 visits Seattle - slideshow

[Brooke]

The B-17 at Seattle's Museum of Flight this weekend is Aluminum Overcast, owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

The B-17 and B-24 at the Museum of Flight for the June 22-24 (it is *not* July 4th weekend, as I posted earlier) are Nine O Nine and Witchcraft, respectively, owned by the Collings Foundation.

All have ground tours for $6-$8 or so and rides for about $400.

A ride on these babies is an experience of a lifetime -- at least it was for me.  Here are some photos from a ride I took for any interested:

http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/b24_flights/b24_2005.html

[1azbaer]

The bombers were in Scottsdale, AZ last month,
All looked like they were in great shape, so unless the tail damage was recent, If they are scheduled to appear they should be there.

[Serenity]

Gotta say, I do NOT like the 2-seat Schwalbe. Not one bit. It looks like the single-seat's retarded little brother.

[FBplmmr]

I took some pictures when 9 o 9's (b-17) and witchcraft(b-24) came to Fort Myers.

there is also some camera phone vids at the end.

me and a buddy left work early to check them out .. was incredible experience especially talking to a former ball turret gunner.

http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k45/fbplmmr/page%20field/

[fuzeman]

Originally posted by 1azbaer
The bombers were in Scottsdale, AZ last month,
All looked like they were in great shape, so unless the tail damage was recent, If they are scheduled to appear they should be there.

This was minor damage that the crew chief said was caused by a wind storm that hit when she was on the ground.
It was still air worthy with this. Basically the tail gun cone had some minor denting and the left horizontal stabilizer had a little too IIRC.

If FBplmmr took this shot from the opposite side it would show it.