B-17 Crash

[Reschke]

Bohdi you know a heck of a lot more about fixing aircraft like that than anyone else I know...but to me that looks like a complete write off. Never gonna get that puppy back in the air again kind of fire.

[SilverZ06]

Damn that is sad, I flew in that plane a few months ago. What an awesome experience it was. I posted a ton of videos of the flight on here.

[F22RaptorDude]

This is a major loss  Not like you see a ton of these flying any more.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I'm pretty sure anything can be rebuilt from scratch ... If you have the $$$ money for it.

[F22RaptorDude]

I'm pretty sure anything can be rebuilt from scratch ... If you have the $$$ money for it.

Unless they can take parts from other B-17's, unlikely with the fuselage damage, there's really nothing left in the middle and the wings are heavily damaged. But heck I would love to see someone try 

[Wolfala]

Gents,

If there is still a dataplate, there is still an airplane. We build around that data plate.

[007Rusty]

 

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[Bodhi]

Reschke.  

That aircraft is a complete write off.  The insurance company will sell the wreck, but very little will be salvageable, with the exception of the engine nacelles fwd.  It appears to have gotten very hot.   Heat and aluminum are not good together.  It appears the aircraft was on fire to the ground from the scorch marks over the RH horizontal.  #2 appears feathered, but 1, 3, &4 are not bent back making we wonder if anything was running when she hit.

This is doubly sad for me, as I worked on that aircraft for a number of years before the guy I was working for and I had a disagreement of opinion and I moved on to manage a large warbird collection.  I feel for Mr. Brooks and his loss of the aircraft.  

[flight17]

i saw the plane at kissimmee in the early 2003 at the previous flying tigers museum as it was being restored. it was nearly complete at the time.

[Dragon]

 

[flight17]

went to their website and it was unavailable.

[Megalodon]

It appears the aircraft was on fire to the ground from the scorch marks over the RH horizontal.

You are correct here is the video
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2011/06/13/vo.bomber.crash.WLS.html

Sad Day,

[ozrocker]

Wow, noone has said anything about the lives that could have been burned away as well.
Only the plane. Surely it's not meant this way.
I'm sorry we've lost another part of History as well,
but more grateful than sad that the 7 folks survived

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[Maverick]

Outstanding bit of piloting on the part of the crew. They put her down gently in a plowed field wheels down. They did what the could to save their passengers and the bird too. Great job, it's just a shame the fire couldn't have been put out in time.

That bird lived long beyond its design lifetime. Like the men that flew them, they go away.