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Title: Lunchtime treat...
Post by: popeye on July 21, 2000, 11:52:00 AM
Went outside to find some lunch.  The sky was a bright blue with big puffy white clouds, a perfect summer day.  As I was walking down the street, I heard the low drone of multi engine, looked up just in time to see a B-17G come over the treeline at about 4k feet.  He flew right overhead then made a lazy banked 90 degree turn to the north.  I stood there watching til he was out of sight....

I think it was the "Yankee Lady" out of Willow Run.  What a beauty.   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

popeye
Title: Lunchtime treat...
Post by: Gunthr on July 21, 2000, 01:05:00 PM
A treat indeed  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

I learned to fly there at Willow Run (Willow Run Airflight), and my grandma riveted B24 Liberators there. My mom lives on Bomber Ave. in Ypsilanti!

Now I live near Ft. Lauderdale, and every now and then I get to see a B-17 flying over our home, always relatively low. It really makes your day.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Title: Lunchtime treat...
Post by: av8or on July 21, 2000, 04:37:00 PM
i recently flew myself upto michigan on the way in decatur Ill. i landed at the airport and saw a b-17 sitting on the ramp.she was a beut.