This morning was a great day to go fly ... alas I was tired & dragging & felt I had too much to do around the place!

I heard a "low & slow" aircraft droning right over my "playground" above our home hayfield about 1,000ft AGL.... just a few minutes ago!

It was a very distinctive sound & profile of a WWII vintage warbird .... then I remembered that the B17 "Flying Fortress" restored & used in the movie "Memphis Belle" was in town ... I guess there were some wealthy enthusiasts who forked over $450 for a flight!

Yep glad i didn't go flying this morning ... as cool as it would have been to see it from the air & fly nearby... with my recent 'low-time pilot foo-pars " ... the outcome might not have been good!

http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/wwi ... a/26589776

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That is so cool Chris ... did it rattle your windows when it flew over ? ..... did it rattle Jim .... tell him hi & I miss him !!!!

That girl did a good job in the video .... when you think of that plane , it was built in the 40's ... flown and crewed by 22-25 year old "kids" in a war they didnt ask for .... and so far has provided us with 70 years of freedom.

Hope your next flight is safe and enjoyable and no bombers around

That historic bird of WW2... is based in a suburb of Atlanta... I have gone out there and seen it as well as walked through the cabin.

Imagining what the 'boys' that flew those things went through... is truly humbling.

There was a B-17 giving rides at the Hillsboro Airport just two blocks from my house about two weeks ago .
I wonder if it was the same one ?


WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Can you imagine sitting in a plexi glass bubble underneath a Bomber while the enemy is trying to blow you out of the air ?

It makes my balls shrivel just thinking about it

I started mowing Mr. Destefanises lawn when I was 12 to pay for my flying lessons .
And who would have thunk it way back then that our friendship would have lasted to the point where I was sitting in his garage with my own Son talking about flying and hunting and shooting and man shit .
My Son and I were with Mr. Destefanis the day he died three years ago .
He was a B-17 pilot in WWII . I sat in his garage for 30 years and two of my generations .
He loved talking about flying , hunting , shooting and man shit but he never talked about the war .
I truly miss him .


WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

had a guy down the street who used to fly catalinas for the us navy! he was the most interesting man in the world. I feel I have let the country down by not informing average citizens of the tyrant