Old birds

[Engine5]

From Worcester Ma today.

 

[Engine5]

More pics

 

[68t]

great pictures, thanks your very much.

 

[gunboy1656]

I wonder what the going price is on a B17?

 

[WarrenD]

I wonder what the going price is on a B17?

If you have to ask.........
Nice pics.

 

[dk8019]

Absolutely amazing.

 

[wreckerman893]

Do those belong to the Collins Foundation? If so I flew in the B-17.......best money I ever spent.

 

[Engine5]

WM, yes they do belong to the Collins Foundation. The aircraft are beautiful. They had a raffle for rides. Lisa nephew won a ride to Plymouth MA, I was hoping to win so I could send my 10 YO nephew with my brother. Maybe next year. Tm I am going to go up and watch them take off. They have an F4 Phantom and a Me 262 also. But they did not bring them this time. I would pay for a Phanton ride in a heart beat. I wish I knew of a MV collector with WW2 era trucks to park next to them just to top it off. I will post pics of the take off if I make it up tm. Glad you guys liked them.

 

[Engine5]

I blame my temporary bad spelling on Lunesta. G'nite

 

[JAYHAWK 1962]

great pictures thanks for sharing

 

[TucsonVTXF]

more old birds for your enjoyment

 

[Carl_in_NH]

When the foundation is doing rides out of Nashua, they fly a circuit out to the west that has them pass just to the north of my house, and then make a nice long sweeping 180 degree turn back to the east. They return to Nashua about one to two miles to my south, where I have a nice view of them. There's nothing like the sound of those big piston engines when they fly by. It's a wonderful sight to behold.

 

[WarrenD]

FWIW, Collings Foundation will be having their annual WW2 re-enactment Columbus weekend (Sat/Sun). Hopefully the weather will co-operate, it's always a good show. There is a rumor running around that there might be a third tank this year.
Guess I should say it'll be in Stow, MA.

 

[wb1895]

I had the pleasure of riding on the B-17 "Liberty Belle" from central NC to Charleston SC about a two hour ride!!!!! Once we were off the ground the pilot gave us the thumbs up to move where ever we wanted to look, except the ball turret (dang it) It was one of the greatist experences of my life!!! The greatist thing was sitting in the bombadiers seat and looking through the Nordin Bomb Sight as the ground passed by!!!!

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Interesting pictures, thanks for sharing.
I'm sure a ride in a B-17 is a thrilling experience; just out of curiosity, what does this cost?

Regards,
Mark

 

[wreckerman893]

I'm sure a ride in a B-17 is a thrilling experience; just out of curiosity, what does this cost?

When I flew a few years ago it was $400.00 per person....my youngest son and I took the flight....as I said, it was money well spent.
Also on our flight was a Veteran B-17 crewman, his son and grandson. He was a cool old guy...decorated due to being shot down, wounded and having survived a bailout and two crashes. There will never be another generation like those guys.
When I was growing up one of my favorite TV shows was "12 O'clock High"...that began my lifelong love of warbirds....if I was rich I would own planes instead of trucks.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Thanks for this thread and ALL the contributions to it.

I SALUTE the old birds and their crews

 

[jhigh]

I had a chance to take the hop from Seattle to Utah this year in the Aluminum Overcast. even had a chance to sit right seat for about 30 min and fly it (OMG)

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

I stumbled upon this Mig-25 recovery shot while searching for something else today.


[edit: corrected model designation]

 

[scooter01922]

Why is it that i never find out where the cool planes are till after they have already departed??? Is there a mailing list i should be on or something??? If i'm correct those are the same planes that i missed seeing 2 weeks ago at the beverly airport....