mjdart Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Got the motorcycle in the photo above so the post would be appropriate for this forum.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONMYI Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 W O W, that sucks ! I love Vintage Aircraft.. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
335 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) sad she came around a lot! Edited June 19, 2011 by 335 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefin Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Damm !,,, I hate to see that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasbin Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Damm !,,, I hate to see that ! That plain fukn SUX.....If you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It is Baloon Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Sad to see the death of Liberty Belle. Pretty sure #843 is still preserved. see photo below: me ride um Centennial cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micmac Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Time did what the Nazi's couldn't. RIP girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joehoward Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I was going to be in that plane this weekend.... It was on its way frmo Chicago to Indianapolis for rides. Instead, I went up in a 1929 Ford Tri Motor. I will post pictures later. Terrible about the B-17. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit_Rider Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 My Son in law watched it land in the field right next to him. Scared the hell out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper38 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Check out the last two small pics. OBVIOUSLY that little fire extinguisher was insufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdart Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Wow, I certainly picked a topic that several of you have close ties to. Really sad to lose another one, I try to get out to see these old birds myself when they visit nearby. This is one of the few remaining Tuskegee Airman (nice guy) I actually rode Chief 31 up the runway and he was the first guy I taked to. Should have gotten a picture of him sittin' on the Chief. The woman he's talking to (WASP) ferried P-51s and was going to Washington to get her Congressional Gold Medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jglace Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I was going to be in that plane this weekend.... It was on its way frmo Chicago to Indianapolis for rides. Instead, I went up in a 1929 Ford Tri Motor. I will post pictures later. Terrible about the B-17. Joe The Tri Motor was the first plane I ever flew in. 14th or 15th birthday! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airpirate Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That makes me want to cry I have some time in "Nine O Nine" and "Yellow Rose". The B-17 is a tough old bird and limped home saving many air crews. I used to fly out of Aurora a long timer ago, lot's of flat corn fields (off air port landing sites). Great job by the crew getting her down, too bad she wasn't closer to fire suppressors. Appears they can use the tail section, maybe some wing spares and engines, I suspect in a few years some of her will be flying again. Most of Liberty Belle was fabricated at some point ( a well done job). Most important was the crew all walked away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Loco Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) It takes tons of work to restore and maintain these old warbirds ~ always a sad shame to lose one of them... Yankee Lady was pulled from the October 9, 2004 hanger fire & saved from destruction at Willow Run Airport. Still flying today out of the 'new' hanger. Here's a flight video in full combat mockup from 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubuHmlPiEv8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jEISDbOIKc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Edited June 21, 2011 by Doc Loco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdart Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Great videos !!! Nice spot to be sitting as well I see you a .50 cal ready in case any me109's came prowling. I see the bomb sight was in place. The Confederate Airforce used to do bomb runs with pumpkins in the fall show. My mom worked on some portion the Norden bomb sight during the war at the Bausch & Lomb Factory in Rochester New York, it was pretty secret stuff as she worked all alone in a small assembly room. WWII Move of American factory making 50 cals & propellers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It is Baloon Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Never asked at local airport but, guessing that Royal Navy #843 [ shown above & in signature photo below ] arrived around the time of WWII jap sub shelling on the coast near here [ c. early 1942 ]. me ride um Centennial cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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