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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Dmanmastertracker on May 02, 2011, 05:28:22 PM

Title: Flying Fortress (B 17)
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on May 02, 2011, 05:28:22 PM: The wife and I were out birding this weekend 22 miles from the nearest large airport and I hear that unmistakeable sound of four props coming at us. Very cool to see.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 02, 2011, 06:06:53 PM: That's one beautiful plane, where were you at?
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on May 02, 2011, 06:09:17 PM: Near Black Diamond. It came from the Renton-valley direction, probably around for an air show.
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Post by: oldleclercrd on May 02, 2011, 06:10:20 PM: Sweet!
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Post by: saylean on May 02, 2011, 09:28:18 PM: Knarly.
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Post by: wsucowboy on May 02, 2011, 09:30:19 PM: AWESOME!
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Post by: lokidog on May 02, 2011, 09:32:25 PM: Cool picture. That's a sight that made a lot of hearts pound, for good... and bad many years ago.
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Post by: boneaddict on May 03, 2011, 05:27:47 AM: Now thats a bird!
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Post by: boneaddict on May 03, 2011, 05:29:06 AM: Looks like the guns are present. I wonder if they are replicas or the real deal.
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Post by: Gutpile on May 03, 2011, 05:45:12 AM: One of those comes to Spokane every year and flies around for a week or so. Very impressive but imagine 2000 of them going over head. I had a customer who was a child in germany during the war and she said the sky was black with them almost daily flying over her villiage on the way to the targets.
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Post by: boneaddict on May 03, 2011, 05:47:40 AM: Not many of that generation left. UNREAL
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on May 03, 2011, 08:20:27 AM: Looks familiar... :)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mediacenterbc3.html?bctid=918648358001 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mediacenterbc3.html?bctid=918648358001)
Title: Re: Flying Fortress (B 17)
Post by: dp1175 on May 03, 2011, 09:36:41 PM: it comes here almost every year. you can go for rides in them something like $400 for 30-60 min. sometimes they bring a ww2 fighter with them
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Post by: PilotMark on May 08, 2011, 09:31:27 AM: Beautiful!